Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-28

MONDAY, 9anuary IA.

cdmiss,on OF suc!. state int the UWsn,
on an equal tsoting uith the orismaI
states =; and ier ether purposes" 20"
The bill being on its final passage -
[MR. Qylscy's SPEECH CONTINUED ..
But there is an argument stronger even
than all those which have been Produced'
TO be drawn from the nature OF the power
here proposed to be exercised. Is 1t pos.
siblr tina, such power if it had been int nded
TO be gives by the people, should be lett
dependent upon the effect OF general ex'
mr.. ssions; and such too as were obviously
applicable to another subj to part'eu'
lar sx,eency contemplated at that time g
Sir, VIVA, is this power We propose now to
usurp: Nothing less than power chang.
ing all the proportions OF the weight and
influences possessed BY the potent sovereign,
ties composing this union. A stranger is
to be introduced to an equal share. without
their consent Upon principle pretend
I'd to be deduced from the constitution,
this government after the bill passes, may
and will multiply foreign partners in power
at its own mere motion ; at its nrssponsl.
bic pleasure in other words, as local IN
,ere,ts, party passions or ambitious views
may suggest. 1t is power that from ITS
nature never could BE- Delegated never
was deli gated and as it breaks down:all
the proportions Of power, guaranteed 10y
the constitution 10 The states, upon which
their esscn;isl security depends, utterly an
initiates che moral force OF this political
contract. Would this people so wisely Vi.
cilant concerning their rights, have tr~us.
lerred TO consr. SIS power TO balance, at
IFS will, the political weight OF any one
state, much more of all the states, by. au,
,horising it 20 create new states at: It's
pleasure, in foreign countries not pretend ed
to be wi,hintbe scope OF the constitution,
or The conception OF the people at the time
Of passing This is not So much qles'
zion con- erning the exsrcIsr OF sovereignty
as it is who shall be sovereign. Whether
The proprietors of the good old y. States
shall mahag- their own affairs IN their own
way; or whether they md their constitu
tion, ard th,ir political rights shall be
,ramprd undertook by foreigners lntrcduc'
ed through breach Of the constitution
The proportion Of the political weight OF
each sovereign state constituting this union
depends upon the number ci states which
have voice under the compact.
number the con.lAution permits US TO null.
tiply at pleasure withia the limits OF the
original United States, observing only the
EXPRESSED limitations in the constitution
But when in order to inereasr your power
OF augmer,ing this number, you pass the
old limits, you are guilty OF 4 violation OF
the constitution in fundame nlal point
md in one also which i, totally inconsistent
with the intent OF. the contract and the
safety of the states which established the
association. What is the practical differ
erce 70 the old partners, whether they mold
their liberties at the will OF master, or
whether by admitting exterior states on an
euua, footing with thr original states, ar
b;t-rs are constituted. who by awaiting
the msrlves OF the contrariety Of interests
and views which in such 4 conf dsraoy ne.
c, ssarilv will arise. hold the balance among
the parties, which Exist and govern US. BY
throwing themselves iaso the scale most
con!orn,able 10 their purposes. In both
c.srs there is an effective despotism.--l
Bst the las, is ,he most CALLING as we car !
rr the chain in the name and gait Of fres.
men.
have thus sh.wn, aud whether fairly, !
[ a~ wiling TO he Judged by the sound !
discretion q! the American people, that the
power proposed to be usurPrd in this bill,
resul,s neither from the general Raturc. aor
the particular provisions of the federal con
,,iiuiien; AID tina. it is palpabi. viola.
lou OF il in fundamental point: whence
iow all the coases uences | have ialimat.
q.
But says the gent'em IN fron, Tennessee,
MT. Rhea) These people have beeua &C.
zen year. citizens Of the United States" I
LEVY it. Sir, as citizens OF New Orleans,
,r of Louisiana, they never have been, &
~ the mode proposed they never wiH be
.i,iz-n, of the Uuited States. They mar
&c girs upon US for mom-nt, but ne real
+ Aent can grow from such an association.