The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-25

believed, in any Of the ststs eopstitntions
What is q 'soyereigntys in the political sense
Il a political community, without I polisieal
superior3 Tested by this, NO one Of oar
States, except Tsxas, ever wes . soyereignty /;
md even Texss gave up the character on com
edged the OonstltutlonS OF tho United stasess
| and the lava and treaties ofte Vnifsd9 9egtog
made IN pursuance of the CoQetitptioos - be-
e. her ne ss q Sss ,n
they have no other legal statuss II they break
from this they can only do 90 against law, and
BY revolution The Union. and not them
selves sepssste,y. .ss; procured their tpdspsna-
chase, the Union gave each OF them whatever
of indie pendeuce and liberty Il has. The Union
Is Older than any Of the stste:; and. In lscf, 4
pendent colonies made the Union, and In turn
tho Union threw on their old dependence for
them, and made them States, such Is they
stitution independent Of the Union. OF course
it is not forgotten that AL the new States
framed their constitutions before they entered
the Union; nevertheless. dependent upon and
Unquestionably the States have the powers
Asd rights reserved to them In and by the
National Consultation, and upon this point,
rssS s..eiss Ss.ssl Il Sssions power
and state rights, a. ! principle, is no other
than the principle Of Generality and locality.
Whatever concerns the. Whole should be con-
ment; while vhstsvsr concerns only the State
should be left exclusively to the Ssats. 9his
IL all there Il Of original principle about It."
HI. Lincoln held that the United states Is
Nation, and that its Governmept posses:es
ample power under the Constitution tojmain-
tair its authority and enforce tSs iawB In
every part of its territory. The denial Of
trins OF stste-ri and Who rightly claimed
that IL was Inconsistent with Stase sovereigntv,
made up an issue oyer which eroae one OF the
leading coptroyerstes which lcd % the civil
war. The result OF the var decided that con-
troyersv IN favor Of natioAsifty and in favor
ment. 4o-t,Ss.ss,f assE gS.szt s..ftft
This decision = I'm accordance With the prins
years ago tn 0eleRates in Convention At Phil
adelphiAi sgfsed to the Constellation of the
United StateA which was aftefwards fseaed'
and adopted. On tho same day aeptemher
trassunlStine the Constttution 70 the Congress
in sean1Dn ffn New York. In that letter he
setdt ~ seeaS Ri .a@.fssi .ys
*The friends Of our country havelong since
"a treaties, shat of ievyine MONEY and reEn-
lating commerce. and the correspondent ex-
ecutiys and judicial authorities should be
Government Of the Onion. = = It 10 OBJ
yiousiy imprscticabie In the Federal Govern
ment Of these States TO secure all the rights
provide for the interest and safety of
an. y In AL our DELIBERATIONS on this.
subject, we kept steadily In our view that
which appears to N the greatest interest of
every true American-the consolidation Of cur
Union-in which is involved our prosperity,
felicity, safety-perhaps our National exist
ence." gy-ec
Again, In his farewell address, Washington
said 80"
"The unity Of governments, which consti-
you. The name OF American, which
belongs to you in your NationafcapAcityFou
always exalt the just pride OF patriotism more
than any appellation derived from local dis
criminstion." o fra $. sssr. IS. sfs
| On the question Of human rights Mr.. Lin
coin was equally explicit and often declared
decided by the result In his matchless mes
i a0ur adyersaries have adopted come decla-
rations Of Independence, in which, unlike the
the words, al men ere created dequal' Whyf
They have adopted . temporary National Con-
stitution, In the preamble Of which, unlike
our good old one, signed bg Washingten, they
the deputies of the sovere1gn ard sindepend-
ent S.ases-' Whya Why this deliberate press-
ing out OF view the rights OF men, and the
authority OF the peopiet .Inis MS y essentisly
Il Is struggie Tor matntsining m oe Moelo
that form and substance OF 6ovefnmens wne
leading object Is 70 eievats me S oon1,t.en g
dsrs TO TO eIs.1 % ' the paths & i.aGsDe pursuit.
Chance 70 in the an Iaes e % Tns asa
paruai ana temporary oepefsnxes Axoer neeos-
ss s: .ho:s ss s.as sess s
most happy to believe that the plain people
understano ana appreciase tnas. =