Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-23

speaks parenthetically of certain reso,u-
.tioss offered by Mr.. Calhoun, and which
it calls his celebrated secession resolu.
tions. Your committee do not find in
these resolutions any express avo~al
in terms, of a right of secession. 1t is as
serted in them, & that the people of the sew
eral States, comprising these United States
are united as parties to a Constitutional
compact" (Which idea Is found in the Vir-
ginia resolutions of 179S) "and that wheI
ever the general Government assumes the
exercise of powers not delegated by. the
compact, its acts are unauthorized, and are
otno effect, and that the same government is
not made the final judge OF the powers
delegated to it, since that would make its
discretion and not the Constitution the
measure of its powers but that, as in all
other cases OF compacts among sovereign
parties, without any common judge, each
has an equal right to judge Tor itself, as
well OF the infraction, as of the mode aDd
and measure of redress."' '''V. -
These extracts are the very pith and mar
row OF Mr.. Calhouns resolutions. Wheti.-
er right of secession necessarily results
from these premises, we shall not stop to
enquire. That it does so result, has been
affirmed and denied with equal earnestness
and with great force and subtlety,of rea-
soning on both sides. But we are relieved
from considering the question by the fact
that the doctrine 9avowed by Mr.. Wade,
herein before. sshown-.avowed too, under
the obligation of his official oath, to sup
E port the Constitution, OF the United States
lis precisely the doctrine contained in Mr.
Calhoun's resolutions. Their identity is
too manifest to admit of doubt or cavil, and
as we cannot suppose that the mover OF the
preamble and resolutions, under considera-
tion. and his fellow Repu blican members
of. the General Assembly would support q
secessionist tor any office much less tor the
ofice OF Senator in Congress, and as ne and
they did, as before stated, vote Tor Mr.. wade
tor that office. we are forced 70 .he cpncin-
SION tnat the mover does not CONSIDER MT.
Caihoun RESOLUTIONS as teacninS- secession
ana that MS application OF that Term u
them was tnrough gh1nadvertance!
~ would therefore De lrreievanC IN us, 70
conslder question, that ne couio not nave
inSsnuuu W present! ..s,
rnany' t,te IaPu IN qaesclou III III
S'1i' eolms Us .lias ln Oee :. lhoer, aooo, sne
s., IL ~ II oHuY
Iro.n suo ~ Oons Sss, III W 10y
S va. upoi sne oenelai ovssrune.' .,s ~ ~.
dea 10 va1uica1e E .ne so-calie9, dates hngn.s
. uocsrlne' ~: asstuS w ce[eain seIy opstous
eirols ~ .nas sta.enien., W. opserse .tias
SNcs qeise uinereuS nlottse 1oI Iic io
Dellloh, IIah Ina. wnicn lhe nepuoiicans
:sleLiuousiy ~: nsisseu ouIins .ne Maa' WA wae
us HloIYe. then, tne peoPie were coiu,
L \ ~
ny siveiy, anu having ior NS oHJee' Sno
peipesaatieil Shaver s,;sn
pelnS TIE case, IL was hecessarV W aooiisll
saver ~ lu ~ seals up uy ny iools
Ihe cause oi .ne reoeli'o,i' , anu Inerepy pre-
;. .h;5y dy ,s, oh h ~ ~ soo,,,;,,
sar. I,.se .uusc oo uono ,o :. ~
haI'el INV many yoais VI wa ~. ~ 'Sue
Iahe W uo ~. ~ 10 rug, tia' ai, .nts % m'
NV avoWeu q. the oeSI,inins vi IiS wa wal
"a .ne onse, .i1o p.0pie Iai,eI uu upu"
W ~! t.le CoisIieus'oii anu S,,e maon
% Due WIiell y was ,esoiseu W au ,lls'l
tsey were eoio enas Slavery was Me oaass
we U~ anu nus' pe ps.e1
At whatever cost or scarihce
bue nov we are ,tola snat tne
opJect oiSeceSsion ahu repeiiioI was quiCe
ahother tning-that IL was TO vihuicate
the so,cailea Stdtes rigets aoctrtne.
anu III aualosy u Ciie cause picseiseu .o
Dy tne AooilClonists, VINO stld thaI oiaVery
must oe aooiisne9' because aods tne cause u.s.
OF secession; ana We are now asked 70 ue-
clare that States are abolished, because the
uoTcrnle VI oCaees hiSuIs was 1ne oauee;
Tine third paragraph OF the preamble
reaos Gnas: anu whereas, tne oouchern 81,
otates hignts Democracy,Deing Vahqutsneo
upon Ine nado 0i reason, III thaI lneu
pie year looO Dy sne immoreaI sIaCesmau
anu pure paSrios' otephen a. Dousias' vi
Iliinols, VINO was SO aoly secondeo py
OlIo . Ooc Sohs- OSOA 81 -. "Sob'
sHere,i again. your committee are reluc-
family compelled to admit their ignorance.
They frankly CONFESS they 90 not compre-
hend the meaning OF this paragraph.-ie52- "a
1.-The field of reason" is doubtless fine
metaphor, and in the abstract, may be sui
ficiently explicit; but in a grave. State pa
per some calculation or explanatory con-
text would seem to be necessary. Your
committee are aware that there was great
contest for the Presidency in the .'memO-
rabIe year 1860" between Mr.. Lincoln and
Mr.. Douglas, in which the latter was ably
seconded by Mr.. Pugh, and they are of the
opinion that upon that field of reason"
Mr.. Douglas had the best OF the argument,
ana gney sincerely Iesret snat he oiu not
SolaiiI t'lo Moss " slig soees' ,, Dus as suey
nave l.aa nnoou y, as
namoesenv semva thev " aro H "nmnaiIsd % 70 fonI
OeuloSi aoy tney ato Sc.n Pettou " iooA n
arouho ior sohe oeher ~, wneio w Vi reasOli., VI
give up Tue pursui5. 1hey prefer the iat-
ter. 5jiss9sA, 5ls. 50. ~, lsis, :,
ine Iourth paragraph Oh the preamoie Is
as iolioWs:s esfst5o., =. ~ 80
''And whereas, the southern secession
Democracy made their hnal appeal from
the field OF reason to the field OF arms, in
order 10 ootaln upon Ine Dloooy neid oI
Datue tnelr so-calitd oIate 8 lghts' anu were
Inere sVahquisheul Dy tne heroes Oh tue
~ Onion arlnies--1eherd,s is S1ranI, oueI iiah
oheriuan' Ihomas.ano Sne hopie armles
Iney commallueo: -s.------:, :, -.
iour conmitteea are noG uisposeu u 10 over,
look-iurther tnan .!ustlce, ehaflty, souho
poiicy ana patrloCism may require, the
iauils OF the seeessionlses, ouC she truth OF
history requires thein 70 observe tnaG IL
was the OPINION Q! tne e-lmnortai states
man ana pure Paeriot, -oIepneh a. eDoug-
lass, and OF "Ohles great son, George A.
sponsibility for secession, and the war,
rested upon the Republican members OF
thelCengress .stlil-aE
On December Doth, 1860, Mr.. Douglass
wrote to a friend as follows: zI[l
W.sH1NcroN. Dec On 1890
g.. W., n, ha,,. - Irao,,;.,., !,
i.hAn ON ~ ,hI onS,;t.'