Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-12-22

sense which COMMON USAGE justifes. McCul-
loch vs.. the State of Maryland, l6 Niles Reg pa
II. CD Chief Justice Marshall IN the case last
quoted.
|, z. Gibbons vs.. Ogden, steam boat case. (3)
See Robert Goodloe Harper's speech, Debates on
the call for papers in the House of es
on the British Treaty. Part 1. pa Al. (4) Ruth
ms. c /. ch. VII, pa. 1925. (5.l Seneca (6.)
McCuloch vs. the State of Maryland, IS Niles
Reg pa 6s. 90 Jefferson's !anuel XLIX, "a
Ed. pa. l6l.
s. See too what Bacon says of cotemporaneous
exposition, s the sources whence we may draw it.
De Aug. Sci l.. III, c. VIII. Qlippe vix incidit
aiiqua aco paulo WusiriOr, cui non inierst Gala
mus aiiiqus eN Deioribus, qui cam excpere ct
descri0efe possii. idclrco actioDes particuares
Su0 tenipnS tpSUa geo ger!nttir, to,erabli aliquo
scrip'o memorie inandarentur, sperantum esset,
exori'uToS qudndoque, qu historian usiam, ope,
e. auSilo ilIar1m relaiionum conscriueie po>sent,
pa. 80. AT non factor solummodo humani gem
eris, verum etiaru dctorum memoria servari drhel
sea dicla sive vef6d hun!a5i1 propria odiunt
hO'i oratt0aHni, ep3StotaTum, ct apothegm uin
ARGUE ORArIoNEs sane rirorunl prudentiuDi
dc neso'iie c. causlr eravibns ardui habi,9 ,u,n
al rerum Ipsarnm notitiGna. tum al eloquentiam
Vaieni. Sed naJora ad hue p estanur auxIia a. IN
sruend' m pI ldeniiam cIvi.em an epistos, que a
rHiSRsGgilS dc aegOtiS serbs miss i, suat l. enim
eE rerb'S hOninUrR, nj sanius aut mGsiantiu-
hgasniodt epiSt0iR. Id5en, enm plus na,ivi
seHsus guam ore tones plus .et'm msUritaiis.
guam colioquia srbia. Ea1am qrando con,inuan-
iur secundum SCREEN tempo um, (ui iii IN ills uee
le,aiis projects provincarum, e. aliis imperu nm
letris, ad REG rs vel senutus, vel aos sur rioes
suos mitnnur; a vci-sun ali approximations al
mlaiStos) su' ceTte al historian PRE- OMNIBUS
PT@tioSSisaa supeHer.
STUNT enim (ut dbat ille) veluti SECURES aut nu-
crones verborGm iui rcrum ct nee oilotum nOdOs
acuihine Guodam Sc cant, Ct peuetrant: occnsi0nes
redeunt IN oroem, e. quod OHM eras coaigod,tln
rursus adhiberi, e, prodesse potast, pa Is, IS. L.
is plain had Baco', lived in our day. he TOO would
nave thought, IN This point with Washiugl or, JET
ierson, Madison, Marshall. When we consider
Tor a IEonen' ,he manner in which the Federal
Cow en,lon, and the State Conventions understood
he word State,ln the ella relating 10 the appoint
ment oil electors, II Is properly ques ion of
fact.
3. Pa IS QO.) Pa. 50. QI.) See Reyi.ed
Code OF 1907, I'd Vol. SuprIenen' i6i. 60 (i2.)
f"ppi, io' the re pie OF the United States the po-
sIl'e declarations OF members of the federal and
state conv entions statesmen profoundly vcrs ed in
political sciens care recorded la the same authentic
histories 10 which the Virginia Legislature reerrcd
IN ,his case Would he could minister Hght 10
their eyes, harmony 10 their opinions, stability to
their principles, and increase the veneraon N hich
The people o9sht 10 have Tor tese guardians OF heir
Hsh's. IS. See note 4 OF TIE last numbcr. Ia
e.iectns humanus sIccI lumInis no. est &c
Ia See Repor Tie Il. OF Delegate of the Gem
erai Ascend. OF virginia in Cohen's case 6 h jan
aary, 1921
10. Wheaton, Marin vs.. Hunters lessee, 352.
10 Nc uiloth vs. the Sale of Maryland, S
Niles Rec. pa. 10.
Ia. Debate, the British Treaty part /. "a. 30
On tins occasion the debate, olthe Virginia onven-
'ion were frequently referred 10 %, bolh parties
pa'slm (ls) See Pc. g, OF The Report of the
Commit ee, and ps. 81, OF Cong. Documents.
~. ihe distinguished ctizens who published
ihese nuinUeIs 1t IS " eli Inown certainl, ,y.s ed
HE adoption OF the constIiu ION, and tley ap,A
6aeto, thar srea. jetious,es were ie t. ne s.a e
Legislatures, a';ue dinnu ION OF lhcr powers. me
greater credit, here.a'e. i due to- hen les ,nony
IN fhis case, be, use 1t distinctly avow- nat The
people are choose lie electors, and opegi, VIM
dcaIes several ser!oas objections Il. aust lifere 4
parts OF the Constitution, b. reliance on that fact
"a II woa!d see d ,hei, hi tbs ter,n "a. -
as applied to ah ee ton 10 be m de ne d!lere.t
"memueTs OF tie American eicracy,' was
cohsldered as defined in the Co titJtioo An at
iehtYe perusa OF tie numbers here reltfIed o. and
the Journa OF tie TirginiA coAveniion, VIII con-
vince every dsinteTes 81 MAD that me tenn eopIe
- used IN the election OF representatives. Carried
WIN 1t precisely he same me1nne In the case OF
electors ibe constitution says, lie States shall
be entitled Choose representatives.: and that tne
ata es Shall choose electors.
q For the propne.y Of referring TO IIls,ory
see Resolu ions OF the General Assemol,, 2O,h
Web 1912 Revised Code, Supplement pa. i63
Cohens the Sta'e OF Virginia, 2O,n Niles',
Register, pa. 62. 1t is par of our his or,, SIC.
% Does Mr.. Nicholas here conhne .is remarks
10 ne electors OF the House oil representatives5 Ii
would -eem tha he did; yet after ne had heard The
repeated declarations from tie members of the f.d-
sr"i convention that HE people 20 cioo-e the
cleo rswe md tha, he ays,voi. 81 pa So 'epeyy
JFeehofdeT having ri ia TO vote to- the -i.eti
by the uterPOsitiOa Of electors, he viii attend 70
,helr interests" ilTOusEoI, he numbers OF ,hp
tederalis, and The Debates ia tie Virainin conveo-
uon 1t Is clear from the passage quo ed, that he
Term" People Is used, IN tie some sense as ap-
pied 10 The election o. representative and electors
OF PresIden'. Ihe fact l., shat the people a. de-
hned IN the constitution, were the o ~ persons
wno DID elect members ct The SAFE conventio..s
and II was therefore, 9 We The People ~ defined
ia the LIST AIT. IL. 81. /, g The teopie made
the constitution, aud The people can uan,ake H. fl
Is ne creature oil their will, ve- ouly by their
VIII. But this supreme and irresistible power 10
IN ke OF 10 unmake resides only IN me whole
Dody OF Tie people; not m apy sMbdieigiOn OF
them. The attempt Of any Of tie parfs TO exer-
else 1t, a. usuyp0ftOn, Ghd ought 10 be yepeiled
ny those to tohOm hePeOpie hare dsiegaiei fhei,.
Po'Oer Of TepeiRn5 It." Nov suppose the cleo
" VI certain STATES " ere q FOte tor -
who shall not have attaiced to the arc OF ttirtv-
I'VE years" ow suppose 10 election to he made
BY the people, and suppose the Eouse Of rcpresen-
tatIves not TO regard this iai.uction and 10 vote
Tor me infant, Tor, consiitlio.all9 speskina, he Is
az infant and suppose his minor chosen Pres.
deni' Docs tnefe exist 10 power OF sepaiii1g oil,
psurpaton! " The distinction between 70 ,ern-
ment with limited, and unlimited powcrs, is abolish
Cd, II those lInil- do not confi.e inc persors on
- us.fn D 81
acts alio eel, are o. equal oDiig ition" Thi; SUP
position is no Il" .fgm. NJ" o; my Imagination; tho