The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-13

ed. And thirty years later, during tba
administration OF General Jackson. whas
certain prominent Southern politicians in
sisted that notification was the nrona.
remedy in case Of an invasion of the riyh,s
OF State, solemnly and earnestly nv
tested against this construction -
the Virginia resolutions. "He az u
nestly maintained that the separate action
| OF an individual State was not contemnl.t
ed by them, and that they had in view MOTH
| ing but the concerted action of the Stafas,.
procure repeal Of unconstitutional Ia.s
or an amendment Of the consultation
And IN 1852, when Mr.. Calhoun had sue.
ceeded in inducing South Carolina to nass
an ordinance of notification, on the ayo~'
go ground Of the uncOnstitutionality Of tha
laws imposing duties on imports. and tha,
State was on the verge of open rebel,;om
the sturdy arm Of Andrew jackson wa.
raised TO crush it in the bud. Before ra'
sorting to force for this purpose, with pa.
who had been deluded by the false no,it;oo1
teachings Of their leaders, he issued his
memorable proclamation, addressed 70 ths
people of that State. It is a documsr,
which well deserves to be cherished IN tha
memories of the American people ia tho
latest ages. 1t is alike remarkable for tba
earnest devotion OF its author to the Union
is exhibited in every line, and its able and
unansWerable exposition OF the true prin.
ciple and theory of the Government Tho
| fa.iacies OF the notification party were held
up As dangerous political heresies, and iis
advocates, for the time, were abashed and
COMPOUNDED. It's effects upon the whole
country were electrical. It was clothed
with the power of truth, and carried con.
vlction to the minds, of ali men of all polit
| icai parties, whose intellects were not 50
constructed as TO be impervious to the voice
OF reason, or dead to the impulses of patr.
ism. Even the great leader of the heresy
was constrained by the force of circumstan.
ces, the stringency of which ne fully appre.
ciated, to vote in the Senate of the United
States for tariff bill containing the odious
feature of protection, the unconstitutional
! lty OF which he had so strongly argued, and
| for the embodiment of which, in prior lava
he had urged his State to notification and
| rebellion.
| But though the iron will and sturdy
sense Of President Jackson had thorough.
~ rebuked and arrested the heresy for the
time, the deadly poison was not wholly
eradicated from the Southern mind. After
the lapse OF thirty years, its baleful effects
have appeared in new and more malig.
| nant form. That which was notification
| in 1882, is secession in 1850. The political
leaders in the Southern States, by means
succeeded in their reasonable machine.
tons az to induce those States madlv to
leap into the fiery vortex Of secession
They have gone through the mockery of
passing ordinances, in which they declare
| they are no longer parties to the solemn
compact of government, and repudiate all
allegiance to il. They have inaugurated
| war against that Government, and have
been in armed rebellion against it for al.
| most three years. If successful, the over.
| throw of the Government is the inevitable
! result; for secession, having no warrantin
! the Constitution, is reUOtntiOn. The autho-
rites. charged with the solemn duty Of
! preserving and perpetuSting the Govern
| ment, have found it imperatively necessa-
ry to meet force by force, and have adopt
ed measures TO repel and subdue the Grim.
inal designs of those in rebellion, The
| country is in a State Of war-a war which
| the adjudications of the Supreme Court
have declared to be lawful and consttu.
tional. A struggle is in progress, which,a
one time, jeopardized the very life of the
Government. In such crisis, it is now
gravely urged in Court deriving its being
and authority from a Constitution which
the Judges are sworn to support, that a ci.
tizen of the patriotic and loyal State Of
Ohio, charged with criminal completely in
the rebellion, cannot be guilty of treason,
because the revOlted States had a right to
withdraw from the Union; and, as a logi.
cal and legal result, have virtually de.
stroyed the entire fabric Of the Govern
ment, and aDsolved the people Of the Uni.
ted States from all obligation of allegi.
ance to it. AS Judge, and as
citizen OF the United States
test against such a dangerous perversion
of the principles of the Constitution. To
| sanction such position, under circum-
| stances now existing in our country, i'm.
plies, in my Judgment, a most unenviable
| condition ofintellect, and the possession Of
measure OF courage, physical and moral,
to which can lay no claim. The charac-
ter and tendencies of this odious doctrine
are not now to be settled by unmeaning
| distractions and metaphysical specula-
tons. The period when these could lave
| been available has gone by, and the bitter
fruits Of this sad error are now fully devel-
oped in its practical results. 1t has plung.
| ed those who have been its deluded victims
| into one of the deadliest conflicts the world
has ever witnessed. Its blighting influen.
ences are now frighttully apparent in the
| wide spread suffering, desOlatiOn and ruin,
which it has brought upon the States
which have so madiy raised the banner Of
revolt. The loyal States, too, have laid
liberal offerings on the altar Of sacrifice
In their patriotic devotion to the Govern
ment of their fathers, and impelled by -
stern, unconquerable purpose of defending,
preserving and perpetuating il, they have
cheerfully borne a severe trial Of their en-
ergies, and profusely lavished their treas.
ures and poured out their blood. The
sacrifice, though costly, we may well hope
will be fully repaid by the end to be
| achieved.
have now only to say, that upon none
Of the grounds, can the exceptions 10 this
indictment be sustained. The demurrer,
as also the motion to quash in the case Of
! Catharine Parmenter, are therefore over.
| ruled.
No PAY No PRAYERs-The minister Of
Harrisburg appear to have become snlitten
with that laudable desire to turn an honest
penny, for which the inhabitants Of the
| Capital have long been famous. For years
| it has been the custom for the Legislature
to invite the clergymen of tha city by reso-
| luton to open the sessions Of the House
and Senate with prayer, and. until the
| present session, they have always cOmPli.
| ed; but now they refuse, alleging that
they have given their service long enough
for nothing, and suggesting that hereafter
a paid chaplain be elected for the pur'
l