American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-01-19


can perceive in thc cxclcse by The eonera govern
en- Of tle power g msk- roads ard canA,l rutB ess
hat lie ha bnreH Of certain d. slrlc0a the state 20,
es msns De lin cu:ou's liessa5eto n. Legtsature 81
Nc7e fofk
TO person unscqnain'ed with the character q
lur institutions, The 10 guage Of hoe oppo,.d d
he eyercise by the Genera Government of any
,ther than expressly deeeettd pavel would con
sey he idea hat the Uni ed ) a'e.' Government
wss sepa' a'c, dsti,ct. and ind pendent Of III,
States; hat it was composed o men in noWise inter
esed in, connected by cons ,ns uin ty or loca at
schments 10, the sevtral States Of the Uion tia
the States Individually have no voice, no influence
% cooperative hand. in lis PFC eedIngs and Ii Il
hev arc etoaning under the burdens imposed by,
and dfeedihg The tu'ure ercroachnents ard oppres
sion ol lare gn Government: :-imprr,sng, in iacr
u7on the m.d o. the stranger sgrsphc picture OF
o'onls ssssslsge. The snort sentence a. he head
II this articleis extracted from Of the mary hu
OF he party alluded and j. u,t ative ol Ties,
marks Whst I. the Genera al Government and
II what materials is il composed, hat he harhinge
i cera ain destruction 10 the Siate Gu,ernment. is
retctiyed 10 ts exercise ut the power 10 m ke or
,ssl- lhe Ststes in constiuetn road. aud canals I
he Genetal Governm nj j. nothing mote nor /, $
nan he & injured COW cf o the States and any art
hat il may do IS he at d lest maOtity ot tn
e'ate, tlsmstis 5. 50 wisely was The constitution
ltsmed lat no one attribute nt sotertiguty can be
EXERCISED hy he General Government, unless pre-
,ously assen'rd to by majority Of Sta'es, aud .
mspr,y Of the people oil the States, through their
respective representatives. elected by themselves
If therefore, the State Goseroments are ever de-
sttoyed in the manner appst hendsd, their destuc
tlon will be the act of themselves. But hi, " har
nuger OF Certain destruction 10 the S,tte Govern
ments'' is mere cant. There is NOT a man OF com
mon sense in the United States that believes word
Of it Even De Wit Clinton, while penhing the
silly sentence, must have smiled at is folly Sup
pose the Ge'e al Government confines itself in The
exercise Of power, the letter Of the constitution
without regarding its spi'if.or II. end pi all gos
?rnmental ihstitulions,-uhat would he its power,
what It's utility Nothing, literally nalhing. The
power expressly delegated by the letter OF the con
stituton, would enable Congress TO involve the ma
ton in war, but not to prosecute il with effect or
bring US oh OF i; 10 lay and collect duties and axes
to an unlimited extent, bui no. 10 use The money !;
(for il is as Unconstitutional TO divide the surplus
and oansls With it-neither being mentioned, in
terms IN the constitution y sppoin, Ministers to
negotiate treaties but not 10 carry the treaties into
operation. Happily isr coun.ry and its pros.
perity, the men who have composed The General
Government have taken the spirit OF the constu.
ton Tor their guide, end the good and glory Of their
country Tor Their object in their exercise Of power
and, happily Tor them, they have been borne out ia
SO doing by the people. But the sentiment express
sed by DE Wit Clinton, that he could s'perceve
nothing less than certain DESTRUCTION 10 the State
Governments in the exercise by the General Gov
ernment OF the power OF constructing roads aud
canals, is at war even with his own works. There