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

-, C.,,,sDts ara q a Government ~ States, and
for states" with limited powers dlrecteu W. rev for
ne masses OF tho people Of the respective states w
internal ana nun pernmsmt for which Independence
vas declared and achieved resides WIN to
20 NJ Greeley's distorted conception" about the Po
icai power OF the comparative populations Oh @ doc.
and New York may be given 70 him from ms ow
frnes II ia this: IL Orty Of the people OF Dea"
after due delibdOn and fun consideration Ponlag
right whether by virtue Of state soyeregny or thew had
Sovereignty 10 withdraw from the Union wch 5c5 he
TO declare their Independence of Great that essthan
6gf the population Of the State Of New opA ~ ne
equal right carry that state out Gga oh Wishing TO do
SO be fpe hundred fpe thousand ta9s tnerefore
than the majority ~ Dela%atE consequence of
hjs VII doctrines WHAT he says aOOut i
cT.ve bniiyine terrorzing minority. oyerawing ana
sitting majority OF tno Pnabod assnr.
tion which cannot DO maintained against tho
facts Of history The question was as Iho[OugS ,ons
@ called by the duly constituted authorities
OF the States and members duly elected thereto ~
ing 10 law IN all the States, which seeded Deioo "a
Ij1cous procla matiOD Of These elections Neio 90
orderly as elections usually are IN any OF Io ~ De-
cesson were nassed by decided maiorities ~ rs uo
that large minority ID an these ,,eTS opposed
TO Secession as qnestlyn OF pun! dot,bted their
i'm any of them questioned tho Right or u9' noniis
duty 10 go WITH the ms9iiy bH IegaI and unConstitu
tional call for troOps-after his SUSPENSION U ,noi,po,,s
hdbeaS corpus no people on EARN meiI Snbern states
i'm any cause than the people OF the 'o,ii rp
in defense Of what they deemed tue great 80
ciples OF American free institutions lheIe nna nv to
W e tbonsand ~ the people in at least ten OF the
Santler states whose heart and soul were NOT FnOrOugn
liz enlisted in the cause Nor dlu any PeoPo ' NJ, srr
make greater or more neICo hlond and
cess during four long years OF doVaSA'o"' 'o0u "0
carnage 80. ,,,od ond terrorized nv
tnipoyitvi Indeed III so, what became OF TINS ma,
iortv bsn the Confederate armies, which stood between
them and their deliyerors were oyerpowerea %
this majority now, even Win the s"eePiDs trsnts
Wy has 1t not been permitted 10 exercise Ihe HtoIu
right of soltgovernment even with the he
the enfranChised blacks why are so many oi ha;U
states t this day, held under military rule with hs
whole populations pinned to reTV odg GOpeIHHtn ~
Federal bayOnets under the pTetcTt OF their e0IHH"S
Jy,veIo,,@jt, . This assertion as to the state OF
things in the beginning. is as utterly glVGuut.h o
in fact as it utterly inconsistent WIN tu no
hased Ia IL not amazing Mossrs Editors that piI'
Greeley IN the face Of the facts for the last IOn
say nothing of those Of the war when acSoiuns w o
showing the Administration at washington IN Im.ttng
INTO m were I'M the wrong" say to omit all mehtlO
Of the ,prOngs OF the war; its immense sacrifices OF DOou
that Mir Greeley in tho of the facts OF the last -FOUR
wears only, should now repeat 10 us inc prlhuoo
American independence as his creedi Have not the
nnsi,tntions OF ten States as made and adopted by
the people thereof, founded on buoh PIIn ir
and organized in such forms as seemed 10 Ihem
most likely TO effect their safety and happiness Deeh
swept from existence by military edott Have not tIo
people these ten States, including the arDtary GU
franohised Blacks, been denied the Ilgs 70 IVi
constitutions laying their foundations on sum ~
Mes and organizing its pow in such form as 70 then
shall seem most likely 20 effect their safety ana happ
nessW Have they not been required ana HteIanI GO
,sIsd IN form such constitutions seemed most Hkey
10 effect the safety and security OF the dounau' "oo
at Washington -. t.r,,4o,,,o and
principles OF the Declaration OF IN
dependence at his time and under the present crGum
stances intended only as nockey hGueu W Insult iHJ'
ana outrage hVu'' '0'' IIExANDER H. STEPHENS.