Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-04-02
no CORRESPONDENTS.
TIE Regulation Of Commerce Between the
stnt,.. a Fed.raI Prerogative.

were certain reservations. butn those cases the powers
,,,s5 were what remained Of the specified powers az
tsr 5es,etr, the reservations The remainder Of the
,,rs- was Granted absolutely. Whenever power s |
owen nv one t, another the whole power is given
,lr. H. i- admitted tb,t an of that class or deuomra-
, of,s- i- no. thereby necessarily given in an ca
sos la ,us- fl. given bv one STATE to another to fish
. ms rae-s whole power is thereby given; but whole
r,-s-. OF tle slre sor. NAV De retained or given 10
e.-. 40 The same time i'm such case the simple, in
5.a right q, tsi in those waters, ,he whole power
GWEN. and the d3aes may have and exercise that entire
power. without p-ecludiu- others from Ike and equal
powers So in simply giving what is OILY power 90
fsa a the waters of che state, other ike powers to fish
iu Che same NAV be- reserved by the donor This
is reservation from the nature o, the case. But 1t
p1asr given 90 am individual 20 do am acc which Is eei-
tain ard definite ir - character and which Is slcn' ai-
t5. a .. nature chat 70 done by one u eanaot Dee done
U an1.ler-,lea che power Co do that acc IS given Who'll
lv and srr''.. 90 tds douee, so that no other can
have the power do chat act OF this latter class the
power 20 regulate commerce between the States OF the
Union for If Congress has The power TO regulate IT, 1t
voad certainly o absurd TO say that any State has the
same power. such Parsrs--Ho, merely 'oe '@''-'N' VI
tbem-are Incompatible. The commission Of a Captain
of a slir-o-rar is Incompatible with commission TO
any other man 90 De che Captain oil t1a SHIPS Wn'e on
Toe other hand Col. authority may be given 10 Captains
o. different vessels 90 navigate O. certain sea-
l- was uo, intended taa' there should De between '-e
general Government and any State, OF States loose
aud underlined coparayrslp OF any power delegated 10
che Federal G1y,rrmerr such au arrangement would
have been alike absurd aud fruitful OF iu.ermu'9e e'
TIE provision OF the Constitution which gives to Con-
gress e power 20 las aud collect taxes duAts inpos'
aid excuses for certain specified purposes gives TO Con
sre-s tle whole power TO DO SO. 10 was uo. INTENDED
t-l- envy S'-e sa7-. have ,aAl P'N-''- NA210 --A''
i.-i,.er entering INTO The Federal compact IL Urea.
Bl-ur should empower a minister 10 n'"e treaty WIN
France che entire I3Fero' Hs country "o11 oe vested
a a.u to make such treaty ana Do s1-l 'e",, '''-1 oe
made n-i der that authority DC would oe a7 o'5io'l' "
Oh Respects ss Great Britain could possibly make IT,
And tlo.g Do, ag aorts mls be revoked a, "I Dog
the government which riuei itl1tl reyoaeduo person
,-ev,- either natural or plIlca.-uJ even Great Br-
t,.r herself. could deny les existence, or qualify To-
,ll., i.. ,s-,ua.e consequences. So any power Civ
,atote Federal G1rerumea, must be held "A certain
aud definite power Audn tdiug certain and definite
given hv oao 90 another ho" cam 10 or any part oil d.
Zoe retained. The H.acy is obvious
Asi- regard 20 taxes and da,e' So as 90 Cine te.a'-
t3. and .lu.nr o.. p.a-.e- and --'ae- on -4s as.
.sls aud Oh ace --li-. .-e laws o' nations SO SIS 90