, 1874-12-17


President md Secretary the best that Inns yet
been proposed?
THE NATIONALITY OF TIE UNITED
STATES.
4 paper published ut Utica, N. T., called
the Observer, Inns made some extraordinary
discoveries in political history, to which it
calls special attention us having bearing
upon tho Democratic doctrine Of State sovcr-
dignity. These discoveries aro l. ".rhat the
people Of tho United States soro not always
ono people," md in support of this it cites
that the Puritans were different from tho
Dutch Of New York, or the chivalry Of tho
Cnraliers Of Virginin, the Catholics Of Mary
land, or thu Qualsers of Pennsylvania. All
this is true; but, when tho people of the Col
onies rovoltcd, they were all British subjects,
speaking tho samo tongue. having the same
general laws, and the same general political
system. Az well say now TINT, because VIC
hayo several 1nil1ions Of forcign-born resi-
dents in tho United stntos, tho American
people arc not ono people.
The second discovery is TINT title Stntos
did exist rs separate States, were sovcrnlly i'll
dependent, and becaule soverally sovereign
by tho separation from Great Britain" This
is sheer nonsense. Tho Declaration Of Indo-
pendenco begins with recitation that when
it becomes necessary for ono people to
dissolve the political bauds Which hive con-
nected thom with another, etc. 1t further
rccitcs TINT Governments dcrive their Just
powers from the consent of tho governed.
and Tint. when INV form Of government be.
comes destructive of these enis. sit in tim
RIGHT Of tho ucoplo" mot Statcs) 10 abolish
it. Among tho complaints aeainst Kinr
George IL tint In constrained Americnns to
lcor or,ns esnuninst tl,cir countrv n not
ooaiust their Statcs. For tnis aud other
th;nca La wos aoc,orc3 nn3,t In he :. tho rnlor
of FREQ poople." not statcs. FINALLY it
aec)aros " TINT in tne mama md 1v thu mn.
thoritv If tha cooa ,,eon1e. ]" NH statoa II ;s
,1oe,arc1 .t1,ot theso Uu;te1 co,o,,ias ore
md of rioht o,cbt Ia lie. frca and ;nf1enend.
ent States" The American peon1c. at the
r1osa of t1o wor vera rccon,;zed os m, m.
t;on. md nat geyerallv: thew made trcaties
IN n nnt;on. nna not scyorollv: thew Ind n
national t1abt. Under tho first form of pov.
ernment tley bad n Conpro;s. the aeleeates
to which wors appointed by tho State
rcn;s1aturea. ths number Of delecotos
wos mt arbitrorv. bccause those from
oac,, stote Ind M eoual voto nil n,,cs.
tions in concress vera detornincl Lv n
vota tbe minority heinz bour,a ,,v thu rosutt
,y,,;c1, foot o1ona nrc1,dca t,,c who,o i7na of
soyero;,ntv in t}o States. soveroion nowors
rent md not bv tle votos of others. This
form Of ,,ovcrnnlent proving inefficie,t It
WIS abolished anl tic present aaonted. The
co,utitution ,pop H., faco decloroa Tint IL ,vas
s.or7n;nca md established" bv thu {. neon1e
of t,,o 11n;tol stotce. u mud not hv tha statoa
It il elai,ned that two or moro States for q
1ono t;n,a rafrsei7 to ndont tho co,st;tut;on
mi warn t,eroforo eoyereion 1nrn, TINT in.
torya1 and con11 bava ran,a;no5 mi NJ .cn.
orots sovoreiynties This il uptrue. Tho
constitution when rat;t,cd hv n;,o stotes
NM. n t,o ;,to ofr,ct t,,a othera }a;,,o ovc1,3.
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t,,a,, ,,od o1so rot;t}oi} =
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or,,,oot ~ stotoo o,v1 not n Not;onnl DIV.
o.,,so,t y, nu1 = ic inoieta;, That tho stotou
ond % mt +,'o ,,oonla alect tho prssi,1ont INT
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