A Northern Plea for the Right of Secession (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Northern Plea for the Right of Secession One star, followed by another and another and others still, have fled from the American galaxy. Whether there is any legitimate or illegitimate power able to sieze and replace them again, and bind them in their former and formal courses of reluctant submission, is the question of the times. It is to the candid and deliberate consideration of this question, that I now ask attention. An exigency has occurred in the history of our country, which requires the guidance of fundamental principles and the promptings of a magnanimous spirit. Without original and profound views of the principles of government, we shall find ourselves bewildered at every point. Nay! we may fancy that we are incidentally advancing the cause of freedom, when, in fact, by obeying the dictates of prejudice and following the precedents of the past, we may be forging chains for ourselves, and strengthening those which have so long bound the Negro slave. It may be thought strange that, with my well-known hostility to American Slavery, together with the almost unanimous anti-secession feeling of the North, I should, in this specific controversy, take the side of the South. But it is not in the enslavement of her poor, that I side with her; but in her inalienable right of national sovereignty. The greater question of the existence of slavery is a distinct matter, and, if involved at all, very differently, in my apprehension, from that of the popular mind generally at the North. Nor have I failed to give duo consideration to that greatest of political problems. The Question Stated. The specific question is, "Has any one of the United States a right to secede from the Union at her own option?" This should not be confounded with other collateral or incidental questions, such as, whether there is sufficient cause for secession? or whether it is expedient for the seceding States? or best for the other States? I propose to discuss the absolute and unqualified right of the people of any State to dissolve their political connection with the General Government whenever they choose. The right of secession implies, of course, the right of the people to be their own exclusive judges in the matter. By the very act of asking the consent or permission of the other States to secede, they relinquish the right to do so. So by granting them that permission, you would deny them the right. Says Furguson, "Liberty is a right which every individual must be ready to vindicate for himself, and which he who pretends to bestow as a favor, has by that very act in reality denied." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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