The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-11

pie of the United States resides the sovereignty OF ms coun-
Try and much OF IL they have not granted 70 the
general government the respective State governments,
they have reserved 70 themselves The attribute lsef gives
no power 10 Congress We are sovereign anons the
Of the EARTH entitled all the rights which justly
belong that condition. Enued 10 declare 10 make
peace to form treaties and 10 take our place IN The family
OF nations, and there TO exercise every privilege recognised
by the universal code that governs them as freely and as
fully the oldest among them To that code we look 10
ascertain what we may do but municipal code
look ascertain how and by whom, Il Is to be
done An sovereign States may declare but all have not
committed that trust 70 the department OF their
ernmens la Europe il generally exercised by the
monarch here by Congress But no provision had been
msde in the constitution for the exercise of this authority
OF others growing out of national ntereommuncalon
who could pretend that Congress KIND OF hna DEPOSIT
tory, resduary legaee, receiving and employing at IFS
pleasure all ungranted powers Such assumption would
contradict the very first pnncple oil our political SYSTEM
which rs, that the general government Is not only govern
OF enumeraed bat of limited powers with right to
assume none not expressly granted, or not proper ana
necessary such All else belong to the people, or
the States they have formed. Gfotus and Vatal may
tell what sovereign States may righuuly do Our con-
sttuton tell who shall do it, The power Of acqu
si,on under the constitutional treatymokng authority IS
not denied but power of government after such
QUESTION very different question. That depends on our
great charter. And the attribute OF sovereignty has no
do in its solution than has IN the solution OF the
question of bank OF tariff or Of any other subject which
has divided us.
The senator from Mississippi Mr.. BRowNl has lent the
sanction of his authority to the application OF this standard
great question of the origin of governments, and
desires that should define the number community must
attain before 1t can assume that position Sir, do not
belong that SCHOOL, say il with all Difference TO the
honorable membewhch seeks in the science of arithmetic
the principles of the science OF political institutions The
quadraure of the circle may be discovered but human
rights will never be quadraed by it. The solution Of
probe geometry may call for new burst OF en-
husias, did OF old, when the dIscoyerer exclaimed,
Eureka, have found it." But no Eureka will greet
him who seeks the rights of that path. "1hose
rights Lord Chatham said, fare written IN the great
volume of Naure and read that work even If we
do not know the difference between square and triangle.
For my part practical question Invested ofarhmet
cal mcaphy scs do know why the smallest number Of
persons the absence of all authority arenot
entitled establish rules for the regulation of their mutual
AFFAIRS in other words, government human walt,
by the of life upon unoccupied strand may
take for his protection and preservation, and
soon as he finds comrade may in concert with him, lay
down the rules of their intercourse believe told,
in the yeracous history of Robinson Crusoe, that this Is
just what that prince of Adventures did he
blessed with the company of his man Friday.
The world has never truer basis of government
than that established by pilgrim fathers the day before
they debarked upon wide and unknown continent when
they associated together and signed their practical declaration
Of independence, soemny asserting their Ilsht IN the
presence OF God and of another, TO commune them
selves together civil body ponc This little band OF elf
exed Christians, numbered the wholemen women, and
chidrenone hundred and persons. Whether they
posed half people, whole people, or two peoples they
did stop inquire but went right Onward 10 their work
If the question settled by them 1t was settled by their
descendants constituting portion OF one OF the might
people the face of the earth. But the objections
have referred 10, and others of similar character,
spread before u.s. with logical CONVICTIONS at least with
rhetorical profuon and with emphasis which seemed to
say, these arguments that man can answer Among
these controversial weapons, welded with the most
earnesness not with the most success was this squat
Sovereignty The full extent Of reptoach intended 10
be conveyed by 1t never able to comprehend but
far as understood IT. denies TO people The right OF self
government if they do land thus going pretty well
back into feudai tines and practically making acres more
valuable than We'll, believe there objects in
life dearer than soil trees, and that the right Of govern
and the capacity conduct IT, do not depend upon the
Of deed for given tact Of land may be par
doned for This heerodoxy, 1t be one because began life
merely u self owner, not land owner and hlnk
before attained the latter charactr had some rights worth
asserting, if u knowledge dld not u brought
by tiue deeds.
But air. whether the government of the United States
sovereign dinale, supreme iuero coned rated
eonsodatedand consolidated Will become, If some of
these doctrines provuare questions not worth moments
consideration IN any inquiry INTO It's legitimate poAer
Neither these any other attributes confer the
least jurisdiction. find what that IS, must so TO the
conslituton-to the law and the testimony And ali these
useless aud of them unntellg ibe absuaCtons
urged why the internal affairs Of American eu
zens called ireemeu, should be controlled by distant legs-
aure member of which entitled 10 vote is ee,ted
by, responsible them. Ills Majesty in Parliament,
The government Of George Ill has the right by statute
to bind tue colonies in all cases whatsoever IL took Lord
North his MASTER George ILL., years TO learn the
asehood TINS assump on aud the Lesson them
empire. While history the record OF human actions II
the OF human and pretenslons. And now
btfore all the Of the generation which successfully
sisted this edct of tyranny have passed away called
upon practically declare that Majesty, this Govern
ment Congress, mas me 10
rtorcs in all whatsoever according 10 the new se
son sell the people into slavery This good doctrine
over the water Berlin, and Vienna, and Peersbureh,
but hope upon the Wabash though told that
God has spared precious life upon It's ete banks IN order
and promugate II. The ways OF Providence
dark blind morias but seldom darker Than IN
this case whether consider the messenger the
soge, the prophet the prophecy. lie, without whose
know ledge sparrow falls the ground, sometimes selects
lange instruments according comprehension, to
complsh His dsgus Ii IN the days Of BALKAN
similar wonder has just occurred IN days, ard
our midst nothing 10 LEFT tor butt bow and believe.
But whatever may be the Of this mission the doc
trne itself would sound better within sight of the of
Achilles than within sight Of the tomb OF Washington
But even under The shadow of lamism, and within the
hearing OF the Muezzn, who calls the faithful prayer il
would not be considered quite orthodox this day of Turk
sh reform And why should the people OF the Terrific
res egsa,e for themseyes' The senator from New York
inmses that they do know enough and safely
trusted with tins incident Of segovernmen power
the condition Of master and servan-hough he
is wiling them with ell the powers OF life and death
which depend upon the political action of counrywith
whites but limited blacks
THIS plea Of the ncompetohcy Of the people manage their
- the old plea of tyranny all the world over
in the between power and freedom; and il never
better rebuse Than by the author OF the Declaration
Independence when he said IL the people are not fit to
govern themselves have they found angels shape Of
men to govern themi" Well cir, the senator from New
York has made the discovery which escaped the
of this Patriarch Of the Democratic Faith and has found
angels the shape of congressman to govern the Terrific
do not believe IN this phase Of despotismna
king slaves of white communities.
Then, sir, with these views heretofore made known and
yet maintained called upon 10y my vote say wheth