The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-07-02
RIDAY JULY 2, 1875.
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Some of our contemporaries in The
South r enjoying themselves, as
they suppose, by n little good humor-
ed raillery at Massachusetts,. In ac-
cordance with law and custom. on
the occurrence OF the Bunker Hill
centennial. the Governor issued spec
ial orders, granting free permission to
enter the commonwealth To the va.
rious militarycorps from other States.
This ~'granting permission" seems To
strike our Southern brethren as an
ultra manifestation Of State Rights.
The Charleston Courier says:
"Permission to enter the common
wealth, armed and equipped l This Is
state rights; South Carulina's old
friend, by whom she always swore.
although the northern branch of the
family deserted her wher the pinch
came. Most OF the infantry land cav
airy and artillery, tool who have
come into South Carolina Of late
years, have entered the e0mmon-
wealth without permission, or even
saying, by your leave. IT they had
waited for permission, they would
have waited and kept on waiting.
They were not in attendance on n
centennial celebration; far from it
rs far as from Bunker Hill to Fort
Sullivan. They came and they went,
and now South Carolina soldiers are
going to Boston. Well! we are glad
that Massachusetts, stands up for
State rights. South Carolina asks for
herself all that MaSsachu~et claims,
and no more. State rights forever 20
In the editors anxiety to make a
point, his ''vaulting ambition over
leaps ITSELF" and the illustrious falls
''prone OF the other side" No one
objects, or ever did, 10 such internal
administration of a States affairs, as
Is exhibited In this harmless enforce
ment of a mers formality. The diff
ference between the view of South
Carolina and Massachusetts, is, SIM
ply this: The Palmetto State claimed
sovereignty, and in the exercise Of it,
first pullifed, then seeded, and A.
nally revolted-not against n State,
but the Union. Massachusetts claims
and exercises the right to regulate
her own internal affairs, according to
the laws she herself makes, subject
only to the federal laws and cpnstitu-
tion. She never refused admission,
or passage to the troops ofthe Union.
She never raised State troops where
with to fight or invade another
State, or to resist the Nation. South
Carolina has done both and claimed
the right to do it. Do defenders of.
State rights, as understood in the lat
itude of Charleston, now deny her
right, Tor her power to do so again ?
If they do there isap important point
gained and surrendered. M~assacnu-
sets raised troops for the Union and
at the command of the general gov
ernment. No State troops, as such,
ever entered South Carolina In hostile
array, or rs an armed force, with or
without permission. That the troops
OF South Carolina did not. as such.
enter Massachusetts, is wholly due to
the fact that they were not able. They
struggled vigorously enough in that
direction. Do the southern editors
perceive that The rub ofthe paragraph
Is on the other side? In the North
and West there will be no diflicu ty
in recognizing the allacy of this ar
gument. 1t cDvers the entire field
and aptly illustrates the Southern
way of looking at things. j