The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-10-22
John Hamilton and the Virginia Debt


4esaiye while his colleague Mr. Wiley who was member of t
''S y as T Go ; became its sagnchest
Semoy uo to De unconstitutional by many OF the abcst Repre-
@ G heHTcky Mr. Dawes OF Massachusetts and Roscoe
man OF the Ways and Means Committee and the majority
the floor Of the House, authority almost or
= have had difficulty in df,cr"n % ho o f' should vote
bave vet ma QUESTION OF policy and can hardly say that
doing do no OF d .T N and desire state grounds
idea that we admitting tins pursuance of provisions
By the CONSTITUTIONS no Statue "c1 5 provision TheL ustif it
e legislature thereof and by the Congress- Now sir
,o Virginia has to this division There are g %
10000 OF people who have participated in this proceeding
Before all this done the State regular organization
oan aR b majority OF the PeoPe they changed their
of it's members f fa6nS to the Federal Government from that
that State ever given its this division highly respect
the people Ct West Vgnaassened together dsapproved of the
acts OF the State Of Virginia and with the utmost secopacency
very statement OF the fact udicrous thing look upon
1.-The State OF Virginia therefore has given its consent to
aor o" 0i the S desire to see CHE separation and
computations OF conscience. But sir understand ti
G fi a ~o %" nar any and % % Of
G laws are %12t we choose to make them that they
a west iTgna not by virtue of provision
the circumstances we are placed shall vote u"
Dill upon that theory and that alone for sfy myself by
proceeding" 0' "i'
This of the great leader had the effect to pu e hill
b me house and passed that body December
Everything shows President Lincoln had grave and serious
uonp as TO what course he should take in the premises called
OF advised that the bill was clearly Gom I mree
these was the Attorney General eminent LAWYER He
that the legislature which gave the nembernen of the
sons p Gng composed chiefly If not entirely OF the per-
legislature competent give Virginia and that
the act in question highly inexpeent and improper
President Lincoln placed of responsibility which
situation higher law of pToeon which
the laws OF war have always been inherent every sovereignty in
time OF danger As Chief Executive OF the Nation in time Of peril
laws Of humanity would tend to the sayaon and W sab fS
mot the Interpretation its internal rules of action is the sprc @
question and war prevails the laws OF nugatoy all writ
this rea g a o pifya in time Of peace ayas himself
acted in that way orceful mind conceived TO be for b b
interests of the Nation " " " "' oeS'
In the OF Abraham Lincoln occupied upon this
tory and almost official his pregnant With this re-
sonslbN wo years before he had been to the P
den an election when considerably hall of the popular
was Plain that he Would have to oHdmc tc Yo s duties when
{ Or wuceessuy through the greatest civil conflict the
In the fall Of 1902 the national congressional elections the
great states OF New York PENNSYLVANIA Ohio returned
to his policies He had been publicly criticized an impatient and
ton Of slavery He had called upon by delegation Of emf
en ministers OF the gospel who had urged upon the enamel
patton OF the slaves and whom he had been compelled to reply
mat Such proclamation would be useless when
ms control could not enforce it the opposite Potomac
Ver rom ms Capital lie had written MIR. Greeley in sub
stance that slavery not the supreme question hour but that
inc salvation OF the country that question he would be
wiling to cmancpatc slave if would
be Wiling to the Union without emancipation OF SINGLE
slave and that what he should do from doing about
slavery would be according to the effect which action or non
action would have the salvation OF Union He saw the
advancing OF the army OF Lee almost the
with the exception two battles i'm tine West rrs. ]
prominent engagement of the had i'm advantage f M
Sogh with valiant enemy his front and capng critics at his
PACK inc oWwater mark of the Union had been reached and me was
sorrowful gloomy, Respondent But nevertheless ,cr ,u III;
adverse surroundings Inc glorious grand and with a1 vcr
ece his position altogether dssna that of the Divine
Man OF sorrow, who I8 before Fathers temple had
jerusalem" " J''"'''''
It said that his Egyptian campaign NAPOLEON called fin,
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