What Southern statesman has. since the arbitrament of arms. agitated the doctrine of secession? Not one. We all admit today that if any one were to take up arms. whether under State authority or not. against the United States. he would be guilty of treason. because the constitutional amendments declare that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States." Citizenship and allegiance are correlative. The Southern members of the Senate have voted for years with a lavish hand nearly a thousand millions in pensions to the soldiers of the Federal Armyand to their faimilies. Wehave freely voted supplies to the Army and Navy of the Union. from which we ourselves are excluded.
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