Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-01-08

anarchy, sad' die 2 Vet retCIkds civil
wars, nhicmhsye psevsaet iRS.hsttsy.
.Iu'iO"'se4 .I -eg '-Eensspsaq colQn'e' Of Amer {.
When the eoSysdsfsIed giRyss found Il
CONVENIENT 70 mosfily AieI ltc4 4dihoAs ol
tl.eif tassosisllons, by gtSiRS tsie gsqefal
government difett access, 10 lsQNnev re-.
specls' TO sthe people olitlis Siaics. "a.
such, lh = procee ied 10 frame ,ha existing
constituent. adhering sieaailyt6 ihe one
guiding thought. which was. i deleESie
only sucl, power a-awas hcssssry. .epI
proper 10 the execution efsspeoi6c par,
poses, .sr, IN, other wOrlsa ~ Te.sia, ss
has possible, cpnsistaMly with those
purposes, Sfths iHaspsuiisHl YugssEgf
the iddivMDsi Sides. : iPd s6bjecls Of
common defence and security, they On.
irusieI,e ihe general government tef.aip
carefully defined fungIionss leayibg Sll
others as acknowledgement dghts Oh The
separate ih.lepenieht sovereightiesl'X Y
Such is The cohs.i,ul!opal theory Of
nur governn,eas. s.ahe prae6csl nbsssyancs
Of which has carried ps, and, ~ alone
among modern republics, ,h5ughpneasIy
three generations Of time withour,he cost
Of one drop Of blood shed in, civil var
Wi,hout frse,lom andl concert 0l acton.
il has enabled asito eontensl successful,
Iy on the ba,lle'6ell asainst'ioreign foes,
has elevated the free colohies into, power
ful States, and has raised our industrial
productions. and DIR commerce which
trahspons them, 10 the level, ,of'Ihe rieh.
est and the greatest nations ofJsuf0pe.1A
And the admirable adaptation Of oOrpO'
A,icsl insiiiulions toilbeir objects. COM
bining local sclf'governmenl with aggre.;
gate strength, has es.ablisRetthe .practi-
cability Of o government Ike oilrs 70
cover a continent. wilheorlsderaie estates
The Congfess of The United S,a.esis,
in effect, that Congress Of f'sovefeigh,les.
which good men in the Oil Wori1 have
sought for, but could never attain, and
which mparls to Ainsricasan exemption
from ihr mu,able~ leagues for common
,c,;on r,cn, ,La ,.a,, ,L Z mnI,,aI ;nva
s;nn. anJ va",,s - .sn;,a,;opa .Gsr, ia
balanee 0 power which eouyulse Grcm
time 10 lime the governments OF Europe,
Our cooperative action rests in the CO con-
di,ions Of permanen, confederation pre-
served BY the Constitution. Our bal.
ance OF power is in the separate reserved
rights Of the States and ,bsif equal yep.
resan,o,;on in Tho Sona,e Tba, fmtc.
ncnJen, sovere;gn,v in eysry one or Ihs.
S,a,.s with inv re.erveI r;,b,s of local
ssic anvS,nmsn, ass,xs5 NAH bv ,bs;r
- oo,.I MOVE, in liz senate wasf,b.
G,nda'nso,aI cooi,,;oo or he ,Cons,iin.
,;on W;,hon, 4, ,hs iln;o,, ,,vool,l neyer
bavc ex's.ea flowevsr ,lesirm,s ,betor.
cor Slnies might he ID relorrsaniie the
6 e,yern,oen, 40 as 10 give, e. their, popula-
lion IFS proporliena,e weight 10 the eoa,-
mon councils, they knew il was impossi-
lbte, unless they concetIe 1 10 Tile, snail
ones authority to exercise al least seg.
alive influence on all the ,msassres OF
the government, whether legislative or
executive, through their equal represen-
Iia,ion in the Senate. 80 ,.e,.; :;
lodeeJ tho larsey States themselves
conlI M, bave fai1e,l 10 perceiye thatAhe
same power was equally necessary 10
,ha,n Tnr Tho scc,riry Of ,heir ,own.,lo-
mss,;c interests AGAINST the aeyreratsi
Corce n, ,Le General government N a
wuni. Ihe orlainhi STATES went lhio 'tiifs
permanen, league on the agreed prcmises
or exer,ing their common strength for ihe
leremre Of the whole. and all parts
| but Of utterly excluding all capabilily.ol
reciprocal aggression. Each soIemnfy
bound ITSELF 10 all the esolhefs. neither TO
undertake, nor permit any encroaehdlent
upon or inlerme ldlins with anothef's re-
served rish,s. "a, y IA - ''o% ,tl-s ~
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