Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-28
RTCHMoND, FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1910.
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TIE Republicans Of NORTH CAROLINA az" ''h"'si'
The following Address duly reported o" iu's""! G" 70
III. pcnor ratio Association Of this CITY, ny ''f |e"' ~ "
NH Committee to whom been referred, with s"r amend
and adopted hy tsnc!ation WIN the following e'
luton:
.B.o,rea That the President Of this Association be- requested
10 take the most appropriate mode =" transmitting th Au'' "
the Republicans Of North Carolina.
TO orr Republican Brethren IN Inc Snte y NORTH
CARoLiNA.
Tho democratic Association Of the City OF Richmond
crmi,g norton Of the great Rrpuplcan family OF r.
r;nia cannot view without profound interest Tue sru@
1I.. ofthe Democracy the other States OF me In"h
They have watched the progress OF your ia'e riscos
n,;,L ,he greatest anxiety They have witnessed lis re-
sus with the deepest concern. Virginia can never De
indifferent to the desnies Of her immediate nr'goor,
one of her dearest sftcrs, and one OF inc goo" "'
thirteen States of the Union. But how deeply IS mat
interest increased when the political fortunes 2" the
yho. country are dependent upon the ISSUE when the
great maxns the Constitution, ana the most sacred
r;rh,s of the South, involved IN the contest and
when YOU are struggling for The same cause The same
,rncnes the same rights, which affect not only your
/ hrr,hrcn OF Virginia. but throughout the l. D
! WE lnok upon YOU indeed as our brethren IN the
Rs,uhl,can cnmmunion We bound together by
Tho same political relations. The Democrats OF y
Carolina Ike those of Virginia, r"gsd the Federal
Government the creature o.hc sovereign States OF
Ibis mon and as benz entitled In exercise II" other
powers than such as have been expressly conferred
and specified IN the compact The Constitution IS the
char,r. of these powers Whatever is not given is cx
ulcity reserved to the States to the People And
wisely was this dcmarcatIon established. For our
country extends several degrees of latitude and
longitude 1t embraces variety OF climates, OF SOILS
and of productions. II compartments multitude or
teres,s and diversity of population. What IS adapt
ed to one section of the country NAV not always there
fare be snabe toanoihcr No general regulation can
hc agreeable all the interests of every part And
all The powcrs that could be usciuy transferred to the
Federal Government, would he such only as untes the
common force protect all against foreign aggres-
son preserves the scpcrate States IN ths bonds "i
Union extends To State free community oi
commerce, and rquallzcs the benefits as well as inc
hurihcns Of a common Constitution. II some new
power should be found necessary 10 attain these OBJ
ioctS il must be- asked for from the parties contract
mo TO the compact, according tn the iorms which
are prescribed for It's amendment. We exclude, .;
course as Federal h.rcsy, the docrln" 81 General
Wm. H. Harrison, that the consent OF one or two
{, States can confer any power, that Congress
can possess the power 10 interfere with slavery III
the District of Columbia, with the consent Of us
people and OF the States OF Maryland and Virginia
alone We rcpudiaic, also, the same doctrnc, when
IL claims invest Congress with the power OF ap.
nroprat,ur the National Revenue for the cmancipa-
tmn of the slaves with the consent of or two slave
holding States; when it claims TO establish branch
of a l.. 5. Bank in single State, with ITS consent
We hold that new power can be conferred, but with
the consent of thrse-iouhs Of the States gwen in the
shane of an amendment, according 10 the forms OF the
CONSTITUTIONS Still more do we reprohaie the sweeping
doctrine recently put forth by Cen Harrison, IN ms
Greeuvilc Speech, respecting Public bank, or any
other institution, which the people may BE- supposed 10
desire or Congress mag adopt for the good "i their
country If the question assumes that character, not
what is written not what given by those who orr
uinay framed and adopted H. bnt what the people OF
one day NAV be supposed to desire, what their Re-
: personalities may deem t. hc for the public good then
{ all the land.marks which have been set up by the
! States to restrain Federal cncroacmrnt, are at once
swept away. The consolidation doctrine of Alexander
Il Hamilton csiablIshcdFcdrraIism III all itS excess.
rs must rule the hour. II General Harrison doctrine
II he correct, then why do talk Of limited Con-
: s,i,uliun and Specified Powers: Indeed vi hat pow
IT crs can be said be reserved 10 the People, or TO
the States, it supposed popular majority or tie &c.
neral welfare can confer any and every power And
n vel this the politician whom YOU ito% OF
Such can have no adequate idea OF State Rights,
and be called only in dcrson ''Jettcsonian Re-
publican.
We contend, therefore, as essential proposition,
that power be safely assumed which IS orr
re- giually conferred None be safely exercised
\, bccaHSr the general welfare supposed 10 require it
W If power can be usurped, why not others Where
!, the stopping point in The series of
One violation Eligh be supposed TO Justify another and
" what precedent to-day may become principle u
s. row. The mass OF powers, which may be lcrniac-
= " transferred Ia the General Government, thus
!" accumulate without end and almost every measure,
which is adopted, must be carried into effect BY the Elk.
ccutivc Departments every appropriation of money,
for example, requires agents 10 it out, subject
less 10 the Executive control, the laudi.
nous construction Of the Constitution tends enlarge
g, the patronage and power Of the President The re.
suit Of this Interpretation would be-, according to Mr..
Madisons Report, ''to consolidate the States hv de-
grecs, into one sovereignty, the obvious tendency,
and inevitable result of which would be TO transform
the present Republican system of the United States
into absolute, at best mixed monarchy. -
The truth Of this theory is finely illustrated By the
previous Administration of the Government Did not
Gen. Jackson, instead of assuming donbf"i p"'rrrS.
steadily refuse I" accept them, though approximately
pressed upon hm b. the Wings; Dad they not invite
HIM 10 clothr himself with the enormous influence and
patronage b" derived from chartcrin Bank Of the
[. S.-hut he replied ''rhe Constitution gives such
porcr, and will not IT,: Did not the Fedc-
rastS offer 10 give HIM millions upon millions n devote
10 Internal lmprovcmrntS-to works 10 be- established
all The Union, and to be expended by his En-
gneerS and officers appointed by his agency and de-
! pendent his patronage; but he refused such offers,
and ncaatvcd their bills.
The doctrine Of a strict construction is therefore,
only necessary preserve the rights of the States.
but the liberties of Iii" People Ii is thls school,
E which constitutes the Republican party. II is the
school, to which our own jefferson and your own
Macon belonged. It's tenc,s are to be found in the
# Virginia Report of y!'-and mean 10 arrogatc no
claim to any invidious Distinction when recognise
in that immortal paper the Shbholrtl Of faith,
well the landmarks of the whole Republican party
The laudinous school o;' construction, on the other
hand, constitutes the Fcde~al party. They accus
TONED 10 interpret the Charcr upon much lOo<cr prin-
cp!cs. In their eyes Bank Of the u. States large
Protective Tariff. system of Internal Improvements,
the distribution OF Revenue among the States, and III"
various forms which loose construction has assumed
considered TO be within the range Of Federal power
The annals Of Republic cN!nbt the successive
struggles which have taken place between these two
parties. The Federal School prevailed during the Ad-
mnisration of The two Adanses But The people rose
in the csty Of their strength and secured the triumph
of the Republican party, by the civic Revolution of
800. The utitudrouS doctrine, however, again made
lis appearance during the succeeding administrations
II crrpt bv degrees until Bank estab shcd
a Protective Tariff adopted, and other alarming mea-
projected and The Federal Judiciary scarcely
ever failed 10 Justify the usurpatcns which submit.
ted to lis decision. The very name of State Rthis was
Report was gradually losing all lis infucnr re in The