Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-15
TWENTY FIRST CONGRESS-.
speech Of M. CLAYTON, Of Detawars, !
Senate. MIrca 4, Is SO ICnNrlNUED.
FIRST Sc SSiON.

The honorable member from New Hamp.
shire. in the progress OF his very ingenious re
marks discuss ed in connection with the con
stitu,ional power Of the Judiciary, the whole
doctrine of internal Improvement, AS well as
the tariff, lie denounced both as aegressIons
0fthe Federal Government on the rig't OF
the States, as measures eviDclve Of and flowing
from disposition on the part OF some, TO claim
for that government unlimited powers and
endeavored to make i',aPpear that these acts Tor
Snerna Improvement were aud ever had been
Ftderdl herrses, while the opposite and re.
srictive tenes. limiting US 10 the strict exer-
else of certain enumerated and specific powers.
had always distinguished your genuine demo-
Cta and only true republican. 1be honorable
member informed us that by the prevalence of
this strict construction of the constitution over
tbe latutinaran doctrines, the great political
resolution of 1900 was effected, and thai bis
mode OF construction had ever since remained
the watch word of democracy add the strong
est test OF political orthodoxy lie showed
MS by these means how the matches spirit Of
abe West the great advocate Of the principles
SO denounced had always been federalis,
while on the other hand be barely iutmated
that a matchess spIri' in the South had perhaps
been misrepresented Oh the same subject. The
animation, that the views of one statesman had
been misunderstood, was accompanied by the
admission that there mig be differences, and
possibly honest differences, Oh the same subject,
IN the same party, This was all wtil--and
my only reason lor adyertiDg TO ii, Is 10 express
my regret that 50 charitable a SdIUO was moi ex-
ended beyond the party line. But we were
afterwards told by the honorable member, that
'he resemblance between the political charac-
Ter Of the opposition and adminisl ration parties
IN 1893, 1872 and 1923, conters upon him and
his political lriends, title 10 old fashioned de-
mocracy' as the same democratic States, with
one or two exceptions only are found, (he says
at each era, side by side in favor of Jefferson,
Madison and the hero of Orleans. On one side
virginia and Pennsy lyania, Carolina and Geor-
qua, Tennessee and Kentucky. On The other,
delaware and Massachusetts, Connecticut aud
divided, Maryland | shall hereafter take
haVe 10 present 10 the view of the honorable
member some condolences much more striking
,!an That which here appears 10 have caaehf
"H fancy. Keeping in view now the position
assumed by him, in regard to the federalism Of
."e Western Statesman, auI other advocates OF
"'eihaI improvement, | would inquire into the
''e 10 the old cash Ioned democracy of Creor-
t"' Sa'olina and other Southern States, here
NyHBha'ed by him, on the l4rh of March, 1918,
m"e" twenty one Of their representatives in the
' mousse carried the resolution which fully
,'o'shed this federal hercsy-deClaring
1' eon9re's has power, under the constr
10 appropriate money for the Construc
w." " post roads, military and other roads,
WI me improvement uf water courses,
r VI 'ne seven represen, aiiveS from South
ua'o''na Mr.. Lowndes, MIR. Sinlins, Mr. Mid
NV ~" ana Mr.. Erwin, voted for this resolution,
81, ,"o hfs' named gentlemen advocating, in
~ ueoa'e 10 which il gave rise, the power Of
w s'ess 70 Construct roads and Canals
dad 'ne resolution was adopted, Mr. Lowndes
,aI W {" lhai the decision then made had set
G.ae ""o'' question. Two thirds of the
NJ ga delegation, Mr.. Abbot, Mr. Crawford,
Sen, e'i'i and Mr.. Forsyth, now an honorable
,psaG. from mat State, supported the same
r,'o'oo'on. Did Carolina and Georgia then
a c r'fi Title TO old fashioned democra'
NJ n 9"all we not try them too, as we'll
sro',.l ""are and Massachusetts, by the
w3eH test OF political orthodoxy? IfDela.
hi,'o" mere to be put on trial, she will stand
un,a ie, li.hlrably. Though generally Federal
she "'en the new parties were formed.
Spna,a Almost uniformly represented in this
men up 10 that period, by Federal gentle
The On lhis subject the very tenets OF
in, H. "oie member himself, always conhn
ci6c P""ers oi the government To the spe-
alko , una enumerated objects and opposed
nv, ~ lhese acts for iotern.I ;mnrnvemeut
ssn,eG ha AVS In 1927 4 1928, she was repre-
sit, an, Nv wo able statesmen of the oppo-
bcen e. o',ul'ndrlan creed. BOTH of whom had
a"''s out at that time; sir, they were