Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-11-07

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Secretary of State, and present Mini.
ter of France. They are extracte
from his commentary on President Je
terson's conduct towards him, in tn
case of the batture at New Orleans
His remarks aptly illustrate the preser
relation of President Jackson and tn
people of the United States.
Cincinnati Gdz.
"The gloss of zeal for the pulic
always spread over acts Of oppression
and the people are sometimes made +
consider that as brilliant exertion o
energy in their favor, which, whei
viewed in its rue-light, will be found
fatal blow to their rights.
Gin no government, is this effect S,
easily produced as in a Republic; par
ty spirit, inseparable from its existence
there aids the illusion, and a popular
leader is allowed, in many instances
IMMUNITY, and sometimes rewarded with
applause for acts that would make a
tyrant tremble on his throne"
The Constitution Vindicated.-In a
letter to Mr.. E. EVERETT, dated in
August, 1880, Mr.. MADISON gives, in
few words, his views of the true char
acter of the Constitution of the United
States. We are not less impressed with
the precision and condensation of this
extract, than with the great fundamen-
tai truths which it authoritatively ex-
ounds.-Nat. Int.
"ln ORDER" says he, "to understand
the true character of the Constitution
OF the United States, the error, not un.
common. must be avoided of viewing
it through the medium, either of con-
solidated Government" Gas Mr.. Nc
Dufhe, in 1921, viewed it, "or of a
Confederated Government" las Mr..
McDuffie, in 1888, views ii, "whilst it
Is neither the one nor the other; but
a mixture of both. And having in no
model the similtudes and analogles APP
plicable to other systems Of Govern
ment, ii must, more than any other, be
ats own interpreter, according to its
text, and the facts Of the case. 1t was
formed by the States; that is, By the
People an each Of the States, acting in
their highest sovereign capacity, and
formed consequently by the same au-
ihority which formed the State Con-
situations. Being thus derived from
the same source as the Constitution of
the States, it has, within each State,
the same authority as the Constitution
of the State, and is as much Consti-
tuition, in the strict sense of the term,
within its prescribed sphere, as the
Constitution of the States are, within
their respective spheres: but, with this
obvious and essential difference, that
being compact among the States in
their highest sovereign capacity, and
constituting the People thereof ONE Pro-
PIE for certain purposes, it cannot be
altered or annulled at the will of the
States individually, as the Constitution
of State may be at its individual
will.
"And that it divides the supreme po,o.
ers Of Government, bet,ceen the Gorern-
ment Of the United States and the Co.
rernment Of the individual States, is
stamped on the face Of the instrument;
the powers of ,oar and of taxation, OF
commerce and Of treaties, and other
enumerated powers vested in the Go.
vernment of the United States, being
of as high and sovereign character,
as any of the powers reserved to the
State Governments"
We learn that the Hon. John Nc.
Lean, of Ohio, was nominated for the
Presidency last evening at the Mocha
MICS and Workingmen's meeting, in
Monument square. There was no no.
mination for Vice President.
Bait. Chron.
To my old friend, MIR. DWIGHT,