Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-26

break it, when in their opinion it ha
been departed from by other States.
Fallacious as this course of reasonin
is, it enlists State pride, and finds adv'
Gates in the, honest prejudices of thos
who have not studied the nature of ou
Government sufficiently to see the rad
cal error on which it rests. To say tha
any State may at pleasure secede fror
the Union, is to say that the United State
are no nation, because it would be
solecism to contend that any part of
nation might dissolve its connection wit
other parts, to their injury and ruin
without committing an offense. Seces
sion, like any other revolutionary act
may be morally justified by the extrem
ity of oppression; but to call it consti
tutional right, is confounding the mean
lug of terms, and can only be dom
through gross error. Men of the best in
tentions and soundest views may diffe
in the construction of some parts of tn,
Constitution, but there are others oil
which dispassionate reflection can bea
no doubt; of this nature appears to b.
the assumed right of Secession Tht
right of the people of single State, tt
absolve themselves at will, and withou
the consent of other States, from the
most solemn obligation, hazard the lib
erty and happiness of millions eompos
ing this Union, cannot be acknowledged
Such authority is believed to be utterly
repugnant, both to the precepts upon
which the general Government is con
stituted, and the objects which it is ex
pressly formed to attain. Again, Gen.
Jackson speaking of the right and duty
of government to use force to prevent
Secession, says: !" No one believes that
any right exists iu single State to in
volve all others in these and countless
other evils, contrary to engagements
solemnly made. Every one must see
that other States in self-defense must
oppose it at all hazards. Again, speak
ing of an ordinance passed by the South
Carolina Convention, he says, this SOL
emn denuneiation of the laws and au-
thority of the United States has been
followed up by series of acts on the
part of the authorities in that State,
which manifest determination to rem
der inevitable a resort to those measures
of selfdefense which the paramount du-
ty of the Federal Government requires"
1t is quite unnecessary to multiply
quotations from eminent states uen upon
the subject The great heart of the
American people is not only adverse to
this doctrine, but unalterably determined
to resist it, at all hazard, and were 1t
not for the fact, lamentable as it is, that
we find the candidate of party with
which it has always been our pride to
act, de6antly advocating the right of Sc
cession, the fact of Secession, the want
of constitutional power on the part of
the general Government to prevent it
by force. distinctly and -sauarely- nlant-
bility of nation to save itself from SELF
destruction, from want of both constitu-
tional and physical power, and calling
upon the Government to withdraw the
army from those he is pleased to call
" seeded States" and hold an armistice
with rebels in arms, give up the Missis-
sippi, break up the blockade, call home
the fleets, and thus give up all the ground
which our brave soldiers have won at the
cost of go much blood and treasure; were
it not we say, for all this, we might be
justified in remaining silent Is it doubt
ed that this is Mr.. Vallandigham's posi-
ton, read his record, published and put
forth under his immediate sanction, and
spread broadcast all over the State.
1t is said that Mr.. VS. arrest, trial and
banishment, was a violation OF the con-
stitutional rights of citizens, and that
this act of the Administration must be
rebuked, by eleeting Mr.. V. Governor OF
Ohio, almost the identical doctrine advo-
Gated by the extremists of the opposite
party at the beginning Of the war.
1t is also said that the emancipation
proclamation is contrary to the letter
and spirit of the Federal Constitution
and that war is being waged for the
freedom of negroes, aud therefore thu
war ought to cease at once. There nigh
be some force in these arguments if ou
conduct and opinions were at all lntiu
| enced by such considerations; but be
remembered that all the expressions o
opinions of Mr.. V. herein published
were announced pryor to the issuing G
/ tbs proclamation, or his arrest. Fo
these and other equally satisfactor
reasons we feel constrained to Withhold
our support from Mr. v, though we deeI
it inexpedi ent to put third ticket IN tn
| field s5
t.. Fellow-Demoerats of Ohio, Democra
who stood by Douglas in the great eol
test of 1860; Democrats who have swor
upon the altar of our country that tt
kUnion must and shall be preserved
Democrats who have sons, brothers an
fathers nov fighting the battles of yol
country, who are standing guard in tt
silent hour of midnight over your hous
and homes, Drawing death in every fori
, we appeal to you, can you, will you ca
| your votes for a man holding opinio
} and advocating doctrines which Mr..
does? We cannot and do not belle
YOU will We must respectfully b
earnestly call upon you, in the name
e Democracy; in the name of your cou
r try; in the name of our fathers, of Jat
e son, of Douglas, to take such course
Y YOUR calm and deliberate Judgment m
d dictate, to save Ohio from the fatal effe
l. which we fear may follow from such
), course.
e The Democratic party has futr
d fraught with mighty and important
j, legations, which must be met with fir
% ness, and having done our duty, tr
ot to a returning sense of the. consister
70 which we feel confident must be
r guide of the Democratic party in
If oorna;on of 1864
~ Signed Barnabas Burns, Preside
e j. H. Tyler, Secretary: Robert A. 10
of son; T. j. Egan, Assistant Secre ary-
Why DoN'T You Test 1T?--" u
:, don't the Aboiitionists roluntee'
p Why don't the Democratic Legislatu
~ ~ and Governors let the soldiers rote,
=; ~ that we may see which party has FL
:. ~ the ranks of our country's defende
-, - And why do the soldiers OF those Sta
," which hare enabled their soldiers