Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-24
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fering with the rights or institutions of the
States, but to defend and maintain the SUI
,pfen1acy of the Constitution, and preserve
the Union with all the dignity, equality
and rights OF the several States unim-
paired !; and that as soon as these objects
ARE accomplished the war ought to cease"
! .Ia,July,IlS64. Mr.. Senator Wade In. a
speech delivered in the Senate of the United
States, saiu ,.s s.f;,yy ff ..,rf7 se-f,f,,
% :. It has been contended in the House of
Representatives--,it has been contended
upon this foor-that the States may lose
their organizatien--may lose their rights
as StatesImay lose their corporate capacity
by rebellion. l utterly deny that doctrine.
i holdthat once a. State Of this Union, al
ways State; that you can not by wrong
and violence displace the rights of any body,
ordisurganize the State. It would be
most hazardous principle to assert that.
No. sir; the trainers of your Constitution
Intended no such thing. Fhey did not leave
we study that great instrument, Il can
hardly help but stop and contemplate the
all-embracing wisdom that seemed to actn-
ate them, for you can findo hardly an eKi-
Geucys that may arise in the complicated
affairs of Government that they, did. not
see that in the progress of the Government
some of the States might go into rebellion,
that they might undertake themselves to-
absolve their. connection with the General
Government and set up some hostile gov
ernment of their own; and they expressly
provided for just such case; and how
siitGtiof etsshig them in the ace can fancy @
that States can lose their rights because
more or less OF the people have gone off
into rebellion is marvellous to me. The
principle of law everywhere is that no hon.
est man shall lose, q right by, wrong ,or
usqrpation. The dctSU rebellion is void p.
(See Congressional Globe of July l, 1851
On September 70 1856, Gov. Morton, of
Indiana. in a speech delivered at Richmond,
in that State, said: ta5i ,s.si=is5lq . .es.is
"There Is another plan, and that is the
theory which regards these States as being
out of the Union, and holding them as con-.
quered provinces, subject to the jurisdic-
tioh of Congress, like unorganized terri
tory; saying that Congress has the power
to provide for calling conventions in those
Statess just as. in the Territory of Dakota;
and may prescribe the right of suffrage and
determine who shall vote in electing dele
gates to these conventions, just as in the
Territory of Dakota; that it may then deter
mine whether it will accept demonstration
offered, as might be determined in the case
: II will not stop to argue this question at
length, but will say this: that from the be-
ginning of the war up to the present time,
eueTy message of the President, euery procld :
mutton, euery State paper, and euery act of Con-
uress has proceeded upon hehypottesis that no
in the Union, al,oays in the Union Mr. Lin
coin, in every procl lamation, went on the
principle that this war was an insurrection
"a rebellion gainst the Constitution and
laws of the United States not rebellion
of States, bnt rebellion of the individuals,
the people of the several Southern States,
band every man who went into it was per-
sonally and indiyiduai1y responsible for
his acts. and could not shield. himself under
the actionaor authority of his State. He
went on the principle that every ordinance
. of secession, every act of the legislatures of
the rebel States in thatdirection. wasa null
lity, unconstitutional and void, having no
legal force or effect whatever, and that as
these States were. according to law. in the
Union, their Standing could not be affected
by the action of the people that the peo-
pie of these States were personally respon-
: sible for their conduct, Just as a man is re-
sponsible who violates the statute In re-
gard to the commission of murder, and to
be treated as criminals just as the authori-
ties thought proper-that the people of a
State can forfeit their rights, but that SO
far as their action is concerned, in legal
point of view, they had no power to affect
the condition of the States in the Union.
Every proclamation and every act of Con-
: gress have proceeded upon this hypothesis.
Mr.. Buchanan started out with the PROPOSE
tion that this was rebellionof States. He
ply was, we have nothing whatever to do
with States, we will coerce the people of
the States, holding every man responsible
for his conduct. 70 v,ss sgsr
SIhls, was our answer to Mr.. Buchanan.
upon Ghis hypotheslS we nave just put
Gown tne reoeliioh: But isis now proposed
.y py sSuis snaI we snalt pIactica1ly a9nilI that
. ;s sns oouenelu psas9s 9lo seGeueuena. tlley
u.u go ou. vi e.le Dmio..1uae Ine M4rk OF
W was tha fTnia
I.laI yne S.Sees ase ous Vi ele Chiou, slaI =
government de tacso was estaollshea, anu
G1ae we now nolu Cnese states as conquer
eo provinces yust as we snoulQ noid Can
aua - we ws,o w, W iusaoe IL auu 'ahe pos-
2 % se9si9n ss p;a vi ~ H. a.. p..,s.. -.
:. - S;e Wem huomm M Ina. n1esiuene yonH. !.
SUI poiieH y. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS so.eaieu, y
suosIanela,ly me saM9 as ChaC hauguIaGeo 1
uy IioeiuIn. 4ieoin, lr anu aPpLo'1u ny
every memoer OF the CaDinee OF the latter
as well as OF the former, including Edwin
N. otahlon ano William Dennlson. Ibis Is
apundantiy proved IN tne speech OF '5ov-
ernor morton a2ove relerrea TO, ana thiS
PoIcy was approveu Dy zen. Gtant, as Is
siown Dy f.is .es.iniony oeio!e !ue IecHh-
ss.lucIioh conianI.ter: OH! t a,o ~ Is equaliy
kaomn .nas auis iuiiH of ~ 1ecuxnnzes ;,
.Sne Ste. coheinueu ca 's'enoo Vi 'no eeoeqiht
otaCes' =,
know1edoe of this ..nolicyo 'bv the neonle
M lincoln was renom;nated and re- -eIpct.
Cd President in 1894 Sneakinr nnon thi
suh;act in the sneecb above mentioned
Governor Morton said: fl-Ie7sr.
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