The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-03-27
ward and Stanton 4 Federal Cabinet

| N"Hioou Was d oiAtes-IlSnS VIZ
ginian- if he was the Father of the Con.
stitution p We honor him in both as
poets. That w,s the sckool in which we
were brought up. But for those who
think that the other great factor in the
sum OF framing the Constitution
der Hamilton-mav be a safer guide. le,
us produce him, speaking in the same
Federahst on the same topic, in the
AAVlll namter Of the Federalist, Ham
iIton says:
In a Confederacy, the peop's, without
! exae gcration, may be said to be entirely
masters of their own fate. Power being
almost always the rival of power. the
General Government vii! at all times.
stand ready TO cheek The usurpation, OF
the State Governments; and these will
have the same dispositions towards the
General Government. The p~cpls By
Mrocing Themselves into either sctie. w;il
ataHibly make it preponderote If their
rights are invaded by either, thew can
make use Of the other as the instrument
Of redress. = y 1t may safely
be received as an axiom in our political
system. that the State Governments u;U.
an all possible contingencies, oeo,a complete
secM''tg against a"oasaoas Of Tie public
liberty by the national outhorify."
Such was the view of Hamilton. q
strong man, with coa"ser mind than
Madiscn's, and SO disposed to more
material and English framework of gov
ernment, than the delicate taste and sub
tie intellect of the Virginian could ap
prove. But hear Hamilton once moro.
lie is speaking of that elanse of the con-
slitution which says the President " shall
be commander in chief :: :: Of
the militia Of the several States aehen
called into the actual service of the Unit
ell States"
Hamilton treats as the "rayinos'' of
dishonest fanatics, the expressions utter
ed, at that day, that this power could be
so distorted as to sanction such excesses
as lhat the " Virginia militia are TO be
dragged from their homes five or six hun
dred miles to tsme the Republican con
tunacv of Massachusetts, and the militia
of hsssachu*etts to lie transported an
coal distance to subIue the refractory
haughtiness Of the aristocra,ic Virginians
So far from saying, as the spoon fed mik>
sops and bigots of Abol,ionism now ,Io
that this would be military necess:tv,"
under the - war power Hamilton eScIa
inns, in the spirit Of the men who had jus.
asserted their liberties by the strong
hand
" gVhither would The militia, irri.a;el
at being required to undertake distant,
and distressing expedition. for tie purpose
Of rtreti"g the cisotns Of slarery upon
a part Of their countrynaen, direct their
march, but to tie seat Of the ty7ants who
had melitated so fooAsh, as well as so
pichca projec.-to crash them IN their
imagined entreacdments Of po'Cer, and
make them an eXa'npe of the just ven
geance of an abused and iudiruat people
10. Seward and Stanton Dig up the
bones Of Alexander Hamilton and isnmure
them, witt, Your other trophies, in Fort
Lafayette,
Freemen. readers of oar Fiesn,sn's 6
Journal We ask Won to mediate these
passages from the fathers of our country
They are but glimpses and specimens oi
the thought thar ruled hen. You. now,
in yonr day, despise and spurn al that
the s,scophants Of power say to you
scorn 70 listen to sholdy patriot! 1t is
Hberiy We wish to preserve-yont liberties
aud ours. The means by which TO Do it.,
is nov by State authorities them
only. Read again, and third tine, and
mediate, the short extracts we have CIV en-
above from the American fathers lie,
us preserve our inherited liberties Of self
government, and all other political ad
vantases will follow . These ost-al!,
and we too, are lost! Let tbs tc your
aim.