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myERS’ & FARMERS’ JOURWAL«. PrilLINIIi;i, KVKKY HAI riM>AV, J. llOI^FoN . W.U. TM.:.. iro.; to r.KH.-r t... m>wr,., ok t... kakjh anu T.rrrMo, .>ta.n„. M.T-ru: VOIi. HI* MIXKKIOMIUIU; rOIFJNTY, nortii- AROMNa. WIIICII^ II.!, .IVK n KENo ril TO ni'H H»M>S AWI> HVBJ»!T Al.l, NATL’BK TO Ol'R 1,’SK ANI» I'I.KASUHr..—^rTTohnsonT SATl Klivv, APR I r 20, lH3:r. TIIK iiierM’ A f'arnierH^ Jonnial irliiUtI »iil publintud errry .Saturday morning t Two l)Ular$ |MT annuni, if (laid in advaiicr : Pollan and Fifly Cfvli if not paid iti ad- ,, nrrr Voll.r. at th« end of the yoar. , _ VF.KTISKMKNTH will be in«-ru d at ortMiciil and nrtificifil mkhIo of rcas..niiiK , nl, per (not cceeduiK SO ine..) for the ^ rninMri.on .nd‘i5crnUforc.ch.«co^d.ntr,d,,reKnr.Npla.» .akc^ri.y. ,,lt_or*l for thrtP wcpkv, for one i«|uare.— |H.t|ifNis ^ Iibrral dii'CO'"’* will be marie to tlioae who* . .1 . r ,V..r.i--byth.yrar. ILrMh,alladverti«^,„ent. i ^ , „„,n.unlratfd for publication, the min.b.r of ^'! !TT| 1"^ soinnn oath to sup. .nurt br noted on the margin of thr ! ' >'> an ihi.s occns,,.,.. ,^rt ho of ll.u I'. S. rroin ,am.«-ript. or they will be eontii.ucd until T‘‘/"‘'"‘■'“'•y «r.«in .d our tlio ol.l.fralion oi iLi, no State |.ow bid and ehan;.il aecordincly. , «.ovi ri.mcul im cleiralcl.—nut 1 conlrss .‘r nw, ,lisr!,:ir;r,. All tl,o ineinlKTs • . . .1 I.M'. ^ III.'suit not cntirciv KJitislK fl witl) aryuuioiitN of all the Hlale />•'/j^l -luu « me n« rr II \ll romnimiicatioiin to the Witor muirt eome i_ . ,• .1 ^ . • •• «>iv i.i.m, i> ^i>i..init8 nic. ns rill- .mil illustritir)ii!4 !niwn Irom that lo|nc. 'Moijsiy |>iuini tu «u|i|rtirt the coustitiilion «d’ I he 8..\en ij;rity ol /'ovcruiiient i'l iin i.|c-a the « . Slaii s, ns thry are to gnptwri tlieir (i the other Hide oftlio Atlantic. «»m Stale eoiiititulion. Nay, sir, lliey arc No Midi thing is known in North Aiiiriiru. as solemnly sworn lo Kup|M>rt it as «e our- Our CdVi ruiiieiits ure all liinilcd. In i:u- are, w lio are ineinfx rs of ('(,nf>ress. NO. 134. (18 n conslitution, uiui hf'riceforth it nmst [ |iul)lic fnitii to iiiiilntain it. MuimIbs h roimtitiilion until it shall Im> «|- trary, it irtakos its own nrcw., ..v- o-rpther (lestn.yed Now, sir, m this not prn.J on iiwliviiluni duly and individual ob- th ruth ol the whole iimtter f mid is not) libation. Sir, the States cauuot oiiiil to -''‘L.''*.''’’ i-oui^pact iH lweeti appoint senators and electors. It in not n niattor restin;; in Stale discretion or Siutc plt-a.Mire. I’ho ennstilution lias taken bet ter cure of its own preservation. It luys Its liaiiil (n individual roiis'ieiice, and indi vidual duty. It iiicapncilates any rnnn to sit in the lje;>isliiliire of a State, who tiliuil All rumniii ■ of ptlnff,oT they may not be attended to. TIIK VKKI^ri'N. IIARI,FXT«>.N, ATHIL W, IK13. ,, 11^ •lit I t aka Ullifri. >»>• ru,-^ sovereignly u ..f feudal oii^in, iii.d No n.eu.U r of a Slate Le.isl.iturc eun re- »ii|>erfiiie, ,6 a (Kl; (orn. Ci a f^'i; ""I***''** '*''»» tl'^ '•tate o| the suve- lu.se t» pi.H cel, at ihe pro[>er time, to elect i», a .W; Whiakey, 33 a 31; N. K. Mum. j *t comprises his ri”lils, i!uti'-. e\. S imiors tf> ('onnre>*N, or lo proviJo for t!ie On the con- on the l.jih of .June, nnd reftrred to the ' pretends the contrary. The only question 5»TVi|lion do- coniniillec of the whole. And tliO resoiu- is, shall it a coercion of law, or a coer* tio„8 ibrmiiiff Ihe basis of a National Gov- cion ol'arms? there is no other posBible al* erntnerit, which hnd ouce been agreed to ternative. Where will those who oppose in the committee of the whole, and report- a coercion of law come outi Where will ed, were lecoiiimilted to the name commit- they end’ A necessary consequance of tec, on the same day. 'J’ho convention,, their |irinciples is a war of the States ono then, ill committee of the wliole, on the ajrainst another. I am for coercion by lUth of .luiie, hud both these plans before law; that c()crcion which acts only upon tiiein ; that is to say, the plan of a coiifed- 1 delinquent individuals.—This constitution oracy, or compart between States, and the | does not attempt to cocrce sovereign bodies, plan of a N:ttu>nal (iovernmeiit. Hoth ' States, in their political capacity.—No co- ihest! plans were confide red and debated, ercion is applicable to such bodies, but an and the conmiiitee reported, “ 'J'huHfiLy do ari;ied force. If we should attempt toexe* not ai'rn- lo the profiosHiotm o^/'crerl Ijy the cute the laws of the Union, by sending an hononihle Mr. Pottf rson, hut that they u- armed force against a delinquent State, it ffttin Hubtnit the rcKolutions fonmrlif rc- would involve the good and bad, the inno- fiortfd." If, Kir, any histoiical fact in the |Cent and guilty in theramecalamity. But world lie plain and uiideniabr.', it is that the this le^al coercion singles out the guilty conveniii.n deliberated on the expediency individual, and punishes him for breakin|| of conlinuiii'; the confederation, with .some the laws of the Union.” 1, 37 a 3'; Apple liraiidy, 40 a 4:?; IJ.'en- «, l7aHI; Tallow,I'arohna, II all); .Mack- 1, Nu. I, 7; .Vu. U, G; Itacon. (i a 7; llaiiii, 10; l.ird, b a MJ ; ,\«iU, cut, 5} a t> eent* Hacfiiig, a Ifi; Bale Rojit, fi a 10 cent*; i.Uc iHaiidy, I-*)*! a !MNI; Holland Ifin, inu a . I'nn, Uuwia and .Hwc.iri, #1 a 4) per lb>.; !, l.iv>-r|>«ol,in ttaaaof4 hu«h. I| a l|; 111 bulk. »tKt; T. iiiland, 4.*i a W, Sugar, Havana, lu t|; brown, 7 a X; St. Croix and Jam. 7 a ; Otirans, f) a 7J : Molaa«ot, (.’uba. !i.'> « Wl; hli-an*, WJ a ^ ;’o(Tte, prim*' yreen, 1.3 a 1 4; riur tu giKxl, lUa 13^; Hyma 'I'ra,?' a !tU ela. »tb t 'aiolina nHHiey, I) a I ^ per c-nt. d»- Sa\aniuh ILink Itilla I |icr cent, diaeouiit; oilier tirori>ia Hank HiUa I and I] per cent. CAMDKX. M\R( II 30. CwiHfry H a 10; Corn 50 a W I). «i, ") a *7 ; ITwif, enuntfv, 4J a 4J ; lla- * II 10; tii«key. 3o a 40; ItraiiJy, Apple, t.S ; IV»eb, 40 • tv*. HKHATK IIm !n nal>’ of lh4 I nitrd St«tr« on th*' bill fur. I : r til prut Ilk tur Itie oollccltuii uT dutiea 00 iil»iil». Ir. Pn^mk nt, ? rornir no generally in ver_\ abh’ njiwcli of the grnileiiian tVoni rKiiun, iH'sr iitr, [Mr. Ki\i>] thnt it m withfHit ditfidfiirr and rr|>rcl that I liire to dil|(*r wilh bun on any |Hiint.— 1 opmions, sir, are ndok-iil of the dor- if a vcr\ distiiiguiNhed wrbool, for irh 1 hnve th'- high^'Kt regnrd, of wboM- IriW' I ran ►■y, what I al«> ran •‘nv of i>entl'ntan'* »peecb, that, whiU* I c>ii- r 111 iIm* n-ivultN, 1 niu«t \>c pertnilled lo ii.ile uliout wuiK' of the pri'iiiiir^. I do I a.’n'e that lb«i coiiMlituitott ta a com|iart U'.-cii State* ill their mivereign c.'i|Mirilte«. • ih>t ai;re«] that, uj i«trirlii‘aH tiflan^'uag**, II t rnmjmrt at nl). Hut I d«i agree, ikat u fvumUii im content, or af(rrrmrnl or on iflhe geiitlciiian pn-ler» that word, Ilf dii^t no more b) it than voluntiirv t or •gn**:menl. TIk! con^tiiutKMi, , i« iM-t a cfMilrai t, ImiI tlie ro‘ult ufu ilrarl; itK-aning, bv cHilnict, no iiK»re III a-«^nl. Foni»i*«l on coiiim-iiI, it is a ernnieiit propiT. .Xdopted by the agr«H'- i.t I'f the |4>o(>ie of iIm* I . Slates, w Itoii jjilitl. It lias becomc a ronMitulion. Tlir >|i|e have «i;re*Ni to make a rtMistilution; I when iiia«k‘, lliat cinMiliiliin Iwcoiih--* It It** iiaiiw itii|torlA. It is no lon;>er a ■rr •‘.{n'emeiii. Ihjr laws, »ir, have tbeir aKlatiiHi III tin? agrtHMiH'iil, or cciii^eiit, of ’ two lliHKTs >1 ('(Higresd. We mi>, hiliiallv, that ihh) ilo«i*«n pm)N>sr«» a bill. provido emptiori^, pu ro»ativ»«, and powers. iSul, hoice of electors d' i'n?sident and Vice withu'^.allp.iweriswith tlieiieople. They, I’r. M.lent, any more than the menilK«rs ol alone, nn* soven ij;ii; and they ere t wlial this .Senate can reiii»o, when tlic appf.iuted (iovernnieiils tin y jilem., nod cnnli r on dayariivi H, to meet the iiiernherb of the them Mich [Kiwers «s they please. N'on»- oIIm t W.iii>e to count the voles for tliusc of these CJovi rnin' iits is sovereign, in the .diii eis, and a-^certaiii who are ehoprn. In amendment.^, and rejected that .scheme, and adopted the plan of a National Government, with a leiris.'ature, an executive, and a ju- dicia'ry of its osvn. 'I'hi y weri; a.sked to [)i-e:M. rve the longue; they rejected th( (irojjosilion Indeed, sir, if we look to all cotempora- ry history, to the writings of the Federalist, to the debates in the conventions, to tho publication of t'ricnds and foes, they all a- grce, that a change had been made from a They were asked to continue confederacy of states, to a different aystera; the evislmg compact Ix-tweeii States; they they nil agree, that the convention had rijectedit. 'I licy rejected coiii()act, league, formed a constitutii.n fora National Gov- aiid cmiHd*.i;ition ; ami sifi themselves a- ,ornmcnt. W'ith this result, some were sat I. . . . _., ^ ^ iiiiiwiii. .T iiii I Ilia J V Esai* r.uropean a* iiw ol the word, all Ik-ih;; r*-- U.th eas«'s, the duly binds, and willi equal bout framing the constitution of a National 1 i.sfied, and some were dissatisfied; but all Btri)iiM.-d by w ritti-n eon!tituiions. It seems >lieni;ih, ihe cnnsciciu e of tho individual 1 (Jovcmmenl, and tlicy accompliialied what ' admitted that the thing had been done.— to iiie, tin relore, thnt we only |k rpl- \ Mir- mi inU r, and it is imjHiwd on all h\ an o.ilh ' tii* y undertook. In none of these various productions and 111 tin- ^»lme wonls. 1,. t ii, t!ien, never lit' | If men will open their eyes fairly to the publications, did any one intimate that tho siiid, sir, that it is a matter of di,s reiiijn . lights of history, it i- iiitpo:«iblc lo be de- new constitution was but another compact w itli the .''1.ilex, wheilicr they will continue i fcivcd on tins point. 'I'lie gre.nt object l>etwcen states in their sovereign capaci- the ioverniiK'nt, or break it uji b\ refu ing|was to .superM-dc ihe conlederution, by a lies. I do not find such an opinion ad* III upiMHiit scTiatoM and to elect elfclor''.— ; regular goMMiiment; hecaii-e, under the ! vanced in a single instance. I lie\ lijive i;o liscretiji in the m:itter. coiifoderalim), (’oiigre.ss l;ad (lower only to ; J^very where, the people were told that I he menilK-rs of their Iiegi^latllres caiin »t j make reqiii-iiions on .Slates; and if .‘•^tates the old confederation was to be abandoned, avoid doing Ciibt r, so »jiien as the tifije ar- j decliiud eoiiipli uice, us they did, theie was and a new system to be tried ; thnt a pro- ilK « wn contimiiiuee nnd Mipp.»rt. I hear f'" *. wUh- ut t\ direct violation of I'leir 1,0 remedy but war .n^ain-t such delinquent ' per government was proposed, to be found. It ulleii tiugj!»-sled that the Siales, b\ refiis- anl ihcir oalh.s; such as would break States. It would w.TiiuVom .Mr. .Ii lierson’s ed in the name of the people, and to have ing III A|>(Kiml wtiHtorM nnd electors, inight •*(* **>'y (io\ ernmoiit. corre.spoudenct*, in 17'■•i. aiul 1'/ '7, that he a regular organization of its own. Every bring tin- Governnnnt toan en.l. I’eiliHp- l.«H/king still fuiiher to Ihe prnvi^on^ rf was of opinion that even this remedy ought where, the people were told that it was to that i» true; l.iit the xnine m:iv lie s;iid if coiislttuli'in iIm-Ii, in order to h arn it selve# when we attempt to t xplaiu lh lalKui* exihting U tween the lleimal tlov- crnin«-iit nnd the sM*\f>ral State (Joveriuneiiti', nrcuriiing to these ideas of boveieigiitv, which pr«-\uil under hvsteins csstiitully dif ferent from (rtir own. fliit, Htr, lo ri turn lo th'' cnnfititiilinn il- xell', let ino inquire what it ndu s u|kui tor the Stnti* (ioveniiiii iitt themi.fl\e'. Sup- pom* the I.«':'iH|iiiiiie ufa .*'!ile, ha\mg the jKiwer to ap)MMUt ihe (iovmior and the true charni-tcr, we lind its gr-at ap|)!irent pur|H^?*e to b*', to unite the |n ip|e of all the Slates iiiwler one General iiivcrnmcnl, lor Judgen, sh«>uld I (lilt thnt «!ul\, wi uid not certain d finite olj i ts, and, lo the* e\tenl the Stale (iiivcriimi’iit remain uiiorj;ani/. -d’ "t ihin uuum, to re.>train tho sepaniie aii Nodi'iibt, all eleciivi’ Governmi'iitu maj l*e broken up, by a gern ral akiiidonment, on the part «if ih»^- cntrietcil vulh pohtK'al |iuwers, of Ibeir nppnipriate dntie.*. Hut une popular (•oterniit) lit has, in this re«|N-« t. lo Ik,' tried. “ There uill be no money in lie a government withdirect powers to make the Treasury,” said lie,‘Mill li.e coufedera- laws over individuals, and lo lay taxes and cv shuAs its teeth ;” and be suggests tbat a i i!ri|»ost3 without the conscnt of the states. I'^ery where it was understo(jd tu be a |»opular coiislinilion. It came to the peo* pie for their adoption, and was to rest on the same foundation as the state constitu- single fiigate would sot>11 levy, on thec‘^ru merce of a ileiinqueiil St:ile, the «Vriciency of Its cnntriliuiion. Hut tb*-'vsuuld b; war ; thorilv ol the Stales. C.n;:re^s onlv cnn ^ and it was o\ident I'lat a confederacy could diclare war—thenliire, when one Slate is not long l. -!d Ingether, which would be at lions themselves. Its nnost distinguished " at war with its inemlH is. Tlie constitution advocates, who had been themselves mem- 1 tbi.s necessity. It bers of the convention, declared that tho at w.^ with a foreiun niition, all must b‘ war. 'I he Presnlent and the S nate onI\ ' v»;is adopted to avoi l en |)oaco is nui(!'.' for was .ndoptinl that there lean nuike |K;ace: vilien might Ik! a govern- very object of submitting the constitutioa as mwh *«ecurit> a» unolher. Tli«! iimiii. o«*‘' Mat.', tlieretorc, it ii.u-t l»e ijinJe for all. j meiil w hich should act directly on individ- I to tlie people was, to preclude the jwssibili ti naiice of this coii9liiuti>n dt»es iH>t de(i* iul oil the pli::hted t'aitb of liie Stales, as .'^l.ttes. ’an nny thing In; coiu»’i\cd niorc pre-; iials, w ilhout borrowing aid from the State po^ti-ri'us, than that n:i\ State «lioijld have Governments. 'I’his is clear as light itself lo aupiM'rl it; and this ngiiin'how I that il In power to iiiillify the pnK’eedings of the on the very liu'e of the provisiiins of the iKit II league. It rebcs o4i mdivuiua! dut\ ami ubhgatein. ty of its being regarded as a mere comjiact. “ However gross a heresy,” say the writers in the Federalist, “it may be to maintain (ii-neral G' veriunent, re--ji«;ctin;i jieaco and : ccn'tiluti'in, and its whole hi.'tory lends to that a party to a compact has a right to rc- war/ li"ii war IS declared bv a law of i the s;iiiie conclusion, its framers gave this yoke that compact, the doctrine itself, has I'he con>.litulion of the U. .'latr« rronlcs 'ongress, c«ii a Hiiiglc .Siali- iiuilify that , very reason llir their work in the most dis- | had resiH'ctable advocates. The possibili direct nl'tKHn iK'Iwecii thu. Jo\eri)!iieiil and indiv idunN. 'I'liis iovi rnnient iiiav punish imlividutils tor IreaH ii, ant! all other crimes in tlu;co*J’, wbeti eommitt'**! against the r. Stales. It ha« |Miwer, also, to lax inilividunlH, in anv mode, anil to nu\ (‘xti’iit, and It the fiitlH-r piwer of deniHinJ- ing from intlividuaU military wn lee. No thing, certmnly, can m«iP' elearly ih-'liu- gui'h a Go\erninent from a eoiiled*TMtioii iifStati’'*, than the [>i.(».m’*wiihi i.f Ihe,** |miw- piHipli ^aw and n’nuiin nt |»*ace ? And vet >-he may nullify that biM, as well as any other. If tho I’resiiknt and .S'liate make [leuec, may «hi« Slate, iie\urtbrless, continue the war f Ami yet. if she. can nullity a law, bbc may quite us well millif\ a treaty. me to qui»te but »>iie or 1 ty of a question of ibis nature, proves the jndreds. That Slate, I iR.cessitv of lading the foundations of our tiiKt teriiis. Allow two pr«M>N, out of hundreds. 1 iiai siate, | iH*cessitv ol la^ ing so small in terrilorv, but so distinguished 1 National Government deeper than in the for learniiui nnd talet’.l, Conuecticut, had niere sanctions of delegated authority. #eiit to the geneial ctrtivenlion, among oiher The fabric of .American empire ought to members, .'‘ainuel Johnson and Oliver Ells- ! rest on Ihe solid basis of the consent of tho 'I'he tnitli IS, Mr. President, and no in-‘ worth. I lie co!i>titulion having l)een Ira- people.” 'n'tiuitv of Br»iiinent, no sublletv of di«- nied, it was submitted to a convention of, Such is the language, sir, addressed to unetion can ev';ii|e it. that, as loeeitai.i pur- the |>eople of Coimecticut for ratification the |»eople; while they yet hod the consti- the |»*-ople of the 1. Stati-.s are one on the part of that .Stute and .Mr. Johuson tuticn under consideration. The powers Thev are one in m:ikin'» war, and Ellsworth were also members of conferred on the new Government were rr*. No cl»«er relationscaii ••xut between one in making jM'aeo ; they are one in re mdi\idinls ai'd any (iovornmeiit. On the other hand,the(Jovenunent ow hi;;h and sok'mn dilliei to every eiti/.e liiis convention. On the first day of the perfectly well understood to b« conferred, »ulutiiig comiiieree. nnd one in laving; du-' debi;te=, liein- called on to explain the rea- not by any State, or by the people of any n,ves Ties on im|M>»ts. Tlie verx end and pur-1 sons which led the convention at Philadel- State, but by the people of the I . States, "n' lii iw*«e of Ihe coiisliiiition was to make them I |*>'i“ to rccoinii.end sm li a constitution, af- Virginia is more e.xplicit, perhaps, in this the counitv. It is Uiund to |>niti>rl him in 1 llio other .Tgreo* lo il, b«it tho reauli of his iikkI im;>ortnnl rights bimI inten-st-*.— nan?emoiit is no! n e«ni|*acl, ImiI n law. otlwr Government eun make war. makes p-ne** for iiis protection, and no other GovermiK nt can maki' pt-aei*. It maintains srmies and nnvies |i>r Ins defence ninl srcuritv, hihI no other tiovernmeiit is V l.iw, tlw Ht.tlute, is not the «i;reeineiit. il *oiiii.thing cn*ale»l by the agreement; id »*iinethinj{ which, when created, has a n eliuraeier, aiHl acts bv its own niitbon- Si the ron»lilulion ol' tho U. States, inileil III or on the c«M»seiit o4' tho |)«‘ople, ' In- •Slid to n st i-n compact, or consent; H It i'il-.‘lf iioi tho coiii|tiict, bill Its re il IS merged in its owti aecomplishDieiit int:e there can Ut no liMJirer a aulMisiing i.:rec;iient, c>r com|Kict, to fttrm .• ••on-titu- n or io\cnimeiil, after ihat ron^lilutioii r p vrrn'iient has been ocluolly formed '•■'■I cstal>h»!\ej|. It nppearn to me, Mr. Prc'^ident, that if’ pin III! .It aceount of the ••»tat)h«hiiient 't lliis (inveriimeni pre^*-!!!*. the mo'*t jti«t 111 |hiloso|>hieal view of its fniind.ilioit. he |n (,p|e of Ihe iwveral Slates b id their '|«ir.ile State Giivernments ; nnd b»'twi-eii Sl.iteh thi'te al*» exitteil a eoii|i-di ra- -Ji'iii. Uiih this condition of ihings the ‘'fi|i|e wf-re not s;iti«tied, as the confederil- I'ln hntl hren foiiinl not to fulfil its inleiid- one iH'ople in thi s.- pariienlars ; and it has i ter showing the insulliciency of the exist- ' ptirficular, than any other State. Her con- ellectu illv ncc oiiipli'hed its objects. \|| I ing confcderucv, inasmuch as it applied to venlion, ansiniibled lo ratify the constitution U mVkes'for bTs prJliH tion and no H"- is appan-nt on the face of the constilu- j t^tates, as States, Mr. Johnson proceeded » in the name and in l^halfof t^he P«‘ople of it makes war tor bis proiMtion, n > n. ^ ^ ^ say- \ irgin.a, declare and make known, that to obtain a pow.-r of direct’ legislation over I ‘‘The convention saw this imprrfection the powers granted under the constitution, the people, esiM . iailv m regard lo im|ioMs, in attempting to legislate for Stales in their ^ being derived from the people ot the I. was al« a> s prominent as a rt as.in for get-1 fiolilical capacity ; tbat the coercion of law Slates, may bf resumed by them whenever till'' rid of the cunfothTation, and forniing ; can be exerciseil by nothing but military the same shall be perverted to their injury Vm A„,o„B„,„u„»r.i.io’r..r«. Th^yi»v., ,opprc„, ■' ■ * *' entirely new ground. T hey have tornicd Is this language which describes the for- one new nation out of individual Sta'es.— ' mation of a com|>acl between Slates, or The constitution vests in the (Jeneral Le- huiguage describing the grant of powers to^ gislaluro a fxjwer to make laws in matters 'n netc Horemment, by the trhoie people oj lic Hut sir, 1.1 us -o to the ncluni forma-' national concern; to apjx.int judges to de- the Vnited States 1 ^ Ml thes.- lion of the con>litulion, let us oj>eii thej.sir- ‘ I'l"" j Among all the other ratifications, there . ,1 I . 1 r ii... ronvi'i.iion itself and wo shall 1 cors to carry them into execution. I his is not one which siK'aks of the constitution r„„. ..f »,r. „rr.n,.lonr.n.l a. '7;”;';;',';™ X.ln.ion wrcMl.r .l.c.loa olan armcl lo.cc TI.e , .ompe. bc.lvceu S.a.e., Tho« of '' l7!rllr ’l..''r^n'rr,'a “ t„>t . nation. ;!«.»« lo e„rorce ll.osc-h.vs, to ai.d .Now 11.,npsh.re iH-iieath ilH ll,i., and carries overall the proofs of this, iK-lore the ass*;mbhng ol the entlh a national charael.-r iiniv.rte.1 to him eonvention, allow me to r^'ler nidy to the II. NMien a p«opk..gr,f to ercrt.gov- bv this GovermiienI, and which no other re,.,rt oMliecommittceol the old t ongres«, iiiifiit, nnd actually er«-«'l it, the ihiiitf is Go»eimi»rnl can iinpart. In wlmtever re. Julv.li".'. 'iiid the ngreemeiit H at an ctiil. The lates to w ar, to |ieace, to commerre, >iii|.!iet IS execiil(*(l, and th«‘end jlemened knows no other I tovernuifnl. It iilluiiHvl. Ilenccfortli, th njreeineiit exl^ts, but tluJ agn’emenl on earth. In tween Slates, but o|>eniling dim tly ing to them pmtei lieiimnding from o I , ■ iiiieirnuiy lo iiieir conimy. i m;- ij" entcrmg inio an t^pin-i» um* =v,.=...- other. of league ant J' , ’ ,„or*o fit to e\ I W'orv of the constitution, that il |«,ct with each other, a«/Z 'I'herc is no language m the whole con- : I erms could ii.n In. depends iiiM.irthe mild ami equal enerjiy oi ratififin^ a nev cow^it^^thm” You will slilution, applicable to a contederation ol press nn intention to evta >u n a .>ational n,jiiii>tracy for tho execution of the obs^i\e, sir, that it is the i-eopi.f,, and not Slates. Il the States lie fwirlies, as Slates, Government, and to •'imisli torever all no- „ j },aye entered into this com- w hat are their rights, and w hat their res- lum of a compact bclwccn sovereign tMVlive coM uants and htipulatioiis .» And States. i . i .. no.i where are the rights, covenants, and slipii- I’ins resolution wns adopted on the HOth lations expressed T The Slates eiurage for ^ of May. Aflerwar.ls, the stylo was alter- nothini!. tli-v promise nothing. In the nr- ed. and, instead ol l-mg called a Nation- tieles of cwifederiition, they did make aMIovernment, it was called tho liovern- promises, snd did enter into eiigagemenls, i ment of the U. Stales : hut the subslanro ol |«1 fleets. It was therefi.re, lo ami did plight the laith of ench State lor this resolution wa. retained, and was at the s'li tn.jects. It was i>r../i'i.tf f/, ttieretore, lo aim mo piigiu i-' uliieb « |*r..l.,n..w, eom.n.;n,G.iveinincnt,whul. their fullilment : but, in tho constitution, jliead ol he ' , ; ^^/.Xe iflKH,l.||H«sessceitain.lefimtetw,wTrs, such then- is nolhing ol that kind. The rea-I aOerwards s.nt to ^1 - ^ "^^n «..n|..d,he prr>s,s.rity of U.e le of son is, that, in the cotistiliil.on, it is ‘ 7,gentlemen in the “11 Ih-. Sintes; anti to Ik, fornH.-d uixm the (s-.ple who «|Hak, and not the States.- It L-t.. rd nii.l-l of Vmerii nn eonslilutioiis. The ,K-ople ir.lain the eon^tiliition, TIms proposd wns assented to, and an m- therem address tbenisc-lves to the Statt's, ■ fHeralion and “ *'r->n w.i. presented to the p,.ople of the and lothe the S!....;*. m the ‘ -'-ral Sin.el, for their co.Jdera lanpiag,, of injunction a,h1 Aey«pprov,.d i.,and agn-ed to adopt it. The constitution utters Us N.>hests iii o* a ennslilntuin. They executed lhai name nnd by nutbority of the ,M.ople, and articles of ^ «Krccine„t, they a.hptcd thc cooMitulion, it cxacts not iVoiu the States any phghted' powers, were mibmittcd to tlio comcntioi In the furlher course of the debate Mr.' pact, and it is the PKori.E of all the United Ellswoilh.sjiid: ' States. These conventions, by this fonn “ In republics it is a fuiulamentnl piinei- of expression, meant merely to kiv, that i.le that the inajonlv govern, ami that the the people of the U. States had, by the minority complv with the general voice.— 1 blessing of Providence, enjoyed the op(H.r- Ilowconlrar\ then lo republican principles, I Innity of establishing a new constitution, how luimilniling ih oiir present situation. |/..ii»J/in/Ar ‘hia \ siuL'lo Slate l an rise up, and put a x'eto conscnt ol the ()eoplc has b*>eii called b> hu- nn tho most important public measures, ropt'an w riler.s the juirtai om/wc/, and, in We have s-en this actually take place ; a ! conformity to this common uu^le ot expres- sin-le stale has contrtilled the general voice | sion, these conventions speak ot that nssenx. sing of the Union; a minority iiorily, bus governed us a very small mi on which the conslitutum wns lo rest, aa overneu us. So is this from an explicit and solctnu conqtact, uot which iHMiig consistent w itb republican pni.eiples, the State hud eiiterrd that it is m ellect the worst spt'cies et mon- ! but which the i^^ople ot tht- I niteU bUtea I ,1 had entered into. I'mou, » a tvKreivc ,\o iiiau lUc worJs ot t!iccou>l.lotwnt«!j . n,
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 20, 1833, edition 1
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