Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-10-12

an enquiry isio the co1sfitufionality and ea,-
( fledieney Of RE general government max.
ing firoUision for ed4cafion aud Internal
enforcement.
"a CCoa,innea.
:. s, But TIE strongest argument in favor
otithis power being exercised by the ge-
neral government is, that il can in no o.
iher way be exercised SO as to insure q
wise, systematic and impartial execution.
Exercised by the States, or by any su5or-
slins:e assoc la,ions, il cca.d not fail To be
Hinged BY prejudice, ignorance or peculiar
intesss, az variance vita the general wei
fare. Though il be iudisputable that the
Interests of the whole union are honloge-
neous, AID that whatever in the greatest
degree conduces ts the interest Of the
whole, likewise in the highest de-
gree to that OF the several parts of which
Il is composed, and vice versa vet dis
only holds true with regard 10 the Ultimate
effects produced by measures pursued on
an extensive scale. However, moreover,
undisau.ed this truth may be ameng wise
men, whose minds have been expanded
by reiikction. it is far from being acknaw-
lodged by men of 3 coAtrary stamp, who,
unfortunately constitute the bulk OF COM
muniliss. They believe that their own
prosperity ordinarily depends upon the de-
preston OF their rivals, or those with
whom th.y hold Intercourse and they be-
iieye, with greater ,epacity, :hgs the ln,e-
rests OF tie little community in which they
lave thrive not more 10 proportions 10 their
o@n exrr,ions, ihan the want of exeriioD
oil those around them, with whom they
carry on busiaess. Hence while they are
,auGsoly engaged in improving their
iarInss and roads, and nayigab'c waters,
AID IN p omoiing their manufactures, they
look with satisfaction on the deaert that
surrounds them, and ascribe to il no IN
considerable petition OF their wealth.
Whereas the truth is that while their
wealth judgments that OF their neishbors,
It IS depressed by the poyert. of the lat
ter,
vi these septimenta the smallest corn-
mun'sies are generally the greatest VIC
u1s; and this circumstance is, perhaps,
one OF the strongest arguments that can be
urged against confederacy Of states.
! Unless very differently organised, from
those which the old world has given birth
TO, such contederscy is sure to ereaie Sc
para;e interests where nature had made
them the same and from these magma.
! W interests educe the complicated evils
of jealousy, il.will, and warfare. Nature,
ihstead Of devising The means of separat-
ing, has, with bold hand, created those
of uniting her children into one great ia
mily. What the rude mind Of toe savage
eonlemplaies as the boundary OF inter-
course, and the barrier 10 an exchange %
good Offices, is found, as ciyilisaiion sHd
science advance, 10 be the hsppicsi mesns
for promoting both. Whence ihe differ
em climates, habits, wants, and pursuits
Of different nations, but that one nation
frnay be tempted 70 sa intercourse with -
mother, by interchange Of their varying
commodities and that the prod0eiions o.
nssuFe may be given for The fabrics ogart
Whence The extensive rivers, and hume.
rous tributary sifeams, and the ocean IL
self, bat thst The miHs Of maa ~ lc0kiuJ