The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-11-17

nm AflsstAHcs o. f1l esI1gs1 - m
yo4uAfIoa OF eU1 oovx11n18H.
Al citizens, II IL our duty to consi d.,
aud mature every question thst may b.
prescn,cd for our dcl,bcvation, II Lincs,l,
In the President elect. And We slbovh
IL possible, anticipate the q"estions snd
mature them, before We may br called ~
10 act With this view. ! propose 10
consider briefly one question that my
be presented to US a. cit'seus, namely,
our duty in case any State should icrl
herself 40 sggricvcd by the immediate
prospect Of the Inauguration Of Black
Republican or Abolition rule into ths
Federal Government, ~ 10 refuse longer
\, participate in the Federal councils.
ana through u solemn convention Of her
people, ~csolvc to Withdraw from the
Union ~ 'rch An event, We may have
to determine whether il would I've the
duty 81 c'tizch, ecu ,( comm indeed Il,
assist the Federal Gos.-omcnt IN fc,c.
! the State taking such IL sta 10 renal,
in the Union This. Of cou,sc, ;,x,,I,..
the determination oi the question With.
cr the allegiance and the obedience of !
citizen are ultimately due 10 his State, OF
To the Federal Government. As intricate
aud embarrassing ~ the solution Of this
/ problem may be TO the popular mind, il
/ must, 10 such an event, hc decided by it
The solution Of this question involves Of
/ course the consideration Of the relation /
/ Of the State and Federal Governments.
| | do not design an argument ut this time,
/ drawn from the language aud the various
provisions Of the Federal Constitution,
but simply the presentation OF some Of
the most suggestive and important his
turical facts connected with the origin
and organization Of the government,
The State governments, then, preceded
the Federal Government, and the latter
owes its origin and formation to the
States acting separately, and IN their
sovereign capacity. The conventlo" that
formed the Constitution Of the United
States WAS composed Of delegates select.
ed by separate and independent sover.
eighties, each acting for itself through
4. organized government. And IN the
consultations of the convention every
proposition was voted upon by States,
and the vote coNntsd by States. thereby
showing that they were assensecd AZ
Representatives. of distinct aud'infepend.
an, ,,l;,;c,l cou,,u,i,,ss Th. d.iova,c.
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80, ,.l .,L.r Sat. and Co. ~.
people Of no other State.
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the formation Of the Constitution. that in.
strument had no binding force upon the
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Tn, Constitution was bnw,y,r ,hr,u,,h
III. agency al, C,ug,,ss subu,,,,d IN IL.
consideration ur ,b, states and ,h.y
! each actin, for i,s,.lf and az , s,,.r,,e
and isdcpcudcnt sovereignty ratified
/ and asscnt,d Ia TIA, Sam, IA, Cons,,,u.
/ ton binding only ia, States =, ,a,,fyiny
iii, same and by I'm, terms of the Cn,s,,.
tuition it reouir,d the ratification Of n;oe
States to nm, IN, government, i, o,.r,.
! ,ion-and i, was then oulv IN ,,.,a,;oD
/ between TN, STATES su ass,.,,,uy ~ !,
The government, went into nnera,;ou
early in 1850 and at tina, time vpl,
eleven States had ratified and assentel
| To the provisions Of the Constitution and
;hc government, thus organized was the
| government only ofclevcn States NORTH
/ Carolina and Rhode Island had down 10
/ this time. refused IN r,,ifv aud Remained
AS foreign governments. AS much 40 a,
France and spain. TO the government,
thus established between the eleven al
though they had both participated in the