The daily gazette., 1877-09-05
|ATAN ANDHIs' TIMES.
Ip1E DEFEMSE OF HIS
UNSATISFACTORY 'BY A II
|TEW HAMPSHIRE o. r,or
|1-'.,- MAN. - 9'''2S ~. ,,a'. 20.

North had about -accQmplisneo
|.sssry end, which was the aHen-,
n he North and South and civil
|,tbis crisis Mt. Buchanan even
X ali he could to avett tho Jiin-i
n war by recalling, the people
4 duty, and by defining the
bles upon which The federal gov
m was founded. In his message
|rress, dated December 8, 1850,
N into the matter fully. he re
Ested the acts of the abolition
|jcans which had brought on the
6emept, and defined the duties
6gers OF the union In that crisis
|rer and peril. He entered into
Ed argument to show that our
comprised two kinds of govern
those of the states and-that Of
hon; that the government of the
like those of the states operated
N in the language of Mr.. Madi-
In persons and things" and like
Ites, it had at command q physi-
he forexecuting the powers com
| 10 it. Mr.. Buchanan says, in
lime message that sin order to
4 secession as a constitutional
n it must be on the principle that
Neral government is a mere vol
association of states, to be dis
at pleasure by any one Of the
citing parties. If this is 80, the
|pfederacy is q rope of sand, to
|etrated and dissolved by the
Dverse wave of public opinion in
, the states. Such a principle
blly Inconsistent with the history
D as the character of the federal
BUTTON" And, speaking of the
4 be adds; at was intended to be
Dual, and not 70 be annulled at
easure Of any one of the contract
lties." C-}lI
THE UNION PERPETUAL.
Buchanan adds: ,'But that the
was designed to be perpetual
rs conclusively from the nature
tent OF the powers conferred by
Institution on the federal govern
Those powers embrace the very
u attribute of national sover-
They place the sword and
under its control. Congress has
10 make war and to make, peace
e and support armies and navies
conclude treaties with foreign
pmenls." And he proceeds to
That it has amplepowers 70 main
pese high attributes and finally,
Is within the pale of the constitu
Fe pronounced to be "the su-
law Of the land" In this very.
'ld patriotic message SO errone-
dtDounced by republicans Mr..
man shows conclnsively that the
constitution created a govern
which was in dependent and su-
within the scope of the powers
Ffed upon it, acting directly up
Individual citizens of every
and executing its own DEGREES
agency of Its own officers"
MS cowardlce and treason3 Mr..
Anan' In speaking of the federal
amen', says: 'Its trainers never
yea TO implant in its bosom the
VI It's own destruction nor were
l's creation guilty of the alb
Vi providing for its own dis
On, twas not intended b. its
is% DC the baseless fabric of II
"nlch, at the touch of the en-
~ would vanish into thin all,
a y uOs'anllal " and mighty fabric.
y VI resisting the slow decay Oi
'"u W oi defying the storms OF
,in {. lhe man who was capable
aps 'uose notable sentiments il
=, Un; ;ne perpetuity and grandeur
4 4 un,ua, fa", Is pronounced by III,
iac'ionlsts who, for political
"iought lhe serious trouble upol
un'fy W ,lch he was laboring u
coward and a traitorl ~
HIS MESSAGE. , ..-..,,.....
m an december 8, 1860, to January 8
|bn 'enls continued to thicken, ant
EnTs Siess ald nothing, either to aver
|Ip", Ip,oacalng llng storm or to provide th,
A M ,s WIN the means of NEE ing it
n 'ae .a',. last mentioned day Mr.. Bu-
Ieiit lis second message to Con-
\ n M lhat message he says: "In 10,
|Ehio,s ha,ssSage l expressed The cconvic
|wbich Ci 4 nave long deliberately heit
A n'a to recent reflection has only
|bas S Ieepen and confirm, that n,
|,"T, naS 'iie =, right by its own act to Sc.
|SHllie Nun lhe Union, or throw off It's fed,
1ea sa',ohs at pleasure. - A.,
Iws W execute and not to make
to to- roao1, ~ belongs to Congress exclu.
|proviap"l' ipeal' to modify or 10 enlarge
hsy oces, oceS. TO meet the exigencies a
Ia y sT Tcc'lr' l certainly have nc
and 'He ! aggressive war upon any
! S has AIN satisfied that the consti
|1rom aI ~ wisely withheld that powel
dulv congress. ", But the right ant
who 70 use military force against
kecn,io, resist the federal officers in
agains' Un ,l OF their legal functions
t6s fs' fsitose those who assail the proper
hIahIau hIuersi government, is clear anc
at wo I1e fact cannot be diseuis
ption' ns are re in in the midst of a gresi
|fore ~ all its various bearings
Iress'' = g, commend the question !,
'rovi,JsSo.aa as The only human trlbunalun
the ey G' iS, possessing the power tc
lsivelv sung sung emergency. 10 Them
|or to .u,a Uelongs the power to declar
ary forca sIoflze the employment d
Ie Oonsti,lnni,al OSG IN all cases contemplate
lgh y'ItSation. yo~ a., l therefore. appes
Glare Jr IN 70 The people of the COUNTY,
and s6.iI n i1elr might that the Unib,'
EiOnal' small mal. be preserved by all COZ cor
AOve eso CoD.np lmpassiOned appeals di
congress. 1t positively retu, M