Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-02-23

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posed 10 disluIon. from whatsoever
source IL might come. lie bad sup
ported every effort made by loyal
and patriotic men against the hydra
headed monster, secession. lie did 50
because lie thought secession WAS un-
constitutional and revolutionary. He
loved the Government of the United
States, because it was the greatest
and best which cvcrcNistcd on earth,
and it was his Government. He had
heard of it, blessings and its good
ness, from the time he first under
stood the meaning Of the English
lis' languages On each anniversary
of our National Independence, he
had heard the Declaration of Indc-
pcndcncc read, and eloquent dis.
courses upon its principles and the
glory of our ancestors, and hoped
pcrpctuity of our glorious Govern
mcnt. When the scccssionists de-
clared that a State could scccdc from
the Union, he saw that this would
cndanger the Union. If one State
should be allowed to go out, then one
by one these States might withdraw
from the Union until there were no
two States united. lie had favored
and supported the war measures.
lie thought to allow it to be said
that even one State had got out Of the
ion was Il political hcrcsy which
would destroy the Union. These
were still his opinions. For this rea-
son, he row opposed tho reconstruc-
ton policy of Congicss. lie said State
suicide and State secession were
Synonymous. There were persons,
who had no legal nor constitutional
right SO to do, who had attempted TO
Withdraw from the Union. The
country, by Il bloody war, subdued
this faction. Then a faction in the
North arose, and attempted to carry
out the idea that these men had sue
cccdct and taken these States out.
They threw in little word called
State suicide. Each faction, the Sc
ccssion disunion and the State sui-
eide Radical party, agree that States
can and have taken themselves out
of the Uuion. He said the practical
meaning of the two definitions was
the same. If one State can scccde,
another can secedc; if Que State can
commit State suicide another State
can do the same. The secessionists,
in attempting to take the States out
by force, committed acts in contra
vcntion ofthe constitutions and laws
of the several States and of the Uni
ted States, and were revolutionary
and reasonable. For the SAME rea-
son, the act O: the Radicals in cxpcl-
ling these States, are revolutionary
and reasonable. Honest men NAV
have believed that secession was
right, aud there are honest men who
believe that suicidal disunion is right.
This opinion, in each case, is crroni-
Gus. The acts of each are rcvolu-
tionary anj reasonable. not the lees
on account OF tha; crronioas eonc.u-
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