Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-12-03
bTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1868.
[rro,s the Daily of Dec. IL

DISCIPLE OF CALHOUN. The Vows
Shop Hopkins upon the subieo, of
Y h are well known, iiis views upoA
|. 5bect Of secession may not be so gen-
" understood. When his opi.nion was
~ ed some three years ago upon ",he
taral Authority Of Slavery" by ce,-
PERSONS of New York, il seems he
b the same time asked his opinion
the constitutional position OF the
eading' parties" The following
extracts will sufficiently Indicate his
The question he divides into two
He says:
rst, il may be asked whether the
ern States have a right 10 secede for
ause2 Secondly, if they have the
is the cause sufficient to justify its
GCise }
Ihe first he answers as follows:
III my humble Judgment, they have a
Mt TO secede, although grant that the
mt being entirely new, is not without
Iaiderabie difficulty"
md the Bishop of Vermont proceeds to
the right of secession upon the State
aud state sovereignty, nullihcatlon
w " of Calhoun.
BE second part Of the subject" if
the southern states have the right
EIDE, is the cause sufficient to justify
nsrcise l"-the Bishop next proceeds
sass. This, however, seems TO US
Wy superfuons, after conoeding the
If they have this right, they must
6ously be the judges of the time and
flon of its exercise. Any opinions We
Ahoid upon the latter point are entirely
keerial TO affect the result. The con
hng Of the right of secession, under the
astltution, necessarily creates those who
pse TO avail themselves of it, the sole
y OF the occasion, or the suificiency
pr Justification, for its exercise gives
state the right and power at its pleas
\ destroy the Union, and renders the
% kation the weakest that could he de-
W by foolish men,--a self-destroylng
ment.
/ \ Justification of the act of the seced-
tates flor secession had actually com.
III when this opinion was written) is,
Esr, discussed by the Bishop, and his
b it is obviously, like all his other
eal views, adapted to the meridian
/ brleston. He states the case for the
40 follows and while he does not
DUtly affirm that their justification is
sent, one umavoidably gathers the
sesason from his argument that he con-
Drs this statement As substantially cor
aad sufficient.
The preamble TO the Constitution he
'does not speak Of a nerpetaal I'm
nt q "more perfect UniCn, to estab-
pstice, insure domestic tranquility,
: e for the common defence, promote
neral welfare, and secure the bless
II liberty to onrSs3ees and our poster
And the very ground which the
htharn States assume is that the whole
Ms design has been frustrated with re
to taem--that not the South, but the
has violated justice, destroyed do
hc tranquility, opposed the general
kre, and thus etfectually broken the
IS OF the Constitution, by their deter
ID and unceasing assaults upon the do
bic institutions Of those who were in
ed TO be their equals and their breth-
making it virtually impraeticable to
\ peace together. The power of the
&tates which have thus carried on
assaults upon Slavery has at length
aimed the mastery in the administration
! ~ government, and 1herefore the
lRthern States have resorteN to their re-
w rights by seeding, as the only
eAnle remedy remaining, since warn
REPRESENTATIONS and arguments have
employed for many years, and all in
|argdes the Bishop Of Vermont, and
Eue Rhett and Yancey and Fernando
ana their co-laborers in the destruo-
the Union; SO argued upon the ques-
State rights John C.Calhoun, whom
nocratic president threatened to hang
eas sorry he did not do it; but so did
fgue Webster and Clay and Benton,
pc Other greatest statesmen OF the
p. Are the Episcopalians of Yer
u sympathy with the opinions Of
or Calhoun, Benton or Yancey, Web
Wood, Bishop Potter or Bishop
kns
S,GN or TIr Trurc W. mot /,