Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-30

,-irrcnder Oh etie
s was we'll remarked BY my ffien'
rs; ,n,,sey. and also, the same idea eS
!, N'ss . NY friend FROM Princess Anne,
%&F'dn.', .s:nt to dispose of his patronage
~ hereby dispose of the proprietor
700 ', r N Individual is the owner of
~ and cotton, / am afraid, ha
y f'a;, ,a5s mon this tloor-in M of tn
* 'I's" SS,,,es-hiiuself residing in Fir
ifa'o e;o,s an agent TO that State, who i
!d 20 appoin'a mana %sgSno;n . = ,"u,S,aaa
~%*;, Use same sca power which would be OK
sa 'bs ,l nrorr;e,or in person, ifhe were
bu. in that Delegation . y, de- his r;sbt
: he a = ;1 {, lis iian'a'i0n in the South
9''s SIR: is, Us sec-f"' l recurrence ssfae',,t e
'a's!'a' . F.., In what language did
i m"''t IT. The 81 resolution which was
Sn!js@a a lfs 1 ,T in the Virginia House
%;:4 y IN IFS. 1t was in these words;
f's!sga;ss I" .st how this original draft Of Mr..
"2w ~ snorts with the argument of Mr..
::'A s'S n.y. FEDERAL Convention, MS quoted
,1a :' n ; rom Harrison. Hear what
&:,;.nn sad in lI9S: ::,
t .i#< Assembly doth explicitly and
mat go ,,l..c that it views tho powers
:,';I G,y.rrmcat as resulting from
sSa. ,ow Which the States alone are par
;',D;..I tv The plain sense and inten-
: ,rumeat constituting that COM
" :,,,h,ry valid than they are autho-
:. =. ,St grants enumerated in that com,
,,s,, in case OF a deliberate, palpa-
- 49," ';sn.rrcas exercise of other powers
~ Inc Ss;d compact, the States
",,,lcs thereto have the right aud are
=. ;,rnd to interpose for arresting
OF the evil, and for maintaining
.Seir respective limits the authorities
81 ~,i:vrii,s appertaining to them"
#;Ya;e, Il they be not sovereign, do
live hi, right Of judgingy For, sir,
ms: coupled with the power OF judging
| 1--WE. Of enforcing the judgment, and |
- i ANYTHING less than sovereign power
1 s,:,rts Judgment which had thus been
-. d lie sovereign power?
.r M, oaly did Mr.. Madison maintain
,..,;re in this resolution which he draft
4 wr;ca was offered by Mr.. Taylor in
4 t,f Jsa,r :oa maintained The same identi-
Iva lis resolutions which were of.
:, n. Breckenridge in the Legislature
III, From the first resolution offered
u:wh Se.iember, l79S in the House Of
..;..iyss Of the State Of Kentucky, the
Mich is universally conceded to Mr..
:. ! 1csd as follows:
t4Iyei, That the several States COM
. ne United States Of America are not
q tie principle CT unlimited submis.
,hs;: General Government; but that
-p,,,, urtc. the s':le and title OLA Con-
~ Of the United States, and Of amend
acre:a, hey constituted q general gov
s., >ye II purposes; delegated to
,s:a.as..: css;ain definite powers, re-
,ii S&,o 10 itself, the residuary mas
H. 'l..r 2%n self government; and
y...r .lu General Government rs
.,ri powers, its acts arc unau-
l:jre, ,vli and Of no force. That to this
c; each accedei as a State, and is an in
party, lis co.S;a,es forming as to itself,
b$er party; thar the government created
/: co!apac, was not made the exclusive
;gI;s Of the extent Of the powers del
70 ITSELF, since that would have made its
! gH, and not the Constitution, the mea-
is powers; but that, as in all other
.: comgac: among parties having no
i ;ais4, each party has an equal right
= Is. ITSELF, cs well Of infractions as of
!. Aai Measure Of redress"
IeSolat. on received tie sanction Of the
Lure Of Kentucky, in l79S. And the
k&n, wL:th | first read, was drafted by
E!:ca, sri received the sanction of the
E.Gle Q: tiie Safe Of Virginia, when OF.
= JOHN Taylor in the same year.
+ liz: "og.' 70 this, from the time that
-Soi';sa> were adopted by Kentucky
t:,aa. bvIh Of these States have main
Qi.e G0c:rine therein incorporated, and
IL IL this Commonwealth has eve tri-
goitcaily-no party has ever Obtained
F.I Of the legislation Of this State, that
endorsed the truth Of tho doctrine em-
Il these resolutions It is strange, st
~. VIXEN he Union is disrupted, that
yEsr" 80 tits ;inrr should be dwelling their
!: u: doc:.r", !, On which the action OF
larrr:.1a ,..>: W. necessarily based, ii,
k,s.s Ia"gvH,:5n is according 10 my
k:aa.. IL "!a&;c.ie tie honor aid protect
H. Il .5e Commonwealth.
-: y :ea! . portion Of the report
y. Mad; ~ in 1899, when be was q
Ct IL legislature, acting on his
80 II yilaication Of his resolutions.
-: ,ssi il Oh this occasion, but am
i: :i92,d 90 out in the same paper that
::.e g#9.a:ions made by the gentleman
A"i,a county, (Mr. CARLlLE.) from
.M..;.s2n said in the Federal ConTen-
81 ! lore he extract will not be so un-
so rs Invention that they will not
:! :. v1i!st ! read it. will not read
lha'n. hr' -aiv a short portion Of it.
E.nsaIh. ~, = here is based upon the
-&gaI.n Of is report:
kHss lhe position must seem, that the
,aZvys are derived from the Constitu-
.;2ia that alone, the Committee are
ag:.>ei q a late doctrine, which opens
s9!;ce OF Federal powers, not less eS-
!a4 important than it is new and IN.
J. Tie examination Of this doctrine
2osi Conveniently connected with a
ii aslcceeiing resolution. The Com.
s;!siY themselves here with briefly re-
:, Ia: in ell tie cotclnporary discus
Fh3 c:GmcniS which the Constitution
e., :: was constantly justified and re-
':e', IN The ground that the powers not
* Government were withheld from
TIA, Ii any doubt could have existed
inject, under the original text Of the
g;.a, It IS removed, a. far as words
snoTs it, % the 18th amendment, now
u lie Constitution, which expressly de.
INA: lie powers rot delegated to the
YATES by tie Constitution, MOI probi'
r.: 10 the States, are reserved to the
s;s:u7sly. or to the people"
|is:T position involved in this branch OF
:l;io', namely, that the States are
2 The Constitution or compact" is, in
r:asai Of the Committee, equally free
:;!9o. /; i, indeed, true, that the
ATS Is sometimes used in a vague
III Sometimes in different senses, ac-
The subjec. TO which it is applied.
f@a:iInes ii meanS the separate sections
e'? occupied hy the political societies
a9a: sometimes the particular Gov
established by those societies; some
IS: Societies as organized into these
S19T1'anen'S; and, lastly, it means
efdp'SIrg ;cose political societies,
7aes; -"::'eign capacity. Although
I'D TEA; the perfection Of Ian
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