Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-04

o"S "' S"ioi y 'hc Sonsti'uti
oe.weeh .hese states continues, 4
80 ~" ST"io" eaii never pecoi
80: .sr.I: iHc! constitute inc '
'"iut. 1i'ie ehioh.
W near great zeal ABOUT Tue
o'Hi'cu ii'ihS issnes--"o"tt CIV
..''.I i'ioiii, ana oiner lucsti Oh
Wv" ' what ave the! Evils sacli
'"cSS W 'Aiai, 10 III aia!liH'i. cXtciI
ott 'iicI All spflh" from The vl0lati,
OF .iiesc natural laws OF our polite
eA'S'eh'f., an" me m:h who dctc
'''oHr evils ana deserve praise +,
,e'hiiS o"F'est Them. but. who Ia
''C,tti '"r cause Oh their eNistcnc
'"H i.">t' are wanting III
cI"n' 'hS'sIit INTO Ii system of guN
ci'''i III. i'ciic& those mcn who, see
ny .hosc evils, coniinc thcmscirc
soiei! 10 what they are pleased to ca
.ne .''inS lssic>-Wilo are progress
Ne'i men idras-cGitln% ,"o>r from
""i 0cctEihS III" dead ISSUES at Il.
past, II not knaECs, are rcrtainl
tools. Their political opinions arc 4
contemplate ~ is the >ycopi:"ur
win winch they pruriaim them.
II those who framed the COH-titu
,i"M wei" right ii III 1875 and 3"
Jefferson ana Madison were right
IL inc !cIi'iI'2 iii"ll concerned M t:It
management OF The government dow
I" io"v "'iN' ri2iit, then those VINO
Pl"c!aiii Il iikc uurtfIii@ in-uay arr
.'Sht, nom" III" cry I"
FOSSIL all', "ra'i i~>S'itH. Ia iuio age
"i'!! VIC nave !r!t 80 lar bc:ll!!h iiit
>'!rS"ii"> "i the constitutions. -
hS''' 'lir more 10 rcrur to Ir>l rrlnci
pics me >rlrii amt The street i"i'"l
III witch tic constitution Wa,
adopted.
'"r thl> the Democratic party la,
ai"aHs co'it"ndc't. il was owing I,
i violation OF tni> spirit. and tai.
I'rict letter Of III" constitution. riIn.
curing 'hr administration of John
A""iiis' inc party was
n'p"S't iilo cAl>'"iirr. Ii to-day II
'"''> 10 proclaim lis ii9h mission. /!
S"'S pach upon lis past record. an,
Is no longer entitled TO style it>cll
me party.
Now What has the Democratic
purity demanded III the Pa>t-what
docs II demand to-day. II II Is Ira 10
't>"li, III" constitution and the coum-
Try: That the constitution shall be-
~oDcyrh: that the government SHAH
be administered, under and not above
the constitution.
me original thirteen STATES CON-
pr!>ihS the union, were thirteen col
ONES, With no ties Or connection be
tween them, save that they I'LL exist
Ell by virtue of charters from the
English crown. BY the result OF the
revolution they became free and soy
"rri@n States. Such WIS recognized
70 be Their condition by England.
NO III u make the . a>>crt!uuj
oi that day, ever maintained that amy
thing else was their condition. Such
la, been solcmnly adjudged to have
been their condition by the Supreme
Court of the United States. such
was til decision i'll the case OF Me
Twain vs.. Cox. 50 also in Ware IS.
llyitoh, 3 Dallas, 1863. ANON" other
things, the court SAYS, In June
1896, the convention OF Virginia was
II free sovereign and independent
and on the 18th OF july. 1916.
the United States in Con-
greSs assembled declared the thIr-
teen United Colonies free and indc-
pendent Sia!cs: and that lis such
they had full power tUlcvy war, con-
ciudc pence, Nc. | consider thi, lis
! declaration, not that the United
Jointly i'll Il collective capacity
were Independent States, &c.. but
hat each Of item was :: ~sUvcrr;"u
independent state; that is. thai
'ich of them had II right TO govern
f>n'. v ltS own nIIfhnrf, anal =, 4
law, without any control from
other power upon GARTH
In the celebrated cast of Gibbons
:. Og C the court, by ChicfJu>iice
says, Il, has been said thai
hey CHE St.tcs) were sovereign.
vcrc completely independent, and
we're connected with eacli other only
~ "a iea."c. lNis Is true.
lhcy formed Il government, which
iot hieetliiS WIN All their wants.
'hey mel together us tree, sovereign,
md equal states, TO revise til, gov
,rnmcnt. They met ~ free and
'qual soyerclSntics, each had an
'qual voice i'll the proceedings the
stood as II equal Of The
ms convention tralnc.i
'Hr constitution. and what then =
he Congress Of the C~onlrdcracy
II, to whom: The pcopI,
Il America: No. for considered as
uci', there was not then. and has
ever been any such people. They
uonilttcd 1t TO the States for their
II OF rejection. This is Il fact
Inch those who would ccntraliZe
power i'll the hands of the general
can never get over. un- ,
they bury ell history Itself. for it !
il historical fact, a. well established ;
l our history rs that Gen. Wash i
i9tOu lived. Those States acted !
Eou it, each for itself. biudiur i,.rIf, +,
' lis own Individual notifications. t
hey became members of the union I
,lely by virtue of this ratification. Il
ratification, or assent of no one u
ate bound an"thcr. The people OF i
&c United states never, rs such, vo- y
q upon the constitution. but, il wis /
iop'c" by the people OF the several q
liues as States. 1 lie STATES through v
Ieir Trained the consiiIn- II
Oh, tiie states a. States adopted IL, T.
that IL Is, what on 1t, face ii pur- l.
to be, Il constitution between (;
e states. I,
bu' mere are those OF IA" ccn'ra'- .
;'ti"iiis's or dce:ruc'ionists who II
y, that though the States of the :,
mon were sovereign before the @
'option OF the constitution, they e.
ere not nflcr~arl>-ii,at that i'll 7
ruinrIt made them one people. "
I!i- conclusion is certainly not Il.