The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-11

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yiduah is intangible by the common
government or the individual members
composing #. To attempt ii finds nc
support in the principles OF our Con
sttuiion." 81 a.auu5 u.E
While l shall at all times defend ana
uphold the Federal Government in Tho
exercise of all its constitutional author
i,y, as the surest and best.guarsntee tol
the perpetuity Of q Union hallowed
by memories that kind!e the purest and
Hottest ieel ngs OF patriotism, ! feel 1t
to be a duty no less sacred and binding
to as s,renuou.ly defend the rights o.
the States, the governments OF which
are the real palladium Of the PEOPLE
liberties. 1t is upon these governments
we rely mainly for the security OF he
liberty and property, "and just IN pro
D ,rtion as we permit them to be stripped
of their powers the Federal Government
will become absolute and irresponsible,
ruling without control or limitations
and jusifyibg its excuses 10 the name
OF popular liberty.
When we give. ourselves up TO The
delusion that our liberties are in nc
danger by suffering the States TO be
disn,sntled of their powers, III order to
aggrand;ze and extend the powers Of
tue Federal Government, We will dis
cover, when it is too late to recover
except by force what we have lost, tina,
we are in the jaws of centralized des-
pDt,sm, with 10 safeguards. no checks,
and no limitations established for the
security OF our righs, either OF ute,
liberty, or property. All these Will be
at the disposal of a despot:c aud iEr>-
sponsible majority. and We shall be the
miserable subjects OF tyranny and "P'
pressiUns brought upon ourselves by
our own folly and msdn"sa The
Trainers ul tie Constitution iuoktI with
Jealous care 10 the preservation o! the
rights OF the States; they believed mat
tEer maintenance 10 all their integrity
was not only vital aud essential to the
Liberties OF the people, but to the very
existence 0. the Fedora Government;
they taught us that the States are tue
pillars upon which the system rests,
and that with their destruction the en-
tire fabric OF the Republic topples ant
falls to the ground; the States could
exist without the Federal Government,
but the latter must per'sh with the
destruction of the States. Alexander
Hamilton declared in the Convention
in New York that
The States can never lose their
p,we,s until the whole people OF
America are robbed OF their liberties.
These mus, go together; they must
support each other or meet one com.
mon fate.
Mr.. Livingston, "emter OF the
same Convention, said;
Il conceive the State guvtrnment- are
necessary IA The barrier between the
peoples liberties and any invasions
which may he attempted on them hy
the General Government.
Fisher Ames, in the Convention in
Massachusetts to ralitv the Cons'itu-
ton, said
A consolidation OF the States would
suhvert the new Constitution. =
= TOO much provision cannot
h. male against consolidation. The
State governments represent the wishes
and feelings and local interests Of the
people. They are the safeguards and
OF the ConstItut on; they
will protract the period of our liberties
they vii! afford 4 shelter az Inst the
abuse of power, and will be tne Natural
avengers OF our violated rights. -
Ell;oas Debates, vol. 2rPsse AZ.
James Wilson, one of the iramert oil
the Constitution. ard member OF
the Convention in Pennsylvania, said :
"rhc State governments ought to be
preserved. The freedom Of the people
and their internal good police depend
on their existence in full rigor.
! will add the testimony OF but one
other name iliustrious in our history a.
the champion OF civil liberty and free
gov, rnment, that of Thomas Jefferson.
who recon- mend,d touS "thesupport oi
the State governments II gil tier right
as the most competent administrations
or our domestic concerns ard the -urest
bulwarks against snrl-re"n''l"an ten
denotes"
Such words oiadmcnition when re
peated in our ears to-day, standing az
We do in the very shadow OF that mon
ster 80 much dreaded 10y the fathers
and early Statesmen of the Rcrnblc, a
centralized government, ought t. arouse
u-t)a scnse Of danger, and elim"a erhc
decaying spirit of liberty to grapple
with arbi rary power, with bold deter
minat;on to restore to the States the
right OF local sci government.
1t was not the intention ofthe trainers
of the Con-t tuition to place the reserved
rights Of the States in jeopardy ty an
extension OF Federal power, nor to sub
iect a minority Of the States Ia tie ali
solute will of a MAORI v; nor was i;
their purpose to con er upon any De-
parrment of the Federal Government
the y over to suhvert the Constitution,
and by mere legislative action change
essentially its form aud character:
The Constitution, with all it's limita
tons and restrictions, WAS designed Ia
project the reserved sovereignty ci the
States and the ghts Of the people
a,ainst the encroschments of MAORI
,,.s and is Their wall Of defense against
Federal usurpation. Over the powers
delegated, aud over those alone, the
States or the people thereof agreed that
the Federal Government should have
co"t 0l, aud in ascer'anng the ex ent
OF its powers tie Constitution is the
guide. Such as are granted it may ex,
trcise. All not delegated are excepted
aBd reserved by the States respectively,
or to the people. and are in'iolable.
They are at the disposal and coatro' OF
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