New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-04
THE "PEACE, DEMOCRACY.

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THE PEACE" DEMOCRACY.
The gathering of unmi;igated COpperheads IN
our city last evening fairly took the bull by
the horns. Their Address assumes az its basis
the Modification doctrines of Calhoun and
/ Hayne, so thoroughly crushed out by Webster
/ in the debate on FoOt's Resolutions aud by
Edward Livingston in Gen. Jackson's Procla.
nation against South Carolina. "You cant
\ coerce a State" is their burden; which, II
true. involves the monstrous conclusion that
any one Of our hirfy:ton States Arrays h0d ana
allraus ,riH hare the rrht 10 rsHd Tie country
/ into fragments at as mere good pleasure, i"ihom
eren struggle. If this be the true theory OF
our political system, then we have been falsely
pretending TO be Nation, and making treaties
borrowing money and entering into al manner
of solemn Ell gagemcnts on that sWindllng bs'
sumption. in utter defiance of the painest
requirements of good faith. Nay, more: We
have been cheating ourselves, BY buying ana
annexng wash territories at great cost when
had a perfect right to secede nom Ms the
moment we had formed them into States
This theory is as repugnant TO common sense
a. 70 common honesty, aud is hol,tcred mp by
carbliug citations from the iaihrrs whca
which would throw difcredt Oh the conduct
of a Tombs lawyer defending pchpocket
The Resolves OF the Cow enton boldly as
sumo that Calhoun Notification Is aud always
was the fundamental doctrine of Democracy.
Here is one that covers the whole ground:
=" R,,olr,d That under the CaustitutoL rfssE T. 10
powEH ~ rHy FEDERAL OovEKNsENr go torrcE rHs
sTATgs or any number Of them sfLrsE. SHL'f j. Tie
power OF coercion exists - oil It - csA poei an to'
military Thst the Derocr.c party II uu~ 10 ~ Own 'e-
honored pnnciee. 'snnsi sofsih VA A..As =.
Siass that believe II 20 be The duy o. ne pit 70 V
csia sentiments boldly, that .Ae gr0l- aa) ee iAs'
there Is q, least Que political ossnl,.n sSn Dbl" es "''
salv independently. and ruthiuiy vi h them
The Judge, to whom all lrsh witne" pro-
posed 10 give fourteen reasons why BIS iathcr
was not present in court, on hearing the first
one-that the said father was dead. and
could MT come-kindly waived tie rest, IA not
strictly necessary. If it be true that tho
! Federal Government has no power to coerce
the States or any Of them,' all further discus
sion Of the causes, the merits, the Justice, OF
3 the War for the Uuion. Is steer irreeyancy
and surplusage But these " Peace men do
Il not believe one word Of this, as we will prove
The " coercion" of South Carolina in 1888
: "a a comparatively recent event. She had. IN
j the most imposing manner, through the achOn
of Convention Of her People, nuhed al act
of Congress declaring it 10 longer operative
within her limits. Gen. Jackson nulllfed the
Notification and told her che must obey the
law until it was duly modified or repealed by
act of COBgress-snd she did. The moster-
spirits Of our Peace Democracy" were then
5 nearly all in active political life, and conspicu-
ous in sustaining and justifying Old Hickory.
This 10 an undeniabe truth, and every intelli'
gent citizen over forty years Of age can attest
! il from his personal recollection. Yet south
4 Carolina then progressed to be- acting under the
s Federal Constitution. and in the exercise OF
rights reserved TO her thereby. Now, she and
: her allies are ayowedly transcending, deiying,
destroying the Constitution. Can it be that
. .h. was subject to coercion" IN that case,
yet is not in this
A few years ago, Congress enacted what
was regarded by large portion VI our most
\ intelligent and conscientious citizens us most
q nauitons, inhuman law for the rendition Of
I Fugitive Slaves. That law was most repug-
l uaut TO the more generous instincts and sym
pathes Of freemen, and the Supreme Court Of
Wisconsin adjudsed some OF rs vital provisions
unconstitutional TINS decision the Supreme
=. Court Of the United States Oyerruled, sustain
t ing the law. Suppose, now, that the State Of
i. Wisconsin had undertaken 10 "coerce' The
: Union into acqniescence ia the decision OF bel
Courts, would not the Federal Government
s have felt bound to uphold the Judgment ri az
J tribunal Most certainly. There would theL
Il have been coslOn--hrd Of Judgments and
: processes ultimately Of forces. Who does moi
i. know that every one OF our "Pcace Dem0c
q. racy" would have yehemently upheld Tho
"a Federal authority III tho premises and insisted
ID that its predomnance over its State competitor
70 should be fully maintained aud indicated
'f Yet that would have been exactly the present
case, save that Freedom instead Of Slavery
d would have been the nulIifcr.
Il But "the power Of Federal coercion is legal
q not military" That depends entirely on th,
> measure and means Of resistance to be over
: come. "Why did mt you strike the dog with
the butt Of your gun instead of pinnine him t.
:. the earth with your bayonet'" angriy inquired
> an officer OF al Irish soldier. And SO