Address of Hon.
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Excerpt from Address of Hon.: Samuel S. Cox at Huron, Dakota, July 4, 1889 We did not contend for our liberties. We never lost our liberties. When the King and his Ministers strove to despoil us of our liberties, the colonies struck for Independence. They had rehearsed their traditional privileges and chartered rights as British subjects. Having failed in having these recognized, they declared for the inalienable rights of human nature. The Declaration was, in one sense, a "glittering generality." But it glittered like a meteor, and became fixed above our hemisphere as a pole star, for the guidance not only of our own but of other nations seeking liberty and independence. The Articles Of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation were the first attempt towards Union. They were not fully ratified until the first day of March, 1781. They proved inadequate for the purposes of a nation. Their prime defect was in the want of power to raise revenue and to regulate commerce. In other regards they were a failure. This lamentable impotence early manifested the need of a radical change. Virginia and New York felt this most urgently, and their statesmen pioneered the path to Union through a wilderness of doubt and anxiety. The Constitutional Era - 1789. But the grand event connected with our hemisphere - the consummate flower of our struggle - was the Constitution. That instrument embodied no abstractions. It ordained concrete modes, and co-ordinate and tripartite branches for a government of general welfare. It provided machinery indispensable for the development of free enterprise and the security of our liberties. The experience which made known the defects of the Confederation, led to the appointment of deputies to the convention at Philadelphia, on the 14th May, 1787. The work of that body was concluded on September 17th of that year, and under the sign manual of George Washington it was transmitted to the Congress of the Confederation. In the letter of transmission, Washington said that it was "obviously impracticable in the Federal Government to secure all rights of independence - sovereignty to each, - and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a portion of liberty to preserve the rest." He pleaded for the consolidation of the Union, for in that was involved our prosperity, safety and national existence. The Congress, on September 28th, 1787, transmitted the Constitution, with Washington´s letter, to the several legislatures of the States, to be submitted in each State to a convention of delegates chosen by the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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