The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-08-27
The Record,

dead issues.
When a member Of Congress in
1861. Mr.. Pendleton made . speeoh
upon a bin providing for the collec-
ton Of the revenue in the seeding
States, then pending, in which he
took ground in favor of the doctrine
Of States rights and denied that the
Government had ! right to coerce
them into submission. He said:
To-day, sir, four States Of the I'm
ion have, so far as their power ex-
tends, seeded from it. Four States,
so far as they are able, have annulled
the grants of power made to the Fed
eral Government; they have resumed
the powers delegated by the COnsti
tuition; they have Cancelled, SO far as
they could, every limitation upon the
full exercise Of ali their sovereign
rights; they DO not claim our protec-
ton; they ask no benefit from our
law; they seek none Of the advantages
of the Confederation. On the other
hand, they renounce their allegiance;
they repudiate our authority over
them; and they assert that they have
assumed, some Of them that they
have resumed their position among
the uations.
Sir, deal in no harsh epithets, l
will denounce no State, 20 body of
men. Twill not pause to inquire
whether they have done all this le
gally or wisely, or upon sufficient
cause. They have done it, and [
recognize the fact. They have done
it with a unanimity of sentiment,
with a coincidence of opinion among
the people, which is without parallel
in the history of revolutions; and the
simple question presented to US to
day is this: whether, throughout the
limits of those States which thus
formally, thus orderly, thus by the
enactments of representative bodies
of highest capacity known to the
civilized nations-convenfons duly
authorized aDd properly elected TO
consider this very quesfon-have
declared themselves Independent of
US, we are prepared by force of arms
10 maintain our supremacy and en-
force our laws.
At the time the above statement
was made, four States had seeded,
and history will bear out the asser-
ton that all of them were not taken
out by the vote of the people, but
rather that a hot-headed minority
carried them out.
Further, in the same speech, he
says:
Now, sir, what force of arms can
compel State to do that which she
has agreed to do? What force OF
arms can compel State to refrain
from doing that which her State Gov
ernment, supported by the sentiment
of her people, is determined to persist
in doing? 1t is provided in the
Constitution that the "citizens Of
every State shall have all the privil-
ages and immunities Of citizens of
the several States" What force of
this Federal Government can compel
the observance of that clause, if
State is determined to pass and exc
cute laws whereby citizens of other
States shall not have, within its linz
its, the same privileges as its own cit
izens?
Full faith and credit shall be Civ
en- in each State to the public acts
and judicial proceedings of every
other State" How will the Federal
Governments, q by urrniuo aud arms, ON
force the observance of that clause in
the Cons stitution, of the judiciary and
executive authorities of State, sup
ported by the laws, refuse such faith
and credit?
''No State, without the consent of
Congress, shall lay ImpOst or duties
on imports ~ Suppose State should
pass such law, and the citizens were
willing to execute the law, what army
could prevent it?
"No State shall, without the con
sent Of Congress, enter into any agree
meat or compact with foreign pow
er." l wish to know, from any gem
tleman what number of men it would
require to annul such an agreement
once made ? The General Govern
ment is invested with certain powers
necessary to be executed in order TO
keep the machinery of the Govern
ment in motion. Can any number of
troops, or the use of any armed force
on the part Of the STATE, compel the
General Government to execute those
powers if the agent appointed for that
purpose deliberately, persistenhy re-
fused TO execute Them Sir, the oohote
scheme of coercion as imprdcticabIe
It IS contrary to the geRins and spirit
Of the Constitution.
In the above extracts the feelings
of Mr.. Pendleton at thai fine are pref
ty well shown. During fhe long
years of the war he did not change,
and one action of his cannot he point-
ed out wherein he LEM hand or voice
TO assist the Government.
Is il safe 10 trust him?
On the 18th inst, the Judicial