Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-09

ru, the alternative Of remaining in the Union
from TIE lear Of being subdued aud treated a. a
conquered p, ovlnee would be even worse than
The attempt 70 withdraw for the existence Of
such fear would operate as a bribe 10 oppros
sion, and the spirit OF fair and impartial lcgisla-
ton would cease 20 control the councils OF the
Union
Besides. we may be sure that such an admis-
sion would hereafter give other nations a fair
excuse snd an apt occasion for interference Let
IL once be established a. the result OF this, The
first Of our civil wars, that the secession OF
State or Ststes makes them in the chancery Of
our government foreign States and subjects them
10 conquest ne such, aud future secession ENJOYS
will not stand waiting la the ante chambers of
Europe, rs their predecessors have stood solicit
ing admission and recognition 10 vain. The other
nations Of The world have an interest IA this Gre
alton Of new nations and in the question OF who
shall conquer and suhjugate them; and this IN
tcrest will be asserted whenever we open for II a
door OF entrance IL is beyond doubt that we
are indebted for the non. interference Of foreign
powers ia this civil war mainly 10 the fact that We
have constantly proiessed IN our diplomacy TO be
fighting for the cry OF our just constitutional
rights, aud for nothing more. five imagine that
fear of our proves has been the cause Of that
neutral attitude we shall tatter our osn vanity
nj the expense of our discernment The world
az large may have been more or less willing
20 have the Federal Government recover is
rghtful and constitutional supremacy over the
people Of the Southern States. But IL will be al
together another question with foreign powers
whether whole classes OF the States OF this Union
are to be held by Us as dependent fes. with no
voice in the councils that are TO shape our legis-
lation or TO govern our foreign policy. When
we take such an attitude IA that, even the ghost
OF what Mr.. Seward has still left TO US OF the
so called Monroe Doctrine" will vanish into
thin air.
IL, then, il be true that the public law would
oblige VA To abstain from demanding that the
Federal sovereignty over those States shall ex
tend TO ANYTHING over which il did not extend be-
tore the war, let us inquire whether We shall not
be bound by that obligation. Passing by the
question whetherAher nations would have a
right ~ interfere ard considering shis as purely
domestic matter. IL may be conceded that no ex-
terna force will he applied 10 mike Us respect
| the requirements OF the law OF nations in this
regard But are those requirements then
without other sanctions, which will yet con-
l troll our mere will>l Clearly they are
not: for we must look forward TO a time when
our own tribunals will be obliged 10 pass upon
the fundamental questions arising Qua OF any
attempt TO exercise pow ers not embraced IN the
| Constitution, and supposed to result from terri
| torial conquest; and we must act upon principles
| now. that can be carried into effect by enlight
ened and independent judiciary hereafter. We
assume that we shall so act; because we DO not
believe the people of this country are so lost To
all sense of right and all perception of the high
est public and social expediency To their own
standing among nations and TO the good opinion
| Of mankind AS to wish To make their judiciary
the more subservient registrars OF the popular
will or TO require of their judges TO sanction a
particular act merely because u has emanated
from the executive or legislative branches of their
| government. When the public understand this
subject, aud have freed their minds tram the con
fusion produced by false views of what Is called
"war," they may be expected TO act rightly
What then will be the view which the instructed
judicial mind must take hereafter of the position
th,t the Southern States have been conquered as
Stqtes. aud that they are. or were for any period
OF time, III tie condition of conquered countriesl
| 1t will be seen that this claim is without any
! foundation in any system that belongs 10 the
public law Of modern times Whatever conse-
quences attach. in individual cases, to the right
full exercise of belligerent rights while the soyer
eign obliged TO resort to the exercise of such
powers, as soon as the necessity ceases, the exer
else Of those powers must cease, and the power
OF the sovereign 10 effect the civil rights of men,
either individually or collectively, must be meas
ured by the municipal law which defines and
| regulates his powers as a severe gn There is no
other privilege that be applied TO the success
full suppression of an Instruction, or TO the re-
covery of municipal jurisdiction over portion OF
territory that has been wrested for time from
the supremacy Of municipal law, unless it be al
United that the government Of nation con
quer part of its own domnions, and can affect
foreign nations and its own people with all the
consequences of conquest, just as If the territory
were part of another nation This can never be
admitted in the case OF a civil war. because such
a war is waged for the recovery of suspended
authority, not, As in the case OF foreign wars for
the acquisition of an authority that has not pre-
viously existed
These principles apply with peculiar Arce to
| the political system known as tho government Of
the United States The domestic sovereignty
that resides in that government is very far from
being a general and unlimited sOver eighty. IL
consists in supreme right to make laws upon
certain subjects. which shall bind the inhabitants
of each State. Where there are no Instructions
in any State to the executions OF the laws OF the
United States within its limits, all the suprema-
cy which rightully belongs to the United States
! il completely enjoyed. Where any existing
/ Instructions to the operation of the laws of the
United States in any State have been removed,
! the United States have recovered all their
sovereign rights There has never been any
/ Justification for marching army into
any Southern State, excepting to recover that
/ OF which the United States have been deprived
/ 10y an insurgent force. When the United States
/ have fully re possessed themselves OF what they
! have been forcibly deprived for time, they
have recovered all for which they bad any oc-
casion or right to take up arms: and one of
the obvious means by which they can finally
obtain what they have sought is by an am
nesty, when one is sought Tor by the insur-
gents or when the United States are in a con.
diiion to offer one.
We have thus placed before our readors-we
hope that we have doue it clearly aud dspas
sonately-some of the consequences that will
manifestiy flow from the adoption OF a theory
which will create another Poland something
even worse un this continent of North America
We shall eudeavor 10 trace these consequences
further in our next issue New York World
/ 4 remarkable speech by Robert
roombs-Deprcciati Of the Rebel
! Currency.
The Atlanta (Ga.) lntelligencer, of November
l3. reports the speech OF RoBERr TooMBs. lat,
rebel Secretary of State, as delivered TN the Hal
OF Representatives Of Georgia. November 9th
The following Is the concluding part Of Mr.
TooNus' complaints:
say to Won all in candor tha, the course OUT
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