The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-01

advocate what believe 20 o. true. l nave said
the surrender any principle, support the ticke :.
and l have given you acme reasons Tor this
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
so iar as legislation can aneet II, rests win CON
gress. Tue Oflcers to be elected In ONO this year
vii, nave, as nave already sail. no Jurls iicHon
over It. lt Is national, an not mere state con-
rgnt 20 express us opinion upon H. and may very
! properly do so, yet It's solution Is deVoVed upon
gress assembled. And tae drat. ng OF national
party platform upon u, TO be submitted TO cue
people, Is the ONCE OF national conversion repre-
| sentIng the party In all the States. such con-
veatiou Of our party Will meet next year, anu us
deiverance, We may fairly presume. WA renee.
| the opinion aud manifest the will III the enIre
democracy OF the Republic. At is somewhat anus
Ing 81 Rad, in the lIght OF history, some o. .ne
! CRITICISMS that are daly seen IN the newspapers
| upon the SUBJECT | am considering. one class OF
these papers denounces Vita great severity sae
hard money democrats OF ONO because they 40 NOT
unite with tine repu0lcans TO defeat our ticket iOr-
! getting that even Horace Greeley, tnen chiel Wig
edltor OF the United STATES, exerted all hts power
ana influence TO eject General scott TO toe Presl'
| deDcy, ana, at the same time TO use his strong,
! sne PLATFORM" Another class OF editors denounce
| US because do not Surrender our convIcLIoIs
! the ticket. IN y are NOS content that we shall
nep 10 elect The ticker; tney require iast we
three years nave elapsed sInce they were taem-
selves among the most ardent anu emclent sup
porters OF Horace Greeley Tor Inc Presidency
upon the most pronounced and unamolguous
hard money anu specie resumption platform mat
But let US pass to more important consdera-
tious. hava no desire 10 speak oil the lnconsls-
tenGles Oh politicians. am content II can main
tain mY own consIs tency and ~ tue same TINA DO
what beueye to be rlRnt.
IL Is time TO re .er more particularly TO some Of
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
between US and our adVersares, and 70 some OF
the causes oil complaint mat Justly eXlst against
radical admlnlstratl n. An0 nrst let US Drleny
consIder local sell-sovernment and Tvs opposite,
cen;rallzauen Wat Is local sel-goveru tentt
IL IS not nu1lncat0n or scceSslon as its enemies
so often falsely assert. IL has notatng IN Common
win tue doctrines of nulnncatlon o. secession. IL
! may exist, ana tu better days OF the Republic dlo
exist, as fully and com 1eLeIy In the Union as II
could have done mad every state been. to ali ln-
! tens, y separate sovereignty. Local seHgoVern-
ment Is simply the right OF community TO make
and administer It's own laws upon every suOJect
! tnat concerns 1t alone. 10 illustrate The uoc-
trne oil local seli-government demands that the
! laws tnat govern tue purely domestic concerns OF
OHIO shall be made ana administered by ONO
alone Inc doct inc OF Capitalization, on the con-
trary, demands chat these laws sna De naue py
tered by the federal juhoi@ry and executive. You
see at once now WIDELY and radIcally dlnerent are
the consequences Of maintaining tue one OF the
other But before speaking OF that let
how lar tue principe OF local self-government
has always prevailed In ONO. Under our
constitution Of 1902, or that OF 1891. the General
DIVISION OF tae state, however small and in refer
TO every subject. however peculiar TO that
SUBDIVISION. Such s! stem. to great extent
mas always existed IN France. where not road
can be made. bridge built or even mill
nInIslration. such was the system that pre-
valed In that country for many centuries. and
whlcn has not, believe, been much modified even
al tDIs day. How widely dinerent from such CEN
trallzdtOn or power IS the system IN Ohio adopted
/ by our latbers ana perpetuated ever slncel The
State 10 divided into numerous subdivisions
some OF them exceedingly sman, and upon each
OF these subdiv visions the power Is conferred or
! regulating, In q greater or less degree les own
peculiar concerns. Tue smallest SUBDIVISION IS
Hi district a DSsre s@ oI
ers, supervise the schools, anu ior these purposes
TO ievy with tae ass INT OF the people, taxes TO
limited amount Rising In the scale we come 10
the township. with Its board Of trustees, en-
powered TO lay out vacats certain roads IN
! some instances TO erect puohc buildings, 70 pro-
\ vide for the temporary support or tae poor, ana
to perform other functions tnat concern e Town
! ship alone, and also clio he'd VITA limited power
| OF taxation. Next come the clues ana VII
lagos, vita their quas. leglsa lures, the COM
mon councils. authorizes to make laws called
ordinances, and their various executive off1cers,
charged wlta tnelr execution or with the preser-
vatlon OF the peace; and here again = limited
power Of taxation Is conferrea upon the local leg
lslatlon o. tue MUNICIPALITY. Rising yet hgher
we come TO tBat great SUBDIVISION, the county.
with It's Board OF County COMMISSIONERS ciotned
with numerous aud very Important powers,
among wnIcn Is a power OF LaxArion and its Pr0Da
Judge Snerr, Coroner Auditor. Treasurer and
Prosecuting Attorney, all caOsen by the oau0ts or
its nwn qualified electors. AZ last, leSvng me
| General Assembly, aui horned 10 make all Jaws not
iorDidaen oJ the federal or state constitution,
and It's imposing executive and jHdlclAl depart
ments, charged with the Interpretation or the en-
| Iorcement 0f the laws. Thus you see. my fellow
VIced Tor in OHIO; now one school district Is not
allowed TO interfere VITA another, nor oAe town
ON the contrary, the law says to each and ali OF
them, .'Mlnd your own business, and let others
And so the trainers OF the federal constitution
| intended that each state should regulate
ITS own PECULIAR. DOMESTIC CoSCKhNs
| with no restrictions Whatever, save those i'm
posed by tnat constitution for the common well
rare o. al! the states And ,hey intended ina.
that II should not pc suojeci 10 control or iimJa
I tOn by any superior power, as are tue privileges
/ o. counties aud municipalities SUBJECT 70 the con-
! troll OF state Legislatures. ON TIVE contrary, they
! -ecOgnizsd 1t as a severe gn right OF tne state,
ana tue State itself as sovereign IN everything
/ over which jurisdiction was not conferred upon
I the federal Cove Ement. And hence, after the
/ adoption OF tae constitution, TO make assurance
duuby sure" ana leave NO room Tor mlsconceB-
uon, amendments were adopted declaring that
tam rights shall not construed TO Geny as
parage others retained DJ the people," and
URlged States by the constItui ion, nor prohibited
by II 10 tbs States are reserved 70 tue States re-
| moment what would be Inc result Of tue doctrine
I OF Capitalization should 1t ever nrmly prevail In
the Republic. Thea We should nave Republic in
name, Dut not IN act; desp otlsm IN realty, by
Whatever name II might 10 called Then yeur
local laws, In which no one has an interest Out
yourselves, would be made, not W representa-
yves chosen by aud responsible TO the people OF
Ohio, but by members OF Congress, elected BY and
responsible 10 tue people OF otRer states. Your
/ Senators in Congress are but tae one-thisty-
seventh part Of tue whole Senate-wbat could
J they 40 20 prevent local legislation uDSulteQ or
detrimental TO OhIOr Your Representatives. In
tne House are ao0ut ODe-hiteenth OF ali its
members-Wnat could they do 70 protect you
we're COHgress 10 make your local laws But
some one may say, "surely there Is no danger Of
/ any sucn thisg; surely no one thinks OF over
throwing the govern nents OF the States.n But
wltnin the last ten years state government after
] STATE goyernnent has been overtnrOWn by Con-
Gress and otner governments Instituted In their
stead, sucA as Congress saw 1t 10 dictate; and
Lhis, not 10 a time Of war. but IN Tune OF pro-
| found and universal peace. Not to multiply in.
stances look a. tne case or Georgia, In which
memDers or nor General Assembly were oussed
from their seats and others seated In their stead
not by tRe decIsion Of any functIonares created
BY the constitution oil tnat 5gale, py the arJl-
trary and constitutional date OF tue federal
Congress. Congress saving set this example oil the
OVERTHROW OF STATE GOVERNMENT,
In time " peace, IL 10 not wonderful that IL was
soon initiated ana followed by OJAer FEDERAL Of
hcers ana departments. Aud hence the hiKh
handed ana atr1c.Ous proceedings that have oc-
Cured In Louisiana. In 1872 the pc pc OF that
STATE elected their STATE onlcsrs, ohe-aaf Of their