Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-12-17

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This law cannot be justified by any warrant IN the
constitution by precedent more respectable and
authoritative than the nulhc alton ordinance of South
Carolina. during Cen Jackson's administration The
friends Of the have not yet gone far as to
say in plain words that is competent for the 1eei>a-
tive Assembly that the Law Of Congress- under
which these treasury notes issued and made legal
tender is absolutely vod but it is affirmed that they
may do that which d;ered. the national currency at
for deny they this is tho necessary effect OF
specific contract law.
Had the doctrine upon which the passage Of the law
is justified been established at earlier day, the Union
would have been dissolved long before the inauguration
Of the existing rebellion; because it is the doctrine of
notification and sccession and it is the doctrine upon
which all the traitors stand-whcher in the north or in
the southland whether open and avowcd secret and
deceptive.
zens would have ended in defeat and disgrace instead
Of victory and honor il States who supposed that it
they possessed the power to embark in system Of un
friendly legislation suggested by views Of local con-
venience. Hardly and unequaly as some Of the mea-
sures then thought necessary bore upon several mcm
bcrs Of the Cnion none Of the Legislatures of that day
Thought Of adopting any such remedy as that appealed
important fact that Congress has constitutional right
to say that treasury notes shall be in pay
ment Of all dcbts-pubc and privatc-except duties
State has, at the same time, constitutional right to
they shall not be such legal tender is reserved
the peculiar distinctive merit Of gentlemen who pass
specific contract laws with unmeaning professions Of
loyalty upon their lips and who fancy that they can
make the people adopt their very singular opaionsupon
this subject.
1t is not necessary that a man shall be lawyer, to
say nothing about his being constitutional lawyer, to
that to give to such absurd exercise Of
the name of constitutional right, is to confound the
meaning Of terms which only be done through gross
error desire to deceive the uususpccting One Of
two things is true, either that the law Of Congress max
ing United States treasury legal tender, in the
terms Of the Act is beyond the discretion and beyond
the control Of the Legislative Assembly, to make
single exception among the vast number of contracts.
or else we have constitution Of national govern
ment and thrust back to the period Of 1885, and the
days Of the Confederation. The constitution Of the
United States declares that the laws Of Congress made
in pursuance Of the Constitution ha be the supreme
law OF the land. This needs no construction, and it
admits Of none. The same instrument declares that
the judicial power of the United States shall extend
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there room for construction here 1t is apparent
that the General Government possesses the power Of
stttion alone, in the nature Of things, well as by
the terms Of the Constitution vested with the power
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That the bill strikes directly at the Government, is
proposition plain that it be insult to
understanding for man to express doubt upon this
subject is in the very nature Of things impossible
Treasury notes shall be legal tender in payment of
all debts and that State legislature may, notwhstand
ing this plain law then proceed to enact that it shall not
be legal tender in certain class Of enumerated cases.
How law Of Congress be supreme, in the Of
the Constitution Of the United States il the legislature
may create single exception because, as soon
that exception created, then those Treasury
notes. from that moment, be legal tender in
payment Of all debts And If the Legislature Of Oregon
died exceptions. In short, il exception is made,
there is no end to them, and insist that. proceeding
upon this line Of conduct we are led directly into open
ity which lies at the foundation Of that b IL precisely
the that which the late John Calhoun and
his followers appealed when they sought to naugurate
the notification movement tina: was crushed by Gen.
Jackson And is precisely the ground which jeff.
Davis and all the leaders Of the rebellion upon
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subject u the currency and to regulate It in all cases.
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Treasury notes shall b. legal tenAer in pavmena of
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