Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-08-30

GOhUsdBUS, MlSslsslpP1.
The annexed i : ssanaliisz article IS lh.e Slats
Rights Is c. Republican. We isss.isf Il q
our columns. because i pFssenIs. d 81 smbod-
jed form. some hlghly Interesting lssls
OUR COUNTRY
fnporlspf inforaaiiot fSr lAs Anfficas feoIlt
Slaies ena Ttrfihfifk.
\ From the ihilieen ogiglnai colonies, subject q
the British cfnwn, We have heeonse thirty Que
Indeeenden, States though uulled lpf rer,ain
purposes into one Gehelaf Gorefnmenl. styled
lsTnE UHETkD SrArEz o. AseRfek. Il may
Be interesting % our fesders, young ead Old,
10 sfe IN one views m account d our progress
from our c,loaial epsndehce q he present Time.
BQi lew among d rah fer0lIet, lraln their his.
lyrical reading, many a lhe facts descriptive Of
The progress We hare made. A Chronological
sialemeatoflhe formation II tie several State
Noyernmen.ss Tie time Nhsa lhey became mems
bers ofihe Union, ~ their adopiiaa 4 the Con-
sliiuiion Of the United States, vr bY heir adaisT
sion into The Union since HE establishment II
The Constitution. and other facls connected with
our Wonderful history aud prpgtess, viii be both
Interesting ana useal. fha capacity ol this
4 great country, extending from he ffoekn lakes
on The North 10 the iepid waters d the Gulf Of
/ Mexico, from iAe Atlantic % lhe Pacific oeeaps,
! Il sufficient @ afford almost every variety Of
soil, cliuaie and surface thus furnishing for the
use OF nan almost every important product 81
earth Innopart ofthIs beantiial world has ma
lure been So lavish Cher lakes. her rivers, her
mountains her vallles her gold. silver. copper,
and sealsmines. Ia no other patl of The world
has man made % much progress u 50 shorI a
ttine.
Let us, then. III 0pon some point fran which
| To- start, wiIha view o lay Iefbfe the reader
some interesting historical iacls rpnnec.ed with
our progress. 8
On Monday, The Sd IF September l77i,
there was assembled IN Carpenters Hall city
ION Philadelphia. number oI men, who had been
lehpssn aud aRpoiptea BY lie several colonies
I md prnTincrsin NDnh America. Il, hold il Lnn
\ Eresa ~ thai city. This Gongtess resolved, III
ihehexs ray, Tint each colony u province should
& Oh Tuesday, July "a. i77a he cangress
lresplyed, That these United Celpales ase and
|0fgight ought he Free and Ind penden Suites,
thai The arc abso.yed Ifonl all aIIcgiance totte
British crown, and that all political conncxion
between them and The State Of Great Britain.
il, and ought 10 be Totally dissolved.
u On Thursday July til. II 10. lie Gauge 81
agreed 70 ihe entire declaration 81 Independence.
nude by The iseple seIitafipes Of Che unhed
States 81 Alneficn, ~ 6'oheiess assembled, and
bfsvhicl she above resolve forms ail important
part.
On Monday. Sfptemkefihe !llh Il d, II was
resolved that the words. United ColoniesN
should 10 longer be used. and the words UNirED
STArEs substituted
OaSaiuaday, Nayemherihe 18Th, I'LL. arli
Acles of Confederation and pefpnllal Union of
ahe Unilcd Staiss Of America were agreed Il, Nv
The Delegates of the thirteen States III Con.
gfess assembled, subject 10 The raiiiication of
the legislatures of tic several States.
Eight of these Suites rallied these articles
IN Che Alb day III JnlY, ono tate Hi the
isi ~ July saille year. one ou thu I'D TebfuIl-
ry, 1873 and one, which syss l,o lasf, Ill he
first III Msrch, 17el Thus was lIie ratification
completed ~ the tlay lasl mentioned Here
was bond of Union between thirteen illdepens
dent States whose delegates III Cong II leg
Iislated for the general good aud executed cen
tain powers, 50 far as they were permitted l,y
the Articles pt Confederation, until lie Ali of
March. ~ when the presens Constitution Of /
The United STATES, which bad been adopted by
The Convention. and rallied by the requisite num-
bpr Of States. went Interpretation and thus |
more perfect Union for the general good was
formed.
Each d the ihiHcen colonies bad charter gov. |
ernmcnss provided for them BY The government
II The mother country under which charter gov. |
cfnneals they existed until their independence.
VIZ have given the dates il which he original
States saliaedlhe Arlieles of Confederation, and
now we will give the dates II which they rail- |
fledihe CONSTITUTION -
Original STATES. Rafifed fle Constitution. |
New Hampshire, june III. lT8s.
Massachusetts, Feb d, 1888.
" Rhode Island, Nay % 4 100.
Connecticut, Jan. 9, 1884,
New York. July 10, l78s.
New Jersey, Dec, n, 1857. /
Pennsylyanla. DEC. u. 1857.
Delaware Dec. 1871
MARYLAND, April %. 1883.
Virginia. June 26, 1888.
North Cafolina Nov q i. 1850.
South Carolina, May "a. l7as.
Georgia. Jan. I7ses
The privilege of becoming members q inc
Fedefai Union, BY raiiiyiug ihe constitution;
was confined i0.lhosc States thai Wele parties
d thu Confederation which had previously exist