The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-05-19

lsdaded the Southern Commissioners to n
belief that n treaty of separation would be
aulieably adjusted. Then how could
Breckenridge go +" tohelp Southern States
out of the Union" when he remained in
the Senate until months a~fterevery seeded
State had withdrawn? How could Gen.
Lane, aftse Breckenridge had done what
Gov. Gibbs charges, come to the Pacific
States" to take them ont Of the Union,
when he left New York late in March.
and at a time when everybody was given
to believe by the Lincoln Administration
that there would be no war? The alb
surdity and wanton falsity of this first sen
tenee Of the Governors remarks in the
quotation above are too manifest to re-
quire further notice, and NE pass to the
next:
"For that purpose &. &, to take Pacific
States out Of the Unionl 100000 stand OF
arms had been sent here by Floyd, who was
then Secretary of War;"
Floyd resigned in January, and could
not have been Secretary of War when
/" Breckenridge went to help Southern
Estates out of the Union" non when Gen.
Lane +" came to he Pacific States in
April, 1861. Batthe huge lie about the
{" 10000 stand of arms passes all com
prchension. Had Gov. Gibbs referred to
the official Report of the Congressional
lCommittee (Republican) on this very
matter of the distribution of arms By See.
rotary Floyd, he would have learned that
from january 1860, to january o, 1861,
the whole number of rifles aud muskets
distributed in all the States was only TO-.
151, or just T9,s49 less than he asserts
were sent to the Pacific States" alone
And it ought to be remarked here that Of
these l0,151, not 5000 were sent into
disloyal" States.
We need not further show mp this whole
cloth lie of the Governors, but viii pro.
ceed with the next ~stanner:
1.-THE war was commenced in January,
1861. by the firing into the Star of the Wesl
as it was entering Charleston harbor, . Sc.
Before going further, let us ask the
Governor if he remembers the following
provisions of the Federal Constitution
SEC. S.-The Congress shall have power
to declare war-to provide and maintain 9
navy-to mako rules for the government and
regulation Of the land and naval forees-tt
provide for calling forth the militia to exc,
cute the laws of the Union, suppress insur.
~rections and repel invasions-to provide foi
organizing, arming, and disciplining the
militia, &c.
Agreeably to the Constitution the pow.
er to declare. provide for, and carry on
war, is vested wholly in Congress. The
President has no such power-he can on.
ly execute the will ofcongress. In Jan.
uary, 1861, the Congress was Republican
and in the House, where appropriation:
to prepare for wal must arise, the Hepub
icans had clear working majority. 1
the firing into the Star of the West Wal
an act of war, then, as Gov. Gibbs asserts
what has he to say in e~xculpation Of tn,
Republican Congress which not only to
tally failed to provide means for the de
fence of the Union, to carry on the war
aud to vindicatc the flag, but which sa
~crayenly silent under the outrage and in
suit upon both esdntry and flag by tn,
South Carol6ians? Instead of holdin.
up Democrats to public reprobation 70
what he declares they did subsequently
why does he not denounce the Republi
cans inCongress for this reasonable der
ELECTION of duty, aud censure the Repub
lican masses of that day for their disloyal
ty aud criminal apathy ?. If the wal com
menced when Gov. Gibbs declares it did
then he must admit that Secretary Sew
ard and President Lincoln behaved trea
sOnably in their quasi negotiations viii
the Southern Commissioners who were il
Washington until the time that For
Sumter was fred or and that the Ad
ministration was guilty of treason aud per
fdy in promising to cvacuate Fort Sum
ter, and leave it to the ~Confederate's pos
session.
Gov. Gibbs says that Mr.. Buchanal
was President at that time that he say
seven States go out of the Union. say
" public property stolen /" " forts takel
possession of, and the laws of the Unitet
States set at naught," and & never raise'
a finger against it." Will Gov. Glib
please to tell the people, what Presiden
Buchanan could have done that he di,
not do at that time? It was for Congress
to legislate, and to order, and for tn
President to execute. So long as Con
gress did nothing the hands of the Presi
dent we're bound. Gov. Gibbs know
this-therefore it is clear that he wilfull
falsiies in making this attack upon Nj
Buchanan, and through him upon tn
Democratic party. We could motto
other falsehoods and misrepresentation
in this campaign speech of Gov. Glib:
but shall waste no more time on it here
Honest, candid men who read his speech
and who win take the trouble to invest
gate the facts, canaot but dospise a Chic
Magistrate of State who will thus al
tempt to deceive and cajole them, or VIII
betrays so much ignorance, or engages i
such Wholesale. shameless falsehoods.