Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07
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rav to rcople some idea Of what th
oou orgnnlzat on is. It's first provis-
ION "a that ''tnere can be no t,5ats:5 Sow
ereignty in States rights az opposed to
the Aat.onal supremacy. The utter
LoIIowness aud fais'ty Of the assertion
is easily shown when It IS considered q
that this plaulz of stT p!ntform IS Gia-
metrica']y opposed to the AmcTica1
Cou-titution itself, which provides
fiat there can be 10 National
supremacy except in the exercise Of
those powers which the States have
d Irgated to another authority. IN al.
other respects the National supremacy
r.n-t Weld to the sovereignty of The
States. In o1her words, tie States Were
iap original sovereigns and The Nation-
Al government is he creation Of
those s,,veceigus The charter Thus
Granted IS not, therefore. inherent IN
the General Government or a perpetu
p one, bat m rely powers COME red
which may be Withdrawn al any t.'':t
when-our Northern brethren sar So.
4, Ex-Judge Cantweli, d Repuhi'u-o
leader il this sec'ion and Republican
Senator from this county in t. lie
Legislature, said in the Superior
curt in this city on Wednesday, "the
Constitution Of the United States VA
!. pars Of the Constitutions Of each
i Il,
s-ye al State Constitutions. tozera
er With the c Institution Of the Un;tet!
Sites formed the Co.st.2u ion Of t!ie
American people. and upon this basis
vs. reared the fabric which gave To
tn majority tic right to rule" We
thank thee, Judge.
The second plank III the platform
asserts that lit il false that there
were any States hat were ever indie
pendent governments" Reason, rev.
cation, common sense and the Gov
stitltion all contradict this II licnlous
assertion: The very fact Of the exist
erce Of the Federal GovernmeI It gives
it. own refnfation, the Constitution
providing that when it is ratified by
nine States It shall go into effect and
be binding between the States ratifv-
ing it," The Federal Government IS
literally an offspring Of Union Of the
States and the States are the creation
Of tue pCO ale within its own limits,
each State being gifted by its people
with a Constitutional instrument, pn-
clIiar to itself alone, and separate and
distinct from all others Another AID
practical proof is that for a year and
a half after the Constitution vas
adopted and put into actual opera
ton it was not ratified by the State O
North Carolina and Rhode Island. In
the meanwhile, if North Carolina and
Rhode Island were not integral paIts
of the American Union, what wern
they? Not British provinces, for tLsy
had been formally ahso,vld from all
allegiance t. the Britiah Crown; not
IN mbtrs OF the new family Of United
Ssate:, for their peo pie, the provincial
soyrreigns, had not entered into the
League by ratIfying tie compact of
i n. In the nature Of things, than
tnvy must have been, for that period
o. time, n dependent sovcreigntit 8,
whether dubbed States, provinces or
aations. They elected their own dea-
tiny, and could, therefore, not Lave
been dependencies OF any earth!!
power Whatever
The doctrine contained i'll the third
clause that "Yreasou aud rebellion
against the government Is TO be pun
i5h~d with death" IS we'll enough as
applied in the case Of such mis- rreants
d old John Brown, but It's proposed
application to a people a. VII as to
individuals Is simply ridiculous. TITS
to be hoped, however, that sueh Il
proposition Will never be tested.
The fifth section is simply reviva
OF The old doctrine Of Know Nothing
lsIa with its worst features retained
aud enlarged aud the better ones Of
it had any entirely ignored. 1t is q
b'ow aimed directly a the Roma.
Catholic Church IN this country and
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