The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-29

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1T iwx~lstl~h ia NJ IT, eH*cs Whatsoever. and N
Bt~s~s wlsi bs stripped Of every right reserved
by ths concurrent claims OF . paramount Isgis
txiure f4 NfTf
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snsAd"ss p~sts~ssos.. ~ssrA s~tlst dssti
w"."d oS the SOW sc,gnts IT tss States
F@r tss hoaes Of Am~sscsn nDdess anding
We viii mat believe thai ths I,soplc have bees
aisosed tssss stss Adoption of ths Consultation
by IN sAs~assseA VI d,fsing pow~ss. whist III.
prss.shi< w~ald admit construction which
~oasd sFseg sh~ asA - Congress ,ato q power
psvassusaf In sN essss. sol shevvfof~ limited u
noas. On stss contrary. Il 10 evident shst tbs
oLyects fvs which the Constitution was formed
we're d~s~a~d aataiuable only by = psrticula,
Of umssstien and specialization of each powes
grsas~d ~ Ne federal government, ressrvins
aI others 10 the people. OF H. tho Htaiss. And
vet II u IN vasa we s~asen fur any spec fed
power smbraxiag the right OF Legislation against
The freedom " the press.
Had the Htatsa been desps,:lsd Of their soyer.
eighty bv ths generality 81 the preamble, and
had the federal government been endowed with
whatever they should Judge 10 be Instrumental
towards union. iassice. tranquility. common de-
fence. geo~rsl welfare, and the preservation Of
liberty. nothing could have bsen mors frivolous
1 u an enumeration OF powers.
Al the prccedsng arguments arising from a
deficiency Ut constitutional power in Congress.
apply Ia the alien act. aud this act u liable To
other objections peculiar 10 itself IL a suspi-
cion that aliens are dangerous, constitute the
iusthc .ion OF that power exefc sed over them
by Congress, then similar suspicion will Justify
the exercise Of similar power over natives. 1900
Because there 10 nothing Ia thc Constitution
distinguishing between The power OF State TO
permit the sesidencs of natives and aliens. II
Il. therefore, right originally pcs ceased. and
never surrendered by the respective States, sRd
which Is rendered dear nnd valuable 10 Viz
ginin because II il assaulted through the bosom
of the Constitution, and because her peculiar
situation renders the easy admission Of nrtix ans
aud laborers mn interest Of vast Importance.
Bnt this bill contains other features, still more
alarming and dangerous. II dispenscs with the
trial by jury: II violates the Judicial system; it
confonnds Legislative. executive, and Judicial pow
ers it Furnishes without trial and il beslows
upon the President despoic power over nnm-
erous class of men, Are such measures con
si~tent with our constitutional principlesl And
will an accumulation Of power so extensive, in
the hands Of the executive. over aliens. secure
to natives tho blessings of republican liberty!
II measures can mould governments, and II
All uncontrolled power Of construction ID sur
rendered 10 those who administer them, their
progress may be ea~ily foreaesn aud their end
easily foretold. A lover OF monarchy, who opens
the treasures ofcorruption, by distributing emol-
ument among devoted partizans, may ut the
same time be approaching his OF ject, and deIud-
ing the people with professions Of republican.
ism. He may confound monarchy and republi
cansm, by the art of definition He may warn.
ish over the dcx,erity which ambition never fails
to display with the pliancy of language. the se
duction Of expediency, or the prejudices of the
times. And he may come at length TO avow
that 40 extensive territory rs that of the Uni
ted States. can only be governed by the energies
of monarchy; that it cannot be defended, except
by standing armies; and that it cannot be uni
ted, except by consolidation.
Measures have already been adopted, which
may lead to these consequences. They consist ;
In fiscal systems and arrangements, which
keep an host ofcommercial and wealthy individ-
uals, embodied and obcdient 10 the mandates of
the treasury.
In armies and navies, which will, on the one
hand, enlist the tendency of man to pay homage
to his fellow creature who can feed or honor
him and on the other, employ the principle of
fear, by punishng imaginary Instructions, un-
der the pretext Of preventive justice.
In swarms of officers, civil and military, who
can nculeats political tenets tending TO consol.
dalton and monarchy, both by indulgsncics and
seventies and can act as spies over the free ex-
ercise Of human reason.
In restraining the freedom Of the press, and
Investing the Executive with Legislative, execn-
tive, and judicial powers, over numerous body
of men.
And, that we may shorten the catalogue. in
establishing, by successive precedents, such a
mode Of constituting fhs Constitution, as rciH
rap dig remous every restraint upon federal po,cer
Let history be consulted let the man of
experience reflect nay, let the art6cers Of
monarchy be asked, what farther materials they
can need for building up Thur favorte syste u 7
neSc are hplciitti, put painful tTuu~s huu yct
we recommend Il to you, not TO forget the pos
sibility of danger from without, although danger
threatens us from within. Usnrpai,n II indeed
dreadful. but against foreign invasion, II that
should happen, let us rise with hearts and hand-
united, and repeI the attack, with the zeal of
freemen who will strengthen their title to ex.
anime and correct domestic measures. by having
defended their country against foreign agrees
sion. hNhUu
Pledged as we are, fellow citizens, To these
sacred engagements, we yet humbly and fer
vently implore the Almighty Disposcr of Events,
to avert from our land war and usurpation, the
of mankind; to permit our fields TO be
in peace to instil into nations the
love Of ftandly intercourse; to suffer our youth
TO be educated Ia virtue; and TO preserve our
n orality from the pollution invariably incident
% habits Of war to prevent the laborer and the
FROM being harrassed by tnrss
md imposts, to remove from ambition the
means Of dsturbina the Commonwealth. TO
nN pretexss for power afforded by
var; TO maintain the Constitution. and TO bless
,ur nation with tranquility, under whose benign
influence we may reach the summit Of happiness
md glory. to which we are destined by NATURE
md NATURES Gop.
Attest, JOHN STEWART, c. HID.
I-QQ Iapuarv CoJ Arroad A., h,,. fh. A.,.t.