The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-24


ted 10 a policy subverSivc Of the essential
rights and interests OF fifteen Common
wcal.hs Of the UnionAs well as Of the funda-
mental principles of the Federal organic
law. The policy was merc"nary and
mammon worshipping. 1t sought TO au-
tho;zc great public debt, Fede-
raj banking system, lrredeemable paper
money, substituting Of the States, u waste
| ful expenditure Of Federal revenue on inter-
! nal improvements of local character, pro-
| tective tariff, making the people OF the great
! staplt.Droducing States I" hewerS OF WOOD
and drawers Of water" to a compactly or.
| y.piZad combination Of manufacturers and
| capitalists in the northern and eastern States.
! That policy would unnecessarily cyentuate,
! in an cree ion on the ruins OF State soicr-
eighty and Independence OF costly, spIen.
! did. and imperial republic, OF when the
! States would ne provinces. The abolition OF
| slavery was not at first Il declared feature OF
! the policy, although it was al unavoidaoie
consequence OF its success. The aggressive
! force OF abolrtionism vas subsequently, III"
voked in a COG GIVE prosecution OF that pot
| icy. WELDING, in 1861, the vast patronage
and power of the Federal Executive, Raal'
cal Republicanism refused TO relieve the Just
anyielies aud fears of the slarcholding
States, by giving adequate assurances OF ad-
herence TO the guarantees OF the FedefAi
!, Constitution.
The unfortunate secession which foil owed
that refusal (when, as it is now clearly per.
ccived, the best Interests OF all parties would
have been promoted by fighting the battle
| for constitutional right, within the Union.
! and trusting to "the second sober thought .
/ Of the people Of the non.slaveholding StatcS),
! In el rio n
coc :cion by the Federal Power, in order to
crafty the covetous greed of Radicalism.
No unbiased MUD now believes that the
/ late civil war W ju'd ever have been provoked
/ or prolonged il the southern safes had ia
vorrd a protective tariff aud other selfish and
ceutraliz ag projects OF Radlcalism. The great
>iaplc.producing States OF the South formed
the right wing Of the Democratic party, the
ma llral and constitutional foes OF the Radical
fac! ion. and therefore must be destroyed,
even if the Federal CONSTITUTION persisted with
them. 1t was not "a patriotic love for the
Uuion" which governed the councils of the
evil and political leaders of radicalISm, al
though such love undoubtedly animated
many of those brave men who "jeomrded
their lives in the field" for the defence, as
they honestly thought, OF the ola Jag, tne
stars and stripes of Federal Union. Inc
crafty political lenders of RadlcalIsm "rouc
upon the whirlwInd and directed the storm
of noble, fervent, but deluded pltrioti>ln'
successfully employing the vastly superior
military power and financial resources OF the
United States TO subdue their political an
tagouists. This is proved by subsequent &C.
currentcs. Under the Subterfuge OF - war
for the Unou," the Radical faction have prac-
ticlily subverted the Constitution OF Fede-
raj Union. and made it an instrument OF mil
itary despotiSm rather than of "Securlng
the bles. of liberty" Had Radicalism been
sincerely faithful 10 the Federal Union of our
fathers, it would b I'VE endeayored to speedily
restore the peace and harmony OF that
Uuion by an obIiteratiou Of the sai memo.
rics Of a fratricidal strife, and by revlvinS
cordial good feeling between the States which
had prev iiicd. and thoSa which had Succu D.
ed, in that mutually disastrous struggle. They
-. would have strivcn 10 close rather than TO
keep open the wounds Of the late civil war :
would not have detained that war by calling
it "a reasonable rcbeIiou"; aud would
not under the iliusory guSe Of restora-
ton of Commonwealth to the Union have
rcconStrucled" them by stripping them oi
their property without compensation, by u!>-
tranch-iug their best citizens, by dpSra-
uingly reyolutionZng their civil polly, and
Dy handing them over "a crushed, helpless,
and unrc>isting prcy.) to the tender merclfS
Of recently liberated and ignorant negroes
controlled and led by foreign maraudcrS. the
pluuderiug camp.fohowers OF ultra Radical
ISM.
A Democrat who countcnances in any way
IN Use of the epithet rebellion" US applied
to the late civil war, and that other phrase
: National Government as applied to The
} .,,l
of the filth tint is in him. and becomes an
unwilling auxiliary OF Radcalsm. The
Radicals have made most telling use OF
those words Is vehicles Of pernlclouS ideas,
and As political levers. Although the right oil
State to s,cede from the Union Is not
an admissible doctrine in view OF the
: public and private faith and the invaluable
III CreSts involved, 10 preservation aud per-
pctuatlon of a righteous Federal Union, and
Is an inappropriate reinedy for the oppreS'
, >ion>, cXaclion>, frauds, and uSurp atoms OF
: ltldcli>ln, yet such secession of Il sovereign
State i not rcbcthnn." II PRECISION OF
the Federal compac'" had been the phrase
u used and the idea employed by the southern
States III lieu OF " secession, tuclr reasoning
; however injudciou-, would not have been
iliosic,i. aud the meaning and intent OF their
: action would have been apply expressed
l.
organic law OF Il Federal Government cstab
lI>hcd, started, aud Kept in motion 10y ante
ccdcntlv tree, independent, and sovereign
Common we .lths for certain enumerated ends
l 1t contains 4 very meagre and limited dele
gition Of the sovereign prerCSailves d {
domestic nature, Inherent in the States, II
IL. prlm0rdial, political cor porationS d9rivin!
their powers Immediately from the people.
. To guard against the perils of an tmpltcd
. ton Of pO,rer not warranted by strict con
} s,ruclion of the Federal Constitution tie
+ >oyereigutieS which framed it specially
! agreed and stipulated that "the powers no
: delegated to the United States by the Con
stitutlon, nor prohibited to the States, art
+ reserved to the States respectively, or to thu
r people, This is mahifestly a Fundamental
, and essential article of u solemn compact be-
t,ceen n0tt0naliHes. 1t is principle Of Law
,, that "Where one party TO contract infringes
an essential part of it, for which adequate
, reparation in damages cannot be made, the
: 0 her party may declare the contract to be
totally reScinded, and will then be wholly
g., relieved IRON its oblieation.' So in the cl>t
of an infringement OF u compact between in
, dependent >oyereiguties, whether such cJn
tract be in the form OF treaty, League, OF
Federal Union, where the sovereignty
. Injured cannot obtain compensation for Tue
past and security for the future, such com
pact may be rescinded 1t the pleasure
of the wronged State. If such "reci
sion" is not acquiesced in, unless the dlsa
greement is reconcilcd by an amicable arbl
tration, an appeal to arms TO determine th'
right of the controversy is the final resort