Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-10-19
rFrOm THE crisls
Supreme Law OF the land State
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NqF~ comments have hsoR made, a7S
conclusions f'-ewH, touching tbe socord
| a sase az tFse6sh Alsicle ~ lhs Un1ged
S.atss Constitution. tn "lau>e reads
thus:
"Thr Cnnslitutien ari the lrws NJ the
United STATES which shell be made IN
nus sHanca thrrraf. and treaties made I'M
der the authority If the United States.
Sh-'l he made suprcms laws of the land;
and the JadgaS ia evrrv State abali BE-
hound thsrehv. anything in this Corsti
tn'ian or the lsws of any State TO the
contrary nntwithstandirg."
Not - faw who read this clause Of ths
| United Ststas Constitution, and especial
" surh rs lean towards the power in the
| General Gavernment. infer that arr lew
whatever, which Congress msv tbirk
proper Ia pass. would ipso frcio, b. the
sapreme law binding Sfates and persc us
| hy al aut harity not be rasistrd or -
ven questioned. This indeed would
he true to the extent eIaimrd. If the
power 70 make spch law vas clear
Ily given nv the CONSTITUTION. nnd ex.
iprtssIy or taeitIy intended to be cxelu-
sive.
| On the other hand suppose Inv made
n treaty entered into. rot sanctioned
hy the Constitution. can any man saw
that any obligation - opposed. either 10
give ii scope. or how 10 ils authority p
1.-THE question simply answers itself in the
asking. a..r
With sqqai truth It mav aIso BE- saiE
! that anv law enacted BY a State Govern
rnsnt. not cogmter 70 or pyehibised,hy the
| CnnsfifntifgEa f4 alley. the srNrep4p law Of
me fa"'f. at*1saSt within that State-RgG
the relationship that State bears to the
Gnnrral Government. Ifrnce II results
| that distinct limits arc marked oul for
each Government. Estate and General
wshinawhieb re<pr ,tivelv the supre ne
power resides. piihin the cscie Of row
frs given to the General GuvpFrm"nt bv
| the Cs,nstifutinn the laws iegitimatcly
emarating thprefron. end rene. e'hsr.,
are the suureme laws If fhn ard. or3 ~
such ere binding % Juaves ard States,
| EouafiT true it ia that ail rowrrs with
out this circla. Famain rrelVsivslv 20 the
StAtesand the people n he 4 ~ whh
| bY them a. their sovereign viii shslf6ie
| tegninr. The neaeFsaTv resuaf ia. thAt
| each il a sovereign within iss own p-srer
sphere. and neither sovereign without
| Tf truths such as these could beA3ensri or
oven doubted hv any one. wecan only-re-
| fer him 10 the Constitution itself. where
che that INNS msyTea Land the Way far
ling man. though a fotf. may not err
therein" II il The highth of folly to at.
| tnmrt the proef eluctdatign Of SELL
ovii"nt truths. All that is accessory is
m homes. unbiased free will 70 admit
,hsm wilhoss arr corresponding lurking
nr,sinfstpr motive TO ignore or shut them
ont.
| The terms used in the Chnstiutinu can
mt he sairtto eavrY the aufhsritY If Con
rr-ss single heirs breadth beyond the
| limits therein prescribed. The OrHsn it.
SET is mt more surely bold in hv the
rocks vii iwraIe itS sp-gas. than is
CONGRESS- restrained NV the limits pre-.
scribed bv the ronstitutian.
/ T. is indeed we'll to know those things.
land every man shnnid he an adnrt there
Fin. Bnt lha duiv does m. End hero. for
what signifies mrra k1orlsssgs without
! its apraetic,l usa? We musf b. ur and
doing IL re pzgert snv rrr-fthpensO nr re
~ard. whether email or great. The Con-
stitntinn in all its parts ufust not only he
/ y III Understood and eomrrrhsnded : hut
| there mnSt h sieilaat and Constant d.
Termination kept up to guard it from in
! fringempnt nT 1850. il has sErr been
THE watehwnri that "etprnaf vigilance II
the price Of lihrYtv.'' And so Of TIE. Cnns
stitution. II viz nertr presSrre Itsrlf.