The New York herald., 1868-10-30

TO hinder that Power from vinccating the rights Of
It's subjects by the last argument Of national 90
laws OF nations 1t might Justly come for the wrong
f act OF this government in fraud Of the subjects Of
another admits OF no other ultimate remedy.
Speaking OF reconstruction, he said:-
u any easy thing 70 pronounce those acts unconstitu
dinerence OF opinion arises from the disrent stand
the democracy look through The virginia and Ken;
tucky resolutions-those pestllent stOreh0uses OF
heresy and treason-by which the States are magni-
fed to supreme sovereigntles, and the federal gov
which each state s MADE sole sroitsr Of is rights,
and sole Judge OF Their violation and OF the mea:
sure and mode Of redress It was the fatal herey q
that construction that gave US secession, and the
noncosrcioH And now y it Is bearing I s legitimate
tain Oil their power and rights under the consttu-
tion and in the Union while levying war to destroy
their relations to the federal government although
as s0vereignties, they dissolve their connection with
the Union. overthrow their State governments and
SET up new and hostile organizations, and ally them
selves with another Power which u ct open war With
the Union. The grand mistake ID In confounding
Of nsuraent States, and assuming that because the
former cannot Dc rlghtfuliy displaced the latter can
Of the Us Of s ns %hc
us the doctrines Of secession and non-coercion be
tlc true one, then indeed the rebel claims. when
ors without stint or challenge may be legitimate
corollary. But ours is q different construction.
VIC uoiu tuo C0uuutuuOu anu tne UuOu W 10 tuo
creations OF the people and not OF the States. II
was the sovereignty OF the people that called the
federal government into being and clothed 1t In tts
proper sphere with the sovereign elements OF su.
Premacy and nationality. They created Power OF
the world IN fts order supreme over States ana pe0-
PIES with right TO live and act though peoples die
and States rcbel and they gave the grand charter
Of it, rights and powers, the constitution Of the
United States III in that Instrument We are BY en
laws Of sound Construction to look, not only for the
rights and powers Of the federal government, but
also for the supreme rights OF the States - members
OF the Union. Those Estate rights" which are Gre
ated BY the constitution Or arise out OF II are the
supreme state rights TO which all others are inferior
&nd subordinate. They are the rights which eacn
state ha4 In apd to every other State and which fhe
people 0f each State have In al tho States; rights
WHICH are 70 be maintained and worked out through
the federal government by virtue Of the supremacy
which tne people have conferred on that power over
al the States.
In the course Of his remarks on the subject Of tax
ation which were interpreted with repeated sales
ol num0r, which cOnvulsed his audience with laugh.
ter no maintained that the idea that bonds were not
taxed was an error and that to specially tax them
TO greater degree than at present exists would be
simply robblng Peter to pay Paul." a. 1t would In
validate the securities Of the government proportion
ately 40 they were taxed.
AT the close OF his speech he was enthusiastically
appauded, and after an address by James q. Blaine
OF Maine and the singing OF song by the Union
Glee Club, the audience dispersed.