The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-09-06
colonies shall be perpetual This
bond OF union carried the United States
5tht,nl1ph tha vuar nf fI,n ravnlnti0n.

our own preSeDL cOn8LlLuLlOQ. LII Cue
thirteenth article it is expressly declared
that ''tbe articles Of this constitution
shall be inviolably observed by every
state and the Union shall be perpetual 4
Iii this article the words perpetual
Union'' appear four times, and it. is
dated July 8, l77s, the tenth state hav-
ing signed it on the 24th Of that month.
The Un1on. therefore, was intended to
to be perpetual from the beginning and
by it's very nature. Four years after the
war. with plenty Of time for reflection.
q moro perfect document was framed,
.>Ehe Constitution Of the United
States This Was signed by the dele
Qates Of the various states, and after
wards ratified bv the conventions Of all
tie, states, thus making it binding on
alt. The verv words OF this grand docu
mont denote perpetual union and indis-
solubility. It commences with the
words. We, the people (not the states)
of the United States, in order to estab-
liah this constitution Of the United
States Of America. 2 and it concludes
with the words, Z This constitution
shall be the supreme law Of the land
(the whole country, and the judges in
every state shall be bound thereby, any
thing in the constitution or laws Of any
state to the contrary Notwithstanding" )"
No language can more clearly state the
perpetual union and the constitutional
and s0yereigntv Of the
United States. and, therefore. the sub
ordinate position Of each state as part
Of whole. State sovereignty, there
tore, il myth, and secession is suicide.
tor. admit that one state might do the
same and there would be no such 9
thing as q national government. No
state of the Union was ever sovereign.
While the states were British colonies,
the King of Great Britain was the
sovereign; and; they were subjects. After
the revolution, the sovereignty Of the
British crown was transferred to the
Unlted States. as one political people,
not as thirteen colonies. q Z. 5tz S'15s. !. !.
; The individual -steatesraEe tbs 4sueees~
sors of the British colonies, bu5the
United States as a unit is the successor
Of tine sovereignty whose powers are
delegated BY the people Of the several
states. Therefore under the federal
constitution, unity lodged in the United
States, and where unity is there is
Hence there was but one
treaty Of peace. not thirteen.
Our first obedience is. therefore. due
to the United States government. and
secondly,:it is due to the government Of
the state in which we live. The several
states nave, as the colonies had. certain
civil and political rights guaranteed by
the constitution over their home con-
Germs or interests. In this sense alone
states rights may be conceded as Just
aud true. Here I may remark that all
ibis is simply 3 transcript Of the gov
ernment aud constitution Of the Catho-
lie Church as a proof that private judg-
ment cannot be admitted as rule OF
conduct, either in church or state. The
war, terrible as it was, has given new
birth to our nation. which it baptized
in the blood of our heroes.
The government has been confirmed
and streng by the purifying fire
Of war, which consumed the corrupting
and deadly malady Of slavery and left
only the pure gold Of the heavenly prin-
ciples Of Christian civilization, upon
which the grand fabric Of our magnif-
sent government rests.
Before the war we were like house
built upon sun-drieG brick, which
by exposure and storm; but
after the war We are like house built
Of fire. dried brick, which can resist the
most violent storm without injury.
II am a believer in the truth OF
remarked the man who was
the frsts to empty his glass and the last
TO treat.
so are we all, we hope,'' echoed the
others. 45.r
'.But not to the extent am" /" he in
sisted, II have now.been married ten
years, and every night when I 80 homo
she is sure to say: Ah! drunk as
usual. ~ .
..Wel1. what has that got to do with
[ti''
t.Only this: have never caught her
u a lie yet. 2
He-Darling won't y0n be my wife!
She ell, I love you. Harry, and
have no objections to marrying you, put
wish you would put 1t differently.
You may be my husband.
4 hat did your father ssY when
Foutold him we were engaged?
sShs-He said he thought we were an
ragged long 4go. jud dglng from the small
ness of the gus bills. z.l B B