Litchfield enquirer., 1867-07-11
Gov Eagiihh

li.li.va h. hhg,lhh obtelned many Re 's,,D.lI..li .o,.s, loI CioselHo4 of thia Ste.te Sss s's'i,a. On 1le ground ol SysaputAv V vain Hv ehiou ,.tiss3 -htitna 5Ae eaT, tad 2. ,ssi'lvse.4 -.au, G4ei4Un Ii lIa yiess gf slU ,i~s, s>st,.o -hs..-le.r5 ,l3bs;i >i3Ice. the ollO''si,e Afir,S r,il show Jn sha5 lou1t.ltt- sUi sais ,ssvh eoutataun a.ssle-
 A -iO 5ritpU 1t i"tiOu llsJuIe have lAe trnuipies iI A'i lOot'1 )ueu nure lululneu5iy mpa-r-eI -laA il -lv >I:rgsS,U tlIun Iuv kyIf,< -lFNarl. U nisllt;sili. Jl -le ldiG. lt .u<CI- t1-Una- r,sSl> 1f --le >t1gs. tI,i str.ke i,3g, "a she gl--r --le rl-l,litulC4 gr,I'igles v21ch r1e-- existence >IsiGes LeEeEI3<. The uIGlyrat and patriotic Sp-,g v1-ca h4ts 1n--l.b5e,i vour s,- clery. and the noble -lcC1u which you have placed at the head Ct your letter Jf invitation. are guar sntee of your devotion t0 the principles If civil liberty III the future they are proof of such de- votlon Tn the past. In laying the corner stone of your new Tammany Hall, there will be- I trust not only a reconsecration of those principles but duty enjOned to maintain them, at all hazards as the true corner stone of our Republican edifice. We should ne"er lose sight of the true order of that beautiful composite structure-the Constitu- uonal ediice which our fathers upreared for us First, one State; second, the constitution then the federal government-they stand thus in the order of time, as in the composite order of their structure. The people gaze existence to the &dtes, the SdfeS 10 the Constitution, the Constitution to the Federal Government. The rights of the fed eral government must be maintained to preserve lEyote the constitution, the constitution be strict ly complied with to maintain the rights of the States, and the States themselves with their sepa- rate constitutions, their bills of right and their duty to protect their people must be held sacred or We must yield to the despair which welcomes despotism, or to the rage which succeeds anarchy believe with your society, that the exclusion o1 ten states from the federal Union by partisan votes at the North, IS DO Jess t,'edsondble than their exclusion by partisan bayonets at the South and that the war being ended, the right of seces- sion abandoned, the authority of the Federal Gov ernment established and its laws everywhere re- spected and Obeyed, we have no longer divided Union only as it made so by the efforts of partisans to destroy the unity, prosperity and happiness of our people.
 Deplorable as the present condition of our country is, shall have an abiding faith in the in- telligence, virtue, and patriotism of the people. and believe that they will ultimately redress all their grievances n the exercise of their rights der the Constitution. With a return to the legiti- mate exercise of these rights, we shall once more become a united, happy and prosperous people.
 have the honor to be, sir, your obedient ser want, JAMES E. ENGLISH.
 The people gave existence to the States, the States to the Constitution" says Gov. English Granting those premises, the conclusion is unavoidable that the Consti- tuition Is a mere compact, the individual States sovereign, with the right to judge each for itself of the validity of every act of the general government m other words, with the right of nullifca- hon-of secession. Unwittingly, perhaps, Gov. English yields all John c. Calhoun asked-exactly what Daniel Webster would never admit. That the National Constitu- tlon was really the work of the people of the United States as it purports to be, as much as the Constitution of State is the work of the people of that State, has al- ways been the Union construction of that instrument, and that the distinction is 8 vital one, all who have read the great de- mates between Webster and Calhoun, must he aware.
 The second important proposition, that the denying the States lately in insurrec- oon immediate representation is a treason equal to that of the South in rebellion, is S" monstrous that We can hardly believe it any thing more than Fourth of July bun como, which the Governor might have thought appropriate to the latitude of Aammany Hall. If he is in earnest in what he says, he must have very poo, oplnlon Of President Johnson, who is now daily committing treason in executing tbf Military Bill, to an extent that his sar1;oo, during the rebellion, and to Gov. Enelis1 personally in two political campaigns, car hardly gloss over.
 On the whole, we are compelled to be
 heve. either that we have as bitter Con
 perhead for Governor as the State ca, produce, or man who brings his office in
 to disrepute by employing the cant phrase
 of his most extravagant political suppor
 CTS, at time when nothing has occurre
 that could in any way excuse such an e,
 hibition of i'll temper