The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-01
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! Some OF those wiSeacres of MaSSachu.
setts who are so blatant upon ''the abom
Unable heresy of state rights" should
read the constitution, and see wl'9t fools
their ancestors were:
'The people inhabiting the the terri.
tory formerly called the Province OF
Massachusetts, Bay do hereby solemnly
and mutually agree with each other 10
form themselves into free, sovereign
aud independent body polite or State. by
! the name OF the Comm 1nwealth az Mass
achusetts.
"The people of this commonwealth
have the sole and exclusive right of gov
erning themselves as free. sovereign
and independent State, and do, and for
ever hereafter, shall exercise and enlt y
every power, Jurisdiction, and right
which is not and may not hereafter lie
by them expressly delegated TO the UBi-
ted States of America in Congress assent
bled"
The oath of office prescribed was:
II do truly and sincerely acknowledge.
profess, testify, and declare that the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is, and
of right ought To be, freq, sovereign,
and Independent State; and do swear
that | will bear true faith and allegiance
to the commonwealth, &c. and that no
foreign prince, person, prelate, State, or
potentate, hath or ought to have any
jurisdiction, superiority, pre-eminence,
authority, dispensing or other power in
any matter, civil. ecclesiastical, or spirit
ual, within this commonwealth, except
the authority aud power which is or may
be vested by their constituents in the
Congress Of the United States"
This oath was amended so as To read;
II do solemnly swear that l will bear
true faith and allegiance to the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts,, and will
support the constitution thereof"
One would really suppose, to hear men
talk and to read what they write, that
new Omar had arisen and burned all that
was written prior to the Republican con-
vention at Chicago.
Ii has been jndiciously decided over
and over again, that the free, sovereign
and independent bodies polite called
states, delegated portion of their sover-
eighty to the United States, and that
such portions of their sovereignty they
are no longer entitled to WELD. A., b.,
and C.. put ten thousand dollars apiece
iuto a partnership; over that sum
each loses individual control lt is not
his money, but the money of the firm. If
one of the partners thinks the other two
are cheating him, he goes to law. lfone
of the states thinks the other states are
cheatingit, il goes to law. If the other
states say they do not care for the decis-
ion of the law, the state has either to
fight or submit. Human contrivancs is
exhausted.
Our system is as simple in principle as
possible; we practice il i'm the ordinary
business of life daily.
If the intellect alone were concerned,
we never should have had any troubles;
but as men are largely controlled by pas
sion, the distinctive character of our gov
ernment is forgotten or trampled upon
The same thing has eternally happened
in religion A man laudably wishes an
other to be as orthodox as himself. He
very soon satisfies himself that il is his
duty to make the other orthodox.
Men have always done and will do
great many foolish things, and many
men who talk about liberty are often as
remorseless tyrants rs any born in the
purple But men are improving, new
ertheless They sometimes slide back a
little, like that class which is now pas
sionate for the despotism of a majority
but they gain upon the whole.