The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-04

tprOvision that "This Constitution and thl
laws Of the United States made in puf
suance thereof shall! - mn spPai6i
LAW OF THE LAND, anything in the Con
] |sdtstioa Or h~s ef ~ Stats = thesssa
trry Notwithstanding. ."'..........zsaexz
What kind of sooerei2nta is that which
is subordinate in all'matters Of importanc,
to a Cevsrnpent .&hosel Constitutes and
LAWS are expressly declared to Be supprem;
aud binding over the Usdstitnfii6ons and
isks III Me Htatssl III ss.fJMgsE7
Nom 4asy peszes kssSsvst4A to th.
maintenance Of the Constitution Of the
United States. let him sustain this con.
trolling provision thereof in III iss length
and breadth aud in its height and depth.
It is this provision which gives character
to our Government, constitutes its nation.
slity, and mauifeste its power and il
greatness in the eyes of the nations ofthe
earth. The -Constitutien Of the UaiAsd
States clothes the Govsrnmeuev with ~
power in relation 10 intercourse and com.
nerce with foreign nations id peace and
in war. with ample power to raise and
support armies 6nd navies, and with or.
ganizing and calling into service the
militia, and with full power 10 suppress
insurrections and rebellions and to carry
on war, as well a. the wide-reaching
powers Of making money and regulating
its value, aud of laying and collecting
taxes
There is no limitation on theses powers
of the Government Of the United States
N the Constitution /; on the contrary, that
instrument, as if in very excess Of anxiety
to render these powers effeosual as we'll
as ample, provides expressly that Con-
gress shall s'make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers" and all
Others vested in the Government.
1t is the duty of every patriot who is
devoted to the Constitution of his country
in this time of rebellion and civil war,
when our only hope of salvation is in the
Constitutional power of the Government
to defend It's own existence, to give these
provisions OF the Constitution liberal in
depreciation, instead of bowling them
down and crying up the Calhoupish her
esies OF State Sovereignty, Modification
and Secession. Let them study the Con-
stitution as it is, as il was nada BIZ ctr
fathers and,as it was construed and ex-
pounded by Chief justice Marshall,
Daniel Webster and Andrew jackson in
the days when the sentiment OF the coun-
try North and South, outside of South
Carolina, was expressed 10 emphatic
terms-"The Union must and shall be
preserved"
II is the nullifers and the secessionists
and their sympathlzers that constantly
prate ot their devotion to the Constitution
and constantly seek by literal and legal
techhicalities to Impair the power Of tie
Government and barricade the rebellion
against its assaults. Calhoun and his
nulEiers bsptised their treason ia Consti-
tutional techaicaities and claimed to be
thespecia' and only guardians Of Cons.i.
tutional rights aud so in our dsy their
disciples, Of the Seymour, Wood and Val.
landigham schools, follow their example,
dilaie upon their devotion to the Consti
tuition and the vioiationof its provision b.
the Government. They strip the Gov
eminent Of the power invested in i. bl
the Constitution Of which they profess L
be the only Interpreters and guardians
and they claim for the States rights an<
powers which they are expressly dsprivet
of BY the terms Of the Constitution Of th,
United States.
The truth is. the professed devotion .
these men TO the Constitution is shee
hypocrisy, and is intended is shield be
Ihind~whieh they maysgive aid and com
fort 10 rebels in arms by raralyzing th'
arm of the Government wherever it j
exteuded to yindioate it's authority an,
L 1
crush the rebellion. As The prosecutor
Of the Savior IF mankind cruciGed him il
the name of superior zeal for religion
{ and the honor Of God, so in the pretenc
of exclusive zeal for the Constitution an,
7 tne welfare of the country, shs sympathi
zers with rebellion seek 10 destroy th
powers of our Government. So
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