, 1879-08-05

views VIC mus. sser!as, OF courae. to our lmpcr- i.
feet statement Of item, becsusc local se1fao1-
erament, properly understood, Is the founda.
lion Of our whole political sHstem. Mo welttu-,
stsuetcd or thonahtiul' American questiona "
weaken or to disregard q legitimate local
authority. The fear Of Patrick Henry untl
Of ue9ree Clinton, Then tic Consultation
nll.lato the 8tates. Alexander Hamilton, more
saRaclotlsly: Thought That tho centrifugal forre
of the new Union would bd TerY much stronger
his provision. State feeling has always been
mora powerful, and our troubles have sprung
from the exsgRcration os SEate, not Of National.
authority. Indeed. the feeling WAS 10 strong
adopted II the dis!dinc ling bctrecn tic two
authorities had not been left indlstinct. That
line, therefore, naturally became the point OF
dcoacture al PARTIES and tts uncertainty has
ferson was eecklnE powcr. no Immensely over
stated the doct rims Of Statc-riGAts, describing
the National Government rs nero De-
partlncnt Of Foreign Affairs. But, whsn
did ho deliberately stretch Tho National
power to the most unconstitutional extent, but
he confessed thai, ie did so. On the other hand,
when tic Fcdcrnltsts, whosS Administration
ot monarchy" fell from po1cs, thcY Invoked
State. rights as against what they denounced as
the odiolta national assumptions Of Madison.
Ihe assertion Of esate-rlRnta becanie more ana
ress It Is cno,gh to remember that thtu hass
neesT ottn inrokt1 for fe trotecsoH q .ioersH Or
.ftsflee., On the contrary. the cry has been the
sn,oDae.h o. thu 'ouicse Trons ahd TIE it,oss
that t'n Nat!nna nowcr might become hurtlui
20 tne statcs. nut II u ceFtaln that tile eK-
aeecsaHon o. SAFE power nas almost ueskroScl
Lc Natlop: lhe atate.f1Rnts tenoones ts
plaln'y not she onc thae t1lat our history SHOWS
70 need seaniofsn,, snt ttlc reasous are Obvious.
III tHo poilleal sltuGtiDa o1 to-day H. 's enough
70 lememoGl u9t ta!nounsln Has ~ extreme
lostn, mo ~ that Ga.noatlstn ~ oeeame tiIe moving
pflns'plc nt INC Deihoes9t'e party, Contro!!ng
the ,ase democratic Aominis;Fntton, Il ruined
Lie NATIONAL credit anti crippled the National
resources ana a. s.ates .. tose ~ arms aganst
lhe Ghson' nec!ased ttat e!ates rs eohll not be GO.
esceu, anu tle war IolIoWeo' ite soto" THINKS
li!at lug % e1tfen.e aoetf.ne "nIsn i aetcfts tho
fi9nt ot secession IVES 1naoe W INC var nero
i9olsh soeSa.a.on. es. r, me hnpe 90: H. u possl-
ble, also, t,at soine Eepuo,cans e3aGGcfato tho
scope o. the National hutnorlty. We are not
aware. however, unat VIZ ~ nMone hem' but
y seems to us = very DIAM dal7 to warn
tnose VINO WI neco, tlnt nemoesat'c teacn'
inEs upon th!s subject are TO be re;
tnat = party tainted through and
through WIN lalse doctnne Is DOE more lkel1
70 teaeh tlc tfae !Mth oeeause u haa eeeu
h@ailed @ IL its H. attempt to enforce INC untrue
undouhtca's thc truth ls as true from ont
mouth - from aooIieEi out, lot az tilat, tue
jacooitcs were uot ueslFan!o expouoaer" OF
constitutional monascnF. It IS not oY lie
restdnary lc9atcca OF Calhounism Tint we arc
likely To ho taught the sound doctrine Of con.
8tisuttona! uninn1snl: "hch Inc fennsSlfanla
Democratic Convention declares ulat tho
| country u nienaced 1y the Nepuollcao assertion
that the National Administration lnuy y keeo on
! foot . stumbling army ta invade ttIe States Tor
political PURPOSES without regatd TO constit1-
| ttohai reetnc1oh, every honornpIc hspubllcab,