Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-02

on any ytermgI even 70 joining the Sonthern
Confederacy. Mr.. OrisWef1 closed byFes
ferring to the fact that Stapbaugh Inc the
course OF his lengthy speech had devoted
much, time, "a. the abnse of the president and
1 lgoyernment, bnthad NOT one word of Don.
tdemnation for the rebellion. iEials Of wrath
were, poured upon the deeated head Of our
President, whilst JEFF, Davis had not been
treated to decent shampooing. sai i-=zi5:
II II At the close Of the meeting accounts
we're fully squared. The ntmostlg good or
der and deCorum prevailed. AS q Demo-
crotic Demonstration It was q Perfect tsi,l-,
ure.s,sa 10 5ala 7li. os oG.,9 ossii I, ANON
+ 10 sii,i FOt the Intelligsnoer. q - tri.at
How the People OF the united Slater
Distributed Sovereign Bower.
GESEtfHHH . endeayored to demon
straits Ia my last e0mmnni icatibn that the
parties and makers Of our National Con.
sCtutienI gcting ID thsiF soEEEeign. capaci.
~ that they fstended TO, "oFdAinl and es.
tablishn Q National Government; and that
they POSSESSED. OF controlled all sovereign
power and so had the right and did estab.
Ifsh SUCH iG GGoSeInment. Tha Cfnrther
question Is, how did they in fact distribute
the sovereign power they saw fit 70 surren.
der up. 1,,..iS "a 4. .,'.'
Bnt before examining this question i win
state Ehe views of Mr.. Madison, addressed
to Alexander Hamilton ,at the. time. In.
Julye 1885, while. the question of rStitiea-;
York na3aiHGt tbGf asanlsof NeSE y
Conditional ratification with power peacesi
ably 20 withdraw on aicertain contingency.
was admissible, to whic III; Madison made 4 q
the following reply: 4Fhe idea OF FeaerYs
ing q right 20 withdraw was started at
IRiehmond,n - (that isin the Convention that
had iust been held there TO ,raufy,) ''and
was considered as conditional ratification,
which was abandoned as.MoFse than relec.
tioh.nsF .Es5%S6, a. I75i sou5. ~ .,ss &
L iaThe Constitution rTequ uires' an adoption
IN IroT6 ASb foRkVBR.D Such were the
,yieSF3hs IA OF Mr. Madison, whois admitted by
Ialll 70 have drafted the Consultation, and
must certainly have known what i meant,
deibsrately, sxpSesaed 70 the psople Of
| lNeW0Y York while they fWereH deliberating
kWhethet 70 adopt0r reject the, ihsttanenEi
Il was mutual contract Of 2aH the peo-
pie of the thirteen original States, acting
li6 their indiViduaIS capacity. The people
ljof the, States that have since Joined the
'ttInion agreed TO this original contract, and
iadopted its terms by7asking and accepting
i lRdmissfoh. This smu tdal contract like any
i other, can only be altered in the manner
1 prescribed inlthe instrument or by the con-
i Sent Of an the parties, Any other mode, ,is
lreEolution. u u t8iqu.as zs' .5.lsss-
Such is the Interpretation the trainers
| and their cotemporarles gave II, as well
j as the Justices of the Supreme! Court
kof thefU. ST. with Clay, Webster, jackson,
4 iIDouglAs, And all enlightened statesmen
land jnfists. since the Foundation of, the
edteFnment, John @. Calhoun and his
rebel followers excepted. 4 haye been thus
1 particular on this point, because accession
starts here,I The rebels and their North.
Srn slliesssay onr present Constitution u
/ no more or less than the "oid Articles Of
4 Estieagd e;s' Or acompactf's : between The
States which are still sovereign aud inde-
pendent, aud in NO degree subjected or
I lsnbordfnated to the National Government,
(which perverts the entire Language OF the
instrument and stuItifies its makers, Wash
kingk6h. Fran Kiln, Madison, Hamilton, Sc,
whom theiWorld has thought TO. have had
some sense. Az you printed State, fot
lHUhited States, y (E very natural errOr,)
I venture 20 ask, 2 reprint Of. the entire
, clause, which deserves so much TO be In
Edeltbly impressed upon the minds of all.
4 EArt. s, SEQ. I'd nThia Constitution and
, theIlaWsSot the United States which shall
be Inad6iin7 pursuance thereof, and 5 III
Va lNttAArA
i the authority ot.the United States skall b
! tks tupreme LGig Of tie laiid; and the judge.
lof every State shall be bound thereby
!, anything In the Conslitnti ton or laws OF any
} Stateto the contrary withstAndtn :
| lFhib clearly snbordinatess all sStatl
/, Ipowers to the National, where they meet
) acoo riding to the suggestions which ] hRvl
] bef9rs stated Of Randolph Ptnckney
,dadisonp.Ec. The National GoFernmen
] holds to the people Of the United State
! q similar relation es-an agent appointe.
: for . specified purpose by ten Individual
holds to such individuals and each Stat
} government holds 70 its respective people
7 IS separate agent appointed byzeaeh- Q
lthe teniiudiViduals for q different purpose
o. h6lds 70 his principal, bpt subjects g
4 i sub6rdinated IN an cases 70 the commo
4 agents. who represent all within peFtAil
d didefhed bgundaries. III ftG1tf1 NJ
, Now II disputes or conflicts arise Be
h1 tween the common ana Individual ngenl
Il las q! the boundaries Of their power who.
9 night Is il 70 deeide7 Why, the ten psrsoI
D OF course. ExaelIy, 80 Il ~ With the Uni
vi Cd States. ThsttSn individuals OF lna
e jority must cButrnl The .eoznm1n gent an
d hold him te'1his proper sphere, ind eas
o his indiyid dual agpnt. D II = the duty ot q