The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-07-27

WAYNE COUNTY. IND, JULY

by telling what he knew about the
Declaration of Independence. He
says.
We have repeatedly ssked those
who dissent from our view of this
matter to tell US frankly whether
they do not assent to Mr.. Jeffer-
sons statement in the Declaration
Of Independence that Govern Z.
ments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed,
and that whenever any form of
Government becomes destructive
of these ends it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish it, and
institute new Government, &c.
&c. We do heartily accept this
doctrine, believing it intransical!y
sound benetlcent, and one that
universally accepted, is calculated
to prevent the shedding of seas of
human blood. And if it justified
the secession from the British Em.
pire of three millions of colonists
in 1776, We do not see why it
would not justify the secession of
FIVE millions of Southrons from
the Federal Union in 1861. If we
are mistaken on this point, why
does not some one attempt to show
wherein and why2 For own part
while we deny the right of slave
holders to hold slaves against the
will of the latter, We cannot soc
how twenty millions of people can
rightfully hold ten, or even Eve, in
a detested Union with them, by
military force.
If seven or eight contiguous
States shall present themselves
automatically at Washington, say
ing we hate the Federal Union,
we have Withdrawn from it; we
give you the choice between ac-
| quiescing in our secession and ar
ranging amicably all incidental
questions on the one hand, and
attempting to subdue us on the
other-we could not stand up for
coercion, for subjugation, or we
do not think it would be just We
hold the right of self f-government
sacred. even when evoked in be-
half of those who deny it to
others
Further along in the same ar
ticle We may see him invoking the
incoming Administration, to pre-
cipitae itself against fugitive
slaves and now it is expected by
some that he will receive the 'ne~
gro vote.' With grateful acclama-
tion. He says:
We fully realize that the dilem-
ma of the incoming Administration
will be critical one. 1t must
endcavor to uphold and enforce the
. laws, as well against rcbellious
slave holders as fugitive slaves
The President must fulfill the
obligations assumed in his inaug.
uration osth, but II ever seven
. or eight States send agents tc
, Washington to say, We want to
, 60 out of the Union, we shal
feel constrained by our devotion
to human liberty to say, Let then
go! And we do not see how w
e could take the other side withou
t coming in direct conflict with thos,
rights OF man which VIC hold para,
mount 10 nll political arrangements
however convenient and advantage
9 GUS.
One week later, December "a
b 1869, Mr.. Greeley poured out hi
: soul with philanthrophy at whicl
}, jeff Davis and his yet unrepent
: ant followers may clap their hand
n and hail brother seccesionist
g He says: p
i "Most certainly we believe tbs
n Governments are made for peo
# pies. not peoples for Government
that the lattertdcrivc their jus
power from the consent of th
!" governed;' and whenever a porto
'e of this Union, large enough I
! form an independent, self-suhsist
% ing nation, shall see fit to say, au
|. thentically, to the residue, w
" want to 60 away from ycn.' v
~ shall say-and we trust self-re
l. spect, if not regard for the princi
e.. pies of self government, wi
in constrain the residue of the Ame
ican people to say-'Go! w
never yet had so poor au opinio
0 of ourselves or our neighbors as
i wish to hold others in hate
connection with US. But the dis
10 solution Of a Government cann
es be effected in the time require
In for knocking down u house
cards. Let the cotton States, ,
any six or more States. say un,
es quivocally, we want to get out
IN the Uniou,' and propose to effe
r their end peacefully and inoffel
We sively. and We will do our best
a. help them out-not that we va
er them to go, but thst We loathe Il
Mt idea of compelling them 10 stay
or Five days after the inaugurati,
20 20 as President of the Confedera
il, States, OF that distinguished citiz'
in who was subsequently, baileG wi
ay such alacrity by Mr.. Greeley, q
II latter in the Tribune Of Februa
~ %. 1861. spoke thus:
as We have repeatedly said, and ,
er once more insist, that the gre
nv nrincinle Amhodied hv Jeffers,