Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-03

the contracts of others still less could impair ITS own
and that the bond being contract by the ate bind
ing itself 10 ray money beyond the Control OF the
gislaIure The Supreme couri has sodecided again
and again. When the Legislature OF Georgia IN 1913
sold Lody oi lands and the next year declared the
-ae void. as having been Obtained by fraud. the SUI
Pfeme CouEi would not permit the State To recall It's
grant when the land had been furry bought 10y real
purchaser dee larIng that the" Slate much inhh
ted irnm upair'ng IIs contracts n Q"
Which Il - party ~ IRON ,nIairng the Oblig
tiOn Of contracts between twu IntliV iduals"
For the same ressin the CSurt anRulled a law ui
New Jcfsey ia loOl iaSIns rertnin lands which the
Cuunial Legislature ui 81 had agreed 9TH the Ia
tians should Ia he iaNs-the Court declaring thai
l the irsi law a contract which the second l,ad
right TO impair. 81 they snnucd the Law Of New
Hampshire whIch violated the culon al contract with
the Dartmouth College. 81 m a cu-e from KcuIut KY
/ they dcrIdrd that 1.-The Sale had power Iu
impair "sn ohligail"n iuIp which she herself had
tered. 'han sle had To impair the Contracts Of IyI
/ dusls"
/ That this spirit Of the Supreme court is unhroken,
was shown NJ ne very last session iew months ag'
Nhru auulivJ as uncoisi iIuiioua law "i the Safe
"i liuiois requiring aPpraisement vi ards taken
| ga exccutIoa.
You may judge Thea. how uEavailing he fore 81 ca
. tribunal would be amy effort 81 Pennsy wanna e,
| plead Iis own revOvaIons Ui it, RcIs its
s''Neteigny tins new nunsense e reputation.
Judgment 10 u course gwen u favor of the fore Ign
Stale. EHerution follows. and the Marshal Of the
United State. sens AMI sells all the property Of the
STATE; all the cunalS aud rai rusds beungIng To her
are hrs -'d. then all her public lands, the Eastern
aud Western PrniteniaTies. The State house all said
/ ~ the Marshal. Then the taxes paId into
The State Treas iiy. they w Of course be attached
| Ia pay the debt and the State may Invested of
s property. und deprrv -d OF its future means ol sup
I"f Ihis seems incredible Ca uur igiu auI VANITY
-haii .. a MT perfectly rghH OighI q ) ate lie.
IA La IasafF
retain The property of hers and laugh al their dis
ircssesi Nor - u at all prubahlc that ANY iureign
Stale would ;'ur the least Jdium by thus sustaining
/ the rights al ~ SUI I,cts.
Reoulleci th,i the Legislature owes upwards Of
riue millIuns 81 this very dch To Penu.y Ivnri4ns
Nho cannot sue, and who will he very grateful la
the Foreigners who sue i they Will enforce their
Hg'us Because there ~ mt the slightest tear thai
the quarrcl will be carried To extremHies for tue
| moment Prunsy wanna perceiNes that she pay.
AID Of course Ial all alke-hsr own ci lzpns rs
we'll a. foreigners. Besides. there are "a Penusyl.
wanna quite enough true men. and bald men, free
TIE STATE Legislature To save the Commonwealth
Honi dsgta e.
| lOu will say. perhaps that lhis decree san be
never ENLARGED ia Pennsy lvania. and that the Mar.
shall viii be opposed Ca the execution Of his process
There - not ,he least danger OF It, Big words there
/ Nii bc-lOug speeches there will ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
| rrsnluiions-ihrfc vail be-hish sounding avIs Of
ths Legislature there may IpssiblS be-but when
the question cumes be tried. whether the people
" Ihe Sale wi stand 10y the Legislature in it, at
iempi 10 cheat as own cilszeis; there need he no
| Tear a the result.
tbs very thing % popular opposition TO The Mar
sai has been already riod three times ia Prnnsy lva-
MA leo the instruction Of | 194. the Marshal was
resisted by large popular mecung.- Nhercup. n. an
army of PcnnSy yanians iIiuei by the forces uf New
Jersey. Mapll and Virginia. tUuk The AIarshas
with them to thc srepe. and saw that he executed
lE La mo al IN ted
tu Northampton. aud q armed force at Peunsy Viva.
mans alone enforced the law. unI tho rugleader OF
the resisters was condemned ~ death. Again ia
the case Of Oim,iead. Judgment OF Ihe Supreme
Court was nbtain"d against property which
the Stale claimed - iIs own. The Marshal was
ordered tu siezc It'll. J;,yeTnur ordered out the
milHinIo pfeveul Ihe Mar.haI. The Marshal cal.
ted out his iDrre. ld the parties the heari
81 the popnllus Cily oi PniIadcphia The result
wa. thIl The Mlrshll executed his writ, aud The
Mayor General oi tho Peunsy isania Miluil comman-
ding an armed force n the streets of Philade phia.
under Iho orders ofIhe Governor 10 resist the Mar
shal. was himself arrested aud imprisoned by The
Cnuri iDr pfcsuming 10 oppose It's decree. Now, If
ihis was done when the State had some plausible
grounds Of opposition. what can expect from pop.
alar iamuli. when o. whole inject to assIrt the
Legislature iu deirluJing pfIv ate citize'z
These views. which are probably wholly now to
the d'spuianls. mBy he useful 10 them both. For.
1t. fcunsY wanna must that sine owes an lao.
nest dcbi. aud mnstpay il-that nuthing eau posi-.
ny prevent her paying aud that instead Of suffer.
l ing % % accumulate she shurld begin at once aud
make prov si0u boz the punriual payment Of the in
ieresi. She may shut her own eyes 60 her duiies,
bat she Cannpt biilj others their righs-and she
vii hud q Ear more easy and hbuoTabo % pay her
debts. which she can DO without Inconvenience.
han BE- dragged thr1ugh courts aBI be subject 10
/ every Kind ct degradation
2. England too may Gnd in Them some cause FOR
| reflection.
/ One would suppose l,om her ioud and indscrimi
naie cianur. that the vholc people IT the United
staies stimulated ~ their drmuofauc Institutions
these innoCeut Englshmen. Yet INV appears
That the Uniiej States have done what Engiand ia,
never dnuc--,shai other c,suutfy has never done
they have established tribuual. wh5ily tndepend
sut 81 each state heiufe which any Suite that hai
iufeig7er may be- hrous be-, aid " i1fcigner provet
be- claims oil. The uicf twenty tive Snie. are bound
81 see justice crerutui Tn. ia nbunal which
does moi aoH etsi. aui ans never existed elsewhere
When thefelofe EHElald co.n piaius has PsunsyI,a
rania oNes hvf money, the Gre ing4fy o rour-e h.
Why duut yea make ter payf Wa duut yuu sas
hsH &c private man boz Feua., i,ana owes ysu
a1sy aHd VII uai psy y8s soc boa Boz ibs Cifcuil
''uH Of ihs lnicd ,latcs. aui mlks ben psy.
" hc H'aie t.sel owes Y1a mrIeF, aHd sIII noi
pa} y1Hf Government can SOC her 30 you Boz soc
have Hf'sf done s1--you hass never chosen t8 O..
vel yu1neIi ~ iHs JfbuH1' rrs1ied expressly o.
y'l- hI' Tau st dsaH anI a1uss ihc uh..s r5aUlf,
cot al and fafssbslaI aeuarfaCy. AZ .h.s ts vfry
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eluais'iHE ll tssHfy 4. Hrs SITE srssic. Ts.aa
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