Washington telegraph., 1851-09-10
Stanton & Co.

INDvIsIBILITY CB THE UNIoN.-We are indebted
to the Lyncburg Virglnlan for opportunely bring
ing TO notice, al his moment, the precise language
OF the Preamble 10 the original Articles OF st on
federation" agreed upon by the Delegates of the
old Thirteen States, DIS follows:
"Whereas the Delegates of the United States
of America in Congress assembled did, on the
fifteenth day OF November, IN the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred aud seventy
seven, and ia the second year OF the Independence
OF America, agree TO certain Articles OF Con-
federation and PERPETUAL UNION between the
States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Con-
nectcut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsy wanna,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia, in the words, follow
ng," etc.
OF these "Artices" the 18th was as as follows;
"E,ery State shall abide by the de,ern,in tons
Of tne United States in Congress assembled, all
Questions which by this confederation are submit
ted TO them. Aud the articles Of this Confedera-
lion shall be invioably observed by every State,
and the UNION SHALL BE PERPETUAL; shaI any
alteration al any time hereafter be made in any of
them, unless such alteration be agreed TO by
Congress OF the United States and be afterwards
confirmed by the Legislatures of every State"
The clause Of Ratification, embracing as well
the Preamble as all the Articles, was in the fol-
lowing words
"And whereas it has pleased the great Governor
Of the World TO incline the hearts of the L@gs-
latures we respectively represent IN Congress to
approve of and to authorize 10 ratfy the said
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual UniOn
KNOW YE, that we, the undersigned Delegates. by
virtue of the power and authority to us given for
that purpose, do by these presents, in the name
and behalf OF respective constituents, fully and
entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the
said Articles of Confederation and Perpetual
Union, and all and singular the matters and things
therein contained; and do further soemnly
plight and engage the faith of our respective
stiiu-nts that they shall abide by the deternina-
tions of the United States in Congress assembled
on all questions which by the said Confederation
are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof
shall be inviolabiy observed by the States
spectvely represent, and that the Union shall be
Perpetual"
Ten years afterwards, IN the year seventeen
hundred and eighty seven, the more fully to
and carry out the objects of the Confederation,
prominent one OF which was the "perpetuaL
union' of the Stdtes-another Convention was
called, by which the present Constitution of the
United states was framed and submitted TO the
States, and by them soemnly concurred in and
approved The preamble to that Constitution
commences in these words: "We, the People Of
the United State, in order to form MORE PERFECT
UNION, establish justice" etc.
LII their first convention (says the Virginian) the
States resolved that the Union should be .perpe-
tudL" They met second time to make that
Union ''n,ore perfect" Having consented to the
articles binding the Union by perpetual"
covenant, and having gone into a second Conven-
tion, the prime object OF which was TO make nat
"Unon" more perfect, no State had right to
make any reservation in passing into the Con
stituton. And, if the right to make reservations
had passed out Of the power of the States then, a
forf II mt Of a
party to the covenant to violate and dissolve that
covenant
This is precisely consonant, as the reader will
perceive, with the opinion expressed by Mr.. Madl-
son to Mr.. Hamilton, whilst the presen, Constitu-
ton was undergoing ratification by the States:
that the ratification of the Constitution by State,
with any condition whatever, must Uitidte the
ratification, and that the Constitution required an
adoption in toto and foreuer.-NQt. Int.
The COTTON CRoP-We have recent
ly taken some trouble to ascertain the
prospects of the cotton planters in this
region, aud regret to be compelled TO
state that in this county and several of
those adjacent. both in~Tennessee and
Mississippi, the yield will be very small.
The concurrent testimony of number
oil gentlemen with whom we have con.
versed, leads to the conclusion that in the
counties of Shelby and Faye.te. in Ten
nessee, and of DeSoto and Marshall, in
Mississippi. the average yield per acre
will not exceed three hundred pounds
In places there are fields that will yield
more than this, but the average product
of the four counties will not exceed the
above estimate. Some, indeed, who
have given good deal of attention to
the subject, express their opinion that
the crop will not reach even this. Ac-
counts from more distant portions of the