Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-25
State Sovereignty tiss slanset ~ res
uaar Lib4sf

Oar esteemed friend u me Freszaaa' .
Josrnal ssaumsa thai SlAts suEerrignty,
as laid down by Mr. JeHmssn Ii the Res
elasiors Of 1898, IL sfpl4yad sut,n and
hsFeaggsr, y hasssor aaay bs sks fosn and
Substance of things, skas grazsa Fedora
ti#e sysieaa OF coseqEAl Statea, which Tor
soma sixty years secured such boandless
COED, prosperity aud csfitsfst to the whuls
AmeFiEan people, has passed away fores.
eF. He assunes this, because shs Soon
IfedayaEes,D 80 well a. tbs sFeaezals,u - ig-
norsd Ii In practice, an4 the kor,heFs
Democracy having failed 90 ssdosss 1t al
Chicago, ladsed, hssing atsesly rrpadia.
sed il In the palniaagicn sE Gan Mc0iel.
lab, there waa ne party, session or osgsn,
lied body willing Eo stand by il ia
shs fnisags- This III indeed seeming
so,. bss ~ u 70 in rsaliEyF sladeed, 8.
there say party. sessiaa, OF poltai.
cal 0Fganism that ssaad4 cammitsed T.
gainst the ResolasIena of ITsse Did
even the party thar nonIaasea Abraham
Lincoln formally osaasais itsraf againss
that graad fabris Of administration,
which, raised by Jefferson 10 I798, wal
torn down By the hands Of its friends, ID
1861, quits as much ~ By those xho were
supposed 10 be lss eneEnids 7 bir. Jeffsr.
son laid down tie Resolatinns of 1898 as
the basis OF ths anios Of tbs States, and
hali that faithfulHeas 10 these Resolulions
was essential 70 the preservation. Of taai
Uuioa. Or in other words, these nesolu.
lutions having defined tia sfus relgtioni
| of the States, faithful adhsEeaee te
them was necessary 30 preserve the Union,
But Jefferson Dayis and his friends per.
veFtea them ihto the means for overthrow.
ing iasteRd OF preserving tha Union. II
should be . sssf -esadsaa sEsIhs as hsld
| By Mr. Calhoun TO tbs late beur Of hii
life that every Ssase has ths rigbE-th
inherent and inalienabiA right--to revck
the poxers delegated fes the good of such
States whenever, ia lts jadgnesis ihese
powers are about 10 be perverted into in
stTumenis of evil. This was the po.
isi&ian of General IIap1s 10 t-e memeFa-
&ls eoBEeEg wItn AxF. assrbssSG, Ga4sFty yx@ss !
ago, and il was usgnak y erabie, ans, fp osE
humble opinion, wih semaia foreFtk 10
| answerabie. Ii II The key, ths eikAdel
she very soul Of pop&As1y giSerty, fpr rs'hiei
our English ancastass kaal1lel . TanaRsnl
yaars, and stFiGksss dawa, taasb is nj
stopping place ahprt al UgarisuA oa des.
fpotism. But Wa@ 4 State must bay'
this right 20 aaFs IEself from despoelsHA,
is has no right ss 90 bkypna 1t, On inAis
evils on iis Federal sisters. Dir. LincelI
was elected TO use tAs Fowers gEaatsi b
aiississippi for haF good and uok for he
lruin, add IL shs had stopped Hith th'
Isimple rsgoeatina ef these SowRrs, ans
thus ssooa ready 10 rssans her FedsEal
Eelationswhsn thf government was re
Resoiatipsss 81 lFls, thefs would hayI
been No. war or inyaision Of thai State
But Aiys Davis AAsa his frienas attempte'
. rcgelatioa-~12 dismembrg the States
iin word, 10 seE Up nationality. an
lthe masses sustained SgF. Lincoln 10 hi
elfarts 20 crush out GAGs. This is no'
virtually aeeompliabed Lbs eHoEt 70 g
!, up hSouthera Ganf fe4Asraggn has falled
land the question nsw ptesantsd u the rea
IsraI Union Of the agAEea 80 truly dehn6
in the resolutions Of lT9S; and II thas B
impossible, tnen oar 4olitical system
; Indeed lost beyoaa qqtstion. But v
; have few or 10 duub,s on this subject
! prsssdeat Jahnsun is q jefsTsaaia
J Democrat, Nd thDagA aetiag with Pres
lldene Lincoln foF EAe one disEincs abjet
tof putting down d ''Southern Cqnfsders
Iey," be is in no Fasflect whatever eofaruit
! Issti to anything ea.se, ans doubtless Si
strive 10 restate tha Unp1a OF sha Stals
as defined By toe Resolutions Of li9s.-
i Eadsed, nothing slse is possiblss for 1t y
cast ourselves loose from these founds
tions, ga shall aslfs into universal al
archy, and end as they ended IN Frame
where there wers 90 local spvereighties
save them from Imperial Despotisrn.