The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-10-07

parry. Even AT tliS llHle. -iouSu
they talk of reconstruction being
completed, there is Georgia without
a Senator or Representative in Con
gress. And in ali this time, the tax
gatherer has been N these States.
hut the Representative has been
wanting.
Oar foretathcrs though that 10
prevent usurIation and secure the
liberties of the people, II WAS notes
sary 10 Lave written constitutions,
and from the beginning Cftheir set
cement itrc th,y began 10 frame
written coLsti.utions, so plain that
a %uaviar:rg man. Ihongh a fool,
might not err in rc@dirC them
And who made ihrSe constitutions?
Tho people. in 1851 the peopia Of
Onio thought Unnecessary 10 change
their constitution. Did they ask
permission o any other State, or Of
Congress? No. That constitu-
ton concerned themselves, and
they themselves changed 1t for
themselves. But how has it been
within the last five years? At the
close of the warthe rebcliious States
had. constitutions, republican in
form, admittedly so, and needed but
a few words of change 10 adapt
them TO the changed circumstances.
But Congress, the first thing, com
pelled the people OF those ten States
to abrogale those constitutions
Nay, more, they compelled them to
make ne@ constitutions TO suit-not
the people Of those SGates-but the
majority Of Congress, aud this one
third OF all the States were not rep
resented in that Congress. Does
not this look like a tendency to cen
tralization
Before 1868 yuu got your bank
notes from banks authorized by the
States, governed by the States, and
the whole matter under the control
ofthe people. State banks existed
before the Federal Constitution, and
not untIl recently did any n dare
deny that the State had a right TO
create banks. But what have we
seen? The Radical party has tax
ed every Stale bank out of exisS
tence for the avOwed pdrpose OF es :
tabllshIng the system of National
banks. Now, if you will take time
to think, you will sec that when
the General Government takes into
its hands the whole control of the
bank circulation. 1t grasps almost
unlimited power, and approaches
more nearly to despotlsm. Does 1t
lot look as though State rights are
being ignored?
An unlimited right to construct
works of internal Improvement in
a Stale or States without their con-
sent. is boldly declared and often
acted upon, while a power 10 rcgu-
late, by acts of Congress, tolls and
charges upon every railroad and
canal, and every navigabie river in
the Republic, is openly asserted in
the halls of Congress. Power to
charge Il higher rate For trarspor-
tauon than their State charters al
low, has been conferred by Cons
gress upon State corporations, and
TO other corporations of the sort,
privileges and facilities have been
given by Congress that the States
creating them refused to confer.
The State corporations arc thus, on
the one hand; made superior tO
their creators, and enabled to SET
their charters at defiance; while,
on the other hand, their vary exis-
tence is made dependent on Con-
%gressional action, and they may
seon become The mere slaves Of
Congressional Will.
l have spoken ofsomeState rights
which have been overthrow, hut
some private rights have been
treated with the same kind of dis,
regard. The Federal Constitution
provides that the writ of haGeat
corpus can only be suspended in G
State in case of l%nsurrection, inva.
sion or war yet within five year:
We have seen 5000, 600 people il
ten States placed under martial law
the hGbeaS corpus writ suspended
and subject TO the will of u little
Brlgadier General.
1t is for the welfare Of this peo.
pie that this consolidation go on
Shall all the material legislative
power vested in Congress? l an
opposed TO this Capitalization.
glory in the exlstene of the Genera.
Government OF the Union Of these
States; but | am utterly opposed
to the overthrow OF the local polit
ical powers which belong to th,
States.
Again, IN proportion as you re.
move a representative from his con.
stituents, do you give HIM opportu'
nifty TO become corrupt, and if this
Capitalization Is TO 20 on, it vii
NOT be loEg ere Congress Will be
the most corrupt body in the world
There meyer was a greater mistake
than TO suppose That n great DIES
fotic power was necessary 10 gov
orn a great conniry. The very re
verse is nearer the truth. Look a
the history of the great despotIsml
which appeared for q time impossi'
bio TO overthrow How have they
fallen and crumbled awayl
Handsome Compliment TO E
Democratic Administration.
In his speech in the Eighteenth
! Ward, on Thursday night, Hon. JoI
E. Stevenson, the Republican nom
inee for Congress in the Secon'
District, paid a splendid eompli
ment to the Democratic party. ii
t said before the war we used 4
; thin It a matter of ornament-th
administration of the Government