Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-01-17
still more emphatic Oh this point il
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| "Wo have seen that In the new government as
In the old, the general powers are limited, aud
that the States in all uncnumerated casesI nro le
| In the full enjoyment Of their sovereign and in
dependent Jurisdictions"
No. 80 Of the Federalist says:
"But IL the government be national. with re.
gard to the operation Of its powers II changes its
aspect again when we contemplate 1t In relation
to the erieHi Of is potoers. The idea of nation
nj government involves in il, not only an author
ity over the individual citizen, but an indefinite
supremacy over all persons aud things so fur n,
they are objects Of lawful government. >
In this relation. then, the proposed government
cannot be deemed national one since is iurisdic.
| ton extends 10 certain enumerated objects only.
and leaves to the several States n residuary and
f"rioiabie 'OrereigH'g over all other objccts'
Read again:
at may safely be received as an axiom In our
political system, that the State governments will.
in all possible contingencies, AFFORD complete se-
curity against inyasions Of the public liberty BY
| the national authority. .
When will the time arrive that the federal govern.
ment can raise and MAINTAIN an army capable of
electing despotism over the great body Of the
people OF an immense empire, who are in situa-
/ tion, through the medium of their State govern
] hiNut't " AhAN mchsuitb LOT tnClr own defense,
with all the cOlerity, regularity aud system of IN
! dependent. nationsl The apprehension may be
considered Us disease, for which there can be
found no cure in the resources Of argument and
reasoning
Spirit of Hamilton what would
you say were you to come on earth
now! You uttered these words sew.
enty.threc years before Lincoln was
inaugurated President of the United
States, and in less than four years
from that calamity Of 1861, hundred
told moro than you had thought be.
yond the scope Of human possibility
had been accomplished by that mon.
stcr in the way of federal usurpation
and war upon the States, which you
called independent nations and now,
when every sword is sheathed, every
gun spiked and overy arm silent and
lowered, behold those who have in.
lerited Lincou's idea of government
tearing the constitutions of the SOW.
ercign States of Illinois and South
Carolina, and substituting in their
place provost marshal's order. But
we must not do injustice to Alexander
Hamilton. When he wrote he was
surrounded by a generation of great,
brave aud wise mon. We must not
reflect upon his sagacity, for what
man could have imagined that Lin.
coin, Grant, Il Sumner, or u Sher.
man could ever be born. History
traces the birth of the former to an
accident entirely outside of ordinary
or permissible human iocundity, and
the creatures lett by him are as up.
natural as his own birth
We will close our authorities in thi.
article with few extracts from Mr.
VIM. II. Seward, who, when Governor
OF the State Of New York, refused tC
obey plain provision of the consti
tuition in relation to few fugitive
slaves from the State of Virginia
He said:
81 believe the righ, to demand, and The rccip
rocal obligation to surrender, fugtivcs from jus,ic
between s0tereigH and Independent nations, as de
fined by the laws of nations, include only thos,
cases in which the acts constituting the oAOnc
charged are recognized as crimes BY the universe
law OF all civilized countries. | think Il is ais,
well understood that the object Of the cons.itu
honal provision in question was TO recognize anl
establish this principle n the mutual relations o
the States as INDEPENDENT, ROT Al aud sOyEREIG,
ooNnrSTIEs. As they could form no treaties be
tween themselves, it was necessarily cngrancd il
the constitution.
"rhus you will perceive that | have admittc,
the sovereignty OF the States, upon which YOU 81
strenuously insist, To prevent, however, any pos
siblc misconcepton on this subject, beg leave I,
add that no person eau maintain more firmly than
DO, that ne States are s0rcrtigH aud indepeRdea
in regard TO all matters except those in relation Il
which sovereignty has been expressly, or by neeos
sary implications, transferred to the federal gov
ernment by the constitution Of the United States
| have at least believed that my non -compliauc
with the rcquisition made upon me in the prcsen
ease would be regarded as maintaining the sgHa
sopersignty and Independence Of he State, and b.,
necessary consequence Of the States.
''We agree. am happy to perceive in the 20
sition that the object Of this provision was 4
recognize and establish between the States, q
equal aad INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN COMMUNITIES
the mutual right and obligation to demand an,
surrender fugtiyes from justice, as they existe,
between independent nations by the law ofnations
Oar readers will pardon this Ions
extract from the father OF the presen
abolition party. 1t is good enough L
file away for future reference, fo
neither John G. Calhoun, nor Senator
Haynes, nor Jefferson Davis, no
Tombs, nor Sidcll, nor Yancy, eve,
uttered stronger States rights doc
trine than this; and everybody, aboli
tionists especially, held the same po
sitiOn down TO the election of Alb,
= Lincoln.
Now let Sumner, and Grant, ant
Greeley, and their co.conspirators ge
over this doctrine of the men witt
: framed tho Constitution, and contin
ually endorsed by tho Abolitionists NJ
to 1862, VIII they attempt ity No
They will remain as silent on tn
, true ideas of the fathers as the THE
before the bar Of outraged justice
They attempt TO evade and lic bu
they do not argue against Madison
and Alexander Hamilton. They novc
3 dared TO do this much. Why no
I call these men rebelsl They know
too much, and feel that in truth the,
arc the real rebels against our govern
. mont Secession is an evil much I
. be dreaded, but is not without remedy
0 because il simply denies the jurisdiC
0 tion without waging any war upo
the organic principles of the fedora
government. 1t leaves the life of til
0 States unimpaired, with power to rC
I unite again in the Union. Bat thes
=, Radical conspirOtors assassinate th
j States and overthrow the very supel
t structure upon which the Union wa
= built. Secession is simply prodiga
c who wanders away from the ihmil
roof But mongreism is a folon wh
y remains at home, simply TO murdc
d tho household and raze the ancier
9 ediIice to its foundation The mas
OF fools who echo the howls Of I'll
). madmen against State sovoreignt
10 may be sincere, because they are i
a norant, but the leaders, the newspapC
!. editors, pulpitcers and statesmen ,
4, the Radical school, know bette
e They cunningly seek TO delude m