Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-09-13
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they might have Il successfully s resisted 0tbe
tide Of secession which swept over the
Gulf States in the winter Of ls601s61.
In place of this, they we're abandoned TO
I the tender mercies of the free eating Civ
airy, and we're plainly told thaft there was
no authority ID the C0nstitatioh 70 Z inter
iere with rebellion. Thus, Mr.. Bucban-
an, in his Message Of December 3, 1860
F-declared 81 ,is'-o'se7 20 -a>i11 1909
b s.rhe question: fairly stated is has tie
Constitution delegated to lCengresssshs right
to co-erce State into submission, which is
attempting 20 withdraw OF has actually with
drawn from the Cohfederacy 2 If sns~ered
in the affirmative, it must be upon the Brinci-
pie that power has been conferred upon Con-
'gress TO declare or-to make war upon State.
After much serious reflection, haze arrived
at the conclusion tina. no such power has been
delegated to Congress or &c any ether depart-
ment Of the Federal Government .e... Without
descending to particulars, 1t may safely lie as
serted that the power 4, make war ssiassaa
State 's ct. variance with the whele spirit o.
| the Constitution. --......Cengress5o Possesses
many means of preverying it tthe Unieni, b.
Cancellation, but the svosd was not. placed in
their hands to preserve it BY force. "a ssss
This dirsct invitation to rebellion by "a
promise Of immunity, was atsonce taken
up by those who have ever since controll-
ed the policy of thu Democratic Party
On the Sd of January, 1861 at
"Union" meeting held in Philadelphia,
the, Hon Ellis Lewis, well known and
influential Democrat, introduced series
of resolutions, in which the-risht, of Sc
cession was denied but after blaming the
North for its unconstitutional proceeding,
it concluded; - p. .-,.--- -.t. mi.
p ..Resolred, That if the .Northsrn. States
should be unwilling 70 recognize thefr consti-
t1tional duties towsrds the Southern States,
! it would be right to acknowledge the independ
ence of the Southern States, instead Of ,eagmg
an anlarJfpl tcar against thsm," --1
/ And at the great meeting of the Phil
adeiphia Democracy, held January Is, af-
ter the firing on the ''Star of the West
in Charleston harbor, among the resoil-
tons enthusiastically adopted was the fol-
lowing: 81 j s,---si-l .ss55fsi- co. ~
'Tenat. That We cordially approve the dis
favowal by the President, in his last annal
message, fer himself and for Congress, of
war-making power against a State of the Con-
federacy, thus reaffrming the express doctrine
of two of the great founders of the Constitu-
! ticn James Madison and Alexander Hamil-
| ton --1--r' sss - slr. - a.
These views were formally adopted by
the party. On JANUARY Is, the Military
Committee reported to the House Repre-
sentatives a bill to provide for calling ont
the Militia, when George Il. pehdleton
opposed it BY ar elaborate argument, in
which he said l.: D.. Fe -
''Now, sir, what force of arr,s can compel
Q State 70 DO tbs. which she has agreed to Do!
What force of arms can compel 2 State TO re-
! frain from doing that which Fer State govern
tncat, supported by the sentiment of her peo-
pie, is determined tc persist in doing
! sir. 'he whole scheme of coercion is imprac
ticable' 1t is contrary to The guFiEs and
spirit Of the Constitution. NJ voice
to-day is for Cancellation: my voice is for com
ptor-ise. beg you, gentlemen. to hear that
Toiee If you will not if you find cOncilia-
tion impossible if your differences arc 50
! great that you cannot or will ret compromise
them, then, gentlemen. let the seeding States
depart In peace; let them establish their gov
ernment and empire, and work out their des-
I tiny according to the wisdom which Gel has
/ given them. . -
And iE, the division which followed,
the Democratic members, with but four
exceptions, registered their agreement
with Mr. Pendeton IN solid body.
1t was for such doctriucs as these that
the great Democratic Party selected Mr.
Pendleton. as its standard bearer in the
presidential contest Of 1864, That these
views were regarded as a sure passport
to its favor is evident VIXEN we see them
dyanced by 50 shreTd and uascrupulous
politician as Mr.. William B. Reed, who.
on the 2Sth of March, 1868, in an ad-
dress to the Democratic Central Club of
Philadelphia: observed .s.54, d.
''iIad the Government never gone beyond
:he limits Of consent; had it rejected, as did
. ats founders, tie iErEsY OF coERc,oS, sap
piled to any State or combinatiod of States,
it would have been far tronger in the ele-
nents of republican power, than II is now in
all the panoply and parade of war" --.s
Even three years of war did not suffice
to cause the abandonment Of this dogma.
The Democratic Convention Of Kentucky,
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assembled June %, 1851, to select dele
gates to the Chicago Convention, adopted
series of resolutions, among which the
following is the third:
Guided by these lights. we declare that
the coercion ami subjugatior of eleven or
more sovereign States was, never contemplat-
as possible or authorized by the Cpnstiru-
tion, but was pronoupoea by lis makers an
act of suicidal folly ,--s-s - h7s
And Mr.. William B. Reed reiterated
! lattar To ut hatrp