The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-09-20
He further said:

"The resolution has guarded against any
misapprehension of its object BY expressly re-
quiring, for such an interposition the case OF
deliberate, palpable and dangerous breach Of
the Constitution, by the exercise Of powers not
granted by it, 1t must be case not Of light
and transient nature, but OF nature dangerous
to the great purposes for which the Constitution
was established. 1t must be case, moreover,
not obscure or doubtful in its construction, but
plain and palpable. Lastly, it must be case
not resulting from partial consideration or
hasty determination, but ease stamped with
a final consideration and deliberate adherence"
Mr.. Madison also observed that the
resolution he had under consideration
specified the object Of the interposi.ion
which il contemplated to be " solely that
Of drresting the progress Of the evil Of asar'
pation." This is certainly, as the plat.
form says, "not secession" and none
but rebel fanatics will contend. that the
secession, or attempted secession Of South
Carolina and her followers. was occasion
ed by a :" deliberate. palpable and dan.
gerous" exercise Of unconstitutional pow
ers. The rebels, who were guilty Of the
mischief, filled as they were with auda.
city. dared pretend only that they fore.
saw that the Constitution would be de.
liberately. palpably and dangerously dis.
regarded. Under a pretense a, false as
their sense Of security was foolish, they
proposed by secession to remedy evils
anticipated. So the Southern rebels can
not, with any show Of honesty, claim to
have observed the teachings Of Madison.
The passage Of the "solemu official
inaugural" Of jefferson. In 1901 (when
he first took the presidential chair). re-
ferred to in the Democratic platform, is
as follows: . La. -.a.. ...sa.##5 .E a.. g
II equal and exact Justice to all men, Of what
ever state or persuasion, religious or POLITICAL
peace, commerce, and honest friendship with
all nations---entangling alliances with none;
the support of the State Governments in all
their rights, as the most competent administra-
tors Of our domestic concerns, and the surest
bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies;
the preservation of the General Government in
it's whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet an
chor Of our peace at home and safety abroad; a
Jealous care Of the right of election by the peo
plea mild and safe corrective of abuses, which
are Topped by the sword Of the revolution,
where peace remedies are unprovided; absolute
acquiescence in the decisions of the majority
the vital principle of Republics from which
there is no appeal but to force, the vital prin-
cple and immediate parent Of despotism."
Now. we should like to believe it we'll
settled that these memorable sentences
contain the doctrine Of the Democratic
parry in Ohio to-day. We are quite su,
no good Union Republican, (Which is
exactly what Jefferson himself was, } will
dispute the proposition that F" the preser-
walton of the General Government in its
whole Constitutional vigor," is "the
sheet anchor of our peace at home and
safety abroad" or that +" absolute ac-
qaiescence in the will Of the majority. is
the vital principle Of Republics" 1t
would be satisfaction TO inquiring
minds, to hear from the Democratic or.
gans throughout the State, on "the true
doctrine Of States rights" proclaimed iu
the fourth resolution of the latest edition
Of their party platform. Was that reso-
luton an accident. or is it strategic; OF
do they mean it. and purpose to stand by
II and its loaical consequences