Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-30
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The I0h u December, 1892 in a series of numbers oy
giHdAy published in The .N0rfok and Portsmouth ne
rdid, under The signature of".4 Prguian NO. ILL.,
The People OF each Of the several evolted Colonies of
Great Britain, having become Free sovereign aud indie
pendent States, in the stated in nv last number
must necessarily continue 70 he such Soveregns now un
less they have done suffered some act since this cr
sovereignty was assumed, whereby its rights and powers
have been annuiled Have they done or suffered auy
SUCH acH ih is The question, which in any last number
proposed % examine ia TINS Bul, rc-pcrusal Of the
Proclamation OF the President siuCe this pioriise I, =
made, having shewn me, what had not before Observed
ua COUNTS are therein cast upCa te truth my propo
siuon, which asserted te Primitive sovereignty OF the Sc
vcral States, although tuis Is often admitted hy necessa
ny implication al least, many other paris Of this very i'm
strumcni iis4ii mink right 10 cnarlvor to remove an
these doubts before, proceed further Ia the execution ~
the task have undertaken.
Daring The various discussions IS bich the agitation Of
the questions to tie OF tne legitimate powers of
the present government of The United States allied form
IN loriucr dAys hi- asserted original sovereignty of the
SWleS was admitted anu claimed by both sides and was
made the very basis Of a The arguments of Federdi.fs
ana Democrats respectively To these discussions there
was Then brought by either party, much OF zeal of
industry, OF wisdom, aud OF aborous research as have
eyer been manifested in this country before or siuce and
The discussions were conducted on rher hand Nv, ,e,
OF the PAuios Of he Revolution w ho were familiar Win
t rs events because they had actors and advisers
IN iehi great sceue 40 t0 Nay, itused be then con-
tended by either pa,N dat the jealous retainer bv the
3'"e' OF 'he Pmiye rights OF sovereignty had caused
the necessity Tor die hen Federal Constitution But
me Hoiiere mock doc'or nous GU0ns change tout
0eH, anu me new college OF Politicians, having Young
or and OF course wiser heads haze Vi late discovered th
all This d mistake.
The fashionable doctrine of The present dav seems 10 he
mat WeSe states HeUer soUeregr; tha there was
from the beginning, great Central Sovereign power
aDning somewhere else than in the several States of
Which they were SUBJECTS md all their people ieges In
uS,l"l'o" OF h!s new doctrine, the Proclamation says
ua' in Qua Colonial STATE although dependent upon ano.
heF power we very carly considered ourselves as con
he'teu ny common interest with each otier-Leagnes
were FORMED Tor common deicucc and before the Dsca
ration o! ihdePendence known in our aggregate
character as The United Colonies of America Thai de-
ourselves nation by joint, by several acts
me exceeding caution in which this passage is penned
ITS intended assertions OF doctrine, while sreiuo IN
rate facts, merely, and tie opening il obviously and do
sghe'Iy leaves Tor escape from these doctrines under
he og an" smoke Of verbal chdci7m should the doctrines
NC e't"it' cohuoVeied may perhaps excite the adni-
ration OF minds trained training i'm Inc niazes of dinIo
macy Bat when iouud ~ State Paper, uttered bv the
Chef Magistrate, and announced by him as being intend
ed for the edcauon instruction those TO whom
"ddTessed con never meet the appob4tion Of the can
did and ingenious Its obvious purpnso il IN 80, -
political dogma, that the Oiled Colonies became ono
Sovereign Nation, teiore tsey severaIly assumed
Telghy upon themselves individual States; aud so 10
prove, Nat the STATES never sovereign But AS bis
new doctrine was IN direct conflict with all orr past oDi
Mons and III seeming opposition to much of cur past his.
o'' WouIG Hol 90 10 Dur IL t'c public face at once
as u1culue, therefore, d o. presented seemingly as sim
pie iaci Nay, is not exhibited ss substantive fact
but IN The modest Eui5c OF inference from Other
facts These crIc7, toa ate asserted in selected terms
OF such biOjd and general ,ignhcatiou f,t is i,
to fix their precise .Hcauing.
H. seeing ue necessary tendency and effect of the doc
uine designed TO he pat tb 30 dis passage any one de-
hcs itsuu'h, such may be Immediately met bv be ,s
sertion, that % h. not stated doctrine but as boricaI
fact merely. 81 be deuied as such ii fact il NAV bn in
medaiei5 sand, lat % IS ho asserted az substantive fact
but only Inferred from others previously stated If
t7 correctness Of is inference is questioned ,hen com
menCea discussion To The true meaning of tl ,gr
employed TO stale ho facts from which he inerercn H.
nude; anI This di-cuss1i 10 conyirs t. a,tlor If ~
Ior, VIII also furnish ban wh an excuse for saving t,t
be is $50 sehoar, u,t exalted in "ne,apby.irsI nist
aGd therefore, uHy have used terms np1roprie to ran
VIZ '''' ''s '."Nh meaning, which however is pre-