Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-26
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FROM me Ftde'dist NO. So 6y .dierander Jf,w;I,o,
suppose zee federal power OF taxation were 10 b-
V1"ne' 70 dunes on import; is evident ia The Gov
e'n"eh' Tor want OF being acIs 10 command offer %,
,ouiee would IRE qneniy DO tempted TO .x.nd ,b..
euhes 10 an irjuscua excess There arr psrsons or
msk"e 'hat Wis eau ever be- the case: sine. tbs
'nsy are, the more, a. T. thew will
10 usseurase an extfavagapt con I'D ion 10 n,od.s
favorable balance II trade, and 10 promote dom
a"ae'ersS but al ex'r-ines are pc fnicious in va
rious ways. Exorbtsnt duiies on impo.,.d .,i.,.
serve 10 beget general spirt Of smu, yl,, which n;
always ejudeia 10 The f.r trader ard TO IN. revenu,
"ss: ihey te 10 render other c asses Of the coomu
"y niou'sry' IN an improper degree TO the manufac
r'oe classes, TO when they give pre- nature monop
Oily oil the msrks,: they som sim force Industry on
oi us most natural shsuntls into others in VIII ch H.
nowS wi less aivan ass: and in the ss place ,h.y
Cypress me MERRIAM who is often obliged 10 pay them
n,msen "itnoui any iehibuion iron ,he suniumer
"hen 'he denand Is equal 20 he quantity Of sooli vi
naIke', me Consumer generally pay. the duty; but,
when the markets happen % he ov.rstoeksh a yrea,
proportion fails upon he .rsha1t :.
tSey are paid by ina efchan they Oh, rate a
An additional tax up he importing S,a,; whose si
zens pay '6eir proportion OF them in the character
consumes La this view ,hey are productive OF inc
quality ams nx ibe Safes; which inequali,y wou,J he
increAsed with the incrta ed OF The duties The
eonnnement OF the i;itn revsnue, 10 ,his eci.s of
mpo'is, would la attended with inrauali v from dt
eren' cause, between the manu- aciurpg ard pou.na
nu aeiurng States. Tn, Safe, which eau go lar.
the" towards The supply Of their own ants by heir
own manufactures, will not, rjiog TO their mum.
oers or wealth, sonume grsats proportion of inn
ported arucies, 80 those States, wisb arc rot in the
same favorable siiusioi Tnsy would no., therefore
eontibuta TO the pubne treasury in ratio 10 theif
abiliGes" 49,
December tenn, 1898 -Rtspu5iica We. CoJbett-Su-
Prtnie Court o. Pennsylvania 3 Dallas 467-476
M kEAN Chit Justice, delivering the Unanimous
opinion If tie Court
"oar system OF soyernm. nt seems 10 me 10 differ,
10 'oF IN aud sPii, from all her governments, tina,
osve heretofore existed in The world Il is. as 10 some
particular, national in hsrs Ied.rdi In all tho resi-
due Ifrritorioi, or iu districts called State"
~ tie aiyiiions oil power between the national teds.
RAJ and State GOV tnm aus, (a,l derived from the
same sourse tho auth ,,y of,he people, NUT lie co..
lestvd from the Constitution Of the Unihd STATES
b.iots u was sdoped toe severai States had aboiuie
anu Jul mred sovereignty wi hin hsir respesiive
oonndare' all the power legislative, executive, and
luncla excepting those granted 10 Congress und.r h,
od Ccnt'i,s'i n. They now Ell " them A. except.
ing such as are granted 10 he e vernment of Ia,
United STATES by the present instrument aud the
adopted amendmsn's whish for particular purpo..
es ouiy lie government OF the United Stat, tor ,s
ra' OF 'ee goy.'nnent OF each State; s j%rI,dic
too extends to the providing Tor the commc, d. fnrs
against exterior oiurics AMI vol nee the
commeres. aud other MAJ specially enumerated H.
tue .onsh'uNoi; al powers rena Ia the Individual
States compfebencipg the btetor ed other concerns
these combined form, complete govern p.n S,ou,b
there he any defect in ,his form Of government, n, ann
collision occur, u sanno be remodieb by me sole ae
OF me Congress or OF Sale, The people mBs be resort
ed TO for enlargement moss alton II ale shonId
differ With the Uni ed States sboul IN, son,,rue,io
oil hen. mare Is no common umpire but the peop,e
H.
The CoDsii'uiiopsl way suffer iron, the def CT, L.
sueh case The Cas- tuition OF the u s. l. YEprRAI.
Is league or uea.y IN lde by The indiv,dra Sttes
as one party, al by III The stes % al Other marry
when two nations dif r aLou, the meaning O, any
esu'e sentence or 20 ri n treaty, neiihsr has an
iu'ive right 10 decide IL; they eadssvor 10 aiu.,
bv = niiAn--, 49, ,slUyI -oc accoupi.hed
each ha' right 10 rein i,s own n,erpse. len until
reference he bat to the .dia OF o,h-r nations
arbl ration Or tbs fate OF Th-re is NJ provision
IN the Constitution that in such the JUDI o, OF
the Ipreme Court Of the United States ehaH s.ntroI
aud he eonciu i've; nsihef the Congress by a law
confer hat power" &. &..
IT by and he several sate, IN tb.,
primary sovereign capacity which with and
WITH the whole, and the who kean
ana observe the articles ordained by the
eoPe or natural persons constituting
same people IN their particular political formation one
Tho III ~ + ~afJ Lititgson, Secretary of State;
ne Hon. Mr.: Woodbury., Secretary Of the N .vy; aud
Comm0dores Rodgers, ewsft, and Patterson NAVY
Commssi'nets arrived in this city lat evening and
cok Tod sings a, the Cry ,ieI The Secretary OF IN.
Navy, and the Ii ard Ct Navy c mmi.sioners are on
toor OIL io'recnon 10 The several naval atoms cf
The North a'd East. Thie morning, at o'l ,ck
lhese gFBttem n, accompanied by the Hon Mr
Vsn Is irsn, visited The Potomac frigate Commodore
Downes, uo@ lynn 10 the Nor Ii Rvrr and 20 g ii in
few days 70 the Pacific ard probably 10 tbs cos. Of
'nmairs The Distinguished visi ora were rece!v.d
1nder salute Of seven gnns. After leaving ,be
fnst-. 10" S,efeiary AMI Commissioner vi'ited The
Navy Y ,ri At Brooklyr I'M " Cou,