Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-01-24
From the Washington Globe, Dec. Is
CONFESSIONAL.

In the Senate 10. day Mr.. NILES intro
duced bill to provide for the erection ola
monument TO the memory of Nathan Hale
A bill was introduced by Mr.. DAVIS of
Massachusetts, to provide for the settlement
ofthe claims OF sta es against the general
government, for advances made during the
last war. A series Of highly important res
ou,ions were offered by Mr.. NoRvELL,
and ordered 10 be printed, in relation to the
domestic institutions Of the states, guaran.
tied to them by the constitution, aud the un.
constiiutionality of any interference with
these institutions.
Mr.. NoRvELL rose to lay some res
olutions upon the table, and TO move that
they be printed. Several days ago, after
the Vermont resolutions were introduced
into this body, certain petitions on the SUBJ
ject of abolition were put into his hands by
the representative from Michigan, who was
then indisposed, to be presentedto the Sen.
ate. He had communicated with some
friends in relation to their presentation, and
had stated TO them his intention, when they
were presented, to submit resolutions to
meet the case. He had by them been adj.
vised to defer the presentation of the peti.
tons until the resolutions passed by the le.
gislature ofVermont should again be brought
up but the senator from South Carolina
having yesterday introduced his resolutions
and having minated his wish that they
should be discussed, that the subject gen.
orally should be discussed, before the Ver-
mont resolutions should be taken up, Mr..
Norvell begged leave to lay the following
on the table, and to ask that they be prin.
ted:
Resolved, That the government Of tie
United States is national government
only for the general purposes specified in
the federal constitution
That the states Of this Union, in all their
reserved rights and powers, are seperate,
independent, and sovereign political com.
muniiies
That any interference by one or more
states, or by the people of one or more
states, with the domestic institutions of any
other state of this goion, or with any of its
reserved rights and powrs over those insti.
tuiions, is a papable and dangerous infrac-
ton of the spirit Of the constitution of the
United States, tending directly TO disturb
the peace and tranquility Of the Union, and
70 sever the links which connect US togeth.
or as one people:
That the Senate of the United States,
composed ofthe representatives ofthe states
in their sovereign capacities, and bound to
protect the reserved rights and powers
left to them in the compact Of Union, would
regard any attempt, on the part ofthc fed
eral government, under the pretext of regu-
ting commerce among the several states
or under any other pretext whatever, to pro-
hibit The domestic trade between any oil
the states, allowed by them in any kind OF
property, recognized as such by their laws,
a. Unconstitutional in spirit and in letter
Therefore,
Resolved, That the Senate of the United
States will neither receive, nor entertain,
any, petition, memorial, resolution, or other
paper praying Congress to prohibit any such
trade.
Resolved, That as il would be breach
efthc. public faith Of the nation TO abolish
slavery IN the District Of Columbia. without
the consent Of the people of the district, the
Senate will neither receive, nor entertain,
any petition, memorial, resolution, or other
paper, .pruying for the adoption Of such
measure, unless il proceed from the people
Of the District of Columbia.
The resolutions being read, they were
laid on the table, and ordersd to be printed.