Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-15
NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE
CON sTITUTION.

NEW INSTRUMENTATION OF IHA
CON sTITUTION.
senator morton, OF INDIANA Is a.
full of mischief as an egg is of meat.
He wants Congress- To give a leyisla-
-. co,s.;t,,;,,
: in '
which would disgrace a country
Debating Society,"" Some time ago
=. ;,t~oa,ooa int tho Sonoto tho fol.
Iowing:
l.. Resolved, That the people of the
United States constitute q nation, and
are one people IN the sense OF national
unity,
~ ,ns Trial state. is not = comnact
between States in their municipal and
corporate character, but was formed
tSo;r nU puop =. o.nao;ev. thst the r;@h,s
of the States are defined and guaran-
teed by that Constltulion-not by any
ouS NC. tha h,s 90 S,stes oan ny,
be enlarged or diminished except by
an amendment to the Constitution.
!. hesolveu, lnat tne rlen.s Oh
cnrisv in The ronst;tntion az the rights
and powers of the National Govern
nent, and that local domestic govern
men, ~ ING nta' Will. u o sne rs
onr free republican system.
4 Resolved, That the doctrine that
. STATE mas me right 10 seceoe rom tne
ra,iona,;t and ;s in oonAict with the
spirit and structure of the Constitu-
ton, and should be regarded as hav-
ing oeen iorever.
that the "IJnited states 3 are mot the
"united States y: that thew do not
consist of thirty-seyen States, but of a
single State-one oyeat State. called the
nation. and that the municipal organi-
cation, heretofore known as STATES
are of NO ccou whatever; aud he
wants the people of thu I" nation to be
salad uone neon1e - altboupb he ia
doing all in his nower IN make them a
,;,,,ded people. We can add Moth
sua 10 or detract nothing from
relative rights and Duties
Of the States and the Federal Gov.
ern,nent under the Constitution. bv
sttempted verbal exposition of this
sort. The best definition of them is
none a. all. II matters littlo whether
xe are called the United States. a re-.
nub,ic. a confederacv.or a nation. for
nothing /, gained or lost tberebv.
He next wants Congress to ignore
the existence of the States prior to The
establishment of the Federal Govern
ment. To falsifv the history of the
country bv DENYING them participa-
tion in hat AFT as we'll nc in The adon.
zion Of the presen Federal Constitu-
lion. and bv imputing the whole thing
10 tho action of the neople without ra.
cogniziur the fact that the ratification
If the States was an essential claimant
10 tho succe.s If The movement He
want. further to falsifv history nv
tho Sta,es tho craatpre. IF In.
Federal Government. deriving their
~;oh,s and nowars from tho Federa,
Constitution NV which (be saws, tbev
are guaranteed. and can not be- an
larred or diminished except bv an
amendment of hat instrument. Here
ia a direct reversal Of the theory Of our
svste,n of government and a perver.
sion or The facts connected with its or
irin. Morton. in his desire to convert
tha Federal Government into a Seen
trail Despotism.n would have Congress
affirm hat its powers are not delegated.
Int original: and override that pro-
vision which d-eclaras that "the mowers
not delegated to the United States by
the constitution, nor prohibited by it
10 the States, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people,"
The third resolution is q little mud
dled. IL it means that the States DOS
no other rights except those de-
rived from the Federal Constitution,
the proposition is too absurd to require