The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-11-28

~ De, u may he exercised by C.ngress-if il be
not. Congress cannot exercise IL !"
make these extracts. fellow citizens from the
celebrated repor, OF Mr. Madison-,hc magma
charlie of the Republicans. aCer The desperate
struggle OF $500. BY il. The Federal Govern
ment Is denied The exercise Of doubtful powers
and. bv IL. is also furnished safe and easy guide
to truth.
F"rgeiiol. hnwever, of the peculiar character
of the Federal Government. or altogether regard
less of its Limitations, the Fe,leralists soon claim
ed fnr II almost unlimited dominion. The great
Federal leader. General Hamilton, in his report
of 9th December, 1891 said, that il belongs Ia
the discretion of the national legislature, =
| =" pronounce upon the objects ,ohich concern The
general ,ceyare.' and To appropriate the money
ct The Union TO whatever concerns "thc general
interests Of learning, Of agriculture. IF manu-
ldcfures and Of commerce" The Jealousy Of
Virginia procured an amendment of the Cnnstiu-
ton, which declares, that Congress shall make
no law abridging the freedom Of speech of the
pfess"-yet. Federal Congress passed sedi-
tion law. In January, 1910 on The bank bill,
MIR Pickering another great Federal leader. said +.
that, in the affairs of nation whatever the pub
l'c good requires To he done, is necessary and
proper To he done; and that Congress was, in This
| respect, like the Stale Legislatures Mr. Shnf.
ley, on The same subject, said. tina, Congress may
adopt any measures. which they may deem ne
cessary and proper, To accomplish the object. in
any manner, whether these means he direct or
remote In these opinions which might he ex-
tensively enlarged is To be fund the real dcirne
of The old Federal party In The Republican test,
ynn see the limitations of the Constitution care
fully protected While. in the Federal test, YOU
see them utterly dsregarJed. overleaped. and
trampled down. Yes. fellow citizens. the line of
separation between the old Federal and Republi-
can parties, was distinctly marked. The Repub-
lican party desired To preserve the Constitution
as it was adopted--ihe Federal party To make il,
by construction. as nearly possible as Hamilton
and Co.. wished TO have made il in Convention
Which party is it. that CUES for Bank mea-
sure which Mr.. Madison. in his report, SAYS,
E" from The circumstances of its passage. as we'll
as the latitude of construction on which il is
founded. strikes the attention with singular force -
as manliesting spirit by the Federal Govern
ment TO enlarge lis powers by forced construc-
lions at the Constitutional Charter" PIoec
tive Tariff measure only legitimate as a means
ct revenue, but which is. in fact, perverted to its
own destruction. A Distribution Law a mea-
sure which makes the Federal Government "a col
lector for the States, when it has no power to col
lec except for itself district election law :?
commanding the States 10 do what was their
| right To do or that of Congress, if Congress
choose 10 act. Who is il sustains all these meas
ures now? Is il not the so called Wing party
And are not all these measures founded in the
same spirit, and sustained by the same principles
of construction, as characterized the Federalism
ct lSOOf And what party opposes these mea-
sures now 2 As in 1900 so now, we see the Re-
publican party exerting all their strength To crush
and annihiia'e the spirit which susains them and
all others of kindred character. The name of the
leopard may be changed. hut his spots never So,
the principles of the Federal party, are as rife
now as they were in The reign of terror. although
politicians have CLOSED them over with the more
popular name of Wing. Had the measures to
which have adverted never been adopted we
should have escaped vast amount of discord and
irritation. which. at times have poisoned the cur
rents OF social life, and shaken Union Itself TO
lis centre"