Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-07-23

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Mr. Lincoln Ohc Wing Congressman from
lllinoisl then made some sound and sensible
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Lincoln said it deserved answering. and then
entered upnn an answer of IT,
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IN Win the report OF the committee appointed 10
draunht resolutions expressive of the sense of
tho t'onvcution, which ba said was adontcd
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DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS.
The Convention submit to their iclow-czcns and
to the Federal Government the following propositions,
expressing their own sentiments and those of their
constituents
!. That the Constitution of the United States
formed by practical men for practical purposes, de-
carcd in it, preamble TO provide for the common
defence, to promote the general welfare. and to secure
the blessings of liberty :; and was mainly designed to
/ create Government whose functions should and
would be adequate TO the protection OF the common
interests of all the States or of two or more of them
which could not be maintained By the action of the
| separated States That in strict accordance with this
object, the revenues derived from the commerce
surrendered to the Genera, Government, with the cX-
press understanding that they should b, applied TO the
pIomoon ol those common interests.
.. That among these common interests and objects
wcre-jst Foreign commerce, to the regulation Of
which the powers OF the States sevcrally con-
itsscdy inadequate and 2j. Internal trade and navi-
| cation, wherever the concurrence of two more
States necessary its preservation where the
expense OF lis maintenance should be cqultuby borne
hy two or more States AMI where OF course those
States must necessarily have voice in its regulation
and hence resulted the constitutional grant oi power
TO Congress, " to regulate commerce with foreign ma
| tons and among the Statcs'
3 That being thus poss ,ssad both of the means and
OF the power which were denied TO the Stnes respect
lvey Congress became obligated by every consldcta-
ton OF good iaitl and common justice. TO cherish and
increase both the kinds OF commerce thus committed
10 it's cafe, by expanding and extending the means Of
conducting them, and OF uiiUrdng them all those lac-
tjps and all that protection which the States indivd
uai.y would have afforded, had the revenue and the
! authority been to hem.
1 That this obligation mas ever been recognised
| from the foundation Of the Government, and has been
fulfilled partially by erCctng lighthouses building piers
| for haibnrs. brcakwacIs and sea walls removing OBJ
struclns in rivers and providing other facilities for
/ the commerce carried ON from the ports Of the Atnn-
tie coast and the same OBJ cations have been fulfilled
to much less extent in providing similar facilities Tor
Il commerce among the States, and the principle has
been most CInuhatlav ucknO Nicdgcd To embrace the
Western lakes and rivers. 10y appropriations t1i
ma!Ous lighthouses upon them which appropriations
have never been QueS STONED in lOu4rcss as wanting
/ constitutional authority.
). That thus. by series ofucs which have received
the sanction oil the people OF the United States and
of every Department 81 the Federal Government. un
der all Administrations the common understanding of
the intent and objects Of the trainers OF the coisttu-
ton, in granting to Congress the power to regulate
commerce, has been infested, and has been con-
dlued by the people, and this understanding has be-
come as much mart Of tht instrument as any OF its
most explicit provisions
g. That the power to regulate commerce with for
elm nations and among the States and with the In
whole extent to each of the subjects enumerated
equally and in the same manner as to render any at
TEMPT, to nuke it more explicit idle and futile and
that those who admit the rlGhfu apnlication OF the
power to FOREIGN commerce. by facilitating and pro-
tcctng its operations by improving harbos and clear
ing ont navigabe rivers cannot consistently deny that
it equally authorizes similar facilities to commerce
among the States"
I. That foreign commerce" is dependant upon in
terna trade for the distribution of its einhs, and for
the means OF paying for them, that Whatever i'm
proves the one advances the other and they arc so
insepaable that they should be regarded as one that
an export from the American shore to British port
III tuaIa Is us much foreign commerce as II 1t mad
been Directly to Liverpool ana mat an eAporta'loh TO
Liverpool neither gains nor loses any OF the cllnacter-
stlcs OF foreign commerce by the deciness or clFcu-
ny ui lhe route; Mhr'hrr II passes lTclgh CUSTOM
| house on the British side Of The St Lawrence, or
drsrends through that rver and It's connecting canals
to the ocean, or whether II passes along the artificial
| communcations and natural streams OF any OF the
| states to NE Atlantic; ,
>. nat the HGheFal government oy cN'eidlhg lis
JufIHWcu1n over lukts ana liu'G'uy rivers suIecun4
then 10 the same laws when pIcNaH on u!' ocean ana
ON It's pays ana ports nol ohy lorPuPoI's OF revenue
but To give security to NE ana property; by le re@na-
IONS o steamboats, prPclu"'u il'ti Io'i utiy4
That IuflSdicu@h ilF an! olnct l's1nht 'G4'auon o
commerce II II ms power I" co"io a'!u Iys''u!I y
must nave me same power 10 Ioc'' hs!-'' ana l''
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