Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-22
Is IT A RIGHT STILL IN AsEyAScEs

Il IT A RIGHT STILL IN ABIYANcEs
To those Who think the "bloody
cham . entirely closed, and Who rsjoics
in the belief that accession was tramplsd
under foot by the armies Of the Nation
the late war. the following sx-
tract from the Washington Gasstx.
organ Of the Democratic par.
ty. win be found Of interest. This Is its
Language:
"To say the right Of any Stats. or
any number Of Statss. 70 secsds hon
the Union Is not reserved. is to say that
for which there In no warrant in the
Constitution. nor in any contemporary
record of intsrpretation.
The Gd,eas goes on to say that the
fright Of secession did not ispse through
the failure OF the rebellion to success
fully assert it, but that "it still stands
in all its original integrity. undimin.
ished and unimpaired." Here we have
IL. plain and u~nmistakable. II John q.
Calhoun were living. he could not state
the proposition with greater e~xactness.
III u . distinct and succinct enunciation
Of b doctrins held BY Southern Demo-
crats for the last thirty years; a doctrine
which had been Haunted in the face Of
the Nation scores Of times. during the
anti-slavery agitation. for fifteen years
prior 10 the war; . doctrine nun
ciated In the Convsntisn which
framed the Rebel Constitution; . doc
trins which inspired the airing OF the
fnt gun Of Sumter; n doctrine which
drew Q nation into war: which slaugh-
tered . vast army Of Northern and
Southern youth; which bankrupted the
South and left the Government staegsr-
ing under an enormous load OF debt and
consequent taxation. The advocates OF
secession never appealed to courts. con-
vsntions or popular ~arbitnmsnt for a
settlement OF the vsxed question. Sud-
denly and fully prepared they rssortsd
to the highest tribunal between States
or nations. They inauguraisd vN.
That war was fought directly on this
Issue. "Has any State or any number
Of States tho right to withdraw itself or
themselves from the Union without the
consent OF tho majority Of the states
composing the Government Of the Uni
ted Statssi The South took tho afir.
native: the North composing a major
ity OF States and the Government
through its Executive said No. Upon
this Issue and this only VA
the war fought. To settle this
question an appeal TO arms ives nads.
Surely, the result OF the war should
have settled forever tho single issue
upon which Il was fought. Many think
II has been 20 decided. Yet. only a day
or two since. q Virginia Congressman.
upon the floor Of the House OF Repre-
ssntatives. frssh from the dssolated
fields, dscimated families and broken
hearthstones OF his State. arose and
asssrtsd thai the United States il not a
nation. And the Washington Gdsetts.
only . few days previous, had declared
that the Fright Of secession did not
iapss" because IL was not successfully
asserted on the battlefield. but still
Islands undiminished and unimpaired
Do our readers comprehend what that
msansf II ii 30 not the ~silliness OF
boastfulnssa. IL means that the right OF
secession. instead Of having been for.
ever barred by the decision Of the war
sgainst ID. still remains in allegiance.
and that its friends only await a fitting
opportunity to resurrsct and r~sassert II.
We do not charge that the whole Dem
ocrsiic party sympaihizss with this OF.
gan Of the Confederate element In Gen.
grsss. Many. during the speeches Of
Hin M Georgia and Tucker Of Virginia,
A. and vrithed in their seais while those
gentlemen srraicned the North for sus.
tanning the Union and opposing sscss-
sion during the war. Some Who had
,srved In the Union army. among them
Mr.. Morrison, Chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee, must have been
sstonishsd and chaerined to find them
..lves indicted and attacked for LOYALTY {;
10 hear n charged that the South, not
Al. North. va. loyal to the Constitu.
lion. and tina, those Democrats who
v.rs ashtinc the battles Of th. Govern
man. we're struggling aeains, the Con.
..;,ution and s~,desvorine to overthrow
cardinal principle Of tho Democratic
MARTY. Ia sscession a right guaranteed
sv ths Constitution This was a cues
lion .oi,a,ed ,bir,v ysar. o o /, In
81, m.a.. .u,s ~i..us" nv p.mo.
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