Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-04-15
APTICLE XIV.

shall nave power 10 august WIN seCeulhe
States 3 questions arising by reason Ot
their So. sion but the terms of adjust
ment si..d be submitted to the Congres:
for their approval before the same shai
bo valid.
ARTICLE XIV.
Neither the Congress nor Territoria
Legislature shall have power TO interfere
with the right of the citizens OF any o
the States within either of the sections, tc
the Territories of the United States moi
shall either have power to destroy or I'M
pair any rights of either person or proper
| tv in the Territories New States annex
ed for admission into the Union, or form
ed or erected within the jurisdiction o.
other States, or by the junction of two ol
more States, or parts of States, and States
formed with the consent of the Congress
out of any territory of the United States
shall be entitled TO admission upon an
equal footing with the original States, un'
der any constitution establishing gov
ernment republican in form, which the
people thereof may ordain, whenever such
! States shall contain, within an area of not
less than thirty thousand square miles, q
population equal to the then existing ra,
ito of representation for one member oi
the House of Representatives"
You will notice that Mr.. Vallandighaul
nrovides for the division of the United
States into four sections, and you will see
at a glance the object of his division, by
putting all the slayeholding States into
one section, and the non-slaveholdIng IN
to three sections, and you Will discover
many striking peculiaritles IN TINS dlVls'
ion, in the interest of slavery. The whole
legislation of the country would be at the
control of the slaveholding section, and
this is the manifest intent of the author
of the proposition | call especial atten-
ton TO the I'd section. This section pro-
yides that on demand of one third of the
Senators of any one section, on any bill,
or propsition, of legislative character, a
vote shall be had by sections, and major
itv of the Senators, from each section,
shall be necessary to the passage of the
bill. or proposition. This puts all the
great interest of the country, under the
control of the slaveholding section. You
will notice in the proposed amendment,
other monstrous, and alarming provisions,
which would make the Government un-
der such a Constitution, any thing but
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republican.
must not weary your patience, by
commenting upon them in detail There
is however one article IA, so subversive
of our present Constitution, that | will
briefly notice it. This article provides
for the dissolution of the Union at any
time when the consent of the Legislatures
of any one section can be obtained. This
is an attempt to legalize the destruction
of the Constitution of the United States,
and this proposition came from an lndl-
vidual who claims to be ''for the Const-
tuition rs it is and the Union as 1t wa" Z"
and this man to-day is q leading and in
fuential member of the democratic party.
All such men rejoice not at Union victo-
ries, but they do rejoice over Union de-
feats, for the reason that Union success
tends to thwart their persistent ana dar-
ling purpose, to destroy the Government
under our present Constitution. This is
their motive for assailing the Government
through its constituted authorities, the
only agency by which it can act TO sup
press the present rebellion.
From letter of Lord Lyons, the Brit
ish minister ut Washington. recently pub
lished, it appears he had conference
with leading democratic politicians of
New York City on the Sth of November
last, who styled themselves conservatives,
a few extracts from this letter will show
the real purpose of the democratic leaders
to be the same, as the extracts ] have
quoted:
"lSersraL Of tie leaders Of the Democratic
party sought iHterUielcs rith me, beth before
IL = IL N. ,,,f H..
Ne CgsLlaH's dismissal. The subject upper
most in their minds while they were
speaking to me was naturally that of for
eign meditation between the North and
the South. Many of them seem TO think
that this mediation must come at last,
but they appear to be very much afraid
of its coming too soon. 1t was evident
that they apprehended that premature
proposal of foreign intervention would
afford the Radical party means OF revlv-
ing the violent war spirit, and of thus de-
feating the peaceful plans of the Conserv-
atives. They appeared to regard the
present moment as peculiarly unfavora-
bic for such an offer, and, indeed, TO hold
that it would be essential to the success
of any proposal from abroad that it would
be deferred until the control of the Ex-
ecutive Government should be in the
hands of the Conservative party.
81 give no opinion on the subject. |
did not say whether or no myself tho't
foreign intervention probable or advis-
able but l listened with attention to the
given me of the plans and hopes
Of the Conservative party. At the bottom,
[ thought perceived a desire 10 put an end
% the lcar, erc7l at tie risk Of iOoSing the South-
,rla States altogether; but II lcas pidll hath
ras not thought prudent to arOlo this desire.
Indeed, some hints of Il dropped before the cleo
ions t1ere so III received thai strong decIara-
ion IN the contrary sense lcas deemed necessary
~ the Democratic leaders.
sat the present moment, therefore, the
chiefs of the Conservative party call loud |
.y for more vigorous prosecution OF the
var, and reproach the Government with
,lackness as well as with want of success |
n its military measures. But they repu- |
late all idea of interfering with the in
,titutions of the Southern people, or of
yaging a war of subjugation or extermin-
ltion. They maintain that the object OF
he military operations should be to place
.he North in position to demand an
with honor and with effect
The armistice should (they hold) be fol-
lowed by Convention, in which such
,hanges ofthe Constitution should Be proposed |
Is l0OuLd give the South ample security on the
uIject Of It's SLare property, and would ena-
lie the North and the South TO reunite |
md to live together in peace and harmo-
ny. The Conservatives profess to think
hat the South might be induced to take
part in such a convention, and that res
oration of the Union would be the re-
ult. The more sagacious members OF
he party must, however, look upon the
proposal of a convention merely as last
experiment. to test the possibility OF re-
lnion. They are no doubt, well aware
hat the more probable consequence Of an arm
stiee ,could Be the establishment Of Southern
independence, but they perceive that if the
south is so utterly alienated that no pos
ible concessions will induce it to return
to the Union, it is wiser to
gree to separation than to prosecute a
ruel and hopeless war" .
n A. ,.orE &c tbaoa IamOcratie leaders