Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-13
sFATE REGHTs-NORTHE Ar
TRmPTs AZ REBELLION.

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us TO publish in foil We give an extract On ths sub
iect of State rights snd Of Northern ttrsat cf rebel
lloa in days psst which wiz repay psrusAl Nr Daw
son ssid;
Nearly three yssFz Of civil SzaT have now dsebsrge
ther relentless fury upon orr unhappy country; and
arc yet apparently remote from any satisfactory
iusfinsnt of our differences as when we fst fsg q
arms. These nnlucky years have seen many Of IN
peaceful pursuits Of tie country broken up its vast
wasted Ii uEfiUiul conflict and the member
q almost every household srsysd in the sable hsbli
ments Of grief And still the contest rsgss. This lE
judged rebellion s. iHterposss is huge aud Fssrfu
pso .Ortons estween the present and the return o
prosperity 10 country. The all important aud pra
uczi question which we have 10 dstsrmins ls what
the policy which the eKigeneF demandi Il or5er 10
wi consultation upon this subject it Is Necessary {,
lock TO the past a well rs The future. What is th
Governmeni, whose existence Is row in such fearfu
peril and f0r the maiDsIAnee Of which tho country
yielding 7yishiy Of it3 blood snd its treasured
convinced that il IS from loose and ireorsc ideas
dovsrnmsnt, from allowing the hests Of parry strf.
20 withdrew stts5ti0R fron It's trae character and
70 esnfuss Of ihs duties which We owe IT,
thas have flowed the evils from which the country &
suffering. Upon subject Of zuoh transce1deu; impor
tsuce this boCee IN preventative OF the people
hesitation or eoase sasnt would IN my opiaon, be
like criminal shaH speak, therefore, uadsr thoss
deep convictions Of duty wa ch the times iasp.rs and
With that unressIved freedom and boldnezz which are
the brithright OF an American citizen.
The trHe character Of cur Government, then VIII ba
bsEt peTcsivsd from glance a. is formation Il Il
well known that ths ideaof union, mora Tess sx
t6nElPSf OF AflLtsl IoduieE was from eErg
period not unf .miisr with fathers. Such !
uni wss formed by certain % the New England Col
onies as early as 643 the object being the common
fenss agsnst the Indisns and the Dgtch Of New Am
gterdanl. The Congress which met at Albany In 1872
and Included other colonies than the New England
contemplated slilsS unOn did the still more i'm.
porant which called at the sas place in IT5i
to consult for the protection Of tao Colonies gEaius
hosti.iss by the French Snd jndiauz The projected
union however failed through isousies the part q
the Home Government, as web as among the Colcrisi
themseves. The idea Of colonial nnion was al leugth
fully mstured in l74 In the first Continental Congress
which al adepbia consisting Of the pressn
satiyes Of twsIYe Colonies is object, It viii be re
raembered, 10 consult for tie common welfare
sgsnst the oppressive measures and UnWarrantabIe
proieuSiOes Of the mother country. While resistance
was dstermi1ed upon against the claim tax the Coo
MES without their consent the idea Of independence
had notiyet ioU1d acceptance in the Colonial Councils
In the spirit OF attachment to Grest Britain the Colo
n!es wOuld freely have united In conee ding her the
bepet Of her navigation acts could she have consented
- renounce the fatal claim 70 the right Of taxation
The messuyes adopted b. that Congress I'D for thei
object compel her to abandon that right the British
commerce TO be renowned ill she did So. Two
years later by the nad persissnes Of the Home Gov
eminent il her unjust sures, the Colonies were
forced into Independence.
simultaneously with that &C. the Continental Cen.
eress eded TO prepare articles Of confederation
which should express the nature Of he comps,t be-
tween the States and dsne the powers conferred upon
the Congress we'll those reserved to the Ststes
Noiths anding the greatness OF the common eKiFeucy
diversity OF interests local preiudees and salouses
prevents immediate union by Congress such ar
c;es and not till In Msreh, I7sl the ratification Of
these articles completed BY the tbirt cen States
What is especially 70 be noted in the whole Of these
Gings the jealous exercised by The several
colonies IN asserting their individual sovereignty and IN
gusrdBg il against encrOschment. TEGs in the sclon
Of the various independent political cOmlntiss in
po.ntcg delegates to the Continentsl Congress- tie
sole and ezc'u i've regulation of their Internal gov
eFnment1 police, and concerns was explicitly reserved
The States eOnssnted TO surrender only very partial
eOotrol the subjset Of trade. The Congress- was
invested by tbs articles With no ccntro Uhstsver ever
indiyduas.
Under tLese articles the United States we're enabled
10 close the OF the Revolution and scnre our inds-
pendenee. But acquisitions Tor dslnqusncies In
raising revenue could only be made agsnsI the States
in their corporate eapzites there was remedy whsu
these withheld by the States except = resort 10
civil war This the defect Of tha old conedsra-
ton Il had been Of eli similar egablis ments Of
cient snd modern tnes-of the Grscan republics the
dermauic, Hanssatie, the Dutch aud the Hslveials.
The immediate and pressing Grievance which paray8sd
the energies OF tie Confederate Gc7ernment the
numerous diverse and conflicting interests a1d Fega
latoEs in regard to trads
IN order the fruits Of the rsvolniion Il wsI
necessary 4hst the c0msres of the country should be
freed from the Disadvantages uLder which placed
by he determinations imposed upoa by foreign gov
srnments by the navigation laws which their own IN
and cupisy hsd induced those goyerunens Il
ADOPT. II was not less nscezSRry that the lubiis
fsh should be preservedi that hs debts contracted
during the revolution should DO Hq7idaieds and thC
trssty stir stons into which had entered with Eu
ropesn governments strictly complied with. iwss alsc
to provide for tie common defense These
ton Of rev compact OF uu.on In It q remedy WA
sought also for the weakness AID iGefeiency OF the
confederation BY comforting upon the central govern
st Il larger and better defined powers, and By
tribatng them through well balanced legislative Judi
ci and executive departments, 10 bring down those
poYsr operate upon Individuals In these three par
culars In The greater extent and preess deAni
ton Of the powers conveyed; IN suFTsndering the
troll Of the several States the subject of eolBmercia
regulations and IN the dsribu5n Of the powers hrougf
wen organized system, 70 act upon Individual!
within the sphere Of those powers consists the great
and material difference OF the CoDzituton CT 1889 from
the articles Of confederation 1t was these changes
which converted the Government OF the United States
from speeioHs but hleiess and Inefficient orgsnizat0r
vital snd energetic for grest ana bsusA
cis ends. II aud is stl not less Federal Govern
msnt Neither In The circumstances which attended
formation and adoption, in tie instrunsn Mt iyat
nor yet ia the exposions Of its founders is there ep
parent any intention to substitute consolidated gov
ernment IN lieu OF that Of the compact Of the States
The convention Of 1871, which framed The Conslitu
ton composed Of delegates from the several States
and from the people g. srge Propositions IN thai
convention voted upon by the delegates not in
GvlduEls but by StEtes. II q majority Of tht
Ssisrstss hat majority of tee States bv which eaei
proposition ecfed or became part Of the Con
sduion. As the people did not sct as whole in ap
pontuE convention 70 form Constitution neither diS
they in ratifying it but ths ratification was by
lions appointed by the people Of the several States
This ratification also made at different times 70
while ths Constitution adopted &cptember H. l7S1
the consent Of Virginia, which that Of the nintl
State was necessary 70 nut ia operation was not oh
tsiued uu June 90 1913. And though, accepted b.
tbs 4sh OF March, 1889 North Carolina did not scesd
until the 2ist Of NOveubeT following more than t-
years Hfts lis adoption by the convention; nor Rhod
Island ill Nay 90 1890 neaFly three yesrs sitter tbs
event; and those Sass DUNG the period of their hes
tstion, treated by the legislation et1he Unite
States foreign countries BY the seventh article
the Const utiOn Il Is declared that the rstihcsions
nine States shal be sufcient for the establishment
this Constitution between the Aes SO rAtifvfne Il
same" The tenth article also declares that the poU
ers not delegated to the United StstsE by he ConstU
ton nor prohibited By Is to the States sre reserved
/ the States respeetivels, or to the people,
II thus appears, from consideration Of the circum
| stances under which the Constitution was pre-
| duced, and from the provisions Of tie instrumen
itselE that Goverameut is compact between SOY
erelgn snd eoequsl political communities. the State
composing it Governeur Morris, who was the indvis
usl in the convention upon whom dsvolved he task
revising the language Of the Instrument before ts sdoJ
ton BY that bO1y also declared that the CGns1 o
was pEet not between solitary individuals bt
| between Doli ieal societies."
have thus REQUIRED to what Ezrs seen to be isadn
facts and principles in the format-n of our Cover
meut This retrospect must convince that Il Il hl
tOricslly true that Government was formed by n
Stsres IS parties, and not by Individual citizens
members Of one community. hold Il at the san
time true thst this Government which Il one Of imits
and specially defined powers Is Of the same obligstsT
authority within the sphere Of the granted powers
the State Governments themselves within the sphere
the reserved powers. see not how this be oths
wise since both were created by the same snthorit
that Of the Individual citizens Of the several stas
| setting through thsr respective S ate organization
The Government Of the United States and those Of q
f896Fd otateA LneEtItle ttditF sovereign Inc
respective spheres. therefore ind difi-ulty in
divided allegiance, aud hold allegiance bind Il
citizen In eq al degree tOthe Government OF the STA
aud to that CT the nstisn, both proceeding from q
same sourcethe people Of the several States. Ia ca
OF iFFseenciisbe difference between the Federal AZ
State Governments, there is necessity that Il
parties 70 ths compae. shouii e1eh Tor itself decide q
dlspntei for in the very Instrument OF compact the
appoiaed Erbiier the jude sry, by whose decision
they sgreed 20 ab.ds.
II thess IL not sufficient, and the Constitution
under the Interpretation Of its functi5n2Te
should be found IN lis working 20 bear hard ugon ind
vdus States there still npother peaceful remed
pfavd d 20 10y tie char NThs the amen
meat Of the charter iisef. Il Is q clrsg quenee
tkeg views hist tlere is which would jasiii
Withholding allegiance from the Government Of the uE
ted Sstes and resisting its authority, which might
be OF sufficient naguiuds and oppressive character
suthorize resistance 10 tge State goFornmeufR In oh
words there IL rosung fsm the nasure Of Il
compact; OF the relation Of The parties, do this
constitutional right but only that cause which e1istz
ell governments HmO ratto P0PUli The right Of ihe pc
pie to alter and abolish their government when ia the
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