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ss EXTRACTS
From sMa. CALuouN's REposr UPON
THE MEMPHIS CoSvENTIoS MEMORIAL.
IN SENATE,-June &c, 1916.
~ The SpeciaL Committee, to achom araS
referred the Memorial of The Memphis
Convention. haze had the same under
consideration. and submit for the c'nsl-
,dcralion Of the Senate the toilosing re-
port: -, 49,.
Ii appears from The memorial that
The convention me, in Memphis, Iennes.
see. iu November last; that ii consisted
of Eve hundred and eighty three members
from The Stales Of Pennsylvania, Virginia
the .lwo Carolinas. Florida, alabama
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, tennessee,
Arkansas. Missouri, kentucky, Illinois.
Indiaua, Ohlp, and The Territory OF Iowa.
making sixteen States aud Que Territory; {;
and ,hnt It's olec, was 10 confer on the
measures which should be adopted for the
devefopcment oftae resuurcesni The valley
ofthe Mississippi and the adJaccnl STATES
an The gulf of Mexico aud the Atlantic
coast. II also appears.that lis deliberations
terminated in the adoption of tweniy re-.
solutions, among which the most pronl'
nen, relates 10 the improvement OF the na'
vioa,ion of The Mississippi aud i's great
nayiaahte tributaries, including the deep
: eni,,a oftle bar al lis mouth, and lis con-
q. he xit;n Isl fhe lakes canal ;sthe
Slsss.s1El yIsssess
ITeen lie su.i 8. Mexico anlls sitIe s lanil':
coast: tile reclamation, by emhanknients,
of1be public !auds suhjec TO inundaii"ns
an the Mississippi aud lis tributaries, and
tie counexon of It's valley ana Inc SCUM
cru Atlantic States by system OF ral!
roads.
.ilayius nov shown that the power t"
raise money and TO epproprIaie and ex'
peud il is confined 10 carrying luio eXecu'
linn the delegated powers. itrcniains to he
considered whether there Is any power del
coated 10 tie federal government. The caf-
wing of which aio execution would au'
;horize appropriations an'l expenditures
for the Improvement oi The naSigal'on VI
The Mississippi audi; waters:
Youc cnn!nillUe. atlci tUti aud mature
consideration ot the SuhjrcI, arc OF the
oo;nion that there is. and that 1t Is TO be
found i'm the power Ito regulate commerce
win, rurrinn nations and among the seve
raj S,a,ts," and more specifically III that
,,o regulate it among the States. lu order
10 understand the reasons when nave
Lrouo bt lhem To- this .cnncluSi0n, II will be
necessary To exriaiu what they believe I"
he the nature and extent ofthe power con'
(erre,l Oh Congress by The provision 10 H r.
pulatecommercc ainong the States; wIhev
without further preliminary rema'
will nexl proceed To do. ,6In;on, thai
They, then, are OF lhnf, ~, If .,he nower
whatever may be The le..,n e. .,euulaIc com.
conferred by The ..Ey !sy will consider hsreaf
,er.',bs [ vor,ramons the States, reslrlc'
.e.' s .uio ""H the regulation of the com
tne poi poi the STATES with each olhef,. as
''ie1, 1ra,c and distinct communities, To the
{yc!usion of lis regulation within their re-
soec,i,e limits, except as far as MAY be
INDISPENSABLE to its due exercise. Their
effect. ssiul other words, 10 ~ restrict the
oower delegated TO Congress, 10 regulate
Commerce among the States, 10 their ex-
,ernal commerce with each other as States,
and TO Il ave their internal commerce with
The exception above. stated, under The ex-
elusive control of the several States res
pec,ively. Such, in their opinion, is the
plain and literal meaning Of The words.
THAI ahey are intended 10 restrict the
mower. -is.cerlaiu; but, if,hai be admitted,
i, would seem impossible to give any other
construction to .hem,a which would not be
either so rigid, on the one side, as 10 &C.
.prive them of all meaning, or, on the 9th
.er, be so liberal as 10 subject the entire
.cummerce' or The States, internal as well
as external, TO the control of Congress.
.9I'o this il may be added, ,hatihe conslruc'
.tion which they give accords with the
reasons which governed, he trainers ol
the constitution III delegatInSabe power TO
reeulare commerce with foreign nations
and among The States, as a recurrence 10
The eebistory of the causes which led 10 lis
formation will clearly Eshow:s
&s,ltis we'll known hat thepreSentconsll.
tution was adopted to remedy the defects
of,he old articles of confederation y i,iope
,ham,pone were found more embarrassing,
or having stronger tendency to weaken
e<e Union in its foreign relations, or T.
aliena,e the attachment Of the States TO
cacIl other, aud bring them into collisions
than the power 'hcy possessed under the