The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-01-02

Kisa "a kpova ! sFe4y one IIshe 1..st 4
pillar vii A4s IA history q bsfscs q !
ResoIutios The 3Fitishl oplosies 4ere a sim !
political a,mn' 1hities. tnkreiy Indepen1snt y
each other, having nslhdhisipst ssshovIty sdt
side Of their respective Jurisdictions aud No
copmpnebligations or political connections, ex.
cept such as necessarily resulted from their com.
mon relations to and dependence on the mother
country. II is true that from very carly pc
Rod Of their history, (as early the year l643)
they framed from time 10 tine compscfS ma en-.
sfsdcsstions eachp other, fosniuiazI ldssszcs
against the Indian tribes and for some other
purposes Of p general nature. But in. forming
these compass, they always, treated with .sash
other as independent nations having .agsneal
interest at stake. or a csnmon danger % ssrt
resulting from their ne'ghborias loesiitSa er
botherwsei jus. as the pations Of Europe weald
confederate to preservs the freedom Of the Med
terrsneaa Against any spoxesE hich sshsuld as-
sumo to exercise exclusiEs jurisdiction over is
waters, or a. all civilized nations nigllk form
compact to exert their combined powers for The
destruction Of - nation of pirates As they
were all dependencies of the mother country
she MIGHT daabtlsss have controlled A. ,t,vs,,t
cd these eomuacts. II She had seen proecr , I'm,
She winked at them. and their existence Is ls,,6B
Gent 10 show how totally independent the coio
mics We're Of each oshor .justsas indtpcndentas
Canada and. Aostiala are to-day; and hho, car
doubt that. il tl,eygrerc, both AZ once 10 throw
off the woke Of England thew ,rotad be seusut,
and Independent States /. ui,,,s-eos d,fu i,,vo,a
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getber n Y74l a resist M. snetO.Jlh man Ion
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mitted to the IStatesybv conrorossss i ~ Ut
nm and were rot fns,ty T''t;6oodi q,
States until the wear (onIv Two cof voo =, ~
fore the close of the Revolutionary worh uarv
land btihg'thc last,statc thit ratified them
And so jealous were they of their sovereignty
that in these articles of Confederation" ne
power was given to the Federal Government Il
.
enforce its laws by acting upon the individual
citizens of the States within their respective ia
risdictions; but each State was left to ,epferct
those laws in its ownjurisdiciion, These State.
did not even give Congress the power 10 levy
and collect general tax or duty 70 supply the
wants OF The Government 1t could only make
acquisitions OF the States, which they could
OBEY or notras they saw proper. Under fhc
confederation the powers Of tho GOyernnrcnl
were not distributed among appropriate depart.
ments but the whole body of the jurisdiction,
such as i was, was vested in Congress. There
was neither federal judicisryinor q federal ex,
eeutlve. Ihel whole thir g was q loose and lun.
w'eidy structure. Yet some of the States were
slow TO ratfy these articles, because they were
jealous Of, the powers conferred, and feared that
those powers might ultimately impair or destroy
their own separate sovereignty and ihdcpen.
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4 have T,jvst IN. .,,;ae,, sI.e.
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