Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-02-19
FOR THE ENQUIRER

FOR TIE ENQUIRER
SEcEssToN byd Slate or by States If The U,ion
The States were united by the old Articles of Coneder-
a'io'' me new ederal Constitution rendered the Union
more perfect Union. The Articles of
compact between or among the Staes-each State be-
my party and as 10 each tie co-States formed the othe,
party The Constitution OF the United States is also
compact as all admit and 1t entered into bv the same
panes' each Slate deciding for Itself whether it would
agree To adopt or raiiy it, II any number of The narr
Tess IMAM The whole could secede from the Confederacy
each party might Secede II majority OF the parties
could scccde, could party When the Constution
Oh me united States was formed, the States had NO
Delegates ia the Conventions aud was not consulted b,
he oher twelve The twelve States decided that thew
had right TO secede from the Confederacy and IN form
another ConleIcracy and one agreed upon which
was called the federal Constitution. They not only de-
clded that the twelve States had right TO abandon and
discharge themselves from the Articles of Confectionery
inc compact before agreed upon by all the States but that
lc dOdhuonuleht or Secession should be compIeat #
nine ratified the CONSTITUTIONAL that they decided fa,
nine States could secede. The Constitution was alontrd
by eleven States, aud the Government was pu into M
auo' Inc Articles OF Coniederacy were Abandoned and
The secession was complete. The two States tlai did
not adopt the Constitution were, by am act OF Congress
Tor gwen time, allowed the benefits OF the new
mace ny lhe eleven butwoud after that period have lost
The benefits thereof and would have been wholly out of
II nine eleven of the States could secede il wa. only
because each State might secede; and it was decided
anu ha' decision was carried into effect that nine States
might sccede, and of course one might do 90 Err tic
nine could only do what each of the nine might do
As then, this question settled at that time nv all
Tue STATES II seems perfectly clear that il not an omen
wit,
regard TO the present Union both being conpacts and
conPaeis entered into by the parties and on the
SUBJECTS The cases not analogous but Identical So
cession has been objected 10 by some on the ground t,
one state cannot dissolve the Union But tie snswer /,
PLAIN, ana appears perfectly satisfactory The Union is
not dissolved by the secession OF or more STATES for
as to those not seeding, the Union would remain upn
paired, unless the others chose give it up-and for The
same reason IS not in fact revolutionary The State or
States so OIL, but the Government and tie Union remain
unchanged, and unreyoluonsed. Greece by bre ,kng
OIL rom the Turkish Empire left the Empire sanJin NM
impaired but diminished IN size and lossened in popula.
uon The same would have been the case If Poland had
succeeded against Russia Both had the right TO go off,
an admit And that right rests the principle that each
was large mass OF the respective Empires or Kingdoms
and an ascerdncd majority believed tat their safety and
happiness were not attained, whilst they remained united TO
the larger mass OF the Empire Had Poland Attempted 10
overthrow The Russian Empire. or Greece the Turkish
Empire they would have attempted what was illceinate
and contrary 10 right and had they succeeded then if
would have been truly Revolution
The question settled by the States who framed and
adopted the Constitution Of the u. s. and gave up the
Articles Of Confederation seeded from the Confedcra
cy was then perfectly clear question: and was no, con.
tested, a. is believed.
Nls night which grows out Of the nature Of govern.
Hen' oonpaca, and the ends Tor which Legitimate Gov.
eIneh's ate INSTRUCTED by man when society or com.
"un'y cM-'s without government every individual he.
g equa oy nature, when they choose 10 act they have
wv ''s' ana lhs power to do whatever the good Of the