Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-23
How the American System May be Re-
Established
From the HillsborOugn CO., Gazette.

| Established.
From the Hillsborough CO., Gazette.
Heretofore, we have presented to tn Q con-
sideration Of the public, the absolute. com
plete and final dissolution of the Fedora
Union, and that over the people of the
Northern States, a vast aud irresponsible
military government had been established
while attempting, ~ ct arn1is, to maintain
the integrity of territorial domains. in coer-
cling sovereign States to remain In the con-
federation of the United States, against
their consent.
The system has been sacrificed to maiu-
tain broad acres of territory. We forgot
land was nothing compared to our glorious
form of government. In contemplating
these stern realities which ordinary thinkers
will be slow to comprehend, that the Union
is absolutely dead, care must be exercis ed
not to confound, the simple dissolution
demise-of the Federal Union, which was
an artificial structure, with the immortal
and seff- evident principles upon which the
old system of States united was founded
The glorious and admirable theory can
never die. It win survive the crush of
worlds and the power of Empires reared on
the colossal ruins of our once glorious Re-
public.
No one can vie with us iu filiaf devotion
to the American system Of politics, but It is
idle, to allow our love of the glorious old
Union of sovereign States, to cling, in vain,
to the casket that gave us such high ad-
miration for the Federal system, when
through gross, huge, blind arrogance and
stupid folly, madness, fanatism and sham
civilization, we laid violent and impious
hands on the material fabric, rent it in twain
and burned it in its own most precious
L Il
ruins, 'dishonored fragments of a once glori
Gus Union States discovered, belligereot,"
the whole land dreuched with fraternal
blood The thing that has been is the thing
that shall bej and there is no new thing
under the sum-
These cardinal principles still live in th g
hearts Of earnest patriots, who if entrusted
with power would end the horrible revolu-
ton attempting to be forced on the people
of the South as we'll as our own--we mean
the war on seeded States-immediately, by
returning to the old theory: Governments
are instituted among m en- deriving thsirjust
powers from the consent of the governed"
Peace restored, we would invite the people
of all the States to a Convention, to con-
slider the proprety of Union, upon such
conditions as would be most likely to secure
thu peace. safety and general well are OF all.
All, or nearly all. of the States could agree
upon plan of union acceptable to rhePeo-
pie of each. Thus a new union would be
established on the old theory of CONSENT.
The success of the Democrotic party on a
State Rights basis would secure this polit-
icsl condition to the American people, ,whe en-
anxious to maintain the American system
intact, every inducement would be held out
to induce the people of the several States to
m eot in Convention by delegates, to consider
g plan Of union offensive and defensive, to
be submitted TO THE PEOPLE, of each State
for acceptstion or rejection, as our fathers
did the present Constitution. This would
leave the whole question in the hands of the
people Of The several States, WHERE OF RIGHT
IT belongs, all "just powers" being derived
from the CONSENT of sovereign com munitiss.
Whatever the decision might be, it would
be final and conclusive, until the people
themselves saw fit to repeal 1t.
The people of those States who are favor
able to republican institutions, would as
matter of course, decide in favor of any good
confederation capable of securing to them
their liberties and Independence. The States
thus agreeing to a neU confederation would
be governed by constitution defining, ex-
plicitly, the powers and duties of the new
union, which like the old one, would con-
tlnue operaLlN9 50 loOS as lL proved c8paole
of securing the objects for which it was ss-
tabished, and continued to be administered
in good faith. Those States refusing to
join such Union, would be at liberty to-
govern themselves as they think best. Call
this reconstruction if you choose, it is the
only principle upon which the American
system can ever be re-estabished on this
continent. Tremble, as weak minds may,
at its Lcoutemplatior. time will demonstrate
its correctness. The failure to adopt this
method of se'f-preservation will inevitably
establish despotism over Us.