Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-09-02


D0CUnfENTS.
FEtrs ths Dallas Gazettes
Ia on, last issue, ,te proceed irosa the S4oeeea-
iugs of tle felieEai eengenl5qH whieiEpT. tzed
oar present system that lls States.
without 4 disse5iti 1le dneu 4 1I0posi-
IiOa to authorize thf lsf OF ers nR aipst : Statek
so LeIernaihqd 8 ere Ieb ttt 20 sIfrI6nder tlefF
sovereignty and efee g,.l8sQl ltiug omhip0tent
establishment Hsfsstlle BRITISH efnlnent.-
They sternIy refused 10 establis al abs6iGte 50.
VeEPlgOiy bur eafiisd out der design % franz
inc cSJnDsct tetSS st rs independent
States or nations 10 each paFty (fn1ho
language Of Mrs JeisFsel3 the fight @ jSdge f1r
itself. well Of de mode AID aea-
So Jealous ale States afiheir sovereignty,
that most II n,l al thens ii tati lyfne 1heeeGl.
pact, expressly feseFyed tie pFitileee uf With-
drawing from tie e6hlele acf, when they defme
ed atuEtbeF eonnexioa ikti desitnetl se 81 their
Ia prnofoflhIs. 1Se submit sode ippqrtnhi doens
meRlsio the l6il af Al who desire j ght
upon this Vitaliy mi oFianf shhIeef. And ffsi.
I see viii lotlee ffe action of \irS1nia. STATE
-, .s. Es.s.s. o. 49,. =, ,s .'ssfsz
ton, which Fes6lie ption oi TIE present
government and we wOnid refer TO hefs shove
All Others fof n correct % the doc.
Irines upon which il Is founded. BY the annex
ed act of ratification of the oRsiituton, j viii bo
seen that she explicitly declared her State sOyef-
eighty to be superior 10 that OF the iedefal gov.
| eTnment, and declafed Furthermore, that al pow
ers delegaIedIO to the latter BY the State, may Be
resumed 6y theH, 90helerer the same Sat Dc pr.
| rerted 10 tkeir iGjuryOr oppression.
as We the delegates OF the people Of Virgtnlas
duly elected in pursuance ot q recomuendattQn
! from tie general assembly, and now tlet IN e0n-
vention having fully and freely Investigated and
discussed the proceedings Of the FEDERAL cOHVen.
lion, and being prepared as well rs the most ma
ture delberaliOn hath enabled to decide there.
OnLDO, in the name and .bRhaif Of The people OF
Virsinia declare and make known, that Lle P0aO-
ers granted under the CoRstifutiOH, 6eirg dsTiref
fn IKE people If the U4ifed States, pldg q Teatpl-
eI by ihsNl lcheIIereT the same shall be 3geIted 70
/ their iHjuTI or oppression; and that every power
! not granted thereby, remains with them and at
their will; that, therefore no right Of any denomi-
! nation can be cancelled abridged, restrained,
| modified by the Congress, by The Senate, or tho
! House Of Representatives, acting in any eaPaei-
Inv, by the President or any Department, or ON
Ger OF the United States, except "a those tStGHces
in trIich POureT Is gireH by the Constitution. for
| those purposes, dc, dc.
! hall of the people of Virginia, do, hythese pre-
sents assent to and raIily the Consultation recon-
menJed ON tie lith day of September, 1867, BY
! the federal convention Tor the government Of tbs
J United States, &c, sc.
Done I'D convention, this 26th day OF JuneS
! 1888. By order of the convention.
49, EDM. PENDLEToN, Pres't.'
| New York uas equally cautious with Virginia.
| in aCeedng 10 the federal eOmPaeti and IN ra1l-
F.! fying il, made similar solemn declarations. Wo
| nuoIr as iOllOwss
1--WE, the delegates of the people Of the State
of New GOgk, duly elected aud met IN convention,
having maiureIy considered il,e Constitution OF
the United States Of America, agreed TO on the
18th day OF September, in the year lI6I, ~ Ihe
(generaD convention tieH assembledat PhiIadel-
phia, "a copy whereof precedes these present. do
declare aud make knoWnt
tFTbat all power is originally vested ins and
-~.,ss'i 'i'.s.''iy ss'i'ru nom the people and tho
government is instituted by them for their com.
mOn interest, projection, and security.
That the enjoyment OF life, liberty, and the puF.
suit of happiness are essential rights which every
government ought to respect and preserve.
- That the powers OF government may Be re-
SHrnett y the people, taensOereF II EGy become ne
ceSSnTy 10 her happiness, that erery poorer, iHrfS-
iciOm and riht, arhick is not by the said CUnStiu-
zion clearly dsig0fed To the COngTes: Of the United
S;G'es the department Of the government theyeOf,
remains to the people 1f the SererGl States or 10
their resIectire Stale gOrerHHenLs, 10 nCIOm they
(the PeoPle) may hare granted the sGRe, And
that those clauses in said Consultation, which de-
clare that Congress shall not have or exercise
certain powers, do not imply that CODgressts en-
titled to any powers not given by the said Con-
stitutionJ but such clauses are 10 be cOnstrped
either exceptions to certain specified powers
or, as inserted merely for greater caution, &c.
Done in convention At POugbkeePsie. in tho
county oil Dutctess, ~ the Stale OI new tOfkI on
the goth day of July, ,.17sS.
GEO. CLINTON, f'ftsi4ent.
JoHS McKEssOS, A. 3. BAEKER, Sec'ys.
Massachusetts, whose leading statesmen act
upon the principle that the UniOn was made to
pander TO the sectional Prejudlces Of the North,
at the expense of the SOuIh ratified the COnsti.
tuition in the following terms:
That it be explicitly declared, that all pow
ers not expressly delegated by the aforesaid Con-
s,ituIion, reserved to the several States 70 be
by them exercised.
South Carolina, reviIed and abused as she now
is for asserting the right Of secession, and indi-
eating her deteTminaiiOD to exercise Il, saDetiOD-
ed the Constitution with this distinct under.
standing:
This convention doth declare, thAt no see
tion or paragraph Of the said COnstifuijOn, war
rants construction, that the States do not retain
every power not expressly Telinquisbed BY them
and vested in the general government Of the
Union"
And now, when South Carolina proposes, IN
accordance with this solemn declaration entered
upon her record at the time Of ratity'ng the com.
pact, to resume the powers expressly retained,
she is denOunced beyond measure. Could tTeaf-
ment be more uDjust-especially when q is con-
siderei that she proposes to retire from the Co
partnership, because she, In common with her
: Southern sisters, have been tORIly WTonged by
the ViClaiOn the part Of the North Of the terms
! Of the compact7 In no instance can il be shown
that South Carolina has made any demands that
are at all inconsistent with her rights as mem.
4 ber of the cOnfedeTHcy.
Rhode Island Eatifed tia Consultation with The
following emphatic declaration:
.' That tie POareyy Of Ehe G0IeyRHleR mgy be
resumed 6y tie pegpte, IsteHeEe 4 Shal bso0gs ne
eeSsaTy 10 fheir h0Ppiaess That the rights of The
States, respectively, nominate and appoint al
State officers, OF 10 the departments Ot the gov
eminent thereof, remain 70 the people Of the
several States or their respective State govetn-
Ineuls..' &c.. - 'f75 tss
Similar conditions were affixed BY nearly al
the States To their acts ratying the Constitution
a But the States, watchful Of their liberties, and
!. anxious 10 steer clear Of the dangerous gulf d
ennsnIiintion were stI not rontenf Until lie nm.