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The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
Secession movement at the South. letter from Ex-Gov. Wise--"Fighting in the Union"--the resignation of Secretary Cobb, &c., &c. Position of Ex-Gov. Wise. Ex-Gov. Wise, of Va., having been written to by a gentleman of Columbus, Ga., to define what he means by "fighting in the Union," replies as follows: Rolliston, near Norfolk, Va., December 1, 1860. Dear Sir: Yours of the 22d ult. Was late coming to hand. I now thank you for it. As to my doctrine of "fighting in the Union," it is one of true policy: 1st. If a sovereign State is judge of the infraction as well as of the mode and measure of redress, she may remain in the Union to resent or resist wrongs as well as do so out of the Union. 2d. If other States have infracted the Union, not she, the State wronged, is bound to defend the Constitution and Union against those who have infracted the one and threatened the other. Logically the Union belongs to those who have kept, not to those who ha