, 1863-10-06

: Qhtfage Grtbn11e.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1868.
SECESSION.
Wilfu1 Misrepresentation is equivalent
TO ta1sehood and falsehood is lying, and Of
each Of these the little Pest is guilty in It's
editorial entitled Secession in Chicago
In proof Of this assertion We quote sum
pie of the article:
1:secesston has at last found an open defen.
der In Chicago,
- "But while It (he TR1Buxk} was gt1Itn To xtnt
At and encourage dasunion and secession, we do
notEemember that IT. openly defended secession
a. constitutional right, or As a loyal act, untn
yestezday.- Now, falling into the train of argu.
meut adopted by Sumner and Whiting, It insists
that those States that have seeded arc no long
Ct In the Union. but hare BY that act gone out and
It remains for their conquesor1 to dictate the terms
upon which they may be re-admlted."
The assertion that the TRIBUNE "open1y
<.defends secession as constitutional right
"or as loya1 act" is 80 contemplate and
false that we will not insult our readers bv
i wasting words in 1efutation.
j.. If We understand the position held By
the Por the point at issue is this: The
TRIBUNE holds that State cannot lawful
II secede-that secession is clearly viola
ton Of the Constitution. This the Rostad-
1nits. But then, as matter OF fact eleven
States did seeedc. This the Post denies !
Nevertheless it is fact Of record that eley-
!. en- State administrations did declare the
States which they governed as having se-
ceded, and it is also fact of record that
the people Of those eleven States, acting
through conventions did declare their
States out OF the Union, and subsequently
By popular vote, ratified the acts of .seces-
sion; and the Juliclaries Of thost States,
recognized and pronounced legal the acts
Of secession, and in pursuance Of those do
ings the State administrations of those
eleven States have proceeded to seize all
the public property to be found in those
States, to capture or cxpel all Federal Of
ticers, and to raise armies to resist the au-
thoriy OF the Federal Government and to
wage war against it, We say, that as facts
. Of record and patent to the eyes Of the
whole world, these things were done by
the governments and people Of eleven
Sites, and ever since then those States
have been called "seceded States" by all |
parties and prints including the Post
But we contend that the "secedcd States,
acted rmlawtnlly and in direct violation
Of the Constitution; that the act Of seces-
sion is crime, but the crime has been per
petrated, and the guilt has been incurred.
We hold that the National Government
has paramount lien on every acre ofland
for purposes of taxation, in every State,
and that the fact Of States violently
breaking loose from The Union does not
relieve it from that lien. We hold that
every citizen owes allegiance to the Con
stitution, and if fit to bear arms, he owes
military service to the Federal Govern
mcnt, and no act Of secession LAWFULLY ab-
solves him from such allegiance or sery;ce,
Inthe article at which the little Past carps,
We drew q broad line Of distinction between
the guilty fact OF secession and the con
atitutonal right to secede, which the Paxt
refuses to perceive,
The Federal Government. takinr copn;-
zance of the fact Of secession. and hacted
by the voices, purses and arms of the 1ova1
masses, proceeded to reclaim tie territory
and public property in those States IN mt
. down thu e1,iltv ,,snrnere IA rar+n,a H.
Federal authority and to enforce .1,aa;-
ance ftom those MIN rahe,1ad
When We sneak of States socad;no cta+o
Governments Of conrse ;s meant In3;vid-
na1a can rchc1. States a1ona can sacaao
Rnt the art of each is eona,lr nnlov,r1
and unconstitutional md +ha Ead...1
Covernment in <,r,5er tn reetora 49, NJ
t,ona] authority NAV erecnte ,he mn ena
orerthrow the other whatever res;ste
the onerat;on of tho Eedero, c,ro,n,,a,t
md 1eft,scs to ohev the cons+;tn,;o,, 1ha,1,
cr ;the individuals mohs oraan;zaa a-n
;es or State C,ore1nnenta n ie tha sro-n
: <1utv Of thc pnesident tn see that +hev o-a
crushed. to The end that the Const;tnt;on
NAV be preserved and obered and ths
Federal Government administered
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