The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-09-20

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.nd ped I 'ssmey w.' - 'is'''
l.. t.tsrshy NJ. kAnd"Ii'I, ssd by
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b Il a ~ = saJy tsels "a ~ Ken.
~ v6yln'x KssOIssloss Y; ::s!.ss r.
staans. sandid mar will dssy. Alexander
~ ~ his ~ ssssss fes ths P"w.
% sIsSn u ~ 13ss<,al Gsvssnnse~s. satl
HAT ~ States wssIa always set ~ eissek
epoo ~ u.Jss ssssmptIss Of p'wers.
ilow wovld Il act ~ cssrk sps" the Gov.
sf~ssnts Not by resaosssssss~s apo" the
patt 81 The weaker party; becsss~ they
would pa.s salss~dsd Mt BY ssvola'i"ns.
tos ti.st w.~h destroy the Government aud
hing wIsh ItAssrehy aud la"odstr.A There
cauld H. no way IN which the st's~s c"al'
sxsrsiss . controlling POSER. ave IN the
isAssses ssvsseaga right which they ps'ss~ss.
"a u isSSs ~ ths viols,;c" N the compact,
and II int~rp,ss thsir rastcri's against act.
Of usurpasi"n.
The gr~a, struggle between the Repab-
liess aud redessliss partiss an,ss upon the
issue of State Sovereignty and co"solidA-
ton. Whils ~ PedvvsIisss were suwiili"y
N a<,h"ow)~iyr the main issue. and !" DE-.
elasr sI.sm,sslvvs "a h"lslly ~ tls"ss NJ the
present day, they set on fo": ssriss Of
n,sssssrs, calculated TO wsaks" the P"wers
ii Tie States, and u cs~tsalise the Govern.
m~nk These messages wsse, II national
Bank, = protective ta'i6, and Internal I'M
f<oysn,snts IN the States. II remained Tor
NJ. Jefferson IN sxposs. hat mt 10 dsfsss.
tl,,ss n,sasurrs. liz lived to .ee AL II them
sntsil-d ur"n the e"sntry. In the lsst 1T
Ter. addressed To his fsi~nei.. he spoke dee
,us.,slinsly .! shs infls<"es which they were
shsn @1steisirg. Ia Me own day the great
hicw ~ bssn ssrseh Il she sovereignty Of
~ stst~s In W. own dsy ths Consti'u
ttos Nd bssa opsuly vIolaasd In the passsge
u ~ Missosr e"n.promiss bill.
p0s wat rvssox did NJ. jefferson Oppose
viii ~ much scnl the generalization Of the
Government WHY did he assert 20 boldly
ths tishls Of the Ststesi will any man
pssssod tn ~ tl'at he WAS an enemy I" thu
uni"nl Vet. IL he were living !" this day, mad
were to maintain III. principles 10 which hi.
whole public lie was devoted I" which the
powers OF hi. gigantic mind were expanded
in their illuc,dntion, and the srdor OF bic
patriotic temperament was enlisted IN on.
forcing upon HE country men-he would bs
denounced from, one end of the conitdera
~ to the other ~ an 81 envy I" the Union.
II w"nld be well for the people Of the
s.,s,try. 70 turn to the ssluta'y teachings
of Tie grsst Apostle Of Democracy. lie
opp,s..d the ~N.mts Of consolidation Iwcaus.
" saw in them the germs Of dissolution.
th~ evils vi civil war; o. worse than even
shvss, the annihilation Of freedom. Aud
hs fs~"rsd State Rights and State Sosc'.
eigmty. because hs saw and knew that il
formed the basis upon which the Stsles
we're u.i,ed. and the oniy means by which
that union could be preserved.
But. NJ much ~ VIC may beast Of the
success Of democratic principles IN the al.
ministrssion of the government, the true
patriot finds hut little for congratulation.
For more than fly years federalism ri.
u",phsd IN tho councils of the Government
During that period We bud national Back
which the determined hostility Of Gen.
Jackson broke down. We had protective
tariff. by which one portion Of the Union
the sou.hl VIA taxed for the benefit Of the
other. This WINS changed. aud the principle
of protection destroyed. by the exercise OF
Stxts Sovereignty. on the part Of South
Carolina IN l63? The do~t'inc Of Inter.
IA. improvements in the States by the Gen
sral Government. the great lever Of federal
isn,. yet RENAME, and in many parts Of the
country, Il receives the support Of men who
claim to liz democrats. In 1920. under the
isaching Of federalism. the fell spirit Of Alb
clifton arose. The doctrine that African
slavery was se'isnai evil. and reprosch
for which the North was responsible, had
gained tAs asssadsaey. llsss was great
blow strsck u the rights At the States.
The South wss excluded from al that por.
tion Of territory north of the Missouri com.
promise line. This was federal triumph /;
f'r. disguised asi.may h. Congress assumed
the power to lsgisIass upon the suhject
Of slavery. and to cay int" what territories
Il should 70. and IN what territories Il should
b sxelsdsd. lis tsss he south chose 10
II \ . ssnpro~iss. Bst In
10 language Of NJ. Js6ssson. il was ~
prisvs, bit not Dual sentence. In 1885.
he principle was sck"e~lsdysd that Con.
grss. he'd tAs right 10 receive and entertain
abolition petitions. Ia 1850. Il wss found
nssessary 10 make anothsv sompromiss with
The North. And THE was aompson.iss'
IN which ws gave Up everything. and get
nothing IN rsssvn. The Misersri con,pro.