Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-10-03

God and tbe the great tribunal OF history,
they alone may jndgeA-much aa should
deplore It, Il never would, as a Represents.
tive in the Congress Of the United States,
vote one dollar Of money whereby one drop
of American blood saould be shed in q
tclyil war" Record p. 9l.)ss "a ,di o,g
D Agd,n, The Q is not o man in this honse
ht to be q representative here. who does
not know that the South cannot be forced
to yield obedience to your laws aud au.
thorty again 's7fo t'2'' ts lH' "'' 'hl p
Agaim, Accordingly have not voted
for any army or navy bill, nor any army
or navy appropriation bill, since the meet.
ing of Congress on the 4Sh Of July, 1867
Record, p. 147,)i o., .--mg5 s .rs-J O.
Again, Step fighting; make an armis,
tice no formal treaty. Withdraw your ar
mics from the seeded States. Recall your
fleets, break up your blockades,' &c. page
200 bh" ~ '.' 'o' n'a''' WV N'''e
To these and kindred sentiments held
and uttered by Mr.. Vallandighsm from The
beginning of our troubles and now pr0mi
nentfy thrust forward by him. we cannot
subscribe, believing them TO be auti!Demo
cratic and subversiye OF the Gov erumeut
and all the best interests Of the people.
We prefer rather 70 adhere to the ancient
landmarkss SO truthfully pointed out ard
firmly maintained by Andrew jackson in
bis contest with South Carolna, in 1862,
as evinced by the following declaration of
principles found 10 his Procamation of De.
cember IL, 1882, and bis Message of jana.
cry l1elS33. D-tJd lien' hs4h97 i''h'o b.
Il consider says Gen. Jackson, itbc
power to annul low of the United States
assumed by one State. to he incompatiblc
with tbe existence Of the UDion, contra.
dicted expressly by the letter of the Con.
stitntion, unauthorized by it's spirit, incou.
sistent with every principle on which It is
founded, and destructive Of the FIRST object
for which IL was formed - 'i,'l .--'A'l' go y
insThis right to secede is deduced from the
nature of the, Constitution, which they say
isa compact between sovereign States, who
have preserved their whole sovereignty.
and therefore. are subjects to no superior;
that, because they made the compact. they
can break it when, in their opinion, it has
been departed from by olher States. Fal-
lacious as this course of reasoning is, it en-.
lists Slate pride, and fnds adyocar es 10 the
honest prejudices of those who have not
studied the nature of our Government suf.
ficiently to see the radical error on which
it rests. y 81 X To say that any State
may at pleasure secede from the Union, is
to say that the United States are not ma
tion; because it would be solecism to con-
tend that any part of a patton might dis
solve its connection with the other parts to
their injury and ruin, without committing
an offense. y X + Secession. like any
other revolutionary act, may be morally
justified bv the extremity of oppression; /;
but to call it constitutional right is con-
founding the meaning of terms, and can
only be done through gross error --- o.
.t5 Men of the best intentions and soundest
views may differ ii the construction Of
some parts of the CONSTITUTIONS; but there
are others on which dispassionaie reflection
can leave no doubt. Of this nature ap-
pears TO be the assumed right of secession
The right of the people of q single State TO
absolve themselves at will, and without the
consent of the other States, from the most
solemn obligation, and hazard the liberty
and happiness Of the millions composing
this Union, cannot be acknow lodged Such
authority is believed TO be utterly repug.
uaut both to the precepts upon which the
general Government is constituted, and the
object which itdis expressly formed to at
tain. "3-'
Again, General Jackson, speaking Of the
right aud duty of the Government TO use
force to prevent secession, says: n ssiyo81
% No Que believes that any right exists 10
a single State to involve all the others in
these aud countless. other evils contrary to
engagements solemnly made Every one
must see that the other States, in self.
defence, must oppose il at all hazards !. .-
Again, speaking Of the ordinances pass.
ed by the South Carolina Convention, be
says: st Ias tAG s..., tos 'sg 'sa isr. al
This solemn denunciation of the laws
and authority of0the United States, has
been followed up by a series Of acts on the
part of the authorities Of that State, which
manifest determination to render ineyita-
BILE u resort to those measures of self-defence
which ih. paramount duty of the Federal
Government requires Il s-sli,os 'is ge1Ga
1t is quite uDnecessaryto multiply quo
tutiouS TOtu tuihent STATESMEN upon TINS
subject. The great heart of the American
people is not only adverse to the doctrine.
but unalerably determined to resist it at
all hazards; and were it not for the fact
lamentable as il is--ihat we 60d the can
didate of the party with which il has al
ways been our pride to act. deiantly advo.
eating the right Of secession, the fact Of
secession, and the want of constitutional
power on the part of the General Govern
ment TO prevent it by force; aud distinctly
and squarely planting himself on the doc
trine of the inability Of the nation TO save
itself from self.destruetion, for the want of
both constitutional and physical power. and
calling upon the Government to tcithdra,o
the army from what he is pleased to call
the seeded States. and hold an armslioe
with the rebels in arms. give up the Mis-
sissippi. break up the blockade. call home
the ,heets, aud thus give up oil the vantage
ground which our brave soldiers have won
at the cost Of SO much blood aud treasure
were IL not, We say, for all this, We might
be jnstifiable 10 remaining silent. Is il
denied that this is Mr.. Vallandigha po q
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