, 1876-10-03

tuition, and snap tho tic that bound them To
the confederation, there teas no poteer TT
to notrce them to sl5mssston. Mr.. T1IpEN
held tint Mr.. L1NcoLH, in my ao-
ton by hin, against the people In
the acceding and rebel1ious States, would
DO the mere agent Of certain States tryingto
coerce the other mombors Of tho dissolved
partnership. In no senso does Mr.. T1LpKN
consider tho existence Of National Govern"
nlent clothed with tho power to suppress In
surrcotion or rebellion. lie ignores tlio pos
sibility Of the exorciso Of any national an
thortty by ignoring tho existence Of any such
authority. 10 him tho whole controversy
was ono between number of "sovoreign
States" on each side, without my common
arbitcr to decide, or any tribunal having
power to enforce n decision. According to
him, tho secession by any stato was flnnli-
ty, mud, rs llo expected oil tho Southern States
to secolc, 1lc considered that out Of the frag-
1nents OF tho confederation thore would bc
constructed two, in one Of which African
e1avery would DO perpetuated. Here is wlat
he said to Judge KENT:
Yet the North may, III q raroxysm, alarm and rcpc1
the South ont Of tho Union. lit should do TO- ent
If VIC should yet escape or recover from civil war.
would VIC not soon wish 10 establish treaties Of
peace. of FREQ trade between them AMI us,-of u,,-
obstrnctcd intercourse between our ctttxonst
Might VIC not ercn desire m alliance for cnmmon
dcfcnsef Is It not clear that such arrangements
would bo cminent1J wise and cmncntly conducive
to tho prosperity nnd welfaTo Of both patticss
Would not anch m arrangement be salutary ex-
tension and improvement of tho system which mod
ern civilization Is applying by diplomacy between
Independent nntlons all orer tho world?
1t was tlis theory Of T11DES's, that tho
secession Of tho South would be final, TINT
no power could bo exercised to coerce them,
and TINT In n very. briof time tie North
would DO IMPLYING diplomacy to establish
commercial intercourse between tho two
confcderaeies, that encouraged secession and
precipitated the South into rebellion. They
did not boliove that tho General Government
would resort to war, or that tho Northern
Democrats would permit sovereign States to
10 coerced.
Afr. TnDES aspirea to tho Prcsidency--of
what7 According to his own theory, there
IN no nation and no nationality in the United
States. Ho seeks to DO President OF o 'con-
federation" as opposed to "nation u;
President Of confederation which is bound
togather by no tic which 1nny not be
snapped asunler Mt tho will of my Stata or
number Of States; confederation which
has no Inherent powers Of defense or proteo-
ton against tho adverse will of any Of its
membors; confederation having no power
to determine any question or to en-
force its authority against the objcc-
tion Of any State; confederacy which
1naY bo dissolved at pleasure md divided
into my number Of confe<leraciea; confed-
eracy OF which rs President he wilfbe mere
diplomatic or commercial agent, netting nntor
written instructions from tho States, which
power rs agent md Which instructions may
be revoked at my tiIne by either ono Of tho
thirty-eight ssatos. He is not to DO Presl-
dent Of tho American Republic nor OF tho
United States; he is not to represent tho
United stases, but thirty.eight sovereign
powers. Flo Ii TO bo selected MS citizen OF
New York, to which stato he owes all his al-
leg'ance, and he Is to ignore any poiitical
character as citizen OF tho United stateH
II any OF these States shall secede or with
draw, ho is not to exercise any "centralized"
power OF compelling the people Of that State
to submission or Of treating nny independent
government in such State as reasonable;
1Ae lnOHt no proposes 10 QDt III GhSo OF
secession, is to offer his services as
diplomat in arranging treaties Of
peace aud commerce between those