The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-10-11

Now, sir, what soreo Of arms can compel State
to do that which she has agreed TO do What
f,rce Of arms can compel a State to refrain from
doing that which her State government. aupport-
ed by the sentiment Of her people. is determined
to persist in doingf 1t is provided in the Con-
stituton that the citizens ofevery State shall have
all the privileges and immunities Of the several
States. What force OF this Federal Government
can compel the observance Of that clause II a
State 10 determined to pass and execute laws
whereby citizens Of other States shall not have,
within its limits, the same privileges as its own
citizeps.
"Fdll faith and credit shall be given in each
State 30 the public acts and judicial proceedings
Of every other State" How will the Federal Gov
ernment, by armies and arms, enforce the obs,rv-
ance of that clause in the Constitution, ifthe Judi
ciary and the executive authorities of o State,
refuse such faith and credit?
"No State without consent of Congress shall
lay any impost or duties on imports" Suppose
State should pass such a law, and the citizens
were willing to execute the law, what army could
prevent ity
"fNo State shall, without the consent of Con-
gress, enter into any agreement or compact with
foreign power" / wish to know from any gen
tlemen what number Of men 1t would require to
annul such an agreement once made The Cen
eral Governments invested with certain powers
necessary to be executed, in order to keep the ma
chinery Of the Government in motion. Can any
number Of troops or the use ofany armed force on
the part ofthe States, compel the General Govern
ment to execute those powers if the agents ap-
ly refuse to execute them Sir, the trhoIe scheme
Of coercion is impraeticabte. His contrary to the
genius and spirit Of the Constitution.
Mr.. Pendleton again says: I'D
SiHthe enforcement Of your laws, within Sc
ceding State in opposition to its will. is coeIcon
of that State, and coercion by armed force is war
These terms, " collecting the revenue" enforc-
ing the law" maintaining the Union" capti-
vate our people. They smack Of law and ORDER
to which our people are very much attached
They are not unknown in American history
Our fathers heard them used in the same tone and
spirit, and for the same purpose, as We hear them
now In 1868, when the colonies were rejoicing
at the repealof the stamp act, Charles Townsend,
then member of Lord Chatam's cabinet, pledg-
ed to Cancellation and peace, rose iu the House Vt
Commons, and declared that it was expedient to
collet revenues from America, and that he would
himself bring in bill to accomplish that result
His declaration was received with tumultuous
shouts ofapplause, &c.
Mr.. Pendleton says further:
My voice to-day is for Cancellation my v0teis
for compromise and it is but the echo 6 the
who with me represent the northwest you who
with me represent the State of Ohio you who
with me represent the city Of Cincinnati-I beg
you gentlemen to hear that voice. If you will
not If you find Cancellation impossible ; if your
differences are so great that you cannot or will
not reconcile them then. gentlemen, let the sece-
ding States depart in peace let them establish
their government and empire, and ,cork out their
destiny according to the ,cisdom Jnhifh God has
giren Them.
But we resume our extracts from Mr..
Pendleton's speech. He continues:
My co!leaguetMr. Stanton) said the other day
that war seemed inevitable. He said the end of
that war was dissolution and disunion. II he said
truly, if he judged wisely, in Gods name let us
leap over the intervening agony Of war and come
to the end and conclusion at once.
lfGeorge Ill had conciliated his colonies how
much wiser man would history have proclaim
ed him II, failing TO conciliats he had allowed
the separation without the disgrace and defeat Of
the Revolutionary war, how much wiser man
still would he have been
Mr.. STANTON Iwould be glad TO know ofmy
colleague if he holds that there is any power in
any department of this Government to recognize
the secession Of State under the Constitution.
AS to the matter ofconciliation and compromise,
the people of the seeding States say they want
useless to talk of it. again ask my colleague
whether there is any power, under the Consttu-
tion 70 recognize the secession of State and REQ
ognize it as q foreign nation.
Mr.. PENDLEroN. What may be the consttu
tional power Of this Government to recognize the
secession ofa State decline to discuss at pres.
ent. But this say, il we should become enga-
ged in war with q foreign enemy, and a portion
ofour territory should be captured and reduced
to possession by the enemy, and we should be OBJ
liged to make treaty of peace on the basis of re-
tanning what each party had acquired-ut, pos-
sidetis-acknowledging the sovereignty of that
territory to have passed away from US, certainly
the Federal Government would have the power to
conform to our restricted limits, and to confine
its Jurisdiction TO our admitted boundaries. If
war be Acknowledgement, as my colleague declares,
has not the Federal Government as much power
to treat that question now as at the end Of war
Will conflict Of arms confer constitutional pow
or upon the Federal Government
With this, as part only Of q longrec-
ord of similar character, we present
TO the American people this accusation
of a man who now asks their suffrages
to e1alt him to the second positiea in
their gift. -.
NorE.--The above record has been carefully
made up from the Journals ofthe House of Rep.
resentatives and the Congressional Globe, which
is the official organ Of Congress and every
statement made can be fully verified by q refer
ence to them. m v5if i .sr i-