The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-09-30

uulCps OF those VINO have not studied The nature OF
our Government sufficiently to see the radical error
"To say that any State NAV at pleasure secede
from the Union. is to say that the United States
are not nation because il would be a solecism
To contend that any part Of a nation might dissolve
its connection with the other parts to their injury
or ruin, without committing ofcnsc."
/ Secession, like any other revolutionary act, may
be morally Justified by the extremity Of oppression,
| but 30 call II constitutional right is confoundng
the meaning Of terms, and can only be done through
gross error
" Men of the best intentions and soundcst views
may dilcr IN their construction Of some parts of
the Constitution, but there are OF hers upon which
dtspassonatc reflection eau leave no doubt. or
this natare appears to be the assumed right Of Sc.
/ ccssion.
" The right Of the people of a single State to alb
solve themselves at WILL and without the consent
Of the other States, from their most solemn obga-
0ns, and hazard the liberties and happiness of the
millions composing this Union, can not be acknuwl-
| edged Such authority is believed to be utterly
rcpuguant both to the principle upon which the
/ General Government is constituted and the objects
} which 1t is expressly formed to attain"
Again, General Jackson, speaking of the
I right and duty of the Government to use
1 force to prevent secession, says:
| :" No one believes that any right exists in sin
| gle State to involve all the others in these and
countless other evils, contrary 10 engagements sol
cmnly made. Every one must see that the other
states, in scf-defcnsc, must oppose it at all haz
ards"
Again. speaking of the ordinance passed
by the South Carolina Convention, he SAYS
"Ths solemn dcnunciation of the laws and au-
thority of the United States has been followed mn
by series of nets on the part Of the authorities of
that state which manifest determination TO render
inevitable resort to their resources Of self-dcfcnsc
winch the paramount duty OF the Government re-
qlircs,"
II is quite unnecessary to multiply quo.
tatlone from eminent statesmen, upon this
subject The great heart Of the American
! people is not only aversc TO tho doctrine
but unaltcrably determined to arrest it at
all hazards, and were it not for the fact. la
mcntable as it is, that we find the candidate
OF the party with which it has always been
our pride tc act, detiantly adverting to the
| right Vf SocoSSiOR, the fact of secession. and
the want OF Constitutional power on the
| part OF the General Government to oppose
| it by forco, and distinctly and soliarclv
| planting himself on the doctrine of the ina
! bility of the nation to save itself from self.
destruction Tor want of both constitutional
and physical powers, and calling upon the
Government to withdraw tho army from
what he is pleased to call the seeded
States, and hold an armistcc with rebels
III arms, give up the Mississippi, break up
! the blockade, call home the fleets and give
up all the vantage ground which our brave
soldiers have won at the cost of so much
treasure--wcro it not, we say. for all this,
we might be justified in remaining silent.
Is it denied that this is Mr.. VS. position ?
Read his Record, published and put forth
under his immediate sanction. and spread
broadcast over all the State. 1t is said that
Mr.. VS. arrest, trial, and banishmc ut was n
ttA, ,,I l,p 1.
citizen, and that this act of the Administra-
ton must bc rebuked by elcccting Mr.. V.
Governor of Ohio.
1t is also said that the Emancipation
Proclamation is contrary to the letter and
spirit of the Federal Constitution, and that
the war is being wagcd for the freedom of
the negro, and therefore the war ought to
cease at once. There might he some force
III these arguments if Mr.. VS. conduct and
opinions we're at all influenced by such CON
SldcratlonS, but be 1t remembered that all
the expressed opinions of Mr. Y. herein
published were announced prior to the is
suing of the Prociamation or his arrest.
For these and other equally satisfactory
reasons, we feel constrained to withhold our
support from Mr. v, though we deem it in
cNpcdlcnt now TO put u third ticket in the
field
Now, 'cllow- Democrats of Ohio Demo
ocratS who stood by Douglas in the great
contest of lS6O--DcmOcrats who have
sworn upon the altar of our country that
the Union must and shall be preserved
Democrats who have SONS, brothers, and
fathers now lighting the battles of your
country, who are standing guard in the si-
lent hour of midnight over your houses
and homes, and blaNing death in every
form We appeal to you, can you, will you
cast your votes for a man holding the opin-
ions and advocating tho doctrines which
MIR, '. does? We can not and do not be-
licVc you will. VIC most respectfully but
earnestly call upon you in the name of De
mocracy, III the name of your country. in
the name of our fathers, of jackson, of
Douglas to take such course as your calm
and deliberate Judgments may decide to
save Ohio from the fatal effects which we
fear may follow from such course. The
Democratic party has IA future, fraught with
mighty and important obligations, which
must be met with iirmncss. Having done
our duty, we trust TO the returning sense
of consistency, which we feel confident
must be the pride of the party in the cam.
paisn of 1861.
RESOLUTIONS.
R"soircd, That we enter our solemn and dolibrr-
ate protest against the doctrine of Secession and
Abolition, both springing from disregard of law