The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-06-05

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died a noble old citizen, because
he obeyed the laws Of his State
and imperilled his life and fortune
for her independence and selfgov-
eminent.
The first one of the bills begins
by affirming that mo legal State
Government exists in South Caro-
lima :" that is to say, South Caro-
lima politically is dead, but geo
graphically she still lives-the
word State being two-fold in its
.signifcation. The bills then give
in detail the modus operandi By
which political life may be infused
into her inanimate form, ard she
may be raised to her former posi-
ton Of an independent sovereign
State in the galaxy Of States that
compose the Union. Whether or
not all the provisions Of the bills
are as wise and just as q brave and
gallant people might have expect
ed from . magnanimous foe and
an enlightened craftsmanship, is
not for us to pause and discuss,
but for history to tell, and upon
which a coming generation will
pass sentence. for it is not alone
upon us that they are to make
their impress, but upon genera
tions yet unborn. To accept the
bills is an impossibility, for to ac-
cept implies the right to reject,
and as a vanquished people, held
down at the point Of the bayonet
and the edge Of the sword: we
have no right or power to reject !;
therefore We cannot accept. The
only thing left lis is to bow courte-
ously to tate-to submit to and
carry out the terms strictly and to
the letter.
Just as certain as sovereignty
resides in the people Of the several
States, and South Carolina, by the
interposition Of her sovereignty,
withdrew from the Federal Union,
lust so certain do the States that
remained in the Union constitute
the Union. and the Government is
theirs, and they have a right to i'm
pose upon those. that withdrew
terms Of re-admission. Had the
States that seeded and withdrew
from the Federal Union succeeded
in establishing the new union and
government for which they fought,
they would have, been known
among the powers Of the earth as
the Confederate States, and the
States that remained in the Union
would have constituted the Union,
and they would have been known
as the United States. The rati-
fcation Of the conventions Of nine
States shall be sufficient for the
establishment Of this Constitution
between the States so ratitying
the same" Cart. II, Con. [. S.
The act Of ratifying, then; created
the Union. and the people several
Iy Of nine States was sufficient to
do it. There was originally thir-
teen independent sovereign States:
and as the Constitution declares
that the ratification Of the conven-
ticns of nine only Of themwas suf-
fcient to establish it between the
States ratifying, if the conventions
Of only nine Of the States had rati-
fed it, it would have been the Con-
stitution between the States rati-
fving, and the Union would have
been created. The other four
States. if they desired, could have
formed a different government or
governments, as each one acted
Voluntarily and for itself, in its IN
dependent sovereign character.
Whatever is sufficient to create is
sufficient to preserve. Nine States
alone was sufficient to create the
Union. Nine States alone, there
fore, is sufficient to preserve 1t,
and it can never be dissolved ex-
cept by the voluntary secession
and withdrawal, in their indepcn-
dent. sovereign character, Of a suf:
fcient number Of States, and the
establishment Of the position they
assume, so as to reduce the
number Of States that remain IN
the Union below ninc-the mini
mum number sufficient to create
and preserve the Union. The pen
atty of the interposition of State
Sovereignty and withdrawal from
the Federal Union, and the failure
to establish the position assumed,
is to be crushed politically, and re-
moulded and re-admittcd into the
Union upon the terms Of those
States that remain in and consti-
tute the Union. This is the or
deal through which we aTo now
passing. Just as certain as ours
is a Federal and not a National
Government-that sovereignty re-
sides in the people Of the several
States, and not in the people OF
all the States aggregated indjvld-
ually in an entirety, and that
South Carolina, by her ordinance
of secession, withdrew from the
Federal Union, just 50 certain was
ours a war for independence and
self government, and not an lnsur;
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