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When the con

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a ed to frame the eyistits constitution, adj
: ring steadily to one gdding thought, viii
was, to delegate only ach power as was ne
f essary and proper to te execution OF spec
y 10 purposes, or, in otter words, to retain
! much as possible, consistently with tho
& purposes, of the inderudent powers Of Il
E individual States. 9or objects of cor
mon defence and seclrity, they intruste
to the General GovcIiment certain careful
G defined functions, ie9ing all others as Il
: undelegated rights q the separate indepcl
/ dent soyereienties.
Such is the CONSTITUTIONAL theory of o,
government, the practiol observance of whic
has carried us, and usalone, among modcr
Republics, through nlrly three generation
OF time, without the host of one drop
blood she'd in civil 4 With freedom an
/ concert of action, it enabled us to con
tend successfully Oh be battlefield agains
foreign foes, has clerl ID the feeblecsnieol
into powerful States, d has raised our in
dustrial productions and our commerce
I which transports tn to the level Of tn
Ir1Heaest and t8 Hea nations of Europe
- &c rllS IL q &tion Of ,sz,r no iix5cd
list iluti0ht to tlflIl ts, combining Ioca
scif-royernsnent n gregate strength, ha
established the pracy pll,ty of q govern
ment ike Ours Is cos continent with con
federate states
The Congress of United States Is, in
effect, thai congress sovereignties, which
good men IN the CID orld have sought for,
but cnuld never atfsi Ind which imDarfs ~
laas,,es for com 49, 5, from the wara
tbs mutual Iiuya.1bil I. 4 = s;;a> aspirat,c ~
fer fl,a h.as NH. & 81 ss sl;ah -
from time 1, sine he .ss,aman,. e - ~ 3,
rnna,s On o,,.oye,ati,ls sc.;on ras,s ~.
copdit;ons Il aerman1l co,,faderst ti - sne
ser,bad hv III. eonssif,,l, In o. - ~, E 9
&c aay,a, : Ii the sandl,t .ose.r., Sa.an.e
If thu state and tner sa,al renresan ~.
: +he sanatl That ;,,5sran .soea'..'on
- Nv $500 no of eosesels1'
ssrrsd r;obtsof sslf ao,.s men - -
"A - zach II the;r ii eonal nana ~ :s' -,
Senote yas H. FunaanlsasaI aodl H., - ..e
,anatt,,t;on T;tLonss;. A. TO- 1f':'ou % Tue
U ,,or,. bava a,,la5 '4' o"ion "ou'd
ne1 - n dlrons III. -
lo@esel 49, s1e l1rgef states might
u ~ - io tba,r' sonvl goTrhmenS 50 as to
g. 80 n tha Immo 10 P'opoi'ionate
:, - - -, - ~ 'ney hpe"
~ va" ar,a Ill ,,ss eoliceued TO
-, ~ go sasAo ~ oAeroiSe Ut
- ~ a.esarns,a iuen.s sn 'ne measures
u 'ne sos.i nuopt, Mue'Lf legislative or
49, O. enen siS. - = al sestleion
IL 49, ~ pcle larger State
800 n ,.v 4 - > Perceive that the
~, a..tfcQually NECESSARY to them.
~ 800 of their own domestic inter
81 .sstsSthe aggregate fore of the gen-
government. In Wort, the original
States went into this permanent league on |
the agreed premises If exertng their COM
mon strength for the aefenceof the whole,
and of all its parts; bdtof utterly excluding |
all capability of reciprocal aggression
Each solemuly bound Itself to all the other, |
neither to undertake, cor permit, any en-
upon, or iutcrmeddlinr with an /
others reserved rights.
Where it was deemed expeheut, palticu-
lar rights of the States were expressly guar
antied by The Saas titutian; but, in ali things
beside. thesiksigt - ,klasAnts.d BIZ 1ae
limitation of IN oaers gfanted, aud By ex-
press resersa6oa(of all powers not grnted,
in the compass 81 the Union. THU the
great power Of taixation was limited + pur-
poses of common defence and generd wei
fare, excluding objects appertalnlpg b the
local Legislation of the several States and
those purposes of general welfare and COM
mon defence were afterwards defined b spe- +
citic enumeration, as being matters oily of
between the States themselves, or (
between them and foreign governfnts, ,
which, because Of their commonland geNeral
nature, could not be left TO the SEPARATED
,rol of each State.
OF the circumstances of local condition,
interest and rights, in which portion Q the
states, constituting one great section OF the l
Union, differed from the rest, and from an- '
'ther section, The most important was the '
popularity OF alarger relative colored ppu- '
alton in the Southern than is the Northern I
States. t
A population OF this class, held IN sub c
cotton, existed n nearly all the States, but t
vas more numerous and of more serious fon- .
eminent in th South than in the Moth,
N account of natural differences of climate
nd production; and it was foreseen tbat,for +
he same reasons, while this population 9
you'd dlminish, and sooner or later ceaseto
xlse' IN some Oates Y might increase 10
tnefs. Inc peeiiiar character ana masll- .
ude OF TINS question Oh ioca. rights nofln
Material relations only, put still more IN 90.
lal ones, caused,t to e7ter into the SPECIAL
t puiations OF qes constitution. e
Hence, while me General governments :
7eli by the enanfrated powers granted to IS :
$ by those not elnmeflted, and Therefore ,
nf,tspd to IL was forhidflan tn taIlch ths a