The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-11
proclaim our duty to our country, and
nilr intention fn narfnrnl IL

our intention 10 perform it.
The Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln has
! affected TO treat all the seeded States 9.
| still members Of tie Union. Ifso, surely
| they are entitled to ali those privilege,
which the Constitution give them, whilst
they are also subject to its penalties
Yet, war in all its forms, by land and sea
with all its seventies, has been levied
against these States, and the forms and
most positive limits OF. tho Constitution
| which is the eupreme law of this land &C
the President aud Cabinet as TO the hum
blest private citizen, have been steadily
and contemptuously disregarded in It.
prosecution. The act of war is solemn
act ut any time in a war against Oui
brethren Of the South it is suiely .an.
fold go. BY the express terms Of the
Constitution the right TO declare war il
| delegated 10 Congress, the President has
no such power: bat he has, without even
the forms OF submission TO Congress, in
palpable violation of that charter Of gov,
ernment, which is his guide, as it 10 ours
summoned gigantic army and that fol
an extent of time ey ;eeding the term linn
tied by tho Constitution for appropria-
tion to support armed forces. The ques-
tion of peace or war, say, was never re-
posed in any President or Cabinet. Con-
gress alone possesses the power of declar-
ing war and, in the present case, protest
that our people have never been allowed
any opportunity to vote aud express
their wishes on this momentous and ter
rible issue. Had it been given them
last winter, believe our beloved Union
would this day have been firmly knit by
the bonds Of goodwill and good faith
which. originally formed it and can alone
preserve it. But tho attractions of tho
Constitution by those officials into whose
bands the reigns Of government have
pissed, have not ended here-the inva-
sions of personal liberty in our sister State
of Maryland have been such "a TO justly
alarm and almost dishearten those who
believed our free institutions were not
mere forms 10 be blotted ont at t!,1 ca
price or tyranny of our temporary rulers.
The seizure of telegraphic messages, the
invasion Of the privacy of the mails, the
arrest and imprisonment, without judi
cial process, of citizens, have followed
each other in etartling 6uccession.-
These acts are simple unsurpations, not
only without color of law, but against
express rights. You and I arc citizens
OF Delaware;l to her laws and govern
ment we owe allegiance; through our
State we owe allegiance to the Federal
government of which she is q member
But, as our State officials can command
us to no duty unknown to- State Law,
neither can any Federal officer CLAIM,
any authority over us in matters not
within his constitutional and legal con-
troll. A palpable infractioI of our
written charter of government by our
rulers, justifies disobedience upon the
part of the citizens, rs much as lawful
orders are entitled to lawful compliance
And fellow citizens, never in our nation'e
history were our citizens called upon
more strictly to call their agents to nc
count than now. The 80 called "mili-
tary necessaries" are beguiling and
dangerous in the extreme. The conquest
of the South will be poor recompence
to the North, if our system of govern
ment be the p.ice we are to pay for
it. Obedience and good faith toward
the government which protects him is
the primary duty of a good citizen; but
where that government is one of limi-
ted powers, and those limitations crea-
ted for the preservation of individual
liberty, against the expressions of rul-
ers or II 'jorities let US take heed lest
in seeking to place yoke Upon others,
we awake to ind one upon our own
necks. Who can ssy with the present
war measures of the administration and
the spectacle of Maryland before us,
how long u trace of constitutional liber.
ty will remain for the other States in
the Union, and how soon stern militia
ry despotism may usurp the place of the
Constitution and lawsp Let us, as free
men, stand prepared in all lawful ways to
arrest the Inauguration of such de-
graded condition of atfairs, no matter
how plausible and specious may be the
plea AZ ;;ohii which &c ;s 30 ITged. Let no man
believe that he may even safely violate
great pFin0ip!5-tiio poisoned 0hiiaiiiiooee 0hiiaiiiiooee
may some day be commended to his
own lips. And IL We to-day psss lightly
over the Outrage upon the rights Of john
Merryman, We may to morrow mourn In
our own persons of similar wrongs to his
If he hes transgressed the Laws let them
be fully vindicated. But it has been our
boast that the humblest person, nay the
meanest felon, has civil rights preceding
his punishment which no ruler can Justly
deprive him Of. Let us stand by the
law. aa Hi -
THE Committee on Resolutions here
appeared upon the stand.
a matter in conclusion l ask you to
hear and consider carefully.
A gentleman from New Castle coun-
ty who has been your United States
Senator for more than ten years past
have the honor to call my father. If
there DO one thing he has tried fully and
fairly to do, it has been to represent
the people of this State. And you will
do him the justice to say he never de-
ceived you, nor eyeE will. H78 worst foe
will agree to that.
The present issues which distract our
country were.not in existence when be
was chosen as your representative; and
of lsse as yol are auATs, haviug taken
decided ground upon them, he has been
called upon by voices many and loud to
resign his seat in the Senate. The mo-
tiyes OF those who have boon most prom.
inent in nnci, renneeta ara nfliittia mo-
ment, althoughtheir disguise 10 in many
cases but flimhy. To just man, howev;
er, q sense Of good faith and and self
respect would prevent his remaining
atany time in false position. If, there.
fore, he profess to represent the people
IL must be in fact not In nRme alone.
The Legislature now in existence were
NOT elected with reference 20 present is-
sues, nor can they cleim to represent
public sentiment In regard to them. The
proposition CT Mr. Bayayd then 10, that
the Legislature ahnll resign their seats,
and he will then resign his seat In the
Senate. The Governor, under the pro.
visions OF the constitution, can caii u
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