The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-10-02

y tChSOn, III his COuJfSb WIFI DOubI /
Carolina in 1882, as evinced by the
following declaration of principles
found in his Proclamation December
I1th, 1923, and his Message of Janu- |
ary 18th, 1888. II consider" says
Gen, Jackson, 'the power to annul q
law of the United States assumed by
one State, to he incompatible with the
existence of the Union, contradicted
expressly by the letter Of the Consti-
tuition, unauthorized by its spirit, in
consistent with every principle on
which 1t is founded and destructive
of the first object for which it was
formed
This right TO secede Is deduced
from the nature of the Constitution,
which they say is compact between
sovereign States, who have preserved
their whole sovereignty, and therefore
are subjects TO no superior; that, be-
cause they made the compact, they
can break it when, in their opinion, it
has been departed from by other States
Fallacious IA this course of reasoning
is, it enlists State pride, and finds adj
vocates in the honest prejudices of
those who have not studied the nature
Of our Government sufficiently to see
the radical error on which it rests"
"To say that
any State may at pleasure secede from
the Union, is to say that the United
States are not a nation, because it
would be n solecism to contend that
any part of a nation might dissolve its
connection with the other parts to
their injury and ruin, without commit
ting an offense. "Seccs-
sion, like any other revolutionary act,
may be morally justified by the ex-
tremity of oppression; but to call it a
constitutional right is confounding
the meaning Of terms, and can only
be done through gross error"
"Men of the best intentions and
soundest views may differ in the con-
struction of some parts of the Consti-
tuition; but there are others on which
di'passionatc reflection can leave no
doubt or this nature, appears to be
the assumed right of secession"
"The right of the people of u single
State to absolve themselves at will
and without the consent of the other
Statet, from the most solemn obliga-
ton, and hazard the liberty and hap
piness of the millions composing this
Union, cannot be Acknowledged. Such
authority is believed to be utterly re
pugnnnt both to the precepts upon
which the General Government i,
constituted and the objects which it i,
expressly formed to attain
Again, General Jackson. speaking
of the rights and duty of the Govern
. mcnt to use force to prevent seces
sion, says:
"No one believes that any rights
exists in single State to involve nj
the others in these and countless 9th
er evils contrary to engagements sol
emnly made. Every one must Sc,
that the other States in self defence
must oppose it all all hazards.
Again speaking Of the ordinanc,
passed by the South Carolina Conven
ton, he says:
This solemn denunciation of tn,
laws and authority of the United
States has been followed up by a ss
ries of acts OH the part of the author
tiles Of that State, which manifest
determination to render inevitable
resort to those measures Of self-de
fence, which the paramount duty o
the Federal Government requires. q,
1t is quite unnecessary to multiply
!. quotations from eminent Statesmen
upon this subject. The great hear
of the American people is not only
. adverse to the doctrines, but unalter
ably determined to resist it at all haz
| ards; and were it not for the fact-la
mentable as it is, that we find the can
, didate of the party, with which it ha
always been our pride to act--defi
| antly advocating the right of seces
sion, the fact of secession, and tn,
, want or Constitutional power on tn
, part of the General Government t,
prevent it by force, and distinctly an,
| sluarely planting himself on the doc
trine of the inability of the nation t.
, save itself from self-destruction, 70
{ the want of both Constitutional ant
{ physical power, and calling upon tn
, Government to withdraw the arm,
from what he is pleased to call the sc
ceded States, and hold an armistic
with the rebels in arms, give up tn,
Mississippi, break up the blockade
call home the fleets, and thus, give M
q all the vantage ground which on
l brave soldiers have won at the cost o
so much blood and treasure. Wer
; it not we say, for all this we nigh
, be justiliable in remaining silent. |
: it denied that this is Mr.. Vallandig
hams position? Read his record
{ published and put forth under his i'm
, mediate sanction, and spread broad
cast over all the State. 1t is said tina
Mr.. Vallandigham's arrest, trial anC
| Punishment was q violation OF tn
, Constitutional rights of the citizen
, and that this act of the administrator
must be rebuked by electing Mr. Val
landigham Governor of Ohio. al
, most the identical doctrines advocated
: by the extremists Of the opposite par
ty at the beginning OF the war;
t 1t is also said that the Emancipa
l ton Proclamation is contrary to tn
! letter and spirit of the Federal Con
Stitution and that the war is bein,