Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-27

sh9hd' render the same 3dd Date; to the
exlgencies Of the BhibnS and being satis-
ned that a Convention was s'tEe most
ProDaole mean of establishing in these
SstSteS q trm National Government, re-
soiReu mat le was eSpedient, that n Con-
Venaon oil delegat dppNinted ity the sew
eIal erli states, should be held on the second,
MONDAY IN May then next, at PhiIafiel-l
phla, Tor the sole and express purpose uf
revising the Articles Of Confederation.
9n9 reporting to Congress and the several
leglsintures' such alterations ard proyi-;
SONS u therein; az, hen agreed to in
Son .sl gEesssl and co1hFmed by the Statesg
5stltEff Els sdegk sC91st titvfio1i adequate
IL. ~ s.ts 3 lo9e77lNse5iS and the
!! ssls oy T1E QNEpS.M The Con-.
5EssS' -nufhe 1nu fhe patriotic men ofthat daT,
na9 peeglne satis the experience
IiiS 9! tne War, md
tne rev ii liiieti had elapsed subSs.
y = ~ c1gQset fhatI the so-called "Sov:,
erelgntg aFd lndepa ence, 2. reserved To-
sSS 2 S.eles under the ticles Of Confede-
fatllSo9, we're the fruit source of. all the
sititoiQ 2 troubles and di6eplttes they en-
Sno.,. Houuseleu. they tou4d that their govern.
~ ~ 4S sgs lMpsfteOfS sass to be inadr
tsss 5.. 5ls eFeasaeq OF all govern
gsstIts' Ky es laid 9oEp IN their declaratiUn
nS tlli y! LIP; ana that IT had
oLoI;at StS :. Uesp1ae tnelrg duty TO alter or
Sg0..s'l S,'o2t ~ ana 70 institute anew govern
Hei!, ieylng IT'S foundation on such prin.
y sslpIes, ana organizing its powers in snch
form, as TO them shDuld seem most likely
70 ~ a4eet their safety and happiness"
\, 1he convention which assembled in
May, 1887 at Philadelphia, and which
lIlulortallzed lI itself, I'M the Constitution
OF the United States, thot1uglIy reflected
tue VIII of those whom they represented.
They framed that Constitution Ia the name
ana on behalf of the People. of the United
States, tandsnOt of the several States ne
scperate and distinct sOyereignties. In
tho debates .hatl in fIidti CinTentiOn. on
the formationeof the Cohstitutitin. The FIJI
lowing language pNHas used ythdtidistin-
guished son Of Virginia, James Madison !:
"Some contend that States. arc s6yer.
elsn;. when IN fact they are only political
spclSueS' Ihere isa grhdatiOr Of power
~ all spe5'eGtl!ss, from the lowest corpoEa
sion g t me highest soyereign The States
meyer 4ii S3s possessed the essential rights Of
s.oeSsFeIEnty. y These were always vested
" n So4Sress, Their voting ,as States in
G3nStess is no evidence Of soyereignty
3ns ,.ls Sac ef dtqEytand roted By counties,
etL 8, tItlS Hq&es lfe collIltleS sopeEeigH2 The
2 lates at present, arc only great corpora
,l!!o9s, hav!ug tile power fmaking Ly-lnNSs,-
una these nre5 etectual only if they are
not contradictory to the. General COnEsde-
Fatlon; III -, - &fa -.
IN the menqlabie preamble to that
S9nstltatiOnE o.. Glare as follows
sfel &c 1seesE ]1tited States in or=f
S:,E He,g 2lotnl . mUre perfect Union, estab.5
t.sst insure dqmestIc trapauili-I
". PIpElue l9f f the common defence, pre-
".e .ns genera - welfare and secure the
'D'sss.ss o5' liberty to ourselves and our
Pyslerlly, 40. ordaln anu establish t,iis
iSoSsElTgIleN, Y, Tor the United States Of
america. 1t WI Mqss the net Of tho people
~, ~ ~ llle t9tteS; ee0rge washing.
comm sG:LImsunileat!ng - to the Congress the Con-
: sslt9tion ., which had been thus framed, in
ms 4efter OF the 18th; of September, 1857,
J uses t1ls most remarkable und significant
!a4Sqagc ~ g obviously inlprqcticd6l6,
q, az t4e FfaeLGt Gorer1Rlellt ef these tStqtes,i
'lgl %efHte az 1lgflis of s'Tdege1ds1lt s0per-
etg'lky 70 eacs and yct l'7.opitte for The inteT-
est l'lo sglety.eJ gtS@ This Constitution
wa: not snDmittedtto the'States for ratii-
,Saoon' Sll!' put to the people of the several
2 6s s,,ln,GonVentlnns !, assembled. p On
I4e u. .zotA oil June. 1888, the Convention Of
Virginia; ny thelt ordinance assenting to
i'.nG tnas declared
"Iu \ !, lh1ue knUMh, stnnt the powers grant
81 9naer the CofstltutioP, being derived
!lonl THE M PEOPLE OF the UNITED STATES,
.lly pS 3 l py THEY, Mhenlsoeyert the
sssele snlll 0e perverted 70 THEIR injury or
oppression, and that every power not
granted ant there6y4 remains with THEN md
at THEIR Will. we still hold to tho great
potlltisql truths our fathers have taught
us. Snrs National Government is not q
mere ms league between. sovereign States,7
M1hiea WI S4 eaeh may revoke nt its pleasure
pus tne solemn solemn tet OF the people of the
s.T51sS seEeIal STATES, Yhicti they alone can re-
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