The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-02

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ton Constitution, when nothing But q
vote was heededto expel slavery fror
4sthe new STATE, and tiftis- tef efffsi1ate tn
Z dispute bsalAEMfh gfiB hatsMsb Svhicl
they themselves pretended to wish
He wholly deniedA Mr. Dohglas' nc
! lions, .ahdfblameaih him severely farth
: unreasonable and nisehi hisYens seAism
! ,&hisAi hs e,a had created, in the party
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 9a,tiiln 9f BeH ,iand and Ever
EFT fop4d nol fayog. in his eyes. g. In tn,
canvass. Of 1850, III, regarded the sal
;, ,SatQp af the leqqlpptrY IllptEY aS aitb banging gpot
"a the hope Of q BSreek1ippfldge fek1pe ,s
80 .s'efI.s9 fas SfA jM lsAf lB9f aassaRR
Iincalp Was legal tlose9 Ten
Sby the electoral mac hineTy Of the Con
I1stitution, kougslIii he ftbs ma Of tht
popular vets, was against him, him, BY more
than a million. The. danger was great
iyly aggravated By; the eripinal ,miscollr
duct ct Large R9dies y Il,t thesonth anf az
il South Carolina, &hffrt r,
Preparations were openIy q; made for re:
, sistapee. What was the, Federal ES..
ecutivez to. do. under these eircun.
] stances Make war? He had Meth.
iaer authority nor mems to DO that, md
sEongress, would not give him tic one
| lori the others Should he coinpromise
the .dispiiite He could offer no TERMS
and make no pledges which would be
lfepudiated by the new a Ia inistration.!
IGduld be mediate between the partfesg
Both You'd refuse his snthpirage,
for Both were asihestlleito to him as they
IG@ere to one another. 10 fsoitHir5sgs tss
b; Tie mind of [ n6tsmati Twas more
deeply I'M buedw i'm these opinions than
Mr., Stanton he ideaneverneater-
ed his Il cad ES never passed
Fhs 4fpsLtliat the PRESIDENT ioiight to
make War upon States aofs put the whole
people outf oftthe Eprotectiou of the
laws, and expose theaFall to indiscrina-
mate Slaughter as public enelnias,o be-
cause Some individuals among them
had done, or threatened to- do, I'what
was inconsistent withItheir Obligations
to the United States. elHe' 'knewsVyery
well that no 'sueh thing was either les
,gally or physically possible. Nor did
he feebpleasure in the anticipation of
any civil war between the two sections
of his country. = From the standpoint
which, h,he then occupied he said that
war wasd disunion. 5; it was bloSSd eonfElasgsfa g
ton, terror and tears, public debt and
general corruption of mortais, all end;
ing at best not, in the union, Of. the
States, but in the, subjugation of Solne
.despotie viii of the. Others. He was
apt to itake1a ssomber. view of things,
and,lle leaked At the dark side, Of this
subject, iThe glory, profit, and plulnIg7;
der, the political distinction, and pride
of power, which brighten it now, were
not inclnded in his prospective survey.
,uI On the. 20th. Of November I. answer
ed the Presidents questions concerning
his legal powers and duties, holding.
that the ordinances, of secession were
mere nullities; that the seeding States,
were, and would be, .as muclf In the
Union as ever that the Federal : Ex-
ecutfSe was bound there, we'll as
elsewhere, TO, execute the laws, to Hold
the public property and to collect, the
revenue that If the nleans and .mad
chinery furnished BY law for these ptir5
poses were Inadequate, he could not
adopt others and uslirp powers (which
had not been delegated3;, that neither
the Executive or legislative !departl
nlcnts had authority, under the Con
stitution, to make war upon a State;
that the military power might beused,
it necessary, in aiding the judicial 4au-
thoritieS to execute. the laws in collect
lug tbe4 revenues, III defending Or re-
faking the public property,h but not in
acts OF Hrdlscriminate hostility against
all the people of a State. This is the
t.opiiiion' Which has since beeuI so of
ten, SO much and 80 we'll abused, 4 de-
and Whitfield !. Mr.. Stanton
did notistultifF FIhifnselfby denying the
plain,S obvious and simple truths wl1ichs
it expressed. - The 1paperEwasa shown
HIM before itaiweute tosthe President,
and iafterasslig glitEalteration suggested
by himself, he not only: approved but
dsitseIithlIsias ically.Essoissi4nr;I
sit odisappointed the Pfesident.odHe e
had hastily taken itisfofO grantedsthat
Congress might make secession a cause
for war; and4ih the draft of hisy mes
sage already preparedi he!had submit
led the question ofEwar or peace i;to
eirsdeeisi0n. but the advice of the !
Eaw'D Department, supported by pow
,rfuli argument from General Cass,
,onvinced him of his error, and that !
odrt of ms message was Rewritten. ~ /
Fhe substance ef the message soanod-
fed received Mr.. Stanton's hearty in
in everything that regarded
ecession; and the treatment it Ought: /
o receive.oS s-il 4 -@-12, - s.ig sa'....i !
Soon after this General Cass retired. /
was requested to take the State De-
Mr.. Stanton was ap-
,ointedf Attorney General upon my
declaring sthatI was unwilling to leave
he care of certain causes pending in
he Supreme Court to any hands but
rs. ssThis.appointment alone, without
ny other proof. ought to satisfy any
mind that all ! have said of
1r. Stanton's sentiments must be true.
No man inl his sober senses can be-
evesthat | would have. urged, OF that
Ir. Buchanan would have made, the
ppointment if We had not both known
18th perfect certainty that he agreed
nth us entirely on, those fundamental
eetrines of constitutional law to, which (