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thAen anu cOnslQereQ as an OuereQ prize
annexation Original, certainly on the
subjoined language Of the President Of the
United States, in his latest address. The
Presiden, said:
when rebellion in Massachusetts,
was pct down, did that put Massachu-
sets out Of the Union and destroy the
State :"
On yesterday the EHserpriss "sup-
posed" this had reference to the Hart
ford, Connecticut. Convention. Yester-
day evening it heard Of "Shay's rebel
lion; :" but its conductors desperately at
tempt to assuage the pangs Of their NOR
ti6ca,ion at an exhibit Of their gross
ignorance, by the publication Of the fol.
lowing:
"Shay's rebellion occurred in l7S6.
Massachusetts, adopted the Federal Con-
s,itu,ion in l7SS. We therefore will not
insult the intelligence Of the President by
supposing that he could have referred to
an event which transpired before the
Union was formed"
Inasmuch as the UNITED Colonies"
were in l776-sen years before Shay's re-
bellion-declared to be free and indie
pendent States" by men claiming and &C.
knowledged to be Representatives of the
United States Of America, in General Con-
gress assembled" inasmuch as from and
after that date the term Union was applied
TO the States, in their collective capacity /;
inasmuch as in 1881 the entire Of the thir-
teen colonies had subscribed to "Articles
of Confederation and Perpetual UNION
between the States :" and inasmuch as the
object in forming the present National
Constitution was declared to be in order
to form a more perfect UNION for the Uni
ted States :" and inasmuch as "ths rebel
lion in Massachmetts'' is a title employed by
every distinguished American historian or
historical reviewer (save and except the in
choate Superintendent Of Common Schools
in the editorial sanctum Of the Pe-sces), as
having reference to no other recorded &C.
currence under Heaven than the Shay In
surrectiou ; and inasmuch as the force oi
the argumentative interrogatory quoted
from the Presidents speech is intensified
BY the very fac. that a rebellion" in
Massachusetts,, under a less perfectly con.
struc,ed Union than our new Constitution
establishes, did not destroy the State oil
pu, it out Of the Union-on all these &C.
counts we submit that the Wanted for.
bearanee of the Enterpriss i not " insult.
ing the intelligence of the President" on
this occasion, can not be said to be worthy
Of a day of special thanksgiving
This Certificate of Competency on be-
half of the aspirans for experimenting
honors, shall be duly displayed on al
proper occasions. The genius that coult
figure out an intent to speak Of the Hart
ford Convention from a naming Of TIT
rebellion in Massachusetts," is indeed de-
serving of some high testimonial Of respect
emena,ing from an enlightened and ap'
preciative people!
The Enterprise says Shay's rebellion,
occurring in 1856, "transpired before thu
Union was formed" Hamilton, in TIT
6rss number Of the FsderaliJt, and in tht
FIRST sentences Of the article, says:
After an u%nequivocal experience o.
the inefScacy of the subsisting Fedora.
Government, you are called upon to de-
liberate on a new Constitution for TIT
United States Of America. The subjec'
speaks its W importance; comprehend
ing in its consequences, nothing less thar
the existence Of the Union" etc.
ANEW Constitution" for the existing
Union" composed of the United State:
of America "a Union which had it:
date, as hitherto unchallenged, since 1856,
and, as commonly credited, since l776'
But the nothing is more probable" Of
the Pe-pee has changed all this.
Hamilton further says, in No. l Of the
series of papers alluded to, that he pro-
poses to discuss the utility OF the Union
to your political prosperity" and "the
insuffciency of the present Confederation
to prsssrre that Union" and the analogy
of the proposed (Na,ionaD Constitution
to you own State (New York; Constitu-
ton" He goes on to say, in concluding
his predatory article, that the "eviden,
alternative is an adoption Of the new Con-
sti,ution or a dismemberment Of the
Union"
Jay, in No. 2 of the Ftderalist, reviews
the history of the Union" already made
on a record evidently regarded by him as
extending back to the Declaration Of In
dependence. He states that the grea,
object Of the people in forming the Con-
stitutional Convention !" was " TO preserve
and perpetuate the Union" He insists
tina. the rejection of the new Constitution
would put the continuance Of the Union
in the utmost jeopardy"
Article 4 Of the "Articles Of Perpetual
Union" adopted in 1881, commences,
The better to secure and perpetuate mu-
tual friendship and intercourse among the
people Of the different States in this
Union" etc.
And so, in like manner, read the writ
ings of our Revolutionary Fathers, pa'-
sim. The American Union" and tho
limited States" both, "6sfors and after
the adoption OF the Constitution of l777
and l77s," are terms Of frequent use BY
our writers of renown. We make these
quotations and this statement merely to
show wha, a set Of fools u Fathers and
most of our living, eminent political essay
lists have been-as indicated by the indi-
vidual who thinks he ought to come out
Of the Pe-,cee Office as a Superintendent of
Common Schools. Not alone poor. pie
bian, tailor-bred Johnson, Accidental
President" etc., but Hamilton, Madison,