Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-03-01

the from Rhoo Island, and rnl 10 any sen
nu. this docs n5trcad less which We ought long,
leg 10 remember power 81 ahnscd mus he abuse
ever will Ie abused. where there l. M anagnHls'h
Ia The constitution 10 connteract IT, lido not caro- WHAT
the form # parpfnmcnt--iho form ~ nothlng-i The
government be dtsp3te=-lr IN tile haads 81 one man.
two men, many men-wthnut Limitation 81 tesis-
lance antarunizuG with II. II belongs TO THO hunen
heart that the power viii be abused and what ~ nesi ca
taordnatv, those abusing wll mol be euscous Of the
abuse. But IS ihr fact thai there was no territory
NJ thai time accessible the population oil The seu
Ihern States Just ground oi interpreting the eonsilu
tlan. that we should acquire territory oil that DC
scrp,ion population could ut have recess h II -
1horu Is n1thng the arg imonl! Well the next AZ u
men presented By The senator Is thus 1T that tune theo
was certain prpafliun between the siakdholdng STAIRS
aud the slaNcholdng States The latter had ma
Jutiy n the old ,ungtoss had malJfiS Whoh no
constitution was tnrd aud IL right that they 'b1nld
maintain It. Well sir # yielded th,n, have we not
scrn In su soIucnl events the violation The old articles
ut confederation, and Is II moi Time that We should Suaia
against thai majority whenever W can Ind nenns To do
s} But suppose tins argument OF The senator hao any
foundation whatever, IT - gued I Us as II "a if mn
The dapaporon wh.ohexislcl then ,ught neS,r 10 be
increased and yet the resolutions offered hy his sac
and other States, is prp sod that We should &c eS
GUIDED hereafter from the Whale mtfery If the INT
States aud tina, 10 Other slave States should over be ad
mticdi
Mr. SIMMONS. There ID such prop eition Ia
the resolutions a my State.
Mt CALHOUN, Nell, that Is the proposition d
other States II 10 be excluded, what will be
the rsuiR hstoal Of hWing t,Is dlspr pJftun Of sN
to cl9ht, W. Will have j dlsppporton vt fourteen -
wenly-c rhl Double, precisely. That will he the
end II H. And i, ever any portion e Mckee should fall
under the authority Of The United States and eono to be
our property and apply 10 II the same principle, whore
| ask, would II endl What has led the senaor irom
Rhode Island INTO these cxnaorliuary eoneluslan sl
haX nj l. 4 believe
far. But let mo shy 10 hun that lac has viewed all ts
question che sldoJv liz has considered II IN single
aspect. aud viewing it thus partially his clear aud strong
intellect ha. letn brought 10 very erroneous conenslns
lls error originated IN the belief that this Is national
gosoramcn--tha ate a nation that We are one pea
Ile aud 4 uuiou. And TO troeo that are naun
what documents does he furnshi siuRn resolution ly
tie 5 ate Of New Notk calling convention ior the fra
miny Of The tousrtuuln}
Mr.. SIMMONS Iqootol The lanIuago Of the roso-
LUTON smot Ia III" nnrpuso # showing The use Of Inc
word nation" al that tune, wh',h the senator hn' 50
peflnaeiousy refused 10 employ. But twas not al all 10
salu my gtneIa slt.nn.
Mt CAlliOtN Wei, then. II was Argument
NJ all All the rest was boro assertions aud YET he tine"
up HE hands and expressed his amn2amunt that any one
.houd hold IT,, doctrines that we holdl will take II
up. however Il true the State 81 New York said SO ,
and what Ii further true, that there vas largo party IN
The Unllrd Staee ut that time, IN ias,r Of national
government The hrrc States which ,ouh the lead wero
actively aud stronuously in favor oi national govern
menl and the Two leading spirits who lod w,ie Mi
Hamilton o New York probably the author u thai pr
amhlc aud Mr. AladsJn, Of Virginia In the early stages
Of Tho eonveH'lan lefe was moJihly IA Dyor u ia
onal government and who regarded unlon us great
ahsuidliv Bot n this sia9r hcre but eleven SlalR
IN tho convention Rhode 9,and never appeared there
aud New Hampshire had mol yet appeared with hef del
cgales. In process u time New llanp3hlo came ma
scH great addition II the federal SIDE winch nov became
predominant, aud 1t OWING up ok here IN honui OF
Nos Eng md and The northern S,acsll Is owing main
" the Sialra OF Cennee cal aud New jersey lat W
have pdefa ,u5ead Of national guvcrnncttihat We
have the hes government instead OF the most despohc
and lntuctahlp on the otth. Who were thcmon o these
States te whom are inlobo1 tr this admirable gov
eInment} | vii name thrm Then na,nes ough, To be
ergrl,en un brass and live iafeves They were Mr.
Ellsworth II ger sherman, md judge Pancrson,of Ne"
jersey. Tie uth,T States father south were bind.
They did not SEE the future. But T. The cagacY and
cuoIncAs u those three men, AIDED ly few 0hCrs Aul
not so prominent, the pies ut constitution. So
completely dad the uatiola party sucenmb that dung
atae port Of Tho 8itIunst The convention thu wafd
"ualiona' WAS moi mmod. "Fodcral,' The 'Uhlon,'
were the terms ad pied. The natio al panty WAS
petcy oyerA hcmcd aud what Is still more remarkable,
the very men who toeh The lead f that party. assumed
tic Of "ic tralis be cause hat Lad bee me the
popular name. II nest ard graf men thsy were Tut
they were disposed h maAc thc most Il lhc tenn, and
under HAT name hcy recommended TINT constitution Ia
the adoption u the Ap,oncpt pc pic. Nov II The zen
n'o cs.s had bier dcld in lhls direction, he would
not have been enomu Il all dis and MT being guorant
hc Won not have made tie eAlriord mary dcrar ton le
has made But this ia not all The % ginal fd'rll.s
party, not satisfied smpy with that namethough IN con
tcnuon Il Ind assumed and as II h d been takon from
he.n by the NATIONAL party, op assumed The naae
# republican,. and under that asscT ed and CARED
out prac the do 'lfincs which wota inserted lHlo
our coustltu,oniy the then federal patty and achieved
that great victory which brought Mr. JtelsJn into p1W-
er. That showed the deep segse e. the people Oh that
time that this should not bc nallonn poyernnen-tha
they would not tolerate it--would never have adopted II
and that their object was To have federal gJvct5ncnt
So If yun look tic curst tuition itself The hlng
manifest, There ample PROVISIONS 10 h that IS
federal governmental union oi Stat s. and not natl u
al goytmnont-a cOm'li1 Ion Of nlutns AMI not s'n-
Gle natiun--a far more brilliant urd striking cancoon
much more piltsophca and bctcr calculated to carr,
out the great object In he letter Of Genor Naalns
ton recommending the adoption Of the constitution, which
he 81 med 81 President Of he convention, do We Lear
word OF natl0nl Do We hour syllable aiout ems J..
dated gorCrnmcnl Not one. II Is 10 porpctnatc The
Union. And what dooa - Mon lnoaa( We had
nm bafrc. II WAC a mcrc leaeae--no more;-aric IS
d cone fIaon. II waste per- ctaae the MON, not TO
destroy it, But the senator used another areu'neut.
am not certain that can r. all It's precise terms. rs !
did not make oiI But do not state it correct
Is. tie senator will hive the g1odnes 10 correct me-.
he dWct upon thu, change Of tie terms United
States INTO SaIes limited. did It to got I'd Of the geo
grlThical idca lccans the term Il nllcd Satcs' IRE
gurully ncans geographically that part 81 he world
which Providence has allotted b. rs tut that is not the
meaning In tho constitution, 70 the first instance IN the
preamble OF the consu'Ion if my memory serves me,
the STATES were en-noratcd one by opez''Wc the pee
nj n a, tittth IN