. Minutes . neverhave been adoi)ted. As to the s(jcorul of these rpiestions—i. e., tlie right of theFederal government to coeice a seceding State: This (piesti()]i was discussed to some extent in the conven-tion which fiamed the (Constitution. Mr. Aladison (called thehathei- of the Constitution) said: The more he IeiliMted on the use of force, the more hedoubted the pjacticability, the justice and the etheieney ot itwhen npj^Tud to peo|)l( colhctively, and not individually. Auuioii (»r the States containing such an iugretlient seiined lopi()\i(le Ioi its own destrucliou. And Mr. Hamilton
. Minutes . neverhave been adoi)ted. As to the s(jcorul of these rpiestions—i. e., tlie right of theFederal government to coeice a seceding State: This (piesti()]i was discussed to some extent in the conven-tion which fiamed the (Constitution. Mr. Aladison (called thehathei- of the Constitution) said: The more he IeiliMted on the use of force, the more hedoubted the pjacticability, the justice and the etheieney ot itwhen npj^Tud to peo|)l( colhctively, and not individually. Auuioii (»r the States containing such an iugretlient seiined lopi()\i(le Ioi its own destrucliou. And Mr. Hamilton said : Put how can this force be exercised on the States col-lectively. It is im|»ossil)le. It amounts to war between thel)arties. I<\)i(ign |)()\\ also will not be idle s|Mctators. Theywill inter[)ose, and a dissolution ol the Union will (oth Mad. Pap. 140 and _!()().) And no such right or power canbe Iouud au\\\ here \\\ I \w ( oust il ul iou. hJ li ,-^ni- -^y:. \ ^•...l-:r:^ ;, n. .:. ^i SevoitcoitJi Reunion, Riclinnvid, May 30-Jii7ie 3, 1907. The late James 0, Cartel*, of New York (a native of NewEngland) one of tin; gieatest lawyeis this eonntry has everproduced, said: I niay hazard the opinion that, if the question had beenmade, not in 18G0, but iu 1788, inunediately after the adoptionof the Constitution, whether the liuion, as formed ])y tliat ins}ru-nient, could lawfully treat the seeessiou of a State as rcbr-llion,and supi)ress it by force, few of those who participated in foi-m-ing that instrument woidd hav(i answered in the ailirmative. In November, 1800, the Ne^v York Herald said: Each State is organized as a complete government, hold-ing the purse and wielding the sword, possessing the right tobreak the tie of confederation, as a nation might ]n*eak a treaty,and to rex)el coercion as a nation miglit repel invasion. * * * Coer-cion, if it w^ere possible, is out of the question. The question Avas maturely considered by Mr. Buchananand his Ca
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