M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-05-25

| Inv ''''" IHS 10 B'luR lho louhN
!of the Administration press:
SUGoEssTIvE,- AT a State conven-
ten held in Columbus on the 23d 0
January, 1861, while James Buchsn
an Was resident, and the rebellion
was being inaugurated, the Demo
Gratis Of Ohio sent greeting to theil
Suthcrn brethern rs follows;
"Res0iyGd, That tha two hundred
Thousand Democrats of Ohio send L
the people of the United States, botI
North and South, greeting, and wher
the people Of the NOrtn shall hav,
fulfilled their dRties to the COnstitr
tinn and the South, then, AMI not til
then, will it be proper, Tor them t,
take into consideration the question
of the proprrety OF coercion" "
The history Of that C1nveGtiOn il
worth hunting mp. 1t may be sug'
ge5tlve in the coming campaign il
OHIO. ss y preliminary to that othel
! Convention which resolved abouI
i"tour years Of failure"
Ihi object contemplated BY its pub
licauon 10, doubtless, to make 1t sp-
pear that the Democratic party did
not thrist exceedingly Tor the shed
ding of iraterdaf blood. This resplu
uun was adopted on the 29 Il Of JAnu
ary, 1861, and declared it to be the
wish of the Democracy OF OHIO that
the North should. before embsrkin.
in the War. fulfill "tncir duties /,
the Constitution ani to the 5 ruth. :
Go tell your n",shnur. with the s,res,
.! cmphlsis, thai 10 thJ % | ot Jan
nary, 1851, the Democracy Of Ohio
weru animated by that sort OF treas N
that lead them tC make AN open proc
IauatiOr, that it was preferable a or
linuancu ut peace sauuli be pnrIhaS
Icd by "the pUoplu VI the n NrrIh," iul'
filing their duties to the Unnstitn-
tioe and to the Sou'h," than that Wal
should he accepted Tel them, Iur-
thCr, that the spirit in which this res,
olution il uow reproduced by tha ad
mtnistration press aimts vi bat lhls
coustrnrtiou For the sake 0f Pesc,
and Union they were 10 willing t.
,tTiJFui' 'tnrn dualcs o-tt4e-G nsu,;
non ahi the South Stop MT here
but real tu them the following irpn
the speech of Senator AnIrew JoGn'
1on, (Sho Is now the President Ut tn,
, United States, aHd to whom in hush
Jed suspense the p>upie, North anJ
: South, E. and Wes,, are looking /
near The ANNOUNCEMENT vi such a pp
icy a. shall pernSaently pacltiy tu
coun'ry) made i'll the Uoited State
senate, February 5. 1861, thIrteel
days after the aforesaid resolution va
adopted in State y invention by tn
I Democracy OF Ohio.
Referring 70 - charge OF Senate
Lane, that Mr.. johnson WAS in lavor
of S war on the South. Mr.. johnson
said:
Il march down upon South Caro-
linal Did propose any such thing
! No! War is not the NATURAL OF u,
mlud; and as | stated in hat speech
my thoughts were turned on peace
and not on war. want no strlte. -
want 70 war. la the language OF
den Jmlnauon that Is very numerOu
IN the country, | may say hate wa
and love peace. | belong to th
peace party. thought, when wa
making that speech, that | was hold.
ing out the olive branch of peace.
wanted to give quiet and recOncila.
tiOn to a distracted and excited coun
try. That was the object had il
view.
81 90 not believe the Federal Gov
erImeut has the power to coerce
iOtate, IOr Oy tne eleventh amend
meut of the Constitution Of the Un
ted States it is expressly provide
that you cannot even put one of th
States of this GOnteGeracv before on
of tine courts OF the country as a pa
ty. As State, the Federal Cover
0 ment has no power TO coerce it, but
s is a member Of the compact to whc
it agreed in common with the othe
> States, and this Government has til
right to pass laws, and to enforc
= those laws upon individuals within tn
}. limits of each State. While the on
proposition is clear, the other is equI
iy 80. This Government can by tn
Constitution Of the country aud b
the laws enacted in conformity VII
the Constitution, operate upon ind
!, ! viduals, and has the right and II
power, not to coerce State, but
N enforce and execute the law upon 4
Or dividusls within the limits of Stat