New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-01

equal 10 their trust. Thelr conclusions were tnc -
setsr md assss were 20 pure and es. o com
msnd the confidence Of the country fos ING r 81 az
power Of Tho general Government, which he'd hitherto
been the invafable practice and almost unye IT.
opinion, and for the adoption Of tbs des OF the Nsoon
and It's supremacy.
PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE CONVENTION.
Towering in majesty and influence sbovo them al
stood wsshihstoo. their PrssAcut Beside HIM IVES
tho venerable Franklin who. though etshky years
Of ago. brought the deliberations Of the Convention
the unImpared vigor and resources Of the wisest
brain tho most hopeful philosophy, and the largest
experience of the times. Oliver Ellsworth. afterward
Chief Justice Of the United states and the profOundest
juror in the country; Robert Morris, the wonderful
ilnancier Of the Revolution and Gonyerneur Morris
man. one Of tho most eminent OF the sgners Of the
Declaration o. Independence and John En,edg na
Ss K Ssfs SS Of
sourss ability and sarnn xhs s,a ,%
opinions NJ q
This great Convention keeny felt, and with devout
AND serene Intelligence met It's dem s resp4ns
had or
by the triumph Of the American Revolution. and the
e wa no o. TO and the
rncc OF its member. led part OF them to lean toward
Of se me INC
the Sovereignty Of the states for fear that the con-
liberty The sass did s not want to
the advantage Of their position and the smaller Stale
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the wrecks OF empires and plunged civilization into the
p p Tas &
man OF his agr without popular authority TO MI MS
sss or The s o @ our his
builders. the present was full OF doubt and despair
9 and the OF em the
destiny Of mankind, was in their hands;
to originate a system weakened. The temporizing
spirit Of compromise seized the convention with the
as IS Of %, than s
Us not waste our labor and wss @
mag o the assmbsss
The % plane of G duty ,, ana ppS vs as
S so op sH0 perhaps another sOnses
Ehs S Ss S n'SR' Ss
defend work! Let us raise standard TO which
tho wise ., and ss s sn su, The
fourteenth but HI. line ended = tho grave Of sso,u.
Napoleon's address to his army In tho shadow OF the
pyramids, but his soldiers saw only me drsam Of
Eastern Empire vanish in blood Statesmen and W.,
their party to defeat by sarrsnd,rlns their convictions
sentative and the
government
Fired from tho limitations of It's environment,
and the question Of the adoption Of its work, the
Convention erected It's government upon the eter-
nal foundations OF tho power OF tho people II
dismissed the delusve theory Of compact between
independent Sta.os, and derived National power
from the people OF the United States. 1t broke up
tho machinery OF the Confederation and put IL
practical operation the glltter1ng genershss OF tho
Declaration OF Independence. From chnos came
ORDER from Insecurity camo safety, from disinfegrs
ton and civil war camo law and liberty, with tho
principle proclaimed In tho preamble OF the great
charter, I'VE. the People OF tho United STATES, IN
order to form a more perfect un!on establish JUS
Ss n'q as.ns. %'pHS e general
secure the blessings Of liberty to ourselves ana our
I ioS fos the SS Tnited States With wisdom IN
spirc OF God, TO work out upon this connnsn' tne
by blending and yo. preserving loe. setgoyerams,n.
with National authority and the rsh OF Inc ss
government OF the states. under the Articles Q, Of
Confederation. became bankrupt because IL GOSd
S 81 sno rased SIX thousand mhons Of dollars IT'S
GTs sraS,%s n The Congress
del from a regiment which II could not pay me
., Of T., the ys,a asn sdSs 'ns Sns they
maThc the nag Of the Ns,ion yhSss uRsracy
wsT the sco OF It's States the pledge Of the Republic
was the honor OF Its people. q, H.. ,,r.ro,hsr.a nv
the Strain Of a century. to be mighty eongueror
to .g iTs
an estaie or the execution Of political offender to
CRATE and grant homo rule and state sovereignty 10
twenty mine additional a anu ,Ha ina
name o. American citizen titlo Of honor through
on, the world came somp,st" from ms G CONVEX rse
rom his seat in the old Congress, eleven years before
70 gn The Of f,ar sa, . is
sun partly above the horsop, but seemed setting In
Dns the seven ,n r., Of hs Con
upon ssrfnI se,dations tie shdsnnI ssseetnrs q
cIrctraed the convsni,sn with ths declaration:
TSs pd" " Of The STATS and H. ambition of their
leaders sectional 1esIouses and tho overwhelming dis
the adoption OF the constitution Worth Carolina and
Rhode Island refused TO Join tho Union until long after
Washn gton's Inauguration. For months NewYork was
drbat able ground Her territory extending from the
Ia the lakes made her the krystOne OF the arrh:
by the capture Of Andre. England would have held
New York and subjugaied the Colonies, and In this
f nS. ds saS e,
impossible
TRIBUTE TO THE GENIUS OF HAMILTON.
success was due to confidence In Washington and tho
genius OF Alexander Hamilton. jefferson was the
inspiration OF Independence, but Hamilton was the
incarnation Of the Con Institution. In no age or country
intelligence Ahan Hamilton. At seventeen he an
initiated tho president OF his college upon tho question
the rights Of the Colonies In series OF auony
articles which credited to the ablcst men in the
country at forty seven, when he died. his briefs had
become tho law Of the land, and his fiscal system was,
and after hundred years remains, the rule and policy
OF our Government. lie gave life to tho corpse OF
National credit and the strength for elfpossession
and aggressive power TO the Federal Union Both "a
an expOunder OF the principles and IN administrator
OF the affairs OF government he stands supreme and
unriv allied In American history His eoquence was so
magnetic his Ian guage clear and his reasoning so
Irresistible, that he swayed with equal ease popular
assemblies, grave scnaes and learned judges. lie
captured the people of the whole country for the Con-
stution by his papers In " Tho Federalst" and con-
auered the hostile majority In the New-fork cOnven
ton by the splendor Of his OratOry.
hut the multit,des whom no argument could con-
vince who saw In the executive power and central-
tho dreaded usurpatiOn OF king and ministry were
satisfied only with the assurance. Washington will
leader OF the Sons Of Liberty he dropped his oppO
sItion; for no other mortal would trust author
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