The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-11

and seui,.bls action q he lIsEisls,aFs up.
IN 81 para Of he Uaiah. l1eould aos eu.
have ercuHsd 20 ths eanFsniioa ihsis % :
rnuntfg a. excessive, embracing e. sffat
: variety q aoll ard elizEis, anes eoass-
qaently. o. pr0daeis. aad uhiehs liom
he ssms eass@s. masg ever exhiois .
great ds6ereses "a Inc aInouni Of ne po-
pnlssioa 81 in various sections. calling
Cor . great diversity in the emrioymsoas
of ne People. that The lsgislslUrs Of The
nsloriiy might not sl~sys justly. regard
he rights and interests Of he minoiiiy.
And thar scis Of ihis eharseisr might De
passed. under an express grant 81 ne
wosds Of he constitution. and. therefore.
not within he eomPeteney Of ne Judiei-
arx 20 declare void. That however sn.
lishlsasd and pslrislic they might snP-
pose, from past experiences. The members
of Congress nighlbe. and howsser large
" parsakinq, in ihs general. Of The lioe'
raj feelings 0flhe People, il wss Impossi.
be 10 expect that bodies 90 constituted
should not sometimes be controlled BY
local interests and sectional feelings. II
wss proper. iherefore. 10 provide some
umpire, from hose silusiion and mode
Of appointment more Independence and
freedom from such influences might DC
expected. Such one Was afforded by
The Executive Department. constituted
By The Constitution. A person elected
10 thai high Office. having bis eonsiliu-
enis Ii every section. state. and sCbdi-
vision OF The Union, must consider hlm.
self bound BY the mosi solemn sanctions.
10 Guard, project, and dsfend The rights
Of al. aud ofsvery portion. great or small.
from the injustice and oppression OF The
rest. consider the veto power. there
fore. given by The Constitution 10 The
Executive OF the United States. sloly %
conservative power: 10 be used only.
LIST. 70 protect The Constitution from viola.
,iop; 2dly. The People from The effects Of
hassy legislation. where their will has
been probably disregarded or not veil IN.
dersiood; and 3dly. 10 proven, The effects
Of combinations violslivs Of The rights ol
minoriiies. Ia reference TO the second
Of these objects, ! may observe iha.
consider IL the RICH, and privilege Of the
People 10 decide disputed points OF the
Constitution. arising from the general
grant Of power TO Congress 10 carry in
10 effect the powers expressly given.
And believe. with Mr.. Madison. !. thai
repeated recognilions under varied cir,
cumsianees. in acts Of the legislative. ex.
scu,ive. and Judicial branches OF The Go
vsrnment. accompanied by The indica.
lions in different modes Of the concur.
renee OF the general will Of the nation,
ss sfoIding TO the President efficient au
ihoriiy foe his considering such disputed
points as settled"
Upwards Of half a century has elapsed
since the adoption Of our pressn, from Of
government. IL would be an object more
highly desirable than the graliicslion oil
The curiosity Of speculative statesmen. il
ils precise situation could be sscerlained. .
fair exhibit made Of The operations Of each
Of lie Departments, Of the powers which
they respectively claim and exercise. oil
the collisions which have occurred be
tween them. or between The whole Gov
eminent and those Of the States, or either
Of them. We could then compare our
actual condition. after fifty years trial oil
our system. with whaiii was 10 The CON
mencement Of its operations. and ssser.
tain whether the predictions Of The par
riots who opposed its adoption. or The
confident hopes Of lis advocates. have
been bes, realized. The gres, dread Of The
former seems 10 have been. that The re-
served powers OF the Stairs would be sb-
sorbed by those Of The Federal Govern
ment, and consolidated power establish.
ed. leaving TO the States the shadow on
ly Of that independent action for which
they had so zealously eonlsud-d. and on
the preservation OF which they relied az
me las. hope OF liberty. Wiihou, deny.
ing that tbs result 10 which they looked
wlih 80 much apprehension 10 in The way
Of being realized. IL 10 obvious thai they
did not clearly see The mode OF ils &C.
complisbment. The General Govern
ment has seized upon none Of the reserv.
ed rights Of the States. As Ear as any
open warfare may have gone, The State
authorities have amply maintained the il
rights. To casual observer, our sy stem
presents no appearance OF discord between
the different members which compose il.
Even the addition Of many new ones ha.
produced no jarring. They move in
their respective orbits IN perfec, harmony
with the central head. and with each OH.
er. But there is still an under curren,
al work, by which, IL not seasonably
checked. the wore, apprehensions OF oul
anii>federal patriots will be realized. And
not only will the Stale authorities be
overshadowed by the great increase oil
power in the Executive Department. oil
the General Government, but the oharac-
ter of that Government, il not its desig.
nation. be essentially and radically chang
ell. This state Of things has been in par,
effected by causes inheren, in The Con
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