Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-26

.t.t o.. S. a., 80 p ono ,..- "a as
"er. tue Iue.' .ou-- N'aG CUhsIc>~ cNact oi q
ew state the >urtrn!st vt a political power
HJ0Nsd bN other states. az a price OF her ad
Ui.SiUn into t.ir UnIn"; or. ,u other words
can Congress sell license To Ndu,tt a stale into
the Union, aGd taxi thYir paN ~ political pow
49, Au'i l. not lite question: already aitSw cred
ION ruay lOau Missouri wi IA ~ rtdnN conditions
as You wii. and IA hct 1cmlSS,On she can ihro "
theln OH she may ai'rr her CuuS tFtulOn III q
hrAt dan after her admission. aiuii,h y"ur re
SuiVtion, add intreuVh herself within The iOill
article 90 the .! eudments. and Nou cannot az =
SAL hot. She will irii you that She has the righl
~ AN Original ssAte, aud This ri.ht was never
tn'fvni, Ted. You answei, " the compact
4" replies, where is Nonr authority 10 max e
shcl compact. Shew III. Your power. Ycu
rave assumed an authority uoi givea in the con.
'u'utl0r: IL Is an nsNTpaiioi, aud am not
punud flN a."
li.ht Ia impose this restriction ON Missouri. Ii
lbs heeh urged that Il person being tue owner
~ property, U,h. devise il, rcserVinc a legacy,
~ another, or crdut -, reServius an easement
10 himself; aud that consequently Congress-
having discretion in admitting new states
niay admit ihein with such reservations and
conditions as liisS shall see fit 10 prescribe Ii
has he"n very y'aNely observed, that no enc
ram inahn - reservation inconsistent with a
grant. l shall not trouble the committee with
the enpn;ry into ile nature OF grs.tS and reser.
Yatl0rs, masuluCh DIS ,he ca..s bCar not the
smljes' analogy IN this. \ man may do AZ he
jid' Congress ave not the owners in fee of the
sovereignty OF the territories of the United
tates they c7n dispose Of the prone " and
they can exercise a jurisdictions, consi> tent
NviGfrct dom. over the imhabit ntS aud when
Il be comes eApedicnt, authorize new states,
and admit them mo The Union. Hut they eau
'xerci>e no jurisdiction over the state 50 ai-
iniued, not granted 1t, tile constitution.
The sOvereIgnty in the states IS concurrent ::
Shat Of the United States aud at "A state
PIRATES, at the same time, upon different ac-
Icons OF the sasc udiviuuals, aud often al
}ernately upon the same actions. That which
relates 10 the exterior concerns of the ma
slon aud the conflicting rih;s nj The states.
3 subject TO tlir control of the enc raj vern-
meat; tia; OF local coucern, and much the
Greatest portion, btlnngs ia the states. These
jurisdictions aften interfere, aud sometimes
clash. 10 define these with accuracy, is the
most difficult, and at the same time the most
IMPORTANT duty of the American politician
The people intended ihat Congress should he
V"nicntfd with the powers granted in the
constitution, ~ that They SHOULD have 10 means
900 iuinre acquisitions. When a stale came
rita the union, IL "as expected that il should
not bring an exclusive acquisition ut power to
lie fedora! gov erunieut; but, retaining its
rQnal proportion OF state sovereignty, should
preserve the balance originally estabii, hed
very able advocate OF The federal cOnstitu-
i'On unprecedented that there would be more
dmg-r from faction in tile members than from
lower in the federal head. Others predicted
fhi power would be always accommodating in
're national government that the centrifugal
Md he overcome by the Ccntripeiai force
aud the surrounding orbs would rush to tue
entre On which side has experience found
The dangeri
SnserL IN ba rnyfip,,a} I