Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-21
LYNCtEgyNG.V Va. THURSDAY. MAlsCiI 81. 1898.

: Now SIR what Il the def otinn OF a confederate
. reruble bv thai writer VINO. auens tn noIliie11
e philosophers OF modern times seems to have hes
understood It's eharueter,slies AID to have most lust
ly appreciated It's advantages Monesqueu shy 81
" i eonl rate reeublir IA a convention by which
s,cr al sn.al States agteo TO become members Of
aiger one winch thay intend 10 form lisa kn,i
of asscmb,uge Of societies that constitute a new
aHe,' a.. fhe wricrs OF tho Irdcyald. in the
9th No referring To what Montcsauinu says on
THIS sahleot. add " The definition OF confcder-
ate republic secnls Simply 10 be an ussemblago of
5oeiccs or an, ossoe ialIon of Two on more States
aIsa est -ta,s
: /. ~. nc. ape al 10 n distinguished au
thentt y mn - elai= invoked by the politicians
Of South CaJolnn and for which | challenge
portion If tijs,6 y. Let al tn present occasion
Mt. jetl#fsen. 60 t,lrueItn Mr. Edmund itan.
dolrh, Wb'h VI, ID iounl ~ tile 81 vol of In,
published en,Ag lon3snse lanon the 18th IA
gust, 1872 IN III se} ettsis Tat great struggle
| Tor Constitutional principle, when terminated IN
| the "elyll feyolu'ion' ol lSul, nud zen he must
! l supposed ~ have sh'd VII I'll tho bea,ibgs
Of his words uses tie following hngungcz De
lore the fryolu lon thure existed no sntb notion as
the United stat.s lhey then, hiat ss4o,tated a. d
Hati0H but Tor spcrri patpo3es 9n1v. hey hnl al
then laws 10 make is saeina lad on bct first
cstahllshme as q nation. Bul they dlI mol ~ VI
glna had done proceed 10 adap " hole syst. IA ol
laws ready made.lo the,i hanl Astheras#osal5oa
rs a aaaoa was only 10, speelal purposes, 81.
Sir, it would he cosg Ia sh9w. II tlo omc ol liz
Senate wen not too precious t. he rops.nncd IL
unnecessary ds.cus.aan that lie trseenulon hen
made of fit Int S.stfs aSfo5ntfHe one s,aiian
for certain p,tpnsrs IS OF pm5le,Ia. W.i.sht ffam
the nature of the question winch Nj jefferson was
then ,,s,uss,na. and winch would have rendered
his course OF argument much sho,Isr aud .lmlcr II
! he could Loye denied altogether the existence Of
| auv national Individuality IN the Unncd States
Bot s., vitlont In.lst,no on the particular
we,oh, If N, ] i.#rson's authority. in this view
,i I u,,Jl III # tbc sf,nr Ibppuago hns not
ha' Il l;,ualf,. used ~ NIL .fo,,r oreat men WHO
,.,sra ro,.,,,1,.,.. u1ih tho ,o,n,ai,on If Tho CON
.,t,,,,;.,, ,,tl ,bc y,tl ,n..,io.s ,r ,opsi,n.
Ill ia. 6r., ton ,ra,, of ,,s ,neration
| - "a Ny.,ll# ,.,,,,,l,.r NJ, pr.s,1,nt that
s,,.,,l ,vasl5,t.,, IN ,ni n,l l., monument ot
- .,.,a,,, Ls f,r,,lI = ll,cs. an, ,ls
= ,to t,,, If ..,,,rrnu,cnt u NH ,s,iiltea ~
a,. -, >, s,1 al fhe S.,t,s ma Loan1 tooetl,e,
-, na, 5,It,Id, eomm,nitv .r inferred as ,3s
| ,,,,,anp NJ, Madison than win II, certainly no
| L,.,.r au,l,r,,v can IL, Anfen4,d ia IN r,said
,,'. .,,,,,,,',, t,el - ti ,,,l,,,lin al ms
w W. ,,.,,5s ., H. ,.,,., :, ,I llo,
vi M.i n',ar,.. p,.;,,, 9, c.,.t,n
,,a, ,l, II l,,,cs# II i,,.,, cn.,oac, nnon- the
s,,,cs IN ,b., b,.bcst severe, N enn,,I.v and con-
st,,r,i,, Tho nen,I ,,e,,of o,,c ,'uJe ta, e,rtalp
nnrno.cs conno, he altered ar nanuIled at the Will
ar do ,,tss ,nflv,,,,Ihg "a tb, cotsti,aiion of "a
/ c,s,. MAJ. l,a Mt ~ ,,,,l, dual ,Vi1o
R,i ,vhv add 10 ,h,s list of ,giinouisle,le author
,, ,,4,,., ,Ia IN ~, ,l,. ,,t,lbr,,,, nj IN, hon
orabie senator from south Carolina bin,elr In
his l,ttc,tot;oy unmlfon published 1ing the last
summer find the t,llo,ing pa.snpe. athe General
Gov,f,n,cn, 10 ,be ioint oIstn or all III. State,
,r.,n. aIn tb.. e,ecati'. ortle d.lesai,d mowers
the Union i, no LONGER esalded IN reference to is
nnft4 bo, rs l,r.nlns enc gieat e0ap4uait0, 10 be
governed by n common VIII vc
II, then, the uulicd states do form one com
munily, covered 10y a ooatmon VIII sovereignty
may and does exist "a the body uf that community,
far the streil irpnsrs Of tht Union, lust oiier-
tually and uuauestonaby sovereignty exists III
the peoplo Of an individual 81 te, for State purpos
es Nv answer. then. nnl nater myself con
elusive one, 10 the gument Of the honorable sen
aor Is that the sovereignty oi our icdctnl system
+, neither IN the gorernatsnt of the United States,
nor IN he people OF the tjtdiridHdf Suites separate
! ~ eonsid, red bn, IN that 81 efcat community or
boly patlr, called The UuHcd States, resulting
from the association Of all the States, for special
nnrnosc4 MIR jefferson IN tho letter to MI Run
lolnh. from which rend the extract cited few M
r,anis A., SAYS wy properly, that e the whole
boJy Of fbe nation or community, " 10 the soycf-
eion losgcr To- Itsalf
! In1re isr 0laatica criterion, of very easy nppi-
| anon m oar Nmcli an institutions, for dcternln-
,o,, vshefc soycr,igI,ty resides Sovereignty re
siIes where III, power of dmcnd the Constitution
M fund n1entfa law resldts l. aKIHs 3 Stat, this
n,,a,., r=.ii., IN The peoplc Of the ot5ts and Of
course the sovereignty resides ia them also IL tho
Unioa. this newer resides IN tie federal connuni
| q nf.I Ia, nm,