New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-21
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.


sion After quoting from an article recently puDshou ~
THE TRIBUNE on Mr. stephens's work the War between
the states" in which the difference between INC ~
trines Of Popular Sovereignty and STATE sovereignty ~
explained Mr.. stephens says: 80
Now what affirmed by me in the first you eeU NJ the
constitutional View Of the Late war 21Stm0Scons
ststes aud what Mr. Greeley. with other heluOi0""'
is quoted therein TO sustain IS TINS ,.,.rp.
rubesa IEs tbs tine Who ara have no sympathy Th 'e' s
Southern mOys"sS sIs i3,I s 3 committed Besides
him refer but two oiheis VI ~ 0 AZ bs tine Pe
d,0 Usa Sis ,' S sT.ss, 81 'b,n Th r. tbobs
The, after quoting Senator Wade with eoTheRV VIZ V
his utterances 60 on TO quote a oH article which
srEpowie6ged by Mt Greeley to DO h and p9Dss a59
his history Of the war the American OohH'o" P"o'
vol l., as follows 49, s,.,., o.. r,sa;t,,.
iog wbdraes FROM the n,on sS meditation is prostabe
s,oypspt ,ssrs We ebr0ns n7peis aOs e,Dst e
as S. ...S, connection the alleged disease sna '1o
utr,b.rois remedy SUI lin "" DO 50 uHmosstsd That
base 1sd hPen1 IoT adams because be presented petition
Tor the dissolution ofibs DS'f t rpss1 1Si nov II he cotton
states consider v0 tbe Unon de6le we Ts9tao sr PSF
h q alter abolish forms Of s0ysrnmsn t5a hss
Sf 9.y a DO bstis out Of ino theu
ea9s Is gha to geo, sV e oa @ srs g
o 10 oha Gaoaer party has right % r,rI7tag' n, S az
tGustheoC cAdraw from ne linton e qiI aaghsr s
% ~ g @ sSsn ress, al cosrce measures designed to Leep
TO- We hope Republic wheIeoi one seeoh p'O'
!i u rs' Tss S thus upheld practical liberty z ny The abstract
ss be- S tSs deibsrsoH gs betting p9hs2o". az
ss b. y DISCUSSED before people, popular vote
s. ls ever S ,s before s,. Ss &c S,i G u Ss oode
lou them both sides the question sy g5o,eea let them
an S6mIsbs popular st judgment thus rendered dsmssd Tor
Who rushed r1sg TO def aud defeat "o'
gve above mis- 9notation I'm full as did in the book
referred to- that no Injustice may be done To MIN by par
Ssariv appesrs the riothess OF Secession itself and
no particular theory of mine touching the principles upon
paper and book above spread before your readers fu
sustain my affirmation for which me qnO'aduiSH IN
any way confound state sovereignty with ropolar
Sovereignty what difference Mr.. greeley sees
Jetween State Sovereignty and Popular sovereignty
know not By State Sovereignty UNDERSTAND the SOW
noIifichl body But what affirmed and quoted him TO
snstan rested upon distinction between these phrases
The mart of the peope of state without reference 70 the
source Of e right Ny comments on This Question 10 Te
Book page SIS are ms follows gave the 10 IuiI aO
that may be clearly seen that no injustice was zone 10
him; -. ..-vru,,. % show n. y,,b,fplpeu Of
secession the Southern States their god vii and pleasure
ssS Ss H .s f iia S Is own pointed strong
g. T. true he Ta i1 ~ STG p sb plants The light
upon truths s9tOngea 70 the DeIsTaon q
Do not indo them the word ami letter bat
S S.:S. " he Sja sssfsa
come FOR n With less than one hundred thousand population she
people in INC as had the ngov 70 e ~
asR people sS TINE; p9HOsT in Ss The same
espsT,gop Mr. Greeley speaks the UDOn as Confederation
sI Srs sGI trs S1 %S.n the true & nons
The s.a'e Of SsoIga S qSs o SoTSggb discussion il is
pasdonate discussion Men seldom II ever enei
n.s. With Which subjects ought BE CONSIDERED Bu. the sub
sect ws fT csnysed before the people Both SIDES were strongly
presented earnest @ 81 'T gain , iS sss9' y.s s
by on the l4h Of November ioG 70 ml VIZ ' s Ss uss
appeal equally earnest oT j ,ss 'o State on the safieSt
order MAJ echo ''' Of az uamIsb popular Bst
On the sane occasion t1 a. Gi. ~ Gs,, n 81,
SHa ospa a The right % they DO ud
!s 70 9 ey SS t should bow 10 submission to The majesty
Their s expressed h T Of b se speech 90 sadly @if5s
T., e, general Tss, PsaTi s. to override U'' ny personal
sS1Z. so AZ. a., R Ds, SAM. DESC g f the ns ss
9, The S 2, S,sEg G1 % TSht to d. plunged me i5io
stste 20 vas 1s ~, s.I, ~ ecsssoTv bs he fact by
rule Of SOnsucn not strained than the. lad DON IN the 'T1
Ssy Bys S, net ns IhaO That which would make out
: :a % s t . &c: S' pssp w ''' "
Il So much for allegation that utterly mistaken!
with him in the premisesi Was he not utterly mistaken
when he said so vaunngy for himself, IN the article
now under TsSg haE gf S 6rSSg gSy e g
Of States could rightly dissolre me Umi0niS
Did he not expressly say on the 9th Of November 1860
DON States shall decide a hsy can 90 better oHt Of he
Union ha, IT, insist on letting them 90 ia peace The
everSess and we do not see how one party can have
right to do what another party has right to prevent
remain In the Union, and nninfy or defy the laws
thereof 10 r'hdraT from ne UaioH 10 quite another mat
Bqt, besides what quoted him saying, did he not
secession Of South Carolina in THE TRIBUTE assert:
re" he DsearatOn Of lndsPSndenee justified ne ssoH
not ' shv q Tosld not Ssg Of o South
POINT Ag dSs. qa.Tg. g .AoS AesH and gsyi
February 1851 i've days after the Inauguration Of Pfes
dent Davis, at Montgomery use this language:
prtnpk embodied JsoH ts Declaration 4DaseaH hide
9SSsd 5s GS S 5, Sh SsS, s S, az Sqt ne
nation, A RIGHT T so'
These quotations from THE TRIBUNE set forth by
exPresident Buchanan In bswOrk entitled "Buchanan's
Administration" page g. take 10 for granted they
correct Then how IN the face OF all these proofs
Son,e, Of has kfs iniaensd nat single Siats or d6sei
states, could ri0hGly dissolre the Union" Is not this
full and explicit acknO wedgment OF the right State
to draio or secede1 Did the Southern States ever at
tempt to dissolve the Union in any other way than by
E.oYs aud the World knows hat they did not. one
other Remark upon this editorial now under consdera-
According Nj sPhea' conception majority q the people Of
tb UnY9 b, The Who'll. population q NeTSorE south Of h High
possibly be the certainly
bssed ke Federal Constitution
Just So let II be said to Mr. Greeley with the doctrine
advanced by me in the book referred TO- is not based
Om ne Federal ConSiLtion but upon the authority tnat
made that compact 1t IS based upon principles existing
= before and above any and al constitutions II is
eegnty State sovereignty by any other namel by
which all organized states or peoples righlfIy make
uBtake State Federal Constitutions at their pleas
ure subject only 70 The great moral law which regulates
that r his IT, oSS6S S a.
tive pOpcations Of the whole State Of Delaware and
portion only being large minority however, Of the pop
1ation Of the State OF NeYYOrk, Populations In this
sesgeSt must pc Sess9 Iasg organ n
its oOroares rests upon the tdct that Delaware how
over small her population, is perfect organized state
il Sovereign Stateapd such 10 an integral member
OF our Federal Republic and that New-YOrk with her
IA no M The doctrine tbpt