Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-07-23
THE CURRENT ISSUE.
A LETTER PROM JOHN HOWARD, IN.

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MIR EDITOR SENATOR "aliace de-
serves inc ,nanhs oi INC American
people ior MS numiraole ana aole
speech IN inc oonalc OF me unlted
states on ihursoay, May z9tn' 1879
~ mas 5ho c,ear r'ng OF the peiter DAYS
Oh the hepuo'ic III ~, wheh lhe repre-
sehtatiVes Oh tne people OIL inc states
exercised proper care ana oecent re-
gaIu ior 'ne'r cosot'.uenc'es' ', IL Is ah
aoie, earnest anu 4 lhink, uhanswera-
pie defense OF states rights, ana the
uou',,ncs r. cihooui'u III 'uo hcn.uchy
anu irg'nia resolutions OF 4,'o, ana
would utterly coniound the advocates
oi military interHrepce az eiectlons, II
y were possible 70 pea. ellner sname'
oolnl,op sense, s1a.ySlnuiisniP' OF com. com
'',o,l ueoenoy in.o iiayes anu n,s gre"
y, w puouaieois =, ,.. ~ oong.vse' II you,
mr, Hui1or, wouiu puoi,sn tho men
.uchy anu liig'hia reso,u.lohs ~ tnis
1''ne, IL "ouiu po eoou Ieau'ng ior
many "no nau iorBot'eii so'nc Vi .nc
prominent features IN tne ola John
AuainS ,, auih'nlstrallon! anu give an op'
PoItuni'y VI comparing lnose limes
WIN INC present aIlituue Oh .he auvo-
cn'es ,, ol ceGrraii1eu ~, power ahu military
eiection' Ing history oi tnese resoiu-
tions ID simple lney were a protest
against lne usurpatlon ana desp0t,sm
Oh u reueral administration Ihey
were passcu as measures Oh resistance
10 an attempt 10 revoiutionize the gov
erninenl oi lnese states no party
rau uareu, from l'9o 10 looi, 10 60
ihto popular canvass against Inc
PrIhc'Ples Vi lhese resolutions, Inc
lniarhous Ai'en ana peu'ton laws OF
.he au,nlhistra,ion OIL yohh ADAMS ana
.no oiu reuera''s., ca,ieu them ihto eX'
ls'enco Us u remeuy' lnese laws struck
uoWh inc sovereignty Oh the states
anu tne lloerty Oh tne ciuzeh' Inc
passage oi 'nese atrocious laws, Win
one one iel-strohe' swept away the otate
government, ana py an act OF usurpa,,
ton ana revolution centralized and
consolidated all power in the Federal
Government They gave the Presl-
dent the power to override the Con-
stitutlon and the laws OF the State, in
short, TO do almost what ho pleased in
reference to the organic laws of the
land. The New England and Middle
States were crazed by this revolution.
airy fanatlcism. The people for the
moment were mad. They seemed de-
termined to throw away all the liber-
ties they had won in the glorious
struggle OF the Revolution. Those who
had just thrown off the weight Of a
constitutional monarchy seemed infat-
uated with despotlsm without
binding Constitution and without any
law except tho unbridled will and ca
price Of one man. 1t was one Of those
hours of unaccountablo insanity which
sometimes seize q nation and cause 1t
to devour its own laws as the unnatu.
raj swine devour their own young. AT
this critical juncture the Legislatures
OF virginia ana hentucky came ior-
ward win poiu ana emPnatlc 10,
announcement. Vi ,nc sovereignty Vi
tne states, inc grand princ'ple on
wnich inc reaerai Government was
puiit, ana from wnicn IL derived an the
powers IL possessed Inc reuerai gov
ernment they contenueu possessed no
original power All its powers are
derived, delegated, granted pow,
ers' mat ,he powers Oh tno reoerai
government are not ana cannot pe
sovereign, ocoauso .ney a,o ueIi'.u
that they are necessarily iimi1eu, DC
cause tney arc uesesasou .nas .ney
arc III 'ne ,a'erc Vi grant as uec,ar
eu IN articie nrS,' scv'lon nrs'' Vi tne
constitution inat 'uc ola'os tnero'
lore, alone are lne fountains ol sover; m
egnty 1ney are Inc otlglnal masters
tnat ae'egdle anu g'an 10 inc ucpcnu,
eht reueral uovern'nen. cer.a'n VI
lneir powers "ccorui'g W 'nelr own
sovereign WIZ. ip's - .uo sp'iIs VI
tions.-(and il is the basis of our Sen
ator's creat speecho Logically. they
are unanswerable.
One of the qrandest features in Mr.
Wallace's speech is the multitude of
proofs that there is no such body po
litio known to this country as a ana
tional Government" 1t Is 1Federal
Government" Government of the
United States. When resolution
was before the Convention that Ma
tional Government be formed, it was
promptly met by an amendment TO
strike ont National and insert Federal
and thus amended it passed unani.
mously without debate.
Mr.. Charles Pinckney, of South Car
olina, moved in the Federal Conven-
tion to add to the powers of Congress