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this is simply a question Of force and not Of

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argument.
They say that "government must be de.
rived from the consent Of the governed, !" but
forget that their own Is not 90 derived. SINCE
The vote Of the people Was against the rebel.
lion in ten States ont Of the original eleven
that seeded, to say nothing Of the fact thst
IN undertaking to compel dissolution Of
the Union against the. win Of the other
States they necessarily undertook to "goy-
crn" on this point the entire people Of the
country. Secession, therefore, on the pstu-
ciplc Of the coneeut OF the "goyesned'' re-
qntres the consent as we'll Of those who STAY
as those who 60. They state that tsthc sepa.
rate Independence Of the States has never
been surrendered" This Is In part true, for
u the States were united before they became
Independent, and never therefore enjoyed
separate independence, they could not we'll
have surrendered what they never possessed.
If BY the independence they mean the ssov4
ereignt3" Of State, tbat was so fur surren-
dered lrrevocably, Is IL implied In the follow
Ing section Of the Constitution Of the United
States, and no farther surrender Is required
Of them by the Government.
~"This constitution and the laws Of the
United States, which shall be made IN pnr-
suance thereof shall be the supreme
Law Of tho land, ansthlng in the
constitution or Laws Of any State, to the
contrary Notwithstanding All the inde:
pendence consistent with this section, tha
Southern States can still obtain by a return
Of their people to their allegiance. -.
. But through all this rebel manifesto It ii
cunnlpgly assumed that their desire to uego~
tihte with MS for peace on the 6asis Of separa.
tion, is I'LL that We can ask. or -conrse they,
desire peace on these terms, as separation is
all they are fighting for. On the, other hand,
to prevent separation Is all We are fighting
for. They desire to get, out from Under the
constitution Of the United States Ia order to
secure TO themselves "life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness" Az this is
precisely 'Whnt. they came under
that constitution for, and what It
did secure to them for nearly century, It
is difficult to see why they cannot continue
to enjoy these luxntiea by the only means by
which they have ever enjoyed them. Ger
tainly their pursuit Of happiness under their
new constitution has been "uuder diff
cu1ties." Yet they characterize the remain.
which they have enjoyed all the blessings
they have ever known as "sliEing slayes,''
in preference to which they would rather
"die freemen." This has all the bravery ol
insanity, and all the sense. Ia 1t "worse
than Egyptian bondage" to live under on,
Constitution, to which, SO long as they
could carry the elections, they were 80 pro
fuse In their praises and SO exclusive in thci
claims Of devotion? solong as eleven State
could rule twenty.three, 1t was liberty. Bu
when twenty-three began to rule eleven, /
was bondage.
The bogus Confederacy" which make
this manifesto claims to include Missouri
Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky
and the whole Of Virginia Representative
from those sections unite in this declaration
Though the rebel armies have been dsivel
out OF them, the bogus "Coniederac7". in
c1udes them as much as South Carolina !
is this tract Of territory two-thirds cor
Quered, which we are asked to recognize.
1t Is the great Idea Of Us1ox cotemporauc
ous with the idea Of American liberty an
Law which We are asked to surrender, be
cause slavery has begotten class who vii
not lire where they cannot rule. Shall W
yield to them? Never.