The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-25

thhss whicn IL cannot perform ior IN
stance, II cannot prevent traitors from be-
ing traitors stil!, and, while IT may enact
good laws, it can only secure obedience
while is has the. strons arm Of power 10 en-
fsre them. : Al those qneetidns growing
out OF the late war are still unsettled, and
tisa prePis nf-she Secth viii refer TO them
again just so soon as they have the con-
trolling power, and from the present ten
denotes they viii have thai alter the cleo
, tions Of 1875. Then look out Tor some
lively times, for secession, State Rights,
with the right Of the negro to be the white
name slste, have NOT ceased 70 be living is7
lstses in the Southern mind, and have only
hbeeni allowed 70 remain in the background
{ LOG want u PoteI % make them efieetise-
/ IN the Stk ms, the Bahefin, Of New Or
!. leans assed the people Of the, S0uth, in
dooblelDeu3ed EDITORIAL, TO prepare tor civil
ttary od b,h7 sii .H19p' IT. '.Al "a, ,,.I
IdI ID sslhed upon the confederate soldiers ea
the SOath 10 lay aside arms apd amqnitson
| Tor protfacted camPaign, basing The whole
tofsfkis tfeascha8le talk upon the passage OF
the evil nights bal and the message OF the
Pnsideat upon louisiana affairs. Both The
civil rights bills and the message OF ahei
hesidenssrY right and Just, and II the con
federate soldiers waht~s 'protracted r am.
%e.,II NV Nv tstbs t line iins this lime ue an. srs
ttsy oaee more 10 make treason odiOus
Tt bullying bEaggarts At the. South are
EstiAbfull Of the idea that ioyaity North y0r
fSosth, Ss tame, iiaipid thing TO trernbie
whenever the Southern lord shall stamp his
loot We have had enough OF this Southern
lnsoienCe, and 1t would he m order to- lead
such impertinence,' IN low places, to the
}6oor BY the muse and tncerem6niously kick
it 4 out, Q here II will be subject to the
.cnon Of more evolving influences. Ihis
ffe-eatme OF the Btiaeffn Is only sample OF
the talk from all places OF the, South, and
We predicS that smother effort viii be made
4 eosPlit. ahe nation on the fatal rock OF
state Rights" The following extract from
one OF the most loyal papers Of Virginia,
I Will show thaS the danger ia manifesting it.
teit from one end OF the South to the other;
and will break out into open defiance OF all
law and order, ~ heretofore Just as soon as
they have the power to- make their work k q
success. 1t will be seen that che committee
on count tqtiUlal a,nendments propose to
strike from the State constitution all those
prOyisions recognizing the resu}tsof the war,
AS they will from all laws OF Congress Just
as soon ~ they possibly can. 81 h" - 'a
i p ~ Il Y--,po, :, -, 70 p;,,Sn, ,s - -'-
| .zr5fi ID ni bJTfi1-s ''---rf'Sft-,'sli 7.''
From the valley 'irsnan.l -''"' :
Il The STATE OF Virginia in 1863 was restor-
Ell " the relations ID the Federal Govern
meDt she had severed IN 1851 by the act Of
secession, upon the conditions implied and
expressed in the following clauses Of the
bill OF rights OF Nlrginia;F iGH =
That this State shall ever remain a
4 member OF the United States Of America,
and that; the people thereof are part Of the
American ration, and. that all attempts,
from Whatever source or upon whatever
pretext, to dissolve said Union, or to sever
said nation are unauthorized, and ought to
be resisted with the whole power Of the
State. -. 80 j
A. ~lhat the ConsCtutlon OF the United
States and the laws oil Congress passed m
pursuance thereof constitute the supreme
Law OF the land, to which paramount ALE
glance, ami obedience are due from every
citizen, anything in the constitution, ordi-
nances or laws Of any State to the contrary
Notwithstanding" .rs' -'."f' i'. r.. d
4 In these clauses OF the bill OF rights the
two ideas that eonfronted each other in the
late civil war are embraced--the one OF Sc
cessiOn, negatively, and that OF the perpetu
ity OF the Union, positively. The war wa:
conflict OF IDEAS as we'll as OF arms. The
doctrine OF State sovereignty, to the exten
OF secession, was maintained by the South
that oi consolidation, to the extent that thu
Federal power was paramount IN determin
ing the relations OF the State to the Nation
al Government, by the Month:
|; The forces representing this latter ide;
We're triumphant. The doctrine OF secs
sion was determined by the arbitraneht Il
which It's advocates appealed to he ioreiSI
to the character of ourpotitIe.ai system. anc
that ever hereafter the siPeaiacy OF ma
tonai over State authority should be recos
, nlzed. -. ,i ,Ia .ssfi NJ % 80
II Virginia after asking TO lie allowed tt
esume her dissevered reiations To the Ma
tIonai Government, accepted tins interPre
;atlon OF the character oi our political In
stitutlons. glir- li'i' ~ -5.... .'..-
lhe people, TO whom The question wa'
submitted, voluntarily recorded Their a'hr
nation at the baliotrbox by two hundred
thousand maprity, and npon the assuranc'
OF the good 1alth Oh tins declaration, th'
State was invested With all the lmmunltie1
pertaining To coequai commonwealth II
, !he Inion: The contract was incorporated
INTO the fundamental law oil the state
hedged around and covered over with al
tue sanctions that honor. manhood and ira
ditional integrity eOnid possibly impose
1t stands today as solemn pledge of th'
purpose OF virginia 10 MAINTAIN her ass'lm
ed national obliganaIiS and as touch
stone OF her fidelity to the good faith i'm
pied -. ysl s.aw.E. g.. %"
Notwithstanding these lncontrovertibl'
iacts.these solemn pledses-these oath
bound obligations-we are now called uPoi
TO consider the deliberate proposition t
: strike from the bill OF rig hts the clauses w
have eited-to break the faith that attache
TO them, and repndiate the conditions upol
which State autonomy was secured.
,i,a The Somhittee on Unconstitutional Amend
! ments have ioImally determined to reEor
E in favor OF striking the clauses allnded 4
IRON the bill Of rights, and stripping tn
constitution I9ts these features recognizin:
: the results Of the war. and the condition
upon which Virginia nov holds her position
As State IN the lni0n. There has beea
no public discussion OF the propriety OF tn
e movement, and consequently We are not ii
$ possession Of the. reasons tina; are advances
ior this prop0ssd Pesfldious violation OF tii
public taith OF the Commonwealth
:. We certainly are not aware OF any nev
I developments, any oppressive innovation
: OF the. other party To. the contract, tha
wonld justify this iaIthlessness to our dut.