The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-03-14

WORD mas not l0Et all It's meaning IL rs up.
held by perjury and duress, if there be such
crimes and yet we are expected TO quietly
yield to its claim, that tho negro shall make
the next President"
Senator DOOIilGIe On the Political
Situation.
Senator Doolittlo, of Wisconsin, Octo-
Der 28th, said:
What was the idea which led the South
into this rebellion 1t was this. The
Constitution has no authority over the
Southern States against their will; they
have the right to withdraw from the au.
thority Of the Constitution at pleasure !;
and therefore, after the passage Of their
ordinance Of secession, tho Constitution
WIS practically dead in tho States of the
South. The people of the South went 10
war to enforce that idea. What did We
do! We maintained precisely the oppo-
site idea, to wit: That the Constitution
has Supreme authority over the States Of
tho South ms we'll as Of the North and
that tho States Of the South should be
made to acknowledge the supremacy Of
the Constitution To maintain that idea
we called 10000 men into the field.
We poured out our treasure and our
blood like water. To maintain that idea
we created this debt of $4,000 900 900.
To maintain that idea SOC, 900 of our sons
went down to battle aud TO death BY
the blessing of God we were victorious in
maintaining that idea Of the supremacy
of tho Constitution over the States of the
South When we. at length, after a long
and terrible war of four years, compelled
the South TO surrender to that idea when
we compelled the people Of those States
who made their appeal to the God of bat.
ties to decide the question between us 10
surrender the controversy; when the
South yielded and acknowledged the Con.
stitution TO be supreme, aud that the flag
of the United States was the flag to which
they owed allegiance then up rises
Thaddeus Stevens. Charles Sumner. Ben.
lamn Wade. and other Radicals of the
North, 10 proclaim anew the idea of the
Isccessionists. viz: The Constitution is no
longer the supreme law of the land In the
States Of the South; that we do not hold
the States Of the South by constitutional
authority; that We hold them by the
sword and the sword alone; not under
tho Constitution. but outside the Constitu.
ton by power which is above the Con-
siiiution. That il the idea Of Radicalsm.
Il is no, only akin to, but il is identical
4 I. IL. IL e l.
seucc of rebellion against The Constitution
of the United States. Whether il is as.
serted By Jefferson Davis, in the South.
or by Thaddeus Stevens. ia the North, ii
is new rebellion against the Government
of the United States. Applause
We have, by force of arms. put down
the rebellion Of the sccessionists at the
South. We do not expect to be compell.
cd to put down the new rebellion at the
North by force of arms. Applnuse. L
We expect to put it down by moral pow
er alone-by argument, by reason. by
persuasion--as we have done in Connec.
ticut, in California, in Pennsylvania and
Ohio; by the power of the ballot-box.-
[Greatnpplause.1 Mr.. President, / will
not detaih you any longer. trust the
Americans will rise in the majesty oi
their strength, and by their moral power
| b. calm reason, by earnest and truthful
argument, and by their votes. proclaim
again the supremacy of the Constitution
Of the United States in the States Of the
South, not only in spite of the secession
lists in the South, but in spite of the Rad
ical anarchists and revolutionists of tho
North. [Great applause. can. very
we'll see By the election returns that {
change has come over tho spirit of tn,
country. When | come to Racine now
!. the place where | had lived for fiftcer
years, am not met By an infuriated mol
who would prevent me from speaking h
the people of my own town. Great ap
plause.] A mighty change is beins
wrought. [Cheers and great applause.
If attend meeting in the neighborinl
county OF Kcnosha, to proclaim these
doctrines there, in which believe tht
very existence of Constitutional libert,
to us and to our children is involved
there will be no one to interrupt or in
suit me, to prevent their utterance or t
interfere with me in any manner. Ap
plause.1 Why this change ? Simpl.
the work of time. Men are beginning t,
reflect, to reason, to think for themselves
The excitement and passions and prejudi
} ces which war has engondercd are passing
away, aud cool, dispassioned judgment j
once more asserting its legitimate sway