Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-05

vention, By legislative acts. The const
\ tuition declares that is was done in col
= vention by the unanimous assent OF tn
STATES present" Already we have
m definition Of we the people OF u
. United States
5 Again, in the Sd number, Mr.. ia
~ spoke Of the high opinion when q
people Of Americd have so long 40
uniformly entertained, of the importanc
90 Of their CONTINUING firmlyunited undt
50 one federal government, vested with So
~ ficient powers for all general and nations
sg PURPOSES Here it is " the people" {
America, already under " federal gov
- ernment" who are to continue united
ce securing that continuance OF union B.
vesting the government with large
as powers.
he II we are wise enough" said MI
In Hamilton, in the Sth number " 10 pre-
er serUe the Union, we may for ages EMO.
a. an,advantage, etc" "But If we shoult
ls be disunited, and the integral parts re
, main separated, or both run togethe
~ into two or three Confederacies, ETC.
1r Plainly, the integral parts, so to b,
'disunited, We're the States.
So in the llth humber, Mr.. ban
s. iltOn says that the continuance OF TX
n Union, under an efficient government
o would put it in our power to create
Navy " BY steady adherence to tht
Union. we may hope, ere long, TO be
e come the arbiter of Europein America {:
e and this is to be effected, he says, Gun
II der vigorous national government"
% In the 18th number he speaks of the
. complication of dangers to which his
N fellOw-citizens would be exposed, if they
= should permit that sacred knot which
binds tie people Of ABlericd together, to
be severed or dissolved. The COnfedera-
ton was still in existence and therefore
this sacred knot was the Union q the
States. and it was not severed or dis
solved by the new Constitution.
In the 18th number he said: of the
States be united under one government,
B there viii be but one national civil list
to support"
In the 18th: " Whether the States are
united or disunited.n - An unity of
commercial as well as political interest
can only result from an unity of govern
ment.n " Let the Thirteen States bound
together in a strict and indissGlUble
Union, concur in erecting one great
American system - In the 10Th We
should preserve, by Union, an advGn-
tage which nature holds out 10 US, and
which would be relinquished by separa
ton"
In the 3sth number, Mr.. Madison
couples the continuance Of the Union
and the substitution of better GOUeIn-
aeRt, together; and it will be every
where seen, that the Union of the
States was recognized as containing
under the new constitution the gOUcT71-
H7e1lt only being changed.
In the 10th number, Mr.. Madison says
that the same advantage which repub-
( lie has over 2 democracy, in controlling
the effects of faction, " is enjoyed by
large over . small Republic-is enjoyed
by the Union over the States composing
it,"
In the l4th, he says: The immedi-
/ ate object Of the Federal Constitution -
/ speaking of the new onel, '' is to secure
! the Union Of the thirteen primitive
| States,n and to add to them other
| States.
/ In the 9Th number, Mr. Hamilton
/ speaks of the i'll consequences that
would result, if America were not con
nected at all, or only by the feeble tie
Of a simple league, offensive and de
[ fensive'
/ In the 9th, quoting the Abbie de Ma
bTy, who holds that vicinity or uearness /
Of situation constitutes nations natural
enemies, "unless their common weak |
ness forces them to league iu a CGnJede- I
TGijUs Republic,n he says that the pas |
sage, at the same time, points out the |
evil, and suggests the remedy That !
then, was his definition Of the new sys- I
tem-''a Confederative RepUblic.v
In the 9th number, urging the utility /
of the Union, as a safeguard against do |
mestic faction and insurrectiou, he uses |
the terms, d firm UniOn,' and q Con- |
federacy,' as Synonymous. A firm /
UniOn,' be says, wOdld be a barrier |
domestic faction md inGrrrrna-
tiOn the utility sf a Confederacy,' to /
suppress faction and guard the Internal /
tranquility of States the doctrines Of /
MOntesquieu or the necessity Of a con- /
tracted territory for a republican gov 4
eminent, "wOuld only dictate q reduc- \
ton of the SIZE Of the more considerable /
MEMBERS Of the UNION; but would not \
initiate against their being all COM \
pretended in one Confederate gov /
ernment; " the true question, he says, /
" in the discussion of which We are at 4
present Interested % Again he uses |
Montesquieu's phrase, a Confederate I
Republic emphasizing and repeating it, /
and quotes his definition of It, as
kind Of constitution, that has all the
Internal advantages of republican, to-
gether with the external force Of a mon
archicsi government :" as " q eonven-
tiOn, by which several smaller States 4
agree to become members of large OHb,
which they intend to forms kind Of I
dSsemLlage Of societies, that constitute a
new one, capable of increasing by /
means Of new associations IA united /
body
In the 10th number, Mr.. Madison uses
the terms Union and COnfederacy
as Synonymous, and both applicable to
the new Constitution. La the llth, Mr..
10 FIa p hg
fisheries, etc, as rights Of the Union
as to which delicate questions would
arise, upon the dissolution Of the Con-
federscy' In the 30th, Mr. Hamilton
uses the terms, power Of the Federal
government and Jurisdiction of the
Union as synonymops.
In the 18th, Mr.. Hamilton says that, If
the particular States were disposed to
form merely a league or alliance, as
independent nations, with each other,
for certain defined purposes precisely
stated i'm Treaty, and 20 drop the pro
iect of a general discretionary supeTin-
tendence,i the scheme would at least be
consistent and practicable. Abandon
ing all views towards q Confederate Gov
eyRHepat" he says, " this would bring
US TO a simple alliance, offensive
and defensive. But, " he says, "if we are
unwilling TO be placed in this perilOus
situation, if we still adhere to the design
Of national government, or, which is
the same thing, of q experimenting
pOlDer under the direction of g ce1BloH
council, we must resolve 20 incorporate
into one plan those ingredients, which
may be considered as forming the char
acteristie difference between a league
aDG.a gOUeT7tIReRt we must extend the
authority Of the Union to the persons Of
the citizens-the only proper objects Of
government"
"The laws Of the C0Rfsderacy,n Mr..
Hamilton said, in the 9th number, will
become the supreme law OF the land
the Legislatures, Courts and
Magistrates, Of the respective members,
will be Incorporated into the operations
OF the national gOTCTHnlenf.N
"In the COHfederdcy'' said Mr.. Madi-
son, in the 43d number, founded on
republican principles, and composed Of :,
ReD81Eic01t members, the SUDerinteHoiaq I
g0tiey9tBlent ought clearly to possess au-
IhOrity to defend the system against /
aristocratic or monorchial Innovations
The more intimate nature of satch an !
Union may be, the greater interest have !
the members in the political institutions /
of each other; and the greater right TO /
insist, that the forms Of government
uLAEl MANCtA lllH ftffHf fittib y - CAALCaNA
into should be substantially maintained" " Z
This was in reference to that provision Of !
the constitution by which the Congress
was TO guarantee to every State in the !
Caiaa a republican form OF govern {
ment.n Thus We have here, under the /
a Oonfelerocy, a Union, a [
experimenting gOUeynmeBt, sll estab- !
lisheG by the compact between the {
States.
In the S5th and last number, Mr.
Hamilton said; that it would be very
unwise 60 prolong the precarious state Of |
the national affairs, in the chimerical pur-
suit of perfect plsn.n ,"The cOnlpdcts," |
he said, (which are to embrace thirteen !
distinct States, in common bond Of ,
amitq and Union, must a. necessarily he
8 compromise Of as many dissimilar in
terests and inclinationsD
The fundamental objection to the old
Confederation was stated by Mr.. Hamii-
ton in the DIST number: 1.-The United
States" he said, "aflord the extra0Fdi-
GARY spectacle Of a government, desti-
tute even Of the shadow of constitutional
power to enforce the execution Of its
own laws"