, 1875-09-28

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moro about it, and they will insist upon
knowing.
ROME RULE IN THE UNITED STATES.
The New York World concludes n thrco-
column article on the real and dividing Issues
upon which tho Presidential election of 1876
viii be fought, and which Issues cannot be
'put down or covered over" with the follow
ing statcmont
II to-day political PARTIES s1tsssd III these United
s.atea PARTY would atraightway er3aali1a around
hvss tree living iasuea and carry them to victory in
1876. uut Hard Money, Fsco Trade, Home Nue, aud
Administrative tfotn the whtchwords Of thu old
TIN true, sud iho new Democracy.
1t is we'll before this now party be organ
lied TINT there should bo an understanding
OF what Is meant by these tcrms Hard
Money, FREQ Trude, aud Administrative Re-
form ca,, hardly be mistaken, but whit, pray,
is It Home Eule"?
| Is this new nano for State Soyeraign-
ty" aa expounded by Senator EAToN, the
l..test contribution Of New England Democ-
racy to Tho Souate, OF liz it something eIso
Does it mean woman suffrage. or household
suffrage, or ID it an authoritative definition of
HLO l6 IAG lphA VI lIlCI IL luG ANA1HT HU
will assuuo, however, that it is q new name
for that fundamental theory Of government
whicl, III, aud must always DO, the tlestinctivo
limo separating the Democratic and Republic
an parties. Tho Democratic party insists
tiat the people Of the United Statca nse not
| nation that tho Government Of the United
Statcs ia not the Government of a nation
| tllat this is g confederacy Of nations, each
free, independent aud sovoreign; that the
Government at Washington ia merely the
appointed agent Of these sovereign powors,
acting by their authority, and subject to
! their direction and control. Tint VIC assume
| to bo The doctrine which ia implied under tho
| new namo Of Home Ntle, md against that
doctrine tho majority Of the American people
have bnt quite recently recorded their protcst,
and have with all the emphasis of successful
war stamped as inconsistent with the safety
] A1ld peaco OF tho Amerlcan Union.
| The Republican party was founded on tie
broad aud enduring principle that tho Amer
| icau people constitute ono nation; TINT the
soyoral States are but local divisions Of
common people, having but one Government
and ono nationally; that the Union in not
! temporary, hut perpetual; TINT the Union
does not exist at the will Of each or any State,
but is indivisible, tho people Of each State
having u common heritage and = common
right in all the states and On all soil covered
by the national aag.
| Tho powers, rights, md supremacy Of the
National Government are 70 we'll established
md defined by the Constitution and tho judi
cial expeditions thereof during tho hundred
years just expiring that there can at this time
be hardly any case wherein the limits sepa-
rating Shto and national authority arc not
readily understood There are under the
| Constitution numerous instances where the
Gcueral and Etate Governments have concur
rent juEiadiction; and, bocauso for nearly
q century there WAS no occasion for the
| National Government to exercise It's author
ity, the State or local authority Las
been exercised exclusively. But the powers
have remained in the General Government
notwithstanding, aud thoir exercise, under
tho extraordinary circumstances OF the Last
aixteon years, however Justified by the pre-
celing facts and subsequent results. has been
arnully represented aa usurPalons under
/ special interpretations Of tle Constitution.
The discontinue OF the State e-Sovcreignty Re.
bellon' tue establishment Of the supremacy
Of tho hat'on' the abolition OF s'a7ery' the on
1fanchlsomoht OF tne eolofea race, and tue
abso1aee maintenance OF peace anu ofdnr IN
tho reconstructed States tho preservation
OF reconstruction, AMI me protection ct tho
personal and political Liberties OF the hVe
nlnona OF ae"'y-maoe e1u1ena, aa7o 70.
qnired the eSefs!ao OF po"efp oy the oeneral
Government which had heFas been exercised
BEFORE because thero hatl never boen occa-
sloas Tor their exercise. Because these sa,ne
circumstances never existed at my previous