The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-21

Chat their fAVOrs Nl u TOO late rlAsaiGc
spisss handed in at OUT counter before nino o'elocS
State Rights -tin Advocated at the soutb.
Ethe lsis war was decisive Of an ything, II Ger
f.inly settled In the negative the question Of u.
limited s..ie Rights. Il was the drersuce Of
op Mon upol tina, question Which gencra,cl null e
IAlaIon in South Carolina thirty three years ago,
and which ten threatened tic stability Of the
Union. I. was the same dispute which, after .hir-
" years Of agitation, euminslo In civil war, and
~ was upon that ISSUE ths. the rebellion was
brought u close Therefore, the question now
ought ~ b. irrevocsbly settled. II ought 70 he
CLEARLY understood hy The people Of every section,
and ofevery political hue, that the States hare NOT
sinIitnted rights and that they are no. .bsolutslv
sovrrsigr We, there Is = very large proportion o.
CHI s,uthern people who still cling W the fsl,cy
Witch led them into rebellion. Thoy still hold 10
abe belief that the States are strictly sovereign and
Ahst the has left this trouble question Just
sbsre II was i've years ago. The Lyuchburg Rs
puBlioAN an ,blo and apparently sincerely lovsl
Journsl spests tho opinion Of . large clAss--pos.
sit'y nearly sllof the people lstely in rebellion,
- follows
But IN thus submitting " the Federal authority,
aud Welding our support 10 the reconstruction Of
fbe Jnion, we wish IL 10 be distinctly understood
that do not Weld one iota Of those yr, At and
fundamental principles Of strict constructions AID
State rights, which We have always maintained,
and which We regard essentially necessary N the
suecessiul operation OF our complicated system Of
tfee institutions and the Advancement OF civil and
religious liberty"
Tie sr-umsnt advanced by CALHOUN, by bis po-
1itcsl suc:essors, and which 10 indicated In the
above extract, is this; This, the Union i, simply
Cop.rlnership Of the States definite Ia its dur
alton, snd FROM which any one Of the parties has
fho right 10 withdraw at pleasure. II was upon
ahs ground that south Carolina justified tho act
of secession; IL was the Same that induced the
Other S.sto. to fol ow In It's wake, ant II IS the
probable plea that Mr. DAVIS will Introduce
~ justify his own course, upon the occasion
OF his forthcoming trial Now, this doc
Snue 10 not only errsusOus bu, danger
Gus, aud the southern peops ought
~ know that long as II IN rba ntaine1 aud .dvo.
Gated there eau be no security against future re-
billions We do not suppose tina, there is the lOsss
~isuysr Of smother outbreak Ia the $ nth, sgsinss
She authority OF the Union, at least by tho present
generation. But II should be remembered that the
psrnicious doctrine Of unlimited State rights has
been advocated ever since the Union was formed.
and that II was only by long and persistent sgita
Aion of the question thaa the Southern people we're
brought up to the point Of open rebellion. s. 1t
may be again. II the principle alluded TO shall
survive the war and construction, why may not,
abe seed take root and again sprny mp into rebel
Zion thirty five a hundred years hence for tic
welfare Of the South aud Of the whole country, the
priucple Of absolute State Sovereignty ought 10 be
allowed 10 pass away with the rebellion-,ns cause
and the efec, should go down to oblivion together.
Absolute slate rights are incompatible with II,
Ysrpetuity Of the Union, aud to advocate them /,
only paving tho way for future trouble. The South
srn press particularly, ought TO eudssvor 10 diss-
bus the public m nd Of this old and f.llscious
5de,, and to teach the people that while the States
are supreme In all matters Of local government,
ihey sro bound to the Union by llg.turo .bat eau
never be several