Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-02-28


Tho preseni Rebellion had its origin IN q
spirit OF resistance under the doctrine or
State Rights, as bed and advocated by
JOHN G. CALHouN and his cOnfersrJ In Null.
hcalion. The conflict began long ego, and
has been increasing In power and bodnsss
under Federal elemency, until Il eliminated
in open Treason and Rebellion. South
Carolina desired to usurp and exercise as a
State, cer,aiu powers that she had surrend
cred 10 the Federal authoity In the fOrma.
tiun of the Union and the establishment OF
the Republic ss q distinct government, aud,
under this spirit Of unrest, she has been
sleepless in her efforts t~ overturR or pre-
vent the Federal authority and jurisdiction.
For m ,re then thirty years II has pursued
its satanic purpose, until we are now
brought to the bitterest fruits OF its plant
ing.
In the earlier stages of Nulicatiou-un'
der the insidions doctrine Of State k'ghtss
1t was less bold and eutspoken than are ITS
imta,ors at the North at the present day
We have been led to this reflection by the
attitude assumed towards the Fedral gov.
ernment in relation 20 the proposed act OF
national Conscription. The Albany Argus.
the Rochester UaioB, and the Buffalo
Courier have raised the cry of alarm-de'
nouncing the measure as 'ignoriug theState
governments and repudating thoir services
AS dangerous measure"-as a "des'
potism," pnd as assuming that "the States
have no rights except sDch as 10 should de-
sign to grant" This is the intrenchmeut OF
| Notification and Secession, as occupied by
South Carolina and its sympathizers siuce
the days Of Calhoun. The language used by
these prints is akin TO that used by the or
gaus Of Modification at the South since
that nefarious doctrine obtained With the
people. 1t is no less dangerous here than
it has proved in the States where it has
ripened into open Rebellion and bleodShed
10 view Of past experience the Federal
government has found necessity for this
act OF conscription. The withdrawal OF dem
ocrstic favor from the war, and the weaken
ing Of The Federal power in its reliance up.
on States for aid where changes OF the
State administrations have occurred the alb
senee Of the national administration in the
army thus losing their franchise, have ad'
monisbed the general government that it
should project itself sgaints these embar-
RAISING and weakening caprices and acci'
dents, and hence the proposed act OF con
scriplion. 1t is evident enough that Gov
ernor SEYMOUR and his party are opposed
to draft or the prosecution Of the war,
unless the war policy Of the government
shall be changed under their dicta'ion to
: suit their dogmas and purposes. It is to
! place the Federal government above and
beyond these contingencies Of prejudice and
urking GiSloyuhy under the Constitution
that the conscription act is proposed and
will become law The cry of ignoring
State Rights" is the infant cry Of secession
aud rebellion, and it persisted in and
strengthened in its growth, it will ultimate
in treason and rebellion Mt the North just
as it has at the South There is no mis-
taking he color or The class ol the serpent.
! It's eggs hatch precisely the same kind OF
off, prng wehther laid in South Carolina oil
New York, and he only way to save our
selves here FROM consequences such as exis
81 the South, is to destroy the eggs before
incubation. Buff Express.