The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-04

atey denomnated Congress. Wien having rled the
n hs sSers pa his % confer % On tie
raj ment more ample authority they serupulous,
y they ehose 10 delegate TO the general government
framed constitution b, which the nt
so,rsn States united for certain
and and those only leaving all
in 80 forth eenierred another Of tie three great
ds nduSts with the state AS sn AiS the 'Ts 5s
several States bad in the state sventops aad
sOntsnt ,hst future sris as 70 tho
nnssa sta,es " the constitution rraSited BY il to
The people Can II he that great mass
Internal OF the boay yne so
tss mental ard moral culture Of men developsmont
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eaned that any these functions Il loe i samnraoS o
apo eetlaton vested in the federal any
susceptible Ssns
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nsd states lave referease 4 fsael al the
n bs @ 'ass are 10 as
away from the state BY IN ether case the
restricted only where 1t requisite
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s or ~ assI' sa not
tie question OF sometimes claimed for tho general 90
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20, ss aS and asS e and nd
states, because If has already settled upon
rsd arties ~r,eH
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defence snd general Welt. 1t substantive general
limitation Of tho gran. powerto raise ); taxes,
Of M The @ ss Of
0Ssy ssardts srfnts Of spesae pcyer' would have
that view, escape the conclusion that these were
n s s msS % for s e
ton in the mazes q doubtful construction sach
permit nj sd US SS to
n IF % p." people o sf tho
States to the mere discretion Of Congress and thus
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which the rPr, Of liberty has SO often and IA many
sy tributes any adequate
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affected 1.-the time shall when Tor an object ap
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thing Of their creation but feebly utter
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as to the purpose Of the than e its
the Madison papers shows that the federal
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@ this the
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IL he general Jurisdiction extends to
asS 70 ,hs
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all their rights, competent saministrations
sh' a
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on the contrary they consist not in binding tho states
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forecast and bread the interests
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othor authority csnnot but repeat what before
nsys
suppose %
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At home and the several States i4s.ead Of bo,sowns
through ths strong temptation which
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true relation to this Union.
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ce Of the constitution is in the following erms The
r y
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any claim The United States Of any particular state
eonrseted and tered into before tho
9n sn S as a as d s a s
understsndins terms used section
iery Of The times which the fTmsi
ard ard ADOPTED i was decided ID in eoIysnDn ON ss
tho territory other properly belonging
he
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in August, III only month ietore the formation
s ss' the n all an
e s'5ggs M to to
purposes disposed in bountes the officers and sod
s
or federal alliance Of the said states virginia included ac
sSIns to their @ P p in the & ssnsr n
Ss disposed q for that and for G other use
te isposea o SCI forS Snd the to
dispose them granted by the third section of the fourth
iiSn only sueh the ses and my mind there can
o M e S s ons
authority against tit.,,,,,, II. ,
government pledged January IS isa7 10th
81 that an. M 1 a IT, S
sales q The public eIds are hereby pledged and It. . here
ssd 's apply ti ali @ yssS se rssssd into
a o
s ad the e. hs
@ se c &. and
States snder it. plain 20 need comment. - "
have been unable discover any dtstinc cons
tutiona grounds or grounds Of e,pediency between
preparation OF ten millions of dollars directly frem
in the treasury for the object CONTEMPLATED and the
preparation of lands presented for sanction And
cannot donft that II the bill proposed ten millions Of dol
from the of the United States for the support
the indgtnt in the several States that the
topal question involved in the act would have attracted
freibly tho attention Of Congress- respectfully submit
that constitutional point OF view It is wholly inmate
rial whether the priion be In In land The
The public domain is the common property Of the Union
just much tie surplus proceeds that and Of duties
imports remaining unexrended a the treasury A such
II has been pledged pledged and need to be
pledged again for public Indebtedness As property Ia
actual money, chiefly in this respect
that It's protals management sometimes requires that
portions Of he appropriated - local objects In States
wherein may lie would be by any pru-
dent proprietor enhance the sale value OF his private
domain.
All such grants of land in fact disposal OF II for
received; but they afford prccedcnt eonssitu
for giving the public lands still less do
they give sanction TO for objects which have
teen entrusted TO the federal government and there
belong exclusively 70 the States To assume that the
public lands applicable to ordinary state objects whe
her Of pnbc structures police charity the Of
State adminraton would be to disregard TO the amount
OF the public lands all the limitations Of the constitution
and confund to that e,tent all distinctions between
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