Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-24

interpreting The constitntion. Power in
ino governmcat could desire q better
shield for the inaidious advances which il
is ever ready 10 make upon ths cheeks
that arc designed 10 restrain its aetion.'
/ In bis Bank Veto Message Of July 2,
1882, be says:
| "Nor il our government 10 be main
taiped, or our Union preserved bv inva-
sions of the rights and 1wers OF the sev.
erai States. La thns attempting to make
our Government strong, we make ii weak.
Its true strength consists in leaving indi-
vidual States as much as possible tc
themselves making itself felt, not in
poser, bat In its beDifeenee, not in ita
control, but in its protection,--no in
binding the STATES more closely TO the
centre, but leaving each to move unob-
ssructed in its proper orbit"
In bis Animal Message OF December,
1882, be says:
@lf. g system compatible with the Con-
sEitutioa cannot be devised, which is free
| from such teRdeucies, we should reeellecl
| that that instrument provides within IL
self the mode Of its amendment; and
there ia, thereforef no exease, for the as,
sumption OF doubtful overs bv the GEN
eral Government. Ii those which are al.
ready granted shall be found to be ineom.
Dctent to the ends of It's creation, it eau
at any time arp!y for its enlargement;-
and there is no probability that such ar
application, if founded in public interest,
will ever be refused. If the States feel
| themselves cOmF eteut to these objects Why
should the Government wish to assume
Ithe power? If they do not then they will
Inet hesitate to make the grant. Both
Governments are the Governments Of the
/ people. improvements must be made
with the money OF the people; and if the
money can be collected and applied by
those more simple and economical ma.
chimes, the State Governments, il all
unQuesiiouably be safer and better for the
people, than Ia add to the splendor, tho
patronage, and the power Of the General
| Government.
| THAT tho GoEGFRment NAV be so ad.
ministered as TO presrrye it's efficiency. in
promoting and securing these general oh.
{
bition, and we cannot, therefore, too care
fully examine it's structure, iu order that
We may not mistake its rowers or assume
those which the people have reserved tc
/ themselves. We should constantly hsaI
/ in mind The fact that the consiirrationt
which Induced the trainers of the Cousti.
tuition to withhold from the General Gov,
eminent the power TO regulate the grea
mass of the business and concerns of Tbs
people have been fully justified by expa
ITiencc. Limited to a general superin
tending power to maintain peace at hom,
and abroad, aud to prescribe laws on {
few subjects of general interest, not cal.
culated to restrict human liberty, but Il
enforce human rights, this GoYernmen
will fud its strength and glory in tht
faithful discharge Of these plain and sim
Epteduties."
! In bis second Inaugural Address ,Marcl
! /, 1888, President Jackson says:
"My experience iu public concerns, AN,
the observation of life somewhat ad
iyanced, confirm the opinions long sine
imbibcd by me, that the destruction 0
the State governments, or the aEnihila
tion Of their cortrol over the local con
Germs Of the people, would lead directl,
to revolution and anarchy, and finally II
despotism and military domination. II
proportion, therefore, as the Genera
! Government eneroaches upon the right
Of the States, In the same proportion doe
it impair its own ROVER and dctrass from
The ability to fulfill the purposes of ii
Iereatian. Sole4nuiy impressed With thes
considerations, my eountrymen will eve
hnd me ready to exercise my constitution
al powers in arresting measures whicl
+may directly or indirectly eneroaeh upol
the rights OF the States, or tend to con
solidsto all political powers in the Gene
lral Government"
In bis Land-biIl Veto Message, of Al
Dee. '33, be says:
| SIT appears to me that more direc
road to consolidation can not be devised
Money is power; and in that goyernmen
which pays oil The public officers of th'
States. will all political power be Sub
stautially concentrated, The State gov
erumcnts. if governments they might b.
called, would lose all their inder endeBct
and dignity: the economy which now dis
tinguishes thrrn would be converted int
q profasion, limited only by the extent O.
the supply. Being the dependents Of tbs
| General Government. and looking to ID
treasury as the source Of their emola
ments, the State officers, under whateyei
name they might pass, and by whateye
forms their duties might be prescribed
would in feet be the mere stipendiaries
and instruments OF the central power
10 II Is too obvious that such
course would suhyert onr we'll balanced
system OF government, and ultimately de-
Iprive US of the blessings, now derivet
from our happy Union" HESRY.
/ To be eoncladsd Ia al ensuing nuTabtr.