The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-02-09


equal, sovereign, and independent in their
proper and legitimate spheres. Let it lie
TeUleu beFed that the rebels are not the
only persons haTing rights and Interests
: in the irsurgent states All and each Of
/ the states OF The III ion have an interest
! al! and each of be Gil zens of the Uni ed
States have an interest in the preservation
I ard perpe' uarion OF tie union Of the con,
! srirutiou; and all Of the states, ard every
4 citizen OF every state, is bound BY tie
j highest obligations Of honor, interest, and
constitution al duty to aid in its preserva-
! lion to the extent Of all be Ias Ct life and
/ property.
The same course OF reasoning answers
| fully those who claim that the insurgent
states are dead and that they cannot be
states OF The union till tie government
/ breathes into them again the breath OF
/ life 1t would seem IS though it were
enough to add il reply ;ha, the power
/ tina! can confer life can preserve it. If
! the government can breathe ilfe into the
| dead carcass Of state it could prevent
the departure Of life from it. 1t could
have kept the breath of life in It fer
one have Lo f.ith in the resurrection BY
one who, struggling TIN ough long wears
/ had not the power IT, preserve the original
| lie. | will never consen, 20 re death OF
one OF The states OF lals uu!on IN tie vain
! hope that tie party now IN power and
controlling the government ma, b'ea lie 1t
/ again TO life Your breath may kill it
viii no; save; it Is foil OF pesilence, dis
ease and 5ea'h. lou Kill the body that
YOU may destroy the soul Of The republic
! But You ought to understand thu, the
.emple rests upon the pillars, and RS you
wrench them away, !he beantv, harmony
aud proportions are no. aiure DESTROYED.
| but the whole edlfce I.ust ultimately fall.
But if a state cannot die, then "once a
| state always stsie Why not? THIS
| is not state rights more than the rights Of
the unsn " no SAYS, once the union al
WAYS the un;cn! y no says the union
/ shall always endure and the republic be
l,eIpetua; that Il ,h.,I never he DESTROY edi
! The states aCd the union must co,exst or
The union must die. The states might
possibly exist without the union, without
the states the u ion never. beware how
/ you trife with the states! He union Of
Tie states is the republic. Tie republic
is tho states in fraternal UNION! The
( union originally cost too much, and too
much Of lie and lrea-ure has Teen eg-
pended IN lis name and Gu It's behalf, to
surrender it on mere technically or to
barter it for the gji'tering empire yru
loud build Oh lis ruins. The fathers at
de republic were not mere rsr,iSaus, or
/ fanatics, they were statesmen,
ST. il Is an easy lhirg to break ~ and
to destroy this union, if the eentteu en- Of
/ he m4jorty are right ii all their modes
Of dlFposirg Of it, Tbe fortGatheIs
! little dreamed how irai! thing they were
/ fDtmirg There il scarcely a ciiection
/ hat rtbrjS carUot drive their whole s;:.'e
/ Though tie corsll'Nrlcn out a lll- uri@r
lie .eaFhed and abba centieuaa from
! ohio. Mr. SLeitaha!gar J H. hi answer, CT
perhaps shou,d be FaIGoued It s-y his
evasion OF tie petuncut question q lhe
houorabic gentleman from New Irsk (Mr
+ haywona,) II lhe> Che sa;e.) were
out # lie nii"n "hen did they become
! so? says substantially, as | understand
/ him when ;i.e regular course # in>;;ce
WAS interrupted ~ revolt, rebeijnn. or p
suIect'on 80 ihei tie courts Il Justice
could not be KEEP: open; "vhen, in fact
I liey became teIigeren;s." Thia docuinc
would prevent the government; from s"p
4 uTtS-il.g ~ lD:urTeC' lon without Gealrut