Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-21

| ackpoM I'D 9meut III accordance win the Hfia
elnlcs haeo aid WI that Tie Sovereignty Of tn
{ leral eystem Is net IN The people OF any ono g
d, States n'tlnR separately us The honorable Sen
alton now eonteudr but ~ threeioarth oil the state
! i TING .anaurfeHlv rls honorable Senator hni
I'D US Tat the fat.qa roeer Of cont oilms lhf
Gcucral Government must fcsfie where The SOY
ercgnty OF The system rese,s lbc problem stat
ed by HIM WA to ascertain 81 mere that powct docs
reside, and IS here eoueiqsA e'Y so.scd by bi7 own
State III a solemn EXPEDITION drawn up 10y himself
The plain result Is, lhal die paramount of sovereign
power IS not IN the people o any one slate, bat -
three fautths of all the Stoles.
This important document, alfa IN aeknowl'dg-
ng that there are tfo Iai0i and 'a5sFfH4f1t
,otcleisafie,' IN our complex ofesnlznuoe tetaE
uIzcs the correctness Of another ot the POSITIONS
have ad down that there Is sovereignty IN ne
Uaifcd States IN regard to the purposes OF Tho
Union, as we'll na sovereignty n the settfai Htatest
Ion Stat, purposes. II has become iaahohahe
of late to deny that there any sovereignty IA the
aiied States, u speab, Of course, at the United
States as n political community, and not OF Tic
government of the UuItod @iatesl and 10 claim Ter
The States separately, an absolute, complete, AMI
unqualified oyeregGty. 10 ull intents ehd pm fp'r'
Whstever ST. thsls "a novelty uuknpwn to the
onndpfa ollbe '9nsUlaton, and has spl0nG ~
IN the hpt bel Of excited, loea politics Al The
rcnnd Of t6r adaItfun Of the Constitution, : was
distinctly m5de known AID universally understood
that 10 tho extent 10 winch sau.ttsHty was vested
T., the Union lhbtat the State, aesetolly was re
huaush.d ond ahmufsbDl What Is aid, S'r by
dc Convention which famed the Consultation, III
communicating theIr woik to Congress to be sub
mlil,d IL Tia people The ioiowIns nnsqnvoca
lan.uaor is held in tho hotter adlressodby the Con
v,nuon To Congress, Oh that OCCASION aud s'Shed
by General Wasluneton ~ President 81 the Ion
srnt,nn II IS obviously impucuoaole III Inc
Federal Government of these suites 10 secure "a
the rights of independent s0ctieE@g 10 ta'a, nnu
yIltovlde for the interest nnd safety ct oil Ia
divdonls entering into snclrtY must et'e up "ade
OF liberty to preserve the rest &c Let not any
attempt be made to lessen the weight oi i'uA Il 8
laralon by representng IA the expression 81 Tue
individual sentiment of General Washington, 10y
whom the letter WINS siencd The dluil oi the Let
ter was carefully prepared under the orders o tue
Convention, by the same Committee winch woA
charged with glVlng the i1nal shape 10 The eohNhlo
tion itself and both were sanctioned ana "d"iltoa
by tho Convention, nt the sumo TIME II WIS ul,n
the solemn explanation oi thor own act ny ilu
Convention themselves. made known tolhe people
and understood bv lhem, whom The Suites ta''hed
and adopted the Constitution
Bat Sir ict us trace this matter little fnlhcr
Among the contemporary publications. explaining
N recommending the new Constitution thf IS
s5vs of the Fetlc,alist n5 wen ior tie dlalm
~. he'd ability with which they wefe wutteu,
as for the hIgh character of the AUTHORS, two
NJ whom were members of the Convention winch
framed tn Constitution, were universally rehdf
mad nr1lonrdly considered la tee letter oi MI
Jefferson 10 Nh Cory, m exnaet of which
yns rcnd the other day, by the honorable Sen.
ntor from pennsy lynnia. Mr. pellasl IT IS sh'd
with gfcat force and rropteiy, that Inc 'oh'll'a
ION should always BE- understood IN Inc 8ct8e IL
which il was advocated by its friends, am HdoPl'd
by The States Now, Slr lc, ~ see ~ Whit 1eh1
it was presenled to the people III reference To MS
question Of State sovereignty, by lis distinguished
advocates ard ,xpoundorg the writer's OF the fed.
crnhst Nothing would have been better calculated
TO procure It's ready adoption hy the state Tim 10
have told them that II left thol soyertghty entirely
unim,ared But, Sir, It's honest and enlightened
advocates, tho writers ofthc l'edcralist attempted
no such impo,loa on the goo1 setse al Inc
people They told them distinctly mat SOW
eregnly in the Union and complete independence
IN the members are things fepnshaht anu "itcoH
ceablo" -ftd. Ma. -,
In the Ash No Of that publication whore MI
Madison j. noticing the Objection Ihnt he new CON
s,italion would cutlail the States of some lffor
tnni attributes Of their sovereignty, instead 81 de-
nviue the charge, Ms il might have been pohi'e 10
do in order to uppcaso the jealousy OF stale Fr'do
he boldly admits and jusuAo3 the fact lie te,Is
the nsoplc of America thai if II be demonstrated
TINT the Union IS necessary 10 secure ther hap
pincss. NECESSARY To secure them against iotol8n
war and contention among the States, against vi
olent and Oppressive fact ols, aRonst oyerir "h
military embellishments and against all the other
nnrnelrsg Ills that would be the inevitable conse-
otieoce Of separation, II Is idle 10 oiJact 10 cehsll
ANNA without which dat Union cannot he man
timed tlat Il would curta tie States oil a portion
Of theIr sovereignty On the contrary he adds,
lint 81 far as the actfce Of potion oil State soy
ereignty shall be necessary to the Objects oi the
I,tioH thus shcWn to be Indispensable 10 INC nap
.pioes5 of the people, the voice o every soou cn'Zcu
must be, lie, the sacrifice be made SIf, the sacf
fee was freely made to the extent require" Ny ne
great objects of the Union but all that portion 81
sovereignty no, necessary To be veatea III 'e
for those high purposes, still remains "Hlu'ra" e'
IN the respective STATES t...,z
habltually used IN the federaIlSl 10 ehu'"e'o'
;ze tho s,veroipnty ofthc States 10 the fcSta9-
oy,, sov,re,pntv of the States or the poItton
of sovereignty remaining in the States after mat
..,b,oh "a enrrendered 10 the Union. In rapidly
o,,c,,,, over this celebrated collection ma ihe
eynrcsslon "resduary sovereignty OF The states,
IA ti,t,npuished from complete and u"d'lh'lilSh-
cd soyereipnty, used in three several NUMBERS
mo. 81. A3 GA all written by Mr.. Madison,
whose Guidance | confess, always follow WIN
pecu,jar confidence, for 10 man, ttom TUG ie'"''o"
!, ,yhirh lie stands to the constitution eau be sup
Losed to be more thoroughly lmbued "hn - ""o
philosophy. Ills remarkable circumstance as