The Daily Advertiser

From the Poughkeepsie Advertiser.

A Customer of yours would beg leave to remark, that every federal soul must feel at this moment, a persuasive impulse to congratulate his Countrymen on that fair and wise fabric of government which is now presented for the consideration of America. It discovers so much republican wisdom in the firm and equal balance of the powers of legislation—so much energy in the executive but so well guarded against excess—so much intelligence in the organization of the judicial department, and in removing every local impediment to the harmony of the whole; that he does not hesitate to yield it his ready and most unreserved admiration. It is armed to be sure with all the customary powers of sovereignty, but those powers are no more than necessary to the uniformity of the plan, and to give the system its proper balance and beautiful proportion. They exist in full latitude in all our state Constitutions.—They are indeed co-existent with every effective government on earth, and therefore our true and only ground of security in this as well as in every other representative republic, consists in the election, the rotation, and the responsibility of those men to whom the administration of that government is committed.

Every discerning friend to his country has long wished for a firmer cement to the national Union—for a correct and vigorous administration to recall the violated laws of justice—for respect abroad, and tranquility at home—for protection to our commerce and concert to our resources; in short, for some delegated power that might be able to defend our liberties from without, and to guard against the miseries of civil dissension. Those blessings are now presented to our hands. We ought to examine their nature and the foundations on which they are supported. But to examine with candor we presume is only to feel the instantaneous impressions of ardent gratitude and solid conviction. From the anxiety that lately vibrated through the breasts of every honest American, and from the warmth and congratulation that now extend the new system in its progress to every quarter, I will almost venture to say that the Rubicon is passed, and that the public reputation of America will be impressed for ages on the solid fabric.

Nor am I animated by intemperate zeal. My opinion is founded on a few plain political maxims. For if it be the interest of the American states to be united;—if the only effective and durable bond of Union among states, as well as among individuals, be a coercive government;—if the republican form of government be the safest, and the most compatible with the liberty, the honor and the happiness of mankind; and if the perfection of that form consists in the accurate distribution of the legislative, executive and judiciary powers, and in their harmonious union in one coercive point; if these positions be true (and I think they carry their own evidence along with them) the expediency of adopting the new Constitution comes as strongly enforced as any thing which can be offered to the human mind.