Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-15


other that breach Of any one article Is a
| breach Of the whole treaty and that breach
committed by either Of The parties absOiyes
the others, and authorizes them, IL they please,
to pronounce the compact violated and void.'
Ibid, page rs.
sfThe State governments may be regarded as
constituent and essential parts OF the Federal
Government; while the Federal Government is
j in no wise essential 10 the operation or organ
J ization Of the State government" "Without
I the state Legislatures, the PreSident, Senators
and Representatives cannot be elected. Each
Of the branches Of the Federal Government
owee its existence to the State goveTnnents.' ,
( The powers delegated to the Federal Govern
ment by the Consultation are few and defined /;
those which remain in the State governments
are numerous aud Indefinite. The powers re-
served TO the several States viii extend to an
the objects which, in the ordinary course OF af-
fairs, concerns he lives, liberties and proper
lies of the people. .s-TB. pagss 1S6 Gad 1877.
Alexander Hamilton said "To eosrce the
Z states Is one OF the maddest projects that was
ever devised. A failure Of compliance will
never be confined to a single State. This be-
ipq The case, can we suppose K wise TO hazard
: civil waIp It would be nation at war witk
Itself. Can any reasonable man be well dis
posed toward a government which makes war
snd Garage the only means Of supporting IT,
u -
.vvord Every such war must involve the in
Doesnt with tbe guilty. THIS single eonsidera-
ton sheuld be sufficient to dispose every
peaeeable citizen sgainst such government. .
{ -Flliof's Dsbofss. col. ., PGge233.
fsTn the convention which framed the Con-
Etitution, Edmund Randolph proposed to give
{ the Federal Government power fto call forth
I tbe force Of the Union against any member Of
I the Union failing to fulfill its duties under the
. A. - ~ II. 4
/ 70 be inserted in the Constitution, sAnd If
/ any state, OF body OF men in any State, shall
oppose OF prevent the carrying into execution
] such acts or treaties, the Federal Executive
( shsll Be- authorised 90 call forth the powers Of
I the eonfederated States, or so much thereof as
nav be necessary to compel obedience to such
acts, or an observance OF such treaties.' In
/ these Two inItances the convention was dis
/ tinetlv invited to authorize the Federal GsV-
ernment to use force and eoerciYe measures
against the States, but no such powers wers
| authorized Not single member of the con-
Z vention advocated force. Hamilton, the strong
/ government man, rejected and denounced re-
I sorting to force. Mr.. Madison said, fhe more
/ be reflected on the use Of force, the more be
doubted the Praetieability, the justice and the
Z sficaev Of it,
a Union OF the States containing such an
! Ingredient (foree or eoereion) seemed to pro-
vide for its own destruction. The use Of force
/ against q State would lock more like a declsr-
Z alton Of war than an inhlction Of punishment,
I and would be considered by the party attacked
/ as a dissolution OF all previous compaets BY
/ which it could be REHABILITATION on TIE Fed
I frGI Conpeatios, Vol 5, page 140.
I might multiply those instances, but the
/ above suffice to illustrate the spirit under
which the Government vas framed.
I add the following or another and very in
Z fsrasffnu feature Of Chs auhinrf.
nNew York, when she rStihed the Constitu-
Z ton Of the United States, expressly declared
Z That the powers Of government may be rsss-
7 sumed By the people whensOeFer It shall be-
/ come necessary to their happiness; every other
| power, jurisdiction and right, which is not BY
I the said Constitution clearly delegated to the
Congress Of the United States, or to the de-
partments Of the government thereof, remains
to the people Of the several States, or to their
respective ate governme ents. , "-E ElliOf's De-
hates, page 327.
s'Nsw York, when she ratified the Constitu-
ton, expressly stated: Under these impress
sions, and declaring that the right aforesaid
cannot be abridged or violated, and that the
explanations aforesaid are consistent with the
said Constitution, etc, we assent to and ratify
the said Constitutions These were no pTopos-
ed amendments, but they were declarations Of
right, and Of the common understanding In re-
lation to the meaning Of the Constitution "
"Virginis, IN her ratification, declares and
makes known That the powers granted under
the Constitution, derived from the people Of the
United States may be resumed by them when
ever the same shall be perverted to their injury
OF oppression, and that every power not
granted thereby, remains with them and at
their will.'"
Rhode Island, when she ratified the Consti-
tutiOh OF the United States, expressly declared
That the powers OF government may be reas-
sumed BY the people whsnsoever it shall be-
come necessary to their happiness "-[ Same
as New York.