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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1834
Page
4
Judge Harper argues that sovereignty rests with the people and the states, not a single national sovereign. He explains that the amendment process shows state sovereignty, compares confederacies, and cites German and Swiss examples to support a preserved state role within a federal framework. He questions a consolidated sovereignty and warns that three fourths approval still binds a state by its own act.
A historical examination argues that a state could not be forced to accept a new constitution by a convention or external force, since the United States rests on a federal union with republican guarantees. Treason remains an offense against the United States, not merely a state, and sovereignty lies in the union, not individual states.
A legal argument on state sovereignty vs federal authority in secession. The speaker challenges the idea that states retain full sovereignty after joining the union, discusses allegiance of citizens to state and federal governments, and cautions that a convention’s authority derives from the people not the body itself. The text probes constitutional limits and implications for obedience to federal laws during purported state disaffection.
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