The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-20
{ PLURIB us UNUM
By ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
Professor of Government at Harvard tnivcrSlt!

I at Harvard nlNCrSltI.
&c rcconCiliur tho power u; n nation with
the local scrutiny "f Il '"~n meeting or
Il County court. They correctly Judged
tn" hearts If their CnuntrSE".i Hiid Dc
ll"r"d That IN" fr"" man with hi% p''"rl" :
Eovcrnm"na would have ;rNrS ;tti !"EhI-
~ and support and public S"rNir" l"
give 10th tor the nation and for his
state. They W"rr entering on the mo-
m"nt"u& experiment. never tr!"d before
3 m tn" history If mankind. Of vast re-
ruhli" Patrick iirnry at III" outbreak
of III" R"v"luil"n hri raHGht TINS mag
nific, mt idea IN his bold assertion that
TIL" diStinr'!urS hv!wr"n Eirrininns.
p"nnsylyraans. New Workers ard New
t:nglHn1"rS. are uu NOR. ! nm not Il
EirGin!am. hut Az AmrrtrlH.
"" ar" accustomed Ia speak Of the
! Federal CONSTITUTE" and III" ihlrt'cn
state constitutions Of tha: period: II
woUii y" NOR" Cnrrurl Ia SPEAK 81 n
n1tluI.Il constitution. woven I'M" nct-
work in which TIC now Federal t"nsiiiu-
zion i"raN. an indispensable" part or
every $'i;" in-titu;i"n: thus III" raiif-
cation CONVENTION uf Massachusetts help
ID !" spare ~" convention nr Virginia
and thc NI!@inIinS took part IN IN mold
inS II the Massachusetts C"n$t'lut"n'
thus all Tia" people Of all TIA" StRt"' had
4 share IN r"muldinE the whole system
ot government: assigning certain aulh-
ori'y |" ia" central organism Su'n "S
foreign r"iHil"mS Tor cNainl'"'' anu cav
ing other fields 81 E"N"rH'n'H'' sue" rs
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The Constitution pointed out the
means Of performing ihr" great national
!, task which III" constitution imposed.
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apt "Namrl". in his year l9lS--t0 lhr
! federal government was n;ruSt"I In"
, sol" d"f"ns" OF every stat" and every
/ individual against external en- nIrs. rs
a means /" that rud Congress had an
! thNrity 20 rIiSr armies and nHVI"S. Ia
f; dcrlar" war. 10 cavern III, land and ma
+! val forces. ~ "rcanix" III" militia and
! call il forth when needed To max"
. those armies; availah!r they must he
: moved: Congress had power 10 cstah-
! l'sh post roads aui t. rcguIa;" COM
, mcrcc with foreign nations AMI anon:
th., states an. that involved The right
to huild roads and vessels ana to rrCu.
Int. lines of transit Iv land or. water
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. t"''''' '"!'N''N> 'I'.-'H Il" in'' 'li''"H
system "' national "ahRS sell interest
nearing ""hhS ana snort t'h'' notes ana
ISSUES paper money. nc authority OF
the United states may h. resisted With
III our own country H'h'" ITS hi"A
has iI"w"T IN project IN" laws and tr"a-
tics Of ~" Unite! states hy military
force and IN" national courts may trE
for treason any person who shall levy
WAR Trun -" tnit"1 States or "aGhrrc
10 fhcIr enemies. :!vIr" th"in ali md
comfort" We'll mnv wr !'rGp In thin
tir,. rr s,rrss mud hlnrc- ;h. .Corcsirh-
~ those Who rrom-I tho constitution
tho wisdom of fhns,. who he,.n annii.d q.
during q century and , nu,r,rr ,o tho
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