New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-13

The Convention submit 70 their fellow citizens
and O. the Federal Government the following pro
positions 50 expressing their own sentiments and
those 90 their constituents
F.rr That the Constitution Of the United states Wss
framed " practical men for practical purposes declared
10 - Preamble To provide for the common defence.
70 promote the general welfare and % secure the bless
inss II Liberty and wss mainly designed o. creA- =
Government who's functions should snd would - So
guais 90 the protection of the common Interests % al
the states or 81 two or Of them which could not
be- maintained by the action 81 the separated states
Inst 10 strict accordance with this object the revenues
derived from Commerce were surrendered o the Ten
era Government with the express understanding that
they should be applied 10 TIE promotion Of nose com
IN u Interests
S.7sd Ina, among these common Interests and OBJ
i-cts were let Foreign Commerce. o the regulation
of which the powers Oi the states seyeray We're con
fessedy inadequate. and ID Internal trade and nsvga
ton wherever the concurrence 90 TWO Or more states
necessary 10 IL preservation or where the expense
OF IL maintenance should b. rgutscy borne y tao 90
more Sisies aid where 0t course those states must
necessarily have voice Ia is regulation and hence
resulted the Constitutional grant oi power % Congress
O. requisite commerce With foreign nations and among
ihe states
TAiri That being thus possessed both Of the means
All OF the power Which denied % the states
spectye Congress became obgse oy every consider
all0n OF good faith aud common justice o. cherish An
increase Goth the kinds OF commerce thus committed
. - care ~ expanding snd extending me mesns 81
conducting hrm snd % srorins them AZ tnost t.cil
ties and al that protection which the states individually
Wou,d have afforded had the revenue and the authority
oeen left 20 the IN
F5nrE That this Obligation has ever been recognized
from The foundation OF the Government and hss bee
fulfilled partially By erecting light houses building piers
flr hsrbors break. waters AMI seaTas removing 90
.rucuons 10 rivers and providing other facilities from
the commerce carried 90 from the pors OF the Atlantic
coast and the obg cations hs7- been iunled % =
much lees eNeut IN providing similar iacitcs Tor com
erce among the states and that the principle has been
most empnsucsy acknowledged 20 embrace the West
ern Lakes and Rivers by appropriations for numerous
hgat houses upon them, which appropriations have
never been questioned In Congress wanting eonsus1
tionsl suthoriy.
Fial Tha; thus by 3 series of-scts which have IT.
ceivd the sanction OF the people OF the uited states
and o. every department. Of The Federal Governne ~
under al administrations, the common MATCHMAKING o.
the iu,tut and objects OF the trainers OF ihe Constitution
IN granting Congress the power - requisite eommerce
has ba, N anisied and nss been confirmed 5y the Peo
pie aud this understanding nas become as much par
OF that instrument any one OF Is most explicit pro
visions
Sir,R That the power " % regulate commerce with
foreign nations and Toe states an Sn The lodlAn
tribes 10 on s isce 50 psPaby applicable 10 is Whole
extent 20 each ID the subjects enumerated equally and
In the same manner render any attempts - make
II more explicit idle and futile. snd tnsi nose sno ID
NIT the rshtiul application OF the power 70 Foreign
Commerce BY facilitating and protecting rs operations
by improving hsroors and eesring out nsvssoe rivers
cannot consisteny deny that equsy authorizes SINH
lar facilities 10 Commerce among the states
Sercsh. That Foreign Commerce Is dependent upon
the means OF paying for that h.ieysr improves
the advances the other ard they are % nseprsoe
thstt they should De- regarded one That Al export
from the American shore British port IN Canada %
as much foreign commerce. II Il bad been directly 70
ergo0 and that expectation 70 Liverpool neither
gsns nor loses shy OF the charscterscs OF iorsn CON
nerce oy drectuess ercuty u the route whether
IL passes through Custom House the British sd- %
The II Lawrence OF dc.cends through that river zsd rs
connecting canals 81 the ocean or whether u passes
along the srncis communications snd psgrAl streams
OF any of the Sistes 10 the Atlantic
Eisiih That the General Government By extending
It's Jurisdiction over Lakes and nsvig.be Rivers, sub
iecrps them 10 the came avs which prevail the
Ocean and on It's bays and ports not ony Tor purposes
ofrev.nue but to give security Life AMI property by
the rvgulsyon Of steamboats, mas preciuded tseH rUm
denying that Jurisdiction for any other Legitimate regus
ton OF commerce II IL has power 10 control an1 re-
strain must have the power 70 protect assist
and facilitate and II II denies th- jurisdiction 10 toe one
mode OF scuOn, IL should r,noance II In the other.
Nish That In consequence OF the peculiar dangers OF
tbs navigation OF the Lakss Arising from ths vsnt OF