The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-12-14

vded that this Constitution and the
laws OF the United States which shall be
made III pursuance thereof; and all trea-
ties made, or which shall be made, under
the authority Of tho United States, shall
be the supreme law of the In nd: and the
Judges in every State shall be bound there
by, anything in the Constitution or laws
OF any State to the contrary notwith-
standing"
The solemn sanction of religion has
been supcradded to the obligations of of.
licial duty, and all Senators and Repre-.
seutatIves OF the United States, all men,
bcrs OF State Legislatures, and all e1ecu-
tive and judicial officers, both of the
United States and of the several States,
shall be bound by oath or affirmation to
support this Constitution"
In order to carry into effect these pow
ers, the Consultation has established per-
: tect Government in uii-its forms, Legisla-
: tive, Executive, and judicial; and this
Government, to the extent of its powers,
acts directly upon the individual citizens
of every State, and executes its own de-
crees by the agency of its own officers
In this respect it differs entirely from the
Government under the old Confedera-
ton, which was confined to making re-
QUESTIONS on the States in their sovereign
character. This left it in the discretion
OF each whether to obey or to refuse, and
they often declined to comply with such
rcqnlsitions. 1t thus became necessary, for
the purpose of removing this barrier, and
IN order to form more perfect Union,"
to establish Government which could
act directly upon the people, and execute
Its own laws without the intermediate
agency of the States. This has been ac.
complished by the Constitution of the
United States.
In short, the Government created BY
the Constitution, and deriving its author
ity from the sovereign people of each of
the several States, has precisely the same
right TO exercise its power over the people
OF all these States, in the enumerated
cases, that each one Of them possesses
over subjects not delegated to the United
States but reserved to the States, respec-
lively, or to the people,"
To the extent of the delegated powers
the Constitution of the United States is
as much part of the Constitution OF each
State, and is as binding upon its people,
as though it had been textually inserted
therein.
This Government, therefore, is great
and powerful Government, invested with
all the attributes OF sovereignty over the
special subjects to which its authority ex-
tends. Its trainers never intended to i'm
plant in its bosom the seeds of its own
destruction, nor were they at its creation
guilty OF the absurdity OF providing for its
own dissolution. 1t was not intended by
its trainers to be the baseless fabric of a
vision which, at the touch Of the enchan-
ter, would vanish into thin air but a sub
ct ttal .lap,,,
sisting the slow decay of time and of de-
flying the storms oil ages. Indeed well
may the jealous patriots Of that day have
INDUCED fears that government of such
high powers might violate the reserved
rights of the States, and wisely did they
: adopt the rule Of strict construction OF
these powers to prevent danger. But they
did not fear, nor had they any reason to
: imagine, that the Constitution would ever
be so Interpreted us to enable any State
by her own act, and without the consent
: OF her sister States, to discharge her peo-
pie from all or any of their Federal obl-
cations.
1t may be asked, then, are the people of
the States without redress against the ty.
ranny and oppression of the Federal Go
vernment! BY no means. The right of
resistance on the part of the governed
5 against the oppression of their govern
ments cannot he denied. 1t exists indie
pendently OF all constitutions, and has
, been exercised atall periods of the world 5
l history. Under it old governments have
been destroyed, and new ones have taken
| their place. 1t is embodied in strong and
= express language ia our own Declaration
; of Independence. But the distinction
mus ever oe ooStr.ou;; l.. ',iat ,,''s Is revo
iutioh against an oilsheouovefhnent'
, ana loC II voluntary secession from IL ny
EIt'ue %. an ',l'iIIett' i .oi''.itu'loiri ris'
~ ,l' Srao, e'a. - sss .s ' ,"! ~
,ll' iaov. fE.: 'oooens.?n 10 nei'neI ,iioIe noi
,pSs 'i"" ;n,LI may ,.;ns '?'
a po ,..H j"a..i'o'o 'o'o'"''o"' '"' sun IL u
: reEUiu'ioH.
/ :, ' nav ~ .ho i'io''n,inie' 70 ti'e reSPoi'
sias sipl.,'s Tnu I"e l'IL..on VI t"e iiNetu =
a rNe' lir - 1ouno py soie,ii' oath oc
!. ioFe uo'' anu 'nI ,;nmy o1unyry 10 ,ahe care
rli"I '''e iaM? NC iai1,,ulas eAeiu'eu' hhu
+ from n's oo'ls"'ion nc '"niio' oe aoso'.eu .,
a oy rlly huni'i pp"eL puv "nu' 'n'
! performance vi thiS uu1S, III wnoie OF II
. part mas Oerii iShteieu iiI iuo'i'uoie oS
eEenlS o.vt T1''oI, t iiI oo"I iune eAelcis
=" ~ t't.t'o tro'h,. "' .nU IL S.a, i''o
niti,t' - .IlG u'''o NV ,no S1a't ~ y
= Ioi,i ,S,o''"' 80 ~, 20 tho th a"Ms oi .n'
a ol''e' ;,t 2'"teS ~ 'u .i nnI
:. t'oi, oi Ju'.Ioe us ti'"',1 VI H., ny ~
l. Suuio'".y T,;, ' ile rI''eiai VI
e n1encv nIone these laws can bn corried in
- re oxccntion. have already resirncd w,
o M lonrnr have district iudae n distr;c
IS attorney. or n marshal in Souib CoroI;no
b In foct the whole machinery of the Fed
h oval Government nocessorv for tha dis
e tribution Of remedial iustice amona th,
l. naorlo has bnnn dcmoIisbod. and :;