Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-02-07

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the eyer recprrine civil wars which aAYe
prevailed frdsh-r revolutionary colon
les Of Ame,sca.
Vixen lhe confederated States con-
scented 70 modify the condition of Their
association b. giving % the general
government direct qceess I'M some res
poets to the people of the States. instead
IF con6ning il 70 action on tho States a
such, they proceeded 70 frame the exist
ing constitution, cdhsring steadily q, one
guiding thought, which was 70 DELEGATE
only such power rs was necessary and
proper 10 the.execntion Of purposes, or
in other words, to retain as much as
possible, consistently with these purpos-
es, Of the independent power Of the in
dividual States. For the objects Of
common defence and security, they, en-
trusted to the General Government Ger
tain carefully defined functions, leaving
all others as the undelegatcd rights of
the several independent Soyereignties.
Such is the constitutional theory Of our
Government, the practical observance
Of which, has. carried us and us alone,
among modern Republics, though nearly
three%enerations of men, without the
cost of one drop Of bloodshed in civil
war. With freedom and concert of ac-
tion it has enabled us to contend sue
cessfnlly on the battle field against all
foes has elevated the feeble colonies
into powerful States, and has raised our
industrial productiveness, and the COM
merce which transports it, to the level
Of the richest and greatest nations Of
BEurore and the admirable adoption Of
our political institutions to their objects,
combining local seafgovernment with
aggregate strength, and has established
the practicability Of Government like
ours to cover continent with confede-
rate States.
The Congress Of the United States is,
in effect that Congress Of sovereignties
which good men of the old world have
sought for, but could never obtain, and
which imparts to America an exemption
from the mutual leagues for common
action, from the wars, the mutual inva-
yasions, and the vague aspirations after
the balance Of power which convulse
from time to time the governments Of
Europe. Our CO. operative action rests
in the permanent confederation pres
cribed by the Constitution. Our bal
ance of power is in the separate resery--
ed rights Of the States, and their equal
representation IN the Senate. That in
dependent sovereignty in every one Of
the States with its reservV} rights q
local selfgovernment assured to eacf
other by their co-equal power in the
Senate, was the fundamental condition
Of the Constitution. Without it, ths
Union would never have existed How
ever DESTROYS the large States may have
been to re-organize the government, 8,
as to give their population its proper
tionate weight in the common councils
they knew it was impossible. unless thej
conceded to the smaller ones authorit,
to exercise at least a negative influence
in all measures of the Government
whether legislative or executive, through
their equal representation in the Senate
Indeed the larger States themselves
could not have failed to foresee that tn
sEt q v { &
same power was equally necessary I
them for the security Of their own do
mestic interests against the aggregat
force Of the Geaeral Government.
In word, the original States wer
into this permanent league, on tn
agreed promises Of exerting their con
mon strength for the defence Of tn
whole and Of all its parts, but ofutterl
excluding all capability of rect
aggression Each bound itseM b
the Others, neither to undertake nor Pc
unit encroachment upon, conference.-the
with another's reserved rights AZ
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