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! ] have read repestedly, and .tt.n.
lively studied MIR. Calhoun's e.pos;
s't'ou. have promised to .ay scene.
thing about il. l have not vet been
prepared to review it at length. II i,
10 be regretted, that the splendid au.
thor expanded his remarks over 90 ex.
tended a surface. The people e1pe cted
and wished for no more. than his view,
OF the doctrine Of notification. n,
has voluntarily enlarged tho field Of
his observations. Well. what Il IN.
resu't3 Where is the man, whose o.
p'nions are entitled 10 respect, ~ho
VII enter the list against himf II NAV
DC easy to put down tie man, but /
think II not SO easy to put down his
argument. On one single point, al
ways mootcd, and never settled. the
origin and source of the Con stitu,ion
OF the United States, there are shade.
OF difference between him and Mr..
webster. and Mr.. Livingston, the
analysis OF each Of ~hom,I have conned
with the most minute observation. I
admit they sail pretty nearly to the
same pole: but ! con6de more in the
simple history Of the day than either
OF their assumptions. That history is
thus. Upon the foundation of the reyo-
iut'onary government, the colonies, bv
the appointment Of delegates in various
and dissimilar ways, constituted a
Congress, which, after the Declaration
oil Independence, assembled under and
IN pursuance Of the articles Of Con
federation adopted July 9Th, 1873.
Soon after the termination of the
revolutionary war, it was ascertained
that the old CongresS'was not invested
WIN powers to manage a national go
vernment. and proposition rs sub
United to convention, to consider of
alterations and amendments of the
articles Of confederation. The Iegis-
lures OF the states adopted the propo.
s'tion, and appointed delegates to the
convention. The convention thus form
cd OF delegates, soon discovered thai
1t wasimpractcable to alter and amend
the articles Of confederation. so as to
o6viste the difficulties which consti-
tuted the motive for the creation of the
convention. In this predicament, the
members OF the convention proceeded
10 submit to the people Of the states,
the protocol of constitution for new
government, which by the people OF
the several states in convention was
ratihed. New my understanding is,
that the constitution Of the United
States is the act Of the people Of the
United States. BE that Nv il NAV, the
provisions Of the constitution having
been ratified in the manner proposed
IN the constitution, il is the constitution
of the United States: and starting
from this point, coincide entirely with
MIR. Calhoun in his expose. say he
IS no pulitzer. He 10 constitution
alist. He is an anti-revolutionist. He
IS not infected at all by the naked
treason which was attempted to be
maintained by Gen. Hayne, is now
defended by Gov. Hamilton. favorabIy
treated by Mr.. Grundy aud Mr.. Row
an, and lately by Benton, Kane aud
rroup, and perhaps coyly and courte.
ously, with gloves on, admitted by the
apostle Of the democracy Of New Eng
land. have not time or space at pre-
sent to say more; but I should like Il
see pointed out the sentence in which
Mr.. Calhoun has avowed the dogma oI
notification. Ican't find il. Nor dc
| believe il has been detected by any
of those editors, who, az soen AZ the,
saw the signature Of JonS c. CALmous,
cried out MAD Doc"
Singular Claim. In a St. John, n
b. paper Of the 10Th inst. We find a
strange document. being no less thar
a claim made by the present E,rl ~
STIRLING and DOvan as proprietor snd
hereditary lieutenant Of all Nova SEQ.
TIA, &c. 1T amounts even To q CLAIM
OF Sovereignty over the provinces o
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. &c
In circular, titled, " Address To III,
Public Authorities, 10 the Land Set
tiers, inhabitants, and ell others whom
II may concern, in all the Anglo. Scot
tish Colony Of Nova Srotia including
New Brunswick, &c" the Earl O,
Stirling aud DovAn claims, that thG
hrst settlement Of the colony was made
by his ancestor Sir William Alexan
der. who was afterwards created Eat
Of Stirling-that he had q grant Of III,
whole country from King James H.,
9th, Of Scotland, by charter dAtet
} 10th Sept. iG2i, which was confirmed
! by Charles Isl, on the eth Jolly, 1925
and these were ratified by the PaTIia
meot Of Scotland, in I62S. The Ad
dress touches on some Of the inpor
tant points Of the history Of the eoun
try, which the Earl states does not Of
feet bis rights. Time will soon show
the validity Of this novel claims, set VI
by the Earl Of Stirling and DoVsn, ahI
ahnM ~ hnw NJ n rcIl.hnh ~ a.. - -.