Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-24

United States and OF the Confederate Sates would only
DO binding upon each Stsp when submitted back tn aud
freely ratified byss people asEsss q their sovereign e.
treaty milking powers toa Convention of the sovereign
States s the more obyi0u', in view Of tho want Of power
in the Presidents and Senates of the two Governments to
akea trsaty Of pssce without the conseprof the sove.
reign States to BE- affected by No permanent treaty Of
peace be made which does not contain an article fixing
the boundaries Of the two Governments when the whoio
country Inhabited % ours h and one Or the other Go
yernent must exercise immediate jurisdiction over the
lhab ans of each State and each county In
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Government aud this can only DO deae ny the ceHseh OF
re- action Il sssara.s States d. therefore, an ndspsnsa
bic preliminary tethe validity Of any that
can be made. This action may BY agreement 81 the
treatymakng powers take place prior or subsequent to
the date of tho treaty but either ease tAe feet is the
same as the validity OF the treaty dependent upon the
action of separate States Suppose 1t 10 agreed by the
powers that the State Of Ohio ehs become
part of the Confederate States, when overwhelming
majority Of her people in convention called BY the proper
State authority decide by solemn ordinance foreman with
the United States Or il !, agreed By the treaty
United States when to.thrds of herpeope decide 70 20
with the Confederate Stass VIII any one contend that
the power has the right thus to dispose OF
their consent7 And viii any body say that treaty Of
peace be made without deuug the Government with
which Ohio Kentucky shall be associated in future
Suppose again. that the treaty making power fixing the
the coniederaoss should to sdi
vision Of Virginia, and that the sroyembracsd in The
pretended new State formed Of part Of vrgnis shall
shall go with the Confederate States Will any Southern
contend that she DO thus dsmebered, aud part
sgo
He who contends denies the very fundamental principles
upon which the Government OF the Confederate States
organized What would the old Vrsinans of ths Jter
sonan school say this of State sovereignty What
would Washngtoh Jefersen, Madison MoBroe, Henry,
Lee Mason Rsndolph and othsr atassmsn of their day
have said If they had been told that the Constitution Of the
United States conferred upon the treaty mskng power the
right to eide one-hslf the Virginia 10 foreign
Stale, without consulting her or obtaining her consent7
II President Davis and the Senate haze power cede
part Of Virgins to the United States 10 fixing the bounds
res of the two cohederaeies without her consent they
have as much power to cede the whole State to Great
Britain France for commercial advantages to cede
Georgia to the United States in confederation that the other
States shall be Recognised and the Sucb pro-
position Ia too for serious aanpent who
clims such powers for the Pre- sdsDt and Senate would
only degrnde the States TO the position Of provinces,
but would eiohe the treaty making power Of the Confd
eracy with imperial dignity greater than the most enlght
ened monaches of tho present. day to hemseves
Il has been claimed Of the preogatyes of sover
egns they cDud code each other their provinces
Will But in the late treaty between the EmpeSors OF
France and Austria the former refused to accept
vince eeded by the latter and incorporate it into his
pre, and govern it It'll the question submitted to the
people OF the province and they gave their consent
1t is certainly too clear 10 be tessfuly sOned
that the Governments Of the two Csnfsderacea have
power to make treaty ofpeace and fix the boundaries of
tie two countries, which, situated are Is neces
say part OF the treaty without the and con
Of the individual states to be aecteh by H. this
cannot be done without the consent Of The staes where
is the objection to Convention Of the statef, to settle in
advance the necessary prenares 10 which their consent
Indispensable before the Treaty BE- vHd binding
In the Cenventonis cou DO agreed yhict States wpud
with the North and with the souih and the ratification
of the action OF the Convention by the treaty making
powers aud by the people of the several States to be s
cted by it, when o character require their psrate
action woult fix tho future status of the different States,
fhp hnyrrfA sNn
While lam latised that separate SatB may and
most probably will be necessary preliminary to treaty;
Of peace do not wish to be mishderstood upon tins
point sovereign States of the Gondcrscy each se-
ceded from the old Union This they had perfect right
to do nd eachis the present Conederary
as shewas 1.-The old1snd hos the ssue right under tina
like circumstances which abe then exercised But wrn
those eeccded formed present Conftderacy
aud entered into the pfesept togehnr they
ss y strong sssnop pledged hsmsslyss 70 ssssa
Of the struggle thus siqatedI deny th amy one the
Estates honoraby withdraw from the contest without
the consent of her sister States and ate n separate
treaty of peace with the enemy peapl1 Statss
can meet in Convention, and abolish the Confedera Gov
eminent whenever tB usurpators and abuses of power
have reached pept where me soverels1tyo tina states
secure under The people ofthe Northern Government
have right to do the by like Convention, snd To-
tyranny BY which they are now confroed III the people
OF the two Confederaces have this power which will not
III presume be denied ~ any one protesting the State.
TlRnts W meet tOgbtner
Convention and agree upon the boundaries and treaties
necessarily growing out Of separation which u already
accomplished fact7ts 81 YtI.& 3G.G 1sA ID GaIgs.1
well aware that the advocates OF s.rong central
power both in the United States and the Confederare
Sates including many Of the Office holders OF both
ernments and the place holders and large Government
contractors, who have made millions OF dollars OF the
Government without once exposing their persons to dam
ger in battle and the secret spies The employment Of
the Governments Who are Supported out OF the large
funds at the apds of the two Presidents
to do their bidding and such officials gold lace in
cities and drive fine horses and carriages SUPPORTED out Of
want and the large provost and passport corps scattered
among country villages and upon Our railroads tedious
Of the prerosatves of the central power and
maintain and extend them ready by their action to
deny that the States have any thing eft ht the Name or
that they can have any agency IN negotiating treaty of
peace that they meet in Convention TO consider on
This subject without being guilty &c tstorGus Ststes1
These minons of power protected from the dsnges OF
battlefield, never fail to mpugn the motives and question
the lyay Of every who denies the legality auy
of the Government questions the wisdom CT any part OF
its policy They very cordially adopt The maxim, the ing
do wrong OF all such loud and clalnor
Of States agree upon the terms of ASPIRATION and stop
tho eusion Of blood II the should cease they must
sink tother level for then Othelos occupation gone
But the advocates of free government may safely appeal
frG all ruch TO the sober sound Judgment OF tho great
of the American people North and SOUTH who bear
the heavy burdens Of the without the Offices or pa
fronage of either Governments hose sons been con-
scrjpted and torn from. them mud slaughtered msuy Of
whose homes have been destroyed and their arms and cities
Laird watte who daily rUbbedof their property by i'm
pressment agents other Government sy
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