The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-03

4 principle is true or false according the
sentiment thereof A fact still remains Il
fact when uttered 10y notorious liar. \
falsehood cannot be made the truth if
vouched for by saint. The command
thou shalt not steal has the same force.
effect and meaning, whether repeated by
q clergyman or burglar. It's true meaning
is the same, no matter by whom uttered or
for what purpose. Its import cannot be
be distorted either way by the most subtitle
reasoning. The same is true Of an alb
stract political proposition. 1t is either
true or false in and OF itself, and its truth
or falsity cannot be changed by the charac-
ter Of the man vino states it, or on account
Of the object he had in view when propos-
ing it. So it IS with the constitution Of the
United States. IL can only he altered and
is and we are bound by it. We cannot 90
beyond it. When that constitution was
framed we had, in one sense, no govern
ment. The people were the soyeregns and
WY biIIg stfNib'N. t1lhtc CONSTITUTIONS
were formed to which the people surren-
dered certain rights, retaining all Others 10
themselves. Outside of that grant of
power onr representatives. that is, the
state cannot act if they do act or pre-
tend to act, such acts on pretended acts are
absolutely void. To attempt to enforce
them would be mere lawlessness Further
! along, the constitution Of the United States
was ordained and established A nation
was formed with limited lowers every
power being expressly. or hy implication
granted hy to the general government, and
it having no others. The other rights and
| powers are expressly reserved to the states
respectively, or TO the people 1t will
| be seen ,hat this clause Of our organic law,
as does, also, another clause, recognizes
| HTee distinct rights those OF the United
States, Of the several states. and
of the people neither Of which
can interfere with the other. A
law, or that which purports to be law,
therefore, if passed by the Legislature or
Congress, and approved by the executive,
| when il conflicts with or Is in violation of
these granted or reserved powers, is with
out force effect and absolutely void. A
legislator who votes for such Il measure,
an executive who approves Of it, or an
| officer who attempts to execute it, IS. each
and every of them, a ylolatcr Of his oath
n law breaker, aud a promoter of lawless-
ness. The republican party, in national
| convention assembled, in Philadelphia.
June 9th, 1872, placed themselves on this
broad platform. They declared that "thc
republican party proposes to respect the
rights reserved by the people to themselves
as carefully as the powers delegated by
them TO the state and to the federal GOV
eminent. 1t disapproves Of resort to un-
constitutional laws for the purpose of re.
moving evils by Interference with rights not
surrendered by the people to either state OF
national governments" They could have
taken no other course without declaring
themselves TO be party of law breakers.
Without it, they would have justified the
groundless charge that they had no respect
for the constitution. BY it, they unmistaka.
] bly, proved themselves to be the party OF