Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-10-17


more explicitly renowned allegiance and
made its delegates in Congress the represen.
tatives of an independent 1opubtic. On the I'd
of July, 1176, the resolution for indepcnd-
encc came up in the Congress of the colo.
MES, and - colonies, without one dissent
ing colony, resolved That these colonies
are and of u right ought to be free and indie
pendent States; that they are absolved from
allegiance to the British crown and that all
political connection between them and the
State of Great Britain is and ought to he
totally dissolved
1t is thus seen that it was on the 2nd day
of July, ITS, the colonies declared them
selves, by formal resolution and unanimous
vote, Gree and Independent States" and II
was merely the formal announcement To
foreign nations of this act Of independence
which constitutes the famous declaration OF
July 4, l776, made by the representatives OF
| the Omitted States" on that day, or to state
it in the language Of Mr. Bancroft: "The
resolution Of Congress changed the thirteen
British colonies into free and independent
States" So that the colonies were States be-
fore the 4th of July, 1776, and were States
before they asscntcd to the articles of con-
federation and were States before they form
ed the Union under the Constitution; Mr.
Garfield and his satellites to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
We claim that this is n Union of States ;
that il is II conventional nation for all for
eign purposes and the execution of the pow
ers granted TO the Government of the United
States, but we deny in t0t0 that this is n ma
ton in the sense that we are one political
organization or aggregate mass. Washing
ton truly describes us us Il "conlederated ma
tiOn," that is, "a nation of nations" union
Of peoples under the appropriate motto
PiHi7blS UHjtR." ,op an
IT this is Il "nation" in the l~'
publican theorists il the AMER
are consolidated into nm aggregate.
thcy have the power ogef every cons-
State or Federal, and can abolish Sta,
litcrato their governments and instituttsNxsA
and other modes Of governing them
Congress, rs the representative of this ~
grcgatc mass, can assume all the functions
of government general and local, if major-
ity of the aggregate mass so will it, II is,
therefore, most important TO decide the true
nature Of our Federal system, rs il now OK
lists, and there is no duty more imperative
upon the citizen than that OF understanding
and insiructing his servant, the office holder,
as 10 the right character of our institutions.
Il seems to me impossible for any intelligent
person. who examines the history of the
Constitution and its construction by the
highest Court Of the land, to come to the
conclusions to which Republican speakers
seek TO lead the people.
Can we ignore the decisions ofthc Supreme
Court upon this subjectY Shall we forget the
statement of that high tribunal through its
honored Chief Justice Marshall, when he
said, in America the powers of sovereignty
are divided between the government of the
mi Of ln tnH,
each sovereign with respect 10 the objects
committed to it, but neither sovereign with
respect to the objects committed TO the other
Nor has the Supreme Court since the war,
hcsiiatcd TO enunciatc the same doctrine. 49,
Chief Justice Chase, in fuller terms, describes
the rights Of the general government and of
the States rs they now exist, nOtwithstand-
ing the war for the Union. He says: But
the pcrpctuity and indissOlubility of the
Union by no means implies the loss Of dis
tinct and individual existence or of the right
Of solf-goycrnmcnt by the States Under the
articles Of confederation each State retained
its sovereignty, freedom and independence,
and every power jurisdiction and right not
expressly delegated to the United States.
And we have already had occasion 10 re-
mark at this term that the people Of each
State compose State having its own gov
crnmcnt and endowed with all the functions
ogsnntinI IN ennoroto and indenondont ov;s-
toncc and that 'without tbc gtatns Il, unin,,
thoro conld Inc mo- such nnli,icoi InJ,, aa ,ha
ITnitod e,oto,j Mo- rnlv ,bornfyro con
,J,aro i,o ,,o inso 81 s,,a,ato AID 49,
Jnnt om,onor,y IA ,bo gtotos tirani,,, fhnir
union under the Constitution, but il may be
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Iiavc yo bccn nrogrossing bocll,yarJs IN am
onnrociaiion of civil liberty and tbc r;g,ts
az free government II cannot hc that The
hmcrican nconlc ,yill All ~ s,,nnor, and H.
dorse tbose members of Congress who stood