M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-03-03


J The Union is dissolved. War il
raging between the'divided Fragments
Heuce'orth the NORTH and tue SoulI
are alien nations. Il ia too late iol
compromise, or reconstruction. .-Sha,I
we fight on--Shall civil war rage, ol
shall We have Speaceable separation
! Whatever may have been the sim
OF mission or cUmmis;i,n by whicl
the late Administration divide H.,
DEMOCRATIC party, and thus rendered
inevitable the division Of the country
they at least shrunk from tbs respon
sibli!Y Of plungiug tho country into
war. POn;,us Pilaie washed hi,
hands Of the blood OF the Savior, a.,
whatever may have bocn hia weak
ness, yr the weakness OF the Rmar
government IN the midst of uvbre v
customs and Hebrew Institutions, h,
Il. hast !cluaed ~ participate in Ih'
hce.
A contemporary, .he other day
wac demanding - bDd man to save
the county, and argued that the
GREATS 81 Criminals have led successful
armies, or planned campaigns, or in
sugurated civil policy, which had
done more for the benefit Of mankind
than all their perSohal ANA had done
agaius, them. The inference was that
I"Old A be" WAS not bad enough fol
the purpose. Bat if he 10 not, there
can be Lo doubt that he has bad ad,
visers tqnal for any purpose,
l!o VI they have plunged tue couu
try into q war, and unless the people
who are to supply its ''Sinews" arc
wiser than their agents, it will be 1
war uDpaEa!all.d IN alIocitY, crime,
and reckless devastation The poicy
OF tho black republicans, from th'
Tery fret, has ben to render etiec-
tuai anc irrevocable the present diS-
ruplioGs Of the old Cn,On--to tho enc
that their hold o! power might be per
peIua;ed. The policy Of tho Scu'herr
tireCat.rs h Ia been the same, and fol
the same reason. The greed OF place
Las been tho controlling s,etueut with
them bu,h, and between tho two tie
Union has been crucitied.
But 80 far no there is any matter oI
tisputo aI IT, the powers OF ;he Fsdel
A. Government IN the premises, that
| question" was settled before tho pre-
sent administrators of the government
a ero born. 1t arose in the Convex
lion which framed the United States
Constitution, and was freely and fully
j scuesed and authoritaliyely settled
The discussiOn was on tho following
clause in to G h section OF Governor
Rsudolph's plan in regard TO TIC
powers to DO exeVcised Oy tho Con-
.reFs, viz:
"To call forth the force OF iheUnior
agaipst any member Of tho Union
ialIiig g to iu fill its duty under til,
ar,icles thereof. Yates Notes OF
And also on the following clause
in The 7th resolution OF Mr.. Patter-
sons plan (caIled tho jersey plan.
viz:
"litny State, or any body Of mer
in any Safe, shall oppose or preVent
III, carrying into execution such acts
.or treaties, tho Federal Executiv,
shall 10 authorized 10 cal iOrth lht
overs pT tho con'tderated States, OF
so mu,h thereof as may be necessary
to enforce and compel an obodienC.
to such acts. or an observance oi sucl
tre ripa. Yates Notes, 243.
In the former plan this power Ha'
to be invested in Congress ; is tn,
latter, in ihe Executive. Both pian'
wero taken and considered together
and the powers were rejac'ed and dc
nouuced rs impraciicabe and destruc
tive 10 the Unior. Mr. Madison
said
That the more he reflected on th'
use OF force, tho more he donbtel tn,
praclicability, the justice aud offi;ae,
oil il, when applied TO people collec.
lively aud no; Individually. An unio.
OF the States containing such an in.
gredieEt seemed to provide for it
own destruction. The uss Of fore
against a State would look more liz,
a declaration Of war than an infiic-
tion Of punishment, and would bc
considered by the party attacked as {
dissolution Of all previous compac
by which it might be bound. III
hoped that suoh system would bt
framed as uight render this reconrct
unnecessary, and moved that the clau
SC be postponed. The motion wa;
agreed to nen.. con. ."--2l vol. Mall
con papers, 76l.
On page S9a he again said:
"That any government Of the Uni
ted States, formed on tue supposed
prsctibility OF using force against the
~ r .D7ak; ;ko,i,,y,R 1frsaaii5r. % 81.