The Arkansas advocate., 1831-09-28
LITTLE RoCN A. T. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER as. 1881.

: pafate classes. The necessity is.ln trntI 2 greater, as such separate and dissimila ! geographical interests arc more liabi : to come into conflict, and more danpeI ! eus when in that state, than those U ; any other description; 50 much 50 lh.
 ours IS tte first instaace on record, sohef , they hase moi .formed ia d1 e1tcaApe ies ritory, spanate aaa i,sd7eadeut eommu ] mites, or subjected fhe sehoie 10 despotl sscay. That such may not be cur til happy faio, also, must be the sheer, prayer ofeyery lover of his country.
 So numerous and diversified are ths
 interests of our country, thas sAseY co,iit
 not be fairly representation single gov
 ernmeht, organized soas 10 give to eacl ! great and leading interest. a separate
 and distinct foice,as in tic govefnments
 to which ] have referred. 4 pl,Ii was
 adopted better suited 10 our situation. ] bat perfectly nepe! iii iits ciiiaractcr.--
 The powers of the government were di- l vided, not as heretofore, in reference 10 classes, but geographically. One Gen- eral Government was formed for the
 whole, to which was delegated all of ] the powers supposed to he necessary 10 regulate the interests common io all of
 the States, leayingotllers subject 10 the separate control of the States. being
 from their local and peculiar character. such that they could aot he subject to
 the will of the majority of the whole i fInire, trl{t..s.{ aa i.,. f injustice and oppression. II was thus
 that the interests ei t!.ce th wsasifoie were sun jeeted, as they ought to be, to the will
 of the whole, while the peculiar and lo- 1 caf interests were left under the control
 sfthe States separately. to whose GUS
 tody only they could be safely confined.
 This distribution of power, settled sol emnly by constitutional compact. to l which all of the States are parties, con stitutes the peculiar character aud ex- eellencc of our political system. II is truly and emphatically American, seith- out eaanpie orparallei.
 To realize it's perfection, We must view the General Gcses ;;is;ii ;i;id :sii5 tic States as whole, each in is proper sphere sovereign and independent; :; each perfectly adapted to their respec- tive objects; the States acting separate ly, representing and protecting local
 and peculiar interests; acting jointly, through one General Government, witla the weight respectively assigned toeaeh l by the Constitution, representing and
 protecting the interest of the whole
 and thus perfecting, by an admirable,
 but simple arrangement, the great prirl-
 ciple ofrcpresentation and responsibili- 1 ty, without which no government can
 be freeor just. Topreserve this sacred distribution as originally settled, by CO ercing each to move in its prescribed
 orb, is the great and difficult problem, on the solution of which the duration of
 our Constitution, of our Union, and, in all probability, our liberty, depends.--
 How is this to be effected?
 The question is new when applied te
 rpeculiarpolitical organization, where
 the separate and conflicting interests ol
 society, are represented by distinct, but
 connected Governments; butts in rc.li.
 ty ah old question under new form,
 long since perfectly solved. Whatever
 separate and dissimilar interests have
 been separately represented in any 1 government; whenever the sovereign
 power has been divided in it's exer-
 else, the experience and wisdom of a- gcs have devised but one mode, by which such political organization can
 be preserved; the mode adopted ir
 England, and by all governments, an
 cieni and modern, blessed with Jonsti tutions deserving to be called free, fo I give toeach co-estate the right 10 judge
 of its powers, with q negative, or vete on the acts of the others, in order tt I protect against encroachments the inter
 ests particularly represents; ;aprinripa whitehall ofour constitutions recogpizeii the distribution of power among thci l respective departments, as essential [. maintain the independence Of each, bu
 which to all who will duly reflect ol I the sub@ect, mnst appear, far more q : sential, for the same object, in that grea : and fundamental distribution of power between the States and the general 20 yernmcnt. So essential is tho principl' } that to withhold the right from either : where the sovereign power is divided s is in fact 10 annulf fhf dfnisloa itself and ta : eosssolidatc in the one Jeff in the exelu :. sivs possession Of the right, all of th I powers of the Government; for il is 10 c possible 10 distinguish practically, bs ]. ipgeera a f,avernrncnt having all powel