The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-03-16

bs destroyed by The great '"o',''e S,~rt. cur.
70 orusurv il is An exclusive metai"c co'-
Iency. = ,,;.,o character
Amopps, the other duties oF a delicate cna'"''
hicb the President Is called upon 10 Poi'o.'
,hs supervision OF tho government .. u"
,,res Of the United States. Ihose o. '"e"'
Los,;,ed to become members Of one great po'it
;col family are compensated by their iapu Pr"S'e''
&C.,, ;nr.ncv to manhood, for the pural and tenn
no,a,v derivation of the political rights. 1t is in
Ibis District. only, where American citizens are to
no fund who under settled system Of PoiicF,
are deprived of many important political privileges
.;,bon, anv insoirine hope a. TO the future. Their
only consolation, under circumstances OF such "o'
orvntion is that of the devoted exterior guards OF
n eamp-hat their snfTerngs secure tranquility ana
safety within
Are there any of their countrymen who would
sobcct them to greater sacrifices, TO any other hui
Mutations t!an those essentially necessary to the
securty of the object for which they were thus sePar
,,edrom their fellow citizens? Are therrshts alone
NOT 10 guaranteed by The application OF those great
principles upon which all institutions are ioui
ded, We are told by the greatest British oralorseS
s;atcsmen that at the commencement OF The war
Of the Revolution, the most STUPID men IN England
smoke Of .slheir American subjects" Are there, IN
deed. citizens ofuny Of our States who have dream
ed "or their subjects" in the District of COLUMBIAN
Such dreams can never be realized by any agency
of mine
The paople of the DIstric, OF Columbia are not
the subjects Of the people ofthe states, but Tree a
rnerican citizens. Being in The latter condition
when the Constitution formed, no words used
in that instrument could have been intended to de-
pr,ye them of that character II there is any thing
in the great principles of ina!ienable rights, so en-
phaticaliy insisted upon in our Declaration of In
dependence, they could neither make, nor the u
nted States accept, surrender of their liberties,
and become the 'ssnhjecis, IN other words the
slaves of the former fellow. citizens. If this be
true, and il will scarcely be denied by any
who has a correct idea of his rights as an A
merican citizen, the grant to Congress ofexcusve
Jurisdiction in the District Of Columbia, can be in
teIpreted so far respects the aggregate people Of
the United States, as meaning nothing moro than to
allow to Congress The controlling power Necessary
to afford free and safe exercise of the functions
assigned to the General Government by The Con-
st,u;ion. In other respects the Legs alton of Con
gress should be adapted to their pecnliar position
and wants, and be comfortable with their deiiber
ale opinions of their interests
have spoken Of the necessity of keeping the re
spective Departments well as all other anthori
ties of country, within their appropriate orbits
This is a matter of difficulty in some cases, as the
powers which they respectively claim are often
not defined by distinct Observation-Disclosures, how.
ever, in their tendencies, collisions of this kind
may be, those which arise between the respective
communities, which for certain purposes compose
nation much so; for no such nation
long without the careful culture of those
feelings of confidence and affection which are the
effective bond Of union between free and confedcr.
nfe us he rio of 81, bosb .o,
often found Intellectual. Men, blinded by ,hair-pas
sions, have been known TO adopt measures for their
country in direct opposition all the suggestions
ofpolicy The alternative, then, is, to destroy or
keep down bad passion by creating and fostering
good one; and this seems to be the corner stone
upon which our American political architects have
reared the fabric of our government The cement
which was to bind il, and perpetuae its existence
was the afectionate attachment between all its
members To insure the continuance of this feel.
ing, produced at frs, by community of dangers,
ofsuffarings, and of interests, the advantages of
each were made essential TO all.
mo participation in any good, possessed by any
member OF an extensive coniederacy, except in do
mestc government, withheld from the citizens
of any other member. By process attended with
no difficulty, no delay no expense bur that of re-
movaI, the citizens of one might become the ci,i-
ZenS OF any OiueI, ana succeSSiVeiy OF Inc whole.
The lines, too, separating powers TO be exercised
by the citizens of Que State from those of another
seem to be so distinctly drawn as to leave room
for Misunderstanding. The citizens of each State
unite in their person all the privileges which that
character coners, and all that they may claim as
citizens of the United States; but in no case can
the same person, at the same time, act as the citi-
of two separate States, and he is the reore posi-
lively precluded from any Interference with the re
served powers of any State but that of which he Is,
for the time being, a citizen. H. may, indeed, Of.
Ter to the cltzens Of other States his advice MS to
iher management and the form in which II is ten.
dered left TO his discretion and sense of pro.
priety. 1t may be observed, however, that organi-
zed associations of citizens, requiring compliance
with their wishes, too much resemble the recon-
Enendations Of Athens to her allies-suppor,ed by
armed and powerful feet 1t was, indeed TO the
ambition Of the leading states Of Greece cont. oil
the domestic concerns ofthe others that the des-
truciion OF tina, celebrated conederacy, and subso.
quentIy of all Of its members ms ny to be- atrib.