Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-09


powers from them, was felt and ac>
knowledged by all. The government
of the Union, then, ID emphatically and
truly government Of the people. In
form and substance it emanates from
them. It's powers are granted by them,
and are to be exercised directly on
them and for their benefit"
This is. the doctrine for which we
contend, and we believe that three
fourths of the legal voters of Oregon
mold the same; and when they shall
understand that Fthe intention of the
lst resolution in the Albany platform
is to establish contrary dogma, they
will cast their votes against.it irrespect.
| i've of all other considerations and
party name. This REASONABLE con.
| struction of the Constitution is held
by all the leading Democrats and Dem
ocratic journals in Oregon. This we
assert without fear of contradiction,
and 1t is the essence of secession and
disintegration that forms the base of
all our national troubles, and is the
only great pillow standing directly in
the pathway to the permanent estab-
lishment Of republicanism.
Now, to give our readers in this
county proof of the above assertion,
We quote the language of the Polk
County Times, and also its correspond
ent, a resident OF this county. In
complaining of the course pursued by
the World, Demo cratic paper, the
Times says: ~
"Now is not the World singular
Democratic.o Journal? !? 1t has advised
the party to acquie$ce in negro suf-
frage; it has argued the payment of
the swindling war debt in gold and
now it covertly ignores the true
Democratic exposition of the Govern
ment enunciated by Madison, sJ effer-
son and Calhoun" It's correspondent,
from Monmouth, says: "The Demo-
cratic principle, as | understand it. is
to recognize each State Of the Union
as independent, sovereign and equal in
its sovereignty. This is why l am
| Democrat"
Now. the doctrine taught by Jeffer
son, Madison and Calhoun, and opposed
| by Washington, Jackson, Hamilton
and others, was the very construction
of the Constitution which we claim is
so pernieious and dangerous to our in
stitutions, and il found in the resolu
sions of '9s aud 90, aud reads, "ThIi
the Federal States have a right to
judge of any infractions of the Consti
tuition, and that qualification by those
sovereignties of ail unauthorized acts
done under the color of that instru-
ment, is the rightful remedy"
The Virginia Legislature, in 1920.
resolved "That the CONSTITUTION of tn.
United States, beinA federative com>
| pact between the sovereign States, in
constituting which no common arbitrator
is known. Each State has right to
construe the compact for itself" The
Kentucky resolutions also declared,
"That to the compact each State acced
cd as State aud is an integral party;
that the government created by this
compact was not made the exclusive
or final judge of the powers delegated
to itself; but that, as in all other eases
of compact among parties having no
common Judge, each party has an equal
right to Judge for itself, as we'll of in
fractions as the mode and measure of
redress.p
This, then, is what we claim is
meant by the first resolution in the
Democratic platform-that the State
authorities are supreme; that they
have right to nullify law of Con-
gress whenever, in their opinion, it is
unconstitutional. President Jackson
said that Qualification is secession, !"
/
aud if this theory is correct then the
war was all wrong, and the national
debt fraud and ought to be repudi>
ated. We appeal to honest Democrats
who we know denounce this heresy,
and ask how long will you be deluded 7
Ask your leaders and leading journals
what means this first resolution, and
if they will come out and talk English
and tell you their real sentiments; we
venture the assertion that they will de-
Glare that it means secession, repudia-