The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-26

l'biHllltillS ~ NuhfItu VA nlo uNIlt q
tions for Office led him to dissolv
the firm of Sewsrt. Weed and Gree
lev, and since then, like Barkis, he ha
always been willing, and always un
successful, except in serving out
month or two of somebody clse'S tern
in Congress, where in that short peri
cd he made himself thoroughly odiou
and obnoXiuus TO men of all partle
without exception or distinction. III
has repeatedly shown himself a mar
plot, and Notwithstanding his Chimes
phvsi-ognomv. 80 "childikc an'
bland" he has exhibited stupid obstl
nacv fully equal to that of Andrew
johnson, or any other jackass.
During Lincoln : celebrated anvas
with Douglass, and during the leg
islativc contest which followed il
Greeley was quite as much for tn,
latter a. the former. He elcctioneer
ed for Lincoln about as he did for tn,
Republicans in Connecticut last sprin:
Afterwards, at the Convention in Chi
cago, where Lincoln was first nomi
mated, and where the competition wa
between such men a. Lincoln, Sewar,
and Chase, was our Chinees sage
running over with APPARENT simplicity
and he, too, had his candidate. III,
pressed his candidate with WAYS tha
were dark and tricks that were il
vain" He probably sworc goo,
mouth filling oaths," and manifesto,
his great knowledge of men, his cx
quisitc discrimination of character
and his profound conception of states
manship, by rcpudiating Lincoln an,
Seward, and men of that calibrc, an,
adyocatinga man that no one else eve
dreamed of for Presidcnt-Edwar,
Bates. Mr.. Lincoln was perpetual
ly annoyed and worried by this same
Chinese politician, during all his Ad
ministration, At one time it woul,
be his needless ION to Richmond" a
another his cowardlv counsel to max,
degrading and suicidal concessions
and at another by prosecuting insan,
negotiations in Canada.
As early as Novcmbcr9, ., 1860, dem
onstratcd how safe and iudicious j
would have been to have entrusted
the guidance of these United State,
to has Sagacitv and wisdom. In tn,
Tribune of that date he saws:
and now, if the Cotton States con
sidcrcd the value of the Union dcba
table, we maintain their perfect right
To discuss it, Nay, we hold witt
JEFFERSON to the inalicnablc right o
communities to alter or abolish form,
of government that have become 0p
prcssivc or injurious: and, if the Cot
ton States shall dcsidc that they can
do better outside of the Union than
in ii, we insist on letting them go in
peace. The ri cht u scccdc NAV be- d
revolutionary one, but il exists never.
thclcSs; and' We do not see how one
party can have right to do what
party has right TO prevent
We must cvcrrcSiSt the asserted right
of any State TO remain in the Union,
and nulify or defy the laws thereof
to withdraw from the Union l. quite
matter. And. whenever Il
considerable section of our Union
shall deliberately resolve to go out,
we shall resist all corrective measures
designed TO keep it in We hope ncv-
er to live in a Republic whereof one
section is pinned to the residue by
On the 18th of December. 1860, the
Chappaqua jurist, patriot and philan-
Ihropist, evinccd his acumen by tell
ng ,chdthe kBelc GbOm the Decidr0fiOR
y Independence. He says:
We have repeatedly asked those
who dissent from our view of this
matter to tell us frankly whether
thew do not assent to Mr.. JEFFERSON 5
statement in the Declaration of Indc-
pendcncc that Governments derive
thcig jtSt powers from the consent ot
he gOcerHed; g.; and that whenever
any form of government, becomes de-
Structivc Of these ends, II IS the right
gf the people 10 alter or abolish Il, and
to institute new Government, Gc.
&c. We do heartily accept this doc.
trine, believing it intrinsically sound
and one that, universally
accepted, is calculated to prevent The
of seas of human blood
aud If 1t jusfifed ne secession from
The British Empire Of three millions
Of coliOaiStS IN lI76, ,cedO mol see cis
Il luouid not justify the secession 81
fre millions Of SodheroDs from III,
Fpdcrdi Union IN 1861. II we arc
on this point, why does not
some one attempt to show wherein
and why! For our own part, whil'
we deny the right OF shareholders tC
hold slaves against the will of the lat
ter, ,ce cGaHOt see oicfpeRfy miiti0M
Of people can rjghUUVy hold ten, o'
erca Rre, az Il deiested Union riH
them, By military force.
If seven or eight contiguous State'
shall present themselves authentical
" at Washington, saving I'VE hate
the Federal Union; we have with
drawn from it; we give YOU the choice
between acqnicscing in our secession
and arranging amicably all incidental
questions on the one hand, and at
tempting to subdue us on the other.
ire coud not stand up for coercion
for subjUgaiioR, for tce do not HHk
Il irOuld b. Just We hold the right
of sclf-governmcnt sacred, even when
evoked in behalf of those who DENY
it to others
Further along in the same article
we NAV see him invoking the inc0m-
ing Administration, TO precipitatc il
self against "fagitire sioces," and
now it iscxpected by some that he will
receive the negro vote" with CRATE
ful acclamation. He says:
We fully realize that the dilemma
of the incoming Administration will
DC critical one. Ii cndcavors to up.
hold and enforce the laws, as well
against rcbclliouS slave holders as fu.
gjiire Siores. The President must
fulfil the obligations assumed in hi
oatn, but II erer, ''Seren
or eight States" send agents 10 Wash
iagion 10 sag, We aram 10 go om Of
the Union" IRE shall feel constrained
By oar dcrofioR 10 human liberty 10
sag, Let them gOt And we do not