Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-12
THE LIBERALS AND THE RIGHTS
OF THR STATES.

OF THR STATES.
The Union Of the 9th, said "The Liberal
Republicans with Horace Greeley at their
head are opposed to states rights" Let us
see whether the Onion is TO be believed or
knows What il is talking about 10 the
platform adopted BY the Liberal Rspubl-
cans, At Cincinnati, they declared as follows
~. LOCAL SELF.G0VERNNENT,
With impartial suffrage, will guard the rights
Of all citizens more securely than any cen
trAlized power. The public welfare requires
the supremacy Of the civil over the military
authority, and the freedom Of person under
the protection Of the hdbsds corpus. We
demand for the individual the largest liberty
consistent with public order FOR THE
STATE SELF-GOYERNMENT, aud for
the nation = return to the methods of peace
and the constitutional limitations Of power"
ThH. shows how the Liberal Republicans
stand on states rights. Now let Us see how
Horace Greeley stands: In his letter 10 the
committee OF the Cincinnati Convention,
dated May 2O,aud accepting the nomination
be says:
al receive aud welcome it the nomiua-
ton as . spontaneous and deserved tribute
TO THAT ADMIRABLE PLATFORM OF
PRINCIPLES wherein your convention so
tsrsely, so luoidly, so forcibly set forth the
convictions which impslled, aud the pur-
poses which guided its course platform
which, casting behind it the wreck and rub.
bish Of worn out contentious and bygone
feuds, embodies, in ft aud few words, the
needs aud aspirations Of to day
Mr.. Greeley then proceeds TO spi.omiss
the platform, and in doing so he says;
"3d. That, subject to our solemn obligA-
tons to maintain the equal rights Of all cit-
2snS, OUR POLICY SHOULD AIM AT
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND
NOT AT GENERALIZATION that the
civil authority should be supreme over the
military; that the writ Of habeds corpus
should be jsAlously upheld as the safeguard
Of personal freedom that the individual
ciIizsn should eujoy the largest liberty con
sistent with public order, aud that THERE
SHALL BE NO FEDERAL SUBVER.
SION OF THE INTERVAL POLICY OF
THE SEVERAL STATES AND NUM-
CAPABILITIES, bat that each shall be left
free 10 enforce the rights and promote the
well being Of itI inhabitants by such means
80 the judgment Of its own people shall
prescribe"
In his letter Of July 18Th, accepting the
Democratic nomination, Mr.. Greeley de-
douuoes the interference with the local
affairs of the States BY Congress, aud says
81 PROTEST AGAINST THE DIsFRAN-
CHISEMENT OF A STATE"
Gov. Brown, in his letter Of May 81, &C
oep,ing the nomination for Vice President,
says he heartily indorses the platform, and
speaks Of LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS
THE MOST VITAL PRINCIPLE OF
OUR INSTITUTIONS"
II these doctrines, laid down By the
Cincinnati Convention, and thus indorsed
BY Horace Greeley and Gratz Brown, are
not good solid states rights and Squattsr
sovereignty doctrines We don't know what
those terms mean. The extracts We have
given show that "the Liberal Republicans
with Horace Greeley at their head" are the
very best kind Of states rights men, and
that tho Rock Island Union either meant to
deceive its readers or was ignorant of what
It vas talking about.
Bu. We will give the Union one more
dose on this subject, in the hope that it will
profit BY this lesson, correct its miIstats-
men', and be more careful in the future.
On the 18th Of last April there was an i'm
monsO Liberal Republican meeting in
Cooper Institute, New York, presided over
BY Gen. Fred. ooukIing, brother of Roscoe,
and addressed by Senators Trumbull and
sehurz, Mr.. Greeley, and others. We we're
present and heard the speeches. Senator
Trumbull in his speech, as published and a.
We heard him say a, the time, spoke on the
subieo, Of states rights, a. follows:
PaIIing from this question OF the civil
a"rViosi which u would occupy an hour to
properly discuss, come to another question
which should create alarm throughout the
country. Allude particularly to the Assum-
ton Of uuvArranted power BY the Federal
Government and its departments. Cheers.
During the war extraordinary powers were
exercised by the Government, powers never
before called into being. In my opinion
there was never occasion at any time TO
exercise unconstitutional authority hy the
Federal Government. believe that the
Constitution Oonisrs upon il all the power
necessary to be exercised even in time Of
war or rebellion, because II authorizes Con.
sress TO Paa' laws for putting down insur-
feohon and rebellion; and when Congress
mss me authority to pass laws for that pur. |
pose AL the power necessary to give effect
TO that authority is given also
will detain you few momsn,s in ro;,,.
ing out some OF the snoroachments ~ ,ha
Federal Government This ia done h. la
nlation TO some extent. At almo., 80.
session OF Congress laws are passed ,sL;a
away from your State tribunals iuri.dio,,oss
Of the person and property of the ci,;zsn
Aad transferring it to Federal cour,s nm.
are introduced into Congress Al every as
sion creating additional districts in the s,.ts.
With new judges and enlarged jurisdiction
and 1t this goes on you may soon have 10
seek redress for all your grievances, mot in
the courts established by your own oit,es
AND localities, but in courts presided over
~ Federal judges appointed BY q central
P0"sE' ana over whom you have no control.