The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-03-06
THEORY OF GovERNSiINT-sTATE
AND NATIONAL.
NUMBER TWO,
ALBANY, Linn Co., Or,
March 1st, 1874.
NUMBER TWO,
Editor Democrat.

In the closing paragraph of my frs
letter, | proposed to give in this somt
additional reasons for arriving at The
conclusion that the several colonies il
abjuring their allegiance to the Brit
ish crown became sovereign and indie
pendent States
This particular period in the histo
ry and progress of our country is i'm,
portant and significant in guiding our
judgments to correct conclusions as to
the effect of the. subsequent chahge
made in the organic law Of the Uni
ted States when that "more perfect
Union" was formed in 1889,
The fact cannot be disguised that
there are two antagonistic theories OF
government and but one Constitution,
and the advocates of both have the
same history to draw conclusions
from, and Notwithstanding this iden-
tity of premises, one tends to CONSOLE
dation and the other to confederation.
One bases its theory upon the hypoth-
esis that the whole people acted in the
formation of the government without
reference to the States; the other that
the people of the several States acted
through and by the authority of their
respective States.
We have now arrived at a point in
the discussion of our subject where it
becomes necessary to avail ourselves
of the light given us by the Articles
of Confederation entered into by the
several States, as appears by the at
testation thereto annexed on the 9th
day of July, ITS,
The people of the thirteen States
not being united by any civil compact
prior to this time; struggling to main
tain by force of arms the independ,
ence which two years before they sol
emnly declared themselves entitled
to, evidently acted upon the principle
that each was an independent sover-
eign State; each became a party as
such to the compact voluntarily, with
out the compulsion or constraint of
any other, or of Congress, and tor the
uIh;a r.,,o,.n,,o,,, H. al .Lo.o
90, iuo' nn ,rrorta ~ ba % aAr,;o,as AMI '"',d of
confederation and perpetual union be-
tween the States Of New Uamnshire.
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a''aG'fS Pn"";Son"o P1nntSi;ans & % SonmoS,;am, INV
NJ .o.i"9nS WI, NV, 'Is' Tna oO"so.,e"' po..S'1
ne% noio,. M, NV Nro,.,lonl oV V;no;n;n G{
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~ t;To, ,,ort;aS and a tLa on,o,n
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0Ho ,,n,';o,,a ~, ,,,oSo' aon,,o,ont 49, - oon
,.nnt w'0", ty toD, Vii ol,;oUas traa,;os ~ T "nd
,ao', ~ 'o ond a. all o,hon I oa,s "d "nd
,b;nds wb;ch indonerdent snvereian
.ninso mnion @ LIZ. e,0Ia''U ~ 'o'0ioiS"
Pom9'' may - i'NV W.
Inc secona Article OF that compact
reads ,hach state retains ltssoVerelgh'
~, ana inuepenGence, ana every power,
!uTlSu'cIlon, anu IlgnN whlch 'S no'
oy tnls conle9gratlon expressly ocle'
gated 10 Ine Onlteu otates III Oon-
5ress asseihoieu' sovereignty as
oelonging, eXciuslVeiy 70 lne 0tates
y mere po5o'y Proclallneu py each anN
py congress- lhe com
non agent OF 'ne states, created oy
,neir JoihI act' ana III 9his connectlon,
WIN cail aItehtlon 70 one iact worthy
d remark' anu whlch Wlll 10 relefIeu
~ aSain III d iu'ure leIYe'i IL Is .ne
Jealous care ana wascniulneSs WIN
@hlcn 'he oIates guarded tneir soVer'
'lgn ilgnts' IhaO mons were 70 W parry
'u WIN tnaO was nov 30 aosoluVeiy
leceSsary toenaole the common agehS'
%nlcn was congress, 70 accomplish
ne purposes ol 'ne onlon 'nuS lorm'
"a,
Inc reasons lot forming VEls onion
lhuer Ine artic.es oi co4ieuera''on !,i
we're obvious enough ~ "lll We
oorhe III nino Vhat the Gnaracter ol
OohgreSstwas NOV cnangeu Vrln apy
WISE uilierenI siler , Inc iIeclpIas'on !, r u
! ironl ,,, wnaS IL was oeiore,
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