The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-12-23


81 the party into whose hands, they are
about TO con6de the supreme power
shall make a clear and well defined
enunciation of policy, and such {
discreet use OF power. already ac
fquireH. as VIII be to them an earn
est of future lfberality. discretion
and conservatisIn They demand
1ithat a policy be fofeshadowed which
viii arrest the wild and wasEefnI
. fpolicy of the present administration,
= not by legislation equally wild and
= reckless. .nbut by placing the eonsti-
: tuition OF the country, with all its
dipf0visioRs, ,shohestly3 adhered to and
II faithfully executed, across their path
4 as q barrier of siasRperable power.
\ They will alenaud allritsi guarantees
4 and all ofaits protecting power alike
for the white race and thsu black
4 racer -While9we may not anticipate
> our party in wiselyii defining and
4 cautiously proclaimihg its ,polioy.i /
may present certain cardinal points
j entitled to- be sreYerede beeaRseIso of
lttheiri age and well-testedo wisdom.
As. "a, fundamental pEinciple upon
4 i3Ynllcheaa3 SIT .4f5s,rsss sst51aitf T.,
@sfT u,FEQERAL LEGLS6AEX9Nss1
viii mainly depends we weslionlelIssahd
i fiFml ylEApona theGldoetrille riof local
self governments and the,rieids limi-
tatioP r4a9fnthe FederalagqYeFnmeDtIto
its prescribed sphere. To-; a iayiqla-
tion oftAis- -pEiRsipAl-Wa-swe all our
misrule. : tqsits maintenance we must
look for the preservation Of opr } lib
tlettfeS, The States are, the govern
ETmept In All that pertains strictly to
tgoverning tie people the ,ptotec-
ft1oRno Of fife,1 liberty. and property,
and the iregd Iati5iis1f all tie co3tdi
PnaFy7 reef5Aftfonsp Of stheH ciiizens; save
where such powers have been dele
1'gated To- the general government
thus tie States were before the con
fHstitdtIoh ;;ithus The constitution left
pthem. lThe perpetual character of
the d'eentfal D. power u as aa12ligan1ent
binding the State indissolubly is set.
tfed2;9 it is'equally y'certain that'it is
tasliuhitediPoweF. On tie one hand
we WeshouldGFest the general gov
I5ernhne ut Within thesphere lprescrib-
ed by athe constitution land &the
amendments thereto. diOh fthea0ther
! band we shonld preserve that sphere
'suirhroken,, and confue athe States to
lsthein ownobnoad field, of -leeitimate
/ funftieH. 1.-The questionuof- the per,
manencyaof the government being
| hnf ral
sgoYen4mentlis is limited to its grantaOf
FpoYers, hegStates, sare equally cir
cumscribed by the. extent of that
grant. We should, as, equally es-
sential to the harmony of, our, ..sys-
TEN, the. general prosperity and de-
velopment, the, enjoyment, of our
common country by our whole peo-
1pIe, of the east, the vest the north,
and the south. preserve with equal
care the powers and rights Of the
| general government within its orbit,
and the powers and
RIGHTS or THE STA ZES, n
within their sphere. They are equally
essentiala-Oneto TO tAe2fHaividual lib
,erty, security, and happiness; III the
kOther1 to national honor. national
hpEide., and national eHisteuce.} ave
l'should. hold in equal ahoHor State
lights aRdrFederal rights, The doc.
tEine of theEfHedness ofroup constitl-
ton, as an instrument too sacred ITO
be tamperd with as If it were asmere
statutory regulation, is clearly taught
| blythe, history of the past and blythe
verdict of the people. I admit the
coTecfness f,the rule which permits
amendments. to, the e.cQnstitution when
made necessary by the changed con-
d7ition gof. society. g. Such changes
should grow. out of a new constittl-
ton, as. new vegetation springs from
new hushandry .ofthe sofia natural
product, not an exotic forced into, vi.
Ftality bysah artificial lcnltnre.dI deny
that theGeEds "a hnecessityi fore one.
mnchleSsH twenty.nfhet amendments
the number proposed by the ever
memorable, forty fret and fprtysec4
oald CONGRESSES: :lo As stos the past
on sse1 H-4RsAEGLSL4TIQA3P f9.,l9
I'VE, shoNldnrespeet0 It's ienaetments,
~ O. tshsuAiiregarslTl lassose ttledSa al
'aAest Observation-Disclosures
J 2theaaFbitEameHt of4hea swondsa s0Rr
ailnislQpking to- the smiling fieldsoof
the fgtQse, ,srather that gazing back
ward .upon4the, ,blaekened and dwasted !
plainsloflthe past, should be to build
pp,s not to .tearsdeWAJ4-to .adoptI, as
the architectss9f Az u eWs prosperity,
a positive notia negative andre
noIi9YaseAdsag slow, con
serEatismi is Ihetter than that pwild,
Jlnrefeeting spirihpf sFe5prm.e BsliRh 4
ppg9qtaf lat it'4aaYleEadieate anseYil
here and there " @ tshoqtd there |
foren reform e4istipgs sabpses,i with
prndent care relieving the peeplesef |
the South hy a wise sstaiesmaaslIiR |
in the. administration sofsthea sgoxeFHr
ments rather than by any merely
seeF!!to9Hiail legislation. .9sss9nE9T 1se.I
.ieoaGo saa7HEyS0ETaHg tssgn liiw
has her financial interpretations aud
material deve4epmehb-i her own
handsaa She ohl yiasks lreliep from OPP
pfessioR -z0ntY that the sg6rermneAt
will say itsrabh1essh hand, AndlooseR
its grasp Of fhnwarFaIIted1p power. for
bear to step Sbepond the eeonstitdtio44
andzoatsiues oaBhe law, s1eaJiHg the /
in nee disellargeof their legit-
innate duties: he amendments to /
Tie cohstFetftio1f known as .tffe s4iir-
5eentIr fourteenth, and fifteenth, ]
whether. they odfi gfnal1Y commanded ]
jsIr af47f6galIois not, must now c6fh-
1iaRd our acqniescefice and accept. i
ln9e Asia part Of the settled policy !
ofthe g6venrment: Regardlng. 919ll
THE PUBEIU Fi417H AND CREDf1l
~ 4 II, Sc naatrt IF 5ts waalth HI