The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-10-06
The Question ofSufragc.

At the -tdSI meetlHS VI the CeDtTal
Uuion Reform Club; a gredt deal was
said in relation to the question Of quail
ifed suffrage, and one of The Pepubli-
can Candidates displayed considerable
ignorance of-thc Constitution Of the
United States. ''--. e.e
Wepropose to.throw some light upon
his benighted mind as follows -
Section VIII, Article lst Of the Con.
stitution of the United Statesy says
FHthe Congress shall have power
l. To lay and collect taxes, duties i'm:
posts and cxcises ;: to pay the debts and
provide for the eomn,on deftnce and
general welfare Of tile Unftea States:
but all duties, inp0sts and excuses shah
tt.bU uutrUTmT throughout r4c-Suircd
! States.
| 2. TO borrow lnohey on the credit Of
the United States 4sa
8. To regulate commerce with for:
ign nations,t and among tho several
States, and with. Iudian tribes. r 4
4. To. establish! uniform rule Of ha-
turalization, and uniform laws onthe
subject of bankruptcy throughout the
United States. ii
5. To coin money &c.
6. To provide against countcrfeiting.
+ Z. Fo. establish post Offices and post
roads,; ;pE ~ - =
! ss.5Fo promote the progress ofsci-
ence &c. -",=
g.. To constitute tribunals inferior TO
the Supreme Court, &c. =. .z-,-a
10. To declare war. Il i+5..4 .z.U
II. To ruise and support armies. Z
II. To provide and maintain havy.
1S. TO govern tie land anag naval
forces. ~. ! =, s-.s5
IA. To call forthihe militia, suppress
insurrectionsr and .repel invasions.
Is: TO organize, arm and discipline
the militia -.
16 To exercise exclusive legislation
in all cases whatsoever, over such dis.
trict as may become the seat Of Go.
Vernment. "
H. To make laws to carry; into exc.
rution the foregoing powers. : " -
These seventeen sections. contain the
powers, delegated to the Congress. %
At the first session of the first Con
ess the following amendment was pro.
posed, and ratified by " tho requisite
number of States. -. :. = sr,,!z r.
| Article x: The powers not delega.
ted to the United States by the Con,
sthbioa, NOR prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the states re.
spectisely, or to the people. ~ si'tr,
/ Now, let us see whether or not, the
Congress hSs any other rights than
those above set forth, - .
In the Supreme Court. Of the United
States, in. Dodge us. Roolsy, it was
he'll that "allsthe Legislative powers
granted BY the Federal Constitution,
are concessions, of soge' 'eignyJ from the
people ette States '.lf q. r'@r ;
-aThe powers of.the federal govern
ment are limited !; it possesses none but
such as are delegated."' United Slates
,us. Bailey. ;<G r a-,-.,
It would be. as gross usurpation, ron
the part of the federal government to
interfere with state rights, by an exer-
else of powers not delegated, as it would
be for State to interpose its authority
against a law of the, Union" Craig Us;
| Missouri. 4 21...s' ~.
1.-THE several States If the Union
became entitled on July 4, 1776, to
all the rights and power of sovereign
states, as respects their internal regula-
tons.D McIhoains Us. COre.
We have now sufficiently shown
what are the rights of Congress and of
the several States of the Union in rela.
ton, 10 the regulation Of their Internal