Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-25
Tue REMEDY OF EXOISION.

To the Editor Of The Wing:
In effect the Government OF the United States has
arrived at the same point at which the Government oi
the Confederated States had arrived in 1856.
The latter was Government for specified purposes,
viz union defence, safety and welfare, with
limited powers viz: war; treaties, commerce, cur
rency, 6c vested in Congress.
Our present Government for specified purposes
viz more perfect union, justice, domestic tranquility,
defence and general weltare-with far larger but yet
limited powers viz taxes, comm .rce, currency
treaties &c distributed between Congress, President
aud Judiciary.
The Confederated Government proved inadequate to
secure the ends Of its formatoD particularly TO raise
revenue defend its territory or TO regulate commerce
1t was a proven failure.
The latter has also shown itself inadequate to secure
the objects of its formation II has failed to establish
ustico- BY at various times unequal and
unjust to the slaveholdng States and people as regards
the public territories and the admission Of States;
by its insucency enforce the constitutional rights
of those States and people against the unjust legislation
and unjust conduct of several of the non-slaveholdng
States and numbers of their citizens.
Il has failed TO insure domestic tranquility OF the
former against the ncendary and mchevous doctrines
and intermeddlng of the latter disturbing domestic
peace and eopardzn our safety. 1t has failed TO
the general welfare" s shown by the widespread
distress and alarm that pervade the whole country para
lying its prosperity and arresting its progress and 1t
has so signay failed to cement more perfect Union,
as that Whole states nave Ialen on oU IL anu
themselves from it, as they declare, forever
The Confederate States authorized Congress to prepare
amendments to the Articles of Confederation, TO be ra
fed by majority of their State Assemblies.
The United States authorizes Congress to call Con-
venton to propose amendments to the Constitution, 10
be ratified by the State Legislatures.
The mode of amendment proposed by the Articles OF
Confederation proved too tardy and inefficient TO prevent
the anarchy and confusion into which the affairs OF the
Confederation rapidly falling.
The mode Of amendment proposed by our present Con-
stution has in like manner, proven wholly inadequate,
and is too slow and cumbrous compose, timely, the
existing disorders and the threatened anarchy OF
the affairs of the Union.
conference of the States proposed by Virginia
TO meet at Annapolis and failed TO accomplish satisiac
tory result but recommended general convention, "to
take into consideration the situation OF the United States
aud to devise such further provisions shall appear TO
them necessary to render tue Constitution Of the Federal
Government adequate the exgencies of the Union"
Conference has been proposed by Virginia, and held
at Washington and has failed also accomplish
| fully, the objects Of its mission.
Virginia responded Immediately in 1885, to the recon-
mendaton of the Annapolis Convention and appointed
delegates meet the deputies Of other States at Phla
dephia, commissioned TO 'render the Constitution ade-
quate 20 the exigences of the Unonwas met there by
powers, and did construct, and perfect that mighty
fabric Of Government under WHICH seventy years of
onal power liberty happiness and growth, attained TO
In Say into ruins IL would yet stand the page
History alone and unparalleled in grandeur and glory
IKE the eternal pyramids on the plains Of Egypt forever