New-York tribune., 1871-07-03

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nally enlarged as by that purchase, with Its
necessary consequences and implications.
Mind, that we are not assailing Mr. Jefferson
nor his supporters. We judge his actlon In
the premises statesmanlike and wise; put IL
was in fragrant violation of the principle on
which he had sought and won the Presidency
So with the Embargo. There can hardy DC
n more tremendous exercise of Federal power
than that which prohibits intercourse or trade
with foreign nations. We suppose IL can oe
iustiied under the power conferred on Con-
gross to "reouIafe commerce with foreign ma
&" tions;r but that is straining construction 10
the utmost If you sent your watch 10 u
watch h-maker to be regulated, it would hardly
warrant him in laying it on an anvn ana
smashing it with sledge
Mr.. Jefferson was not content with exer-
cising powers which he frankly admitted were
not given him by the Constitution : ne pro-
posed new and sweeping grants Of power by
constitutional Amendment. Witness the fol-
Iovino extract from his sixth Annual Mes
sage, Dec. 2, 1906
when both of these branches OF revenue shall In this
,rov bc rolinaushed there will still ere long be an accu
mulaton OF moneys in the treasury beyond the Install
mens Of public debt which permitted by contract
10 pay They cannot, then, without modlncatloh
sented TO by the public creditors be applied To the ex
nguishment of this debt and the complete liberation
~ our reyenues-the most desirable OF all objects; nor
il our peace continues will they be wanting for any
other existing purpose. The question. therefore, now
comes forward TO what other objects shall these sur
puses be appropriated and the whole surplus OF lmpost
after the entire discharge of the public debt ana during
those intervals when the purposes of war shall not call
for theml Shall suppress the impost ana give that
advantage to foreign domestic manufacturer On
a few articles of general and necessary use, the
suppression in due season will doubtless be right but
the great mass of the articles which impost paid are
foreign Injuries, purchased by those only who are rch
enough to afford themselves the use of them Their
patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and
application to the great purposes OF the public educa-
on roads, rivers canals and such other objects OF pub
lie improvement it may be thought proper to add to
the constitutional enumeration Of federal powers by
these operations channels Of communication will be
opened between the Sates the lines of separation Will
disappear their interests will be identified, and their
union cemented by new and ndissolube ties Eiuca
ton is here placed among the articles Of public care not
that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches
out OF the hands OF private enterprise which manages
so much better all the to which is equal; but
a public institution alone supply those sciences
which though rarely called for yet necessary to COM
pee the circle all the parts OF which contribute 10 the
improvement of the country and some of them to itS
preservation. The subject Is now proposed for the con
sderation OF Congress- because if approved by the time
the state Legislatures shall have deliberated on this
extension of the Federal trusts and the laws shall be
passed and other arrangements made for their execu
ton the necessary funds will be on hand and without
employment. suppose amendment to the ConStitu-
ton by consent of the States necessary, because the
objects now recommended not among those enlme-
rated in the Constitution, and TO which 1t permits the
public moneys to be applied
Mind that we are not finding fault with
Mr.. Jefferson We are simply exposing the
fallacy and effrontery of the claim set up by
The World.
In our own day, the annexation of Texas af-
forded a fresh example of Democratic assump-
ton of power. Mr.. Jefferson had secuted all
pretense that the Constitution authorized the
purchase of foreign territory. Yet the Demo-
ocratc party proceeded, in defiance Of the
most strenuous opposition from half the Amer
lean people, to annex not only foreign terrific
ry but foreign war; making lis all parties
to bloody struggle initiated and prosecuted
for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Human Slayery.
More, when wanted.