Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-08

sealed with this prouunciamleno hs ohole broad reb
region IS tabnta rasa, clean slate 0here Congres
nndtT the Constitution, may terte ars
| IL is strange that party bases such power
such immateral fact that 10 might be mistaken
he existence Of the fact The States involved in
recon have mut:udes of magistrates, State and Unite
States judges and other unctonares ready to re
sunt halr functions the moment the rebel military dures
IS removed and he whole machinery Of the State govern
nent will BE- put in motion, by the election OF representa-
tlyes aud all civil officers, the military powe
o The Union has accomplished its du les. In the
time not the State governments in The hands of the
appropriate inGctonarles bound by constitutional oaths
when the army Of the nation is in their nidst3 Then ou
Ermy and its officers a this ns ant executing in all the
States proposed L. be dlsiranchlsed, their most appro
prate functions in eakng the rebel power and lifting up
and nygorang the State authority every where In ts
the most potent recognition the Union afford
gwen To the State governments members o the Union
Not only army and navy ard President give this racog
nitlou, but Congress, in voting and money to
TINS grand renue, pays its homage to the endangered
States OF whose manned condition the ultra Abotonsts
would take advantage to reduce to Territories strip
of the rights of republican government. In this Con
proves its just appreciation Of Federal system
as conceived by its authors Madison the Federalist
says: " The Stae Government may be regarded can
staent and essential parts o The Federal Government
@hitst the latter IS nouise essential TO the operation
ganizati0a Of the former Without the intervention
the State Legislatures the President be elected
all They must in all have just share in his ap-
pointment and will perhaps in most of themselves
determine it," &c.
Of the General Government to each State guaranty Of
republican form of government, which surposes pre-
existing Government Of the form which to guaranteed
aud eacting this guaranty both Madison aud Hamilton
unite in saying the Union may interpose In crushing the
dcminaht majority III State Madison thus touches this
point: At rsj view might not TO square with
the republican theory 10 suppose either that mapriy
have not the right or that minority Will have ,ha force
to subvert Government; and consequently that the
Federal int rposlton never be required but when
would be improper But theoretc reasoning il this as
in ha hy hal
tice. Why may not illicit combinations for purposes of
violence be formed we'll by majority of State, espe
cally in small State, by majority Of county or
district OF the State And il the authority of
State ought in the latter protect the local mags-
tracy, ought the Federal authority the former {,
support the State authority Besides, there certain
parts of the State Constitutions which interviewer
with the Federal Constitution that violent blow cannot
be given 10 The without communicating the wrund
The other" &c. He asks sgain: Z" La it true hat
force and right necessarily the side n
publican gov, rnIDent? May not the minor party pos
such superiority Of pecuniary Means cf the mi
tay talents AID experience OF secret from
foreign Powers will render it superior also in ap
peal to the swo May lot more compact and advan
ugeous pnsiton turn the scale on the eide against
superior numb. situated 10 be less capabis of
prompt and collected exetin Of It's strength Notbing
be chimerical thai to imagine that in trial al
acua force victory may be calculated by the rules which
prevail in OF the inhabitants which determine
an election"
Hamilton, in his paper shows the propriety Of the
against nternal foes the aat usurpers clothed
with the orms of legal authority too often crush the
opposition in embryo Against this antcpa ed danger he
points to happy ederati OF State Governments fo
safety He says: Power being am always the rival
of power the General Government will at times stand
ready TO check the usurpatons Of State Governments
and these will have the disposition towards tn
General Government. The people, by throwing them
selves into either scale, will nfaby make il pre- ponde
rate. IL their rights Invaded by either, they
voke ih- of the o her az the instrument of redress
InV he i'm bV ph rlHh fh4 Hmm Ia
preserve 10 themselves advantage which cannot be too
highly przed."
and yet the Aboitonists would begin the work of de
uhshpg this system by dsfranchisng and throwing out
third OF the States at the very moment the Union j.
king out the salvation OF the nation in the mode pre-
scrbed IT, charter
The Alb, on manifesto protests agains. " the instant
restoration of the old State Governments in all thei
parts through the agency Of loyal citizens who mean
while, be rejected in this work of restoration -
And Why may not the loyal citizens perform thi4 most
essential aud patriotic duty Is cause, adds tn,
paper, it attributes tn the loyal citizens Of the rebel
States, however few in numbers--.t may ingnif
cant mnority-t power clearly inconsistent with the
received principle II popular government that the
jority must rule. The ties II Old Surum
allowed 10 two members TO Parliament because
: this place, Roman fort aud afterwards sheep
walk many before at the early casting Of the
House Of Commons had been entitled 10 this represents
ton but the argument for State rights that all
these rights may be lodged i'll voters few
troled rotten borough ia England"
The argument Of Madison which have already qaotrd
indicates the principle Of the Constitution which sends
of the UGted States into State to assert the
rights 0f loyal minority usurping majority there
But the at the loyalty of the South the sugg sons
oi Old Surum parallel for It's voters is every
pect unworthy sud unjust Aotwthstapdng the con pr
Scy at work societies and 10 public bodice
throughout the Unit Saes ~ underuLps the loyalty o
the South for thlry two Northern
Presidents ined this conspiracy, the welding The
powers of the Federal Government To hdd Kansas as
State To reinforce IT, and the other se:ng the navy
distant 10 give IT security and the army into the
mote West t. be nder,d with al posts forts navy
yards, mlnts, munitions OF war custCm-hUues national
sdice aud wealth Of all sors, thus IN fact making the
naton itself the ally Of treason notwithstanding tie Pre-
sden o the United States thus bstaye the States ~ the
south into the hands Of the conspr,tors with the
of thrnatiOn 10 strengthen them III ths possession ~ the
Government they usurped the President declaring by
sage to COngr that they ud not b. cocrced still toe
traitors could not brng aory Of the voters o. he
polls any o the States but South Carolina u coGle-
tho usurpa,ion. In Louis Missouri, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Tennesses, Maryland aud Virginia majority
voted against il jefaucs both - the lurking
armed paorr that pryadei the whole Souta ~ ron
troll its W and The Bsat ng thuDts o the Ab'btoi>is
Who now wish p dislIar chse them, to let them g."
Does ue ATTY yary this country pretending tealy
to republican g,gernGant 10 neer at u) atty which has
passed through such ordeal, and which stu bears
uuder the c,uc Of armed tyranny which has iul
proved on experiences the school OF slavery treating
ihgs L.yaI men Of the solth worss than slaves
L turn from the Abo prog anime to That which l.
presented hy President Lincoln. The sue is made We
must ch,s5 tie other His plan is simple lie
would ds1abae the rebels and their usurpation cn "a
Cduedcracy oi states, and rehabil ate the loyal
and tner States and Republican Governments To do
this hn mus br ak the power o the coaspraors cru b