Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-09
.shs Rounder~ 81 tn, s'uIsrd states Constitu-
tiouoa the isight "a Ro>isttnce.

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M, leea much d.e-ed ana great stress bas been laid
upon tte fac. ctis being ovhere found in ihe Const-
On .on o. the United States
I.is however, evident that some security must exist
o,,p.t the power OF Tie Federal Government; and the
following extract from the Fei,rasi, No Is, by Alex
a9!,r Hamilton the ablcs, and mos, s'alou advocate of
IN, on oe 1852 shows clearly that he not only
Acknowledged the right Of the separate States TO form
armed combinations against the Federal authority but
even urcod the undoubted possession of that right
raueu for their permanent security from encroachment,
an argument so powerful in his judgment, to render
all apyrehe1sioas chimercal;
1T may safely be received axiom in political
system, that the State governments will in all possible
contingencies afford complete security against invasiOns
Of the public liberty by the national authority. Projects
of usarpaon cannot be masked under pretences like
IL TO escape the penetration Of select bodies of men,
of the people at large The Legislatures will have bet
ter means Of afo,mlou they can discover the danger
at disauc. and possessing all the organs olciy power
and the confidence OF the people they can at once
adopt a regular yan, IF opposition in which they can
combine all HeVGSafces Of the community. They can
readily cOuGpaac wi each other in the different
States and ante their forces for the protection
Of their common, liberty.
THE grea. extent of the country further security.
We have already experienced its utility against the at
tacks of foreign enemy. And it would have precisely
the same effect against the enterprises Of ambitious
rulers in the National Councils. If the federal army
should be able to quel the resistance Of State the
distant States would have it in their power to make head
with fresh forces The advantages obtained in place
must be abardoued to subiue the opposition in Others
and the moment the par which had been reduced TO sub
mission was left to ITSELF its efforts would be renewed
and is resistance revive.
We should recolect chat the extent Of the military
force must a. all events be regulated by the resources
of the country For long time to come, it will not be
possible to maintain large amy and the means of
doing this increase the population and the natural
strength Of the community will propo'onably Increase.
When will the time arrive that the Federal Government
can raise and maintain army capable OF erecting
despctsm the great body of the people OF an I'M
mease empire who are in situation, through the medi-
um Of their State Governments 10 take measures for
their own deteace with all the celebrity, regularity and
system Of independent ra,iors? The apprehension may
be considered as disease for which there can be found
no cure in the resources OF argument and reasoning
Such we're the arguments used to persuade the States
to adopt the Constitution of the United States. Their
significance is increased when remember that Alex
ander Hamilton the delegate hom New York; the
leader of the Federal as opposed to the Statergbts,
party; and TOO honest as we'll able man TO adj
clearly the right of the States to resist the Fede
RAJ Government il in those days it had been at all dis
/ pl,able
| We commend the views of General Hamilton to those
statesmen of the north who under modern Inspirations
hod 10 different opinions