Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-18

pledge our lives and fortunes and sacreo uohof ~
maintain and uphold they did to OBTAIN ana De-
uueath to u.s. we shall perpetuate TINS WOndfous anu
benign organization to the latest generatloh anu II
do not, we shall destroy 1t ana forever remain
the accursed of 0ls and men.
IFh3n the colonies entered into the great stFaS-
gle, they esch existed under separate grant OF
charter, ana were each entirely independent Oh the
other
Each had their own laws, customs, religion, an
tecedents, privileges and prohibitions, ana the dlI
ferences, social oral, religious, pOticai anu lota,
were as marked as those OF DIN rent naLons. lnS
puritan descendant OF the pilgrims IN New hn9lad'
the cavalier or Virginia, and the hugunaut OF caro-
lima and the creole OF New Orleans We're no more
alike than the ancestors OF either IN the old coun-
tries from which they and their ancestors came;
and could no more unite than IRE anu gunpoWoer.
Ii was only such as Adams, Jefferson,
Pincknev, Madison, Hamilton anu others oI tne
kind, that had the ability to lay down al and treat
for the good of the masses. Strong oppression
made the common people look for those VINO coulq
open up a way OF escape from their oppressors, ana
when these great men met in consultation, local
differences were forgotten in the search tof some
means to throw off the yoke OF supserylency uhdef
the collomia system, a1d enable them 10 assume
an iniepen lent position. OF this material must
the states De made, and of those states Union
must be formed.
Well they knew there would be no surrender Of
local rights; bat to escape foreign fule they Wonld
s1rrentsr something to procure local protectioh;
ami woa.d grant certain powers TO be exercised
IN der confederation, looking to protection against
foreigu foes an intern scne strife; out no turtaer
would they surrender their rights as free and lnde
pendent states. Then came the reflections Of wis
dom, TO how she could make Union oI states, anu
what wolld be the result.
All time had demonstrated that all things tend
TO Capitalization, and all governmental orgahlzd-
I or opl7os,tIo1 10 uninfed power low then shall
this tendency be held III control, and prevent tnat
power OF control from overbalanelng the cenilai-
IZing infueuce and result in disunlOn. here was
the abstrls and entirely new problem to be solved
with two known questions only. First, there were
colonies which could he united. and Second the
,,ar f(iioril,r the ryal,tinu yyonld lend To make
the Tnon stTor,o for tbe titne being An else was
1 tdS CHcH stio4S -ol tAe t-4iAe "0-iiS' ~
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IN other words it was a great experiment. and
when once Y,ut IN shame for ,,retoo nlust irself
/ evojye fbe laws nndtr which h irust live or die
The theory was that as 10 all questions between the
dffrnt s+ates anil viii fa.fI, ,1afions and their
.,fl1,cs tba T,;fn e,ud Lava ,rf<y;r,ol
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ff1 ~ he r,z,,d rr 7Ea -'ral.;liition NJ H..
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A0sin th. nron IA v, III o,,r conid dala,t.
nazy',r ~, ~, staf. a,i -. i,jt tIr7s,s
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stats than,sal lves only .,,rij cr., +la Inior and
sn, t3 mi dII EriT ~ b otb. h.. mans II H.,
I{nion s,I l-ats ,1l,g "a ;l,;, Irs m
IN tfirj state es,.fi tb,4 1nitad '>fafs state l.
sirni,- \ If,-s,I 5,,.I ,-lr,to.,f ,nitS5iT, IN
THE nurT3oss Of l}oy@rrmenf Eo,y t7rsa; BrH+t.ia
was fI,e ORIGINAL s-rd ;cl,,rid 81 ~ i,,,s
ldierie, an, rf,1, iifc IN. AIo,4rie,I, .,,i,,is
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aIoesl Ie9isiares y1b eroyrnors aY,rointa II, M
s,ar.n sfafe an,i jts IeSi.laton s5it M ir,Trsl
iby m. igna n f4e neT..rf st3ta XII r,5@r fist
form o. orl lato tbey I,ad cqrflin laws and cus-
toms ann private and puDc RIGHTS ana urohjlYi-
itions frarel,-s~s ~ yse.,, =. "a ,.,,iif5,, =
tsiF eart ;s,, len. IL ~, 5,4i,s,. ~, ecl III
r,sul1 ot rI.4 a.is, ,;sio.1 irlt.s .nl soe4i qnd
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i5roojseeens INIT tbsy we're Ia remain as the,
:, we're 1liy A1rr.n l.y an fn5c., 1,lftiral move,
/, t6e NV sfta ar rsI,fetIel4to,. ~ atos.ia b
r,.-. ~ Ia 4 , 4 TT,l,yI f,,r iufe-sra ,t,s :nt.g
n,+onoi rirr,5s4s II was like Thirteen farmers
ssci, ,,e,o.5 in II ffrr kinds 0f f,raiuq on diff
fa,..nt EI7ds of Land with dif.r.uf kiu.s oi Ian
,r1aos s.l1r1ti,1, Fan,ili-s t.a,s machinery f,r,r
ertv raljs-fop n~U1pr q .art ns,rship Tor the com
mon prot7ction OF All a.,fst ecIl other and agains
ali Ind;ans and robbers IN all other respects eaci
to be lett on his own farm 50 he did not enCroaCl
! on the rights Of any other farm; and because al
I these things existed at the time th1y made tn
Inion they had to make ii ont OF the states the
were or not AZ sd The powers already held by eaci
I state had aireaay been granted 10 the state, an
I therefore the st2te could grant so much az the,
! saw III TO the Union; bat II a power was wante'
which had nor been granted, that remained wit
: the people and the state must 20 20 the perpie 10
= it. II the people gave it to the state, then the stat
>, could give il to the J-nion; otherwise not.
, This system oi having each state independent i
u all state matters was the check prevent ccntral
cation: and this delegation OF power over all inteI
state and internal oaa questions was the check
|, prevent the states s-naratiD0 and so dsaovinp IA
u I Mon The union helm, made bv the STAGES an
i me- states b.nT made IN tis DeoDie all mower WA
Il in the hands ol the people and common interes
: would induce them to prevent usurpation OF pow
ers nv eiia,.r the states or the union Those mo
e WHO relied on Divine Providence and pledged lIit
= fortunes and sacred honor and kept the relianc
y and tht. pledge did not know anything OF M
{ w1o, in position of Representatives would be col
rupt, and entirely ignore the sacredness OF Hbert
~ and honor, and rely wholly mamn)n and m0iOC
- as their divine providence and hence they truste
~ TO the virtue and intelligence of the people; an
y ~ they fondiy believed no state would usurp powt
7 and the people would not permit it; and that th
= Union would not usurp power and the state woul
~ not permit it; and so they made the uni IN
y eeInented it with the blood OF 100, 900 lost
u seven years war, and 0,000,000 of dollars fro
~ their little patrimony and established the union
states and gave it to keep as Union of states
a. so Tor nnety-six years the people have had lbert
= ~ and there was no danger and can be none so loI
I' as each citizen will do as they did, pledge sacr
-, honor in its maintenance and keep the pledge.
~ The danger lies in the want of sacred honor. II
he DeoDle have pernitted the states to usurp DOW
n and the states have permitted the Union TO usu
re tpower and the movement towards centralizatiC
le brought reux in the tide and states sought to
'e cede and break the union That brought exhibtio
s - of force and military government. In all the
10 struggles sacred honor forgotten and the stat
mt lost and the union gained power, and the peoE
"a drifted away from the sight OF the true land mar
be of safety until in day they are engaged IN me
=. personal contests for Office and its emouments
gardess of the great principle underlying the ira
in chlses they exercise, and IN the preservation
- which they alone can retain those franchises. Z
less the states are preserved there can be uniC
= Without the union the states cannot be preserve
~ Without the states and the union we cannot hi
,gh local general representative government; al
- without the latter we cannot have the right
ir vote or otherwise express our choice of rulers
laws. The whole system is perfect, like the nervo
mn system OF the human body. With the brain,