The line that distinguishes the two governments is that which
distinguishes the general relations and interests from the
particular relations and interests of the people of the United
States. These general relations and interests are placed under
the General government, which, because its jurisdiction is
coextensive with the Union, is called the Government of the
United States; the particular relations and interests are placed
under particular governments, which, because their jurisdiction
is only coextensive, with the States respectively, are called
State governments. The General government governs supremely all
the people of the United States and Territories belonging to the
Union, in all their general relations and interests, or
relations and interests common alike to them all; the particular
or State government governs supremely the people of a particular
State, as Massachusetts, New York, or New Jersey, in all that
pertains to their particular or private rights, relations, and
interests. The powers of each are equally sovereign, and
neither are derived from the other. The State governments are
not subordinate to the General government, nor the General
government to the State governments. They are co-ordinate
governments, each standing on the same level, and deriving its
powers from the same sovereign authority. In their respective
spheres neither yields to the other.
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