Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-08
THE NORTHERN ALLIES OF SECESSION.

We have already shown by the mos incontro-
vertiblc evidence that the men who hold the revo-
lutionary doctrines expounded by Mr.. Solicitor
Whiting, in regard to the constitutional relations
of the so-called Seeded States, arc the political
adversaries of the President in matter which per-
tains to the fundamental policy of the Administra-
ton, relating as it does to the very object and end
Of the war.
We have shown by the testimony of member
of Mr. Liocoln's Cabinet that all who espouse these
radical doctrines are, in his opinion, "aiders and
abettors of the Confederates," whether they be in
private station or in public place. If these men
are the "aders and abettors of the Confederates,"
we should expect not only to find them using the
political dialect of the secessionsts, but actually
extortng from the latter recognition of the sub
stantia identity which exists between the princi-
Piles Of the Northern and Southern disuniopists,
however opposite may be their animating motives
and Interior aims Accordingly we find these
prori expectations fully justified by the develop
ments of opinion passing before the eyes of the
public A, simple illustration, typical of the
class for which it speaks, we cite the following de-
fence which the Chicago Tribune makes in behalf
of the validity of the secession ordinances passed
by the enemies Of the Union in the South. 1t
says in its number of the Sd instant:
at is often said it will not do to admit that the rebel
States are out the Union because by doing You admit
that States can secede whereas the act Of secession
ia therefore null and void and act at
ALL And however soemnly and formally any rebel State
may have passed its act of secession has really accom-
pshed nothing whatever TO change its condition status
as State still within the Union. The inference made by
those who maintain tbs argument is, that the Seeded
States being still within the Union retain all their political
rights and powers and be deprived Of Of the
franchises privileges which they possessed before the
passage of their empty aud void acts of secession The
object plain to ALL to shield the States against any acts
of the National Government, any course Of policy
which might coLhot with supposed State interest or
opinion We could feel the force OF this hind q
onng and the closer examine the more utterly illogical
and ABSURD it becomes.
al the States in the Soutl have not seeded then
State perform no act whatever Safe can by no
possibility do any thing really than they seeded 1t
act done with oil the debe alton, in compliance
with all the forms with full declaration and intention and
purp and it turns out to be act there be,
lar as see, way in which State act. We admit
State has right that the act crime but the crime
has been perpetraed the guilt has been incurred TIE
assertion that because secession wrong therefore tn
has been ssion, is absurd proposition and
moustrous claim than ever urged before. Even
the prep sterous dogma that the king do wrong
be done, emily the king must not DO charged with it;
whereas this asserts that IN re is crime guilt
State has done wrong; fact act whatever has been
done, only just nothing at all
As to what may be the resuts and consequences OF
act of secession what effect il has upon ths ndition Of
the State and its relations to the other States and the
Union; in what mode on what conditions i may be per-
mtted to iis former equal place in the Union or
through what purgaton u may he made b. pass before II
be ceansed II the foul crimes done in its days OF tsa
al other questions to be discussed hereafter But
It to most papable Of words without mean
ing the emptest argon and TO say that solemn
OF secession done full convention by great State
is act at ALL"
Here it will be seen that the Northern advocate
Of the revolutionary doctrine Of secession entirely
concurs with the Southern dsunionist in point Of
fact The so-called Seeded States are equally, in
the eyes Of one and ofthe other out Of the Union
The only difference between them is that the
Northern secessonist sees in the act crime against
the Federal Government, while the Southern Sc
Jessionist processes to 10 it the legitimate exor
else Of rghtful authority on the part of the seve