Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-27
Yus SugeIes Yerald.
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n George Washington, James
Madiaon aud Alexander Hami ton
could now witness the stupendous
operations OF this great machine,
they would recognize in 1t few
traces OF their most excellent hadi-
work. Changed not only by pro-
cess Of regular amendment. but by
che interested construction OF Its
odmiuIstrators, through nearly
twenty years OF civil war and its
ocnseQusnces, 1t is no longer the
name.
The power which they intended
70 confine within very narrow
limits, and which they marked by
The clearest lines ever laid down In
any political chart, has transcend
cd them all and Invaded on every
side the rights reserved to the
States and the people. The FEEDER
q Courts have gradually taken
either undivided or concurrent
iorIsdlction of great classes Of busi-
ness which properly belong to the
0tnte Courts, until the Judges, with
tbeif trains OF eff1cials, swarm upon
-, and their dockets are crowded
With causes, which no man, in the
better days of the Republic, would
have dreamed OF appealing to Cp-
ear. Tho Federal Congress has
from year to year encroached upon
the objects Of legislation reserved
10 tho States, until we find 1t enact
Ing laws for preserving the peace,
conducting elections, and punish
Ing the most petty offences
s'agsiust the peace and dignity" Of
the States.
For mere than a decade the Fed
eyaI Executive has been in the hab-
Il Of setting up aud pulling down
State governments at his pleasure,
aud less than two years ago it was
proposed by. certain rich men to
give him q mighty standing army,
which he was TO march wherever
he pleased, without regard to the
will Of the States as expressed by
their Governor and Legislatures.
It can no longer be said of this
Federal power that its blessings
fall unseen like the dews Of heav-
en-. Il is seen all around from the
centre to the circumference. You
see It in . hundred thousand Of
ficeholders; you see it in the Judge
who determines the dispute be-
tween you and your neighbor; you
see II In the tax gatherer; you see
It In the bank; you see it In the
regulations that govern the small
est business; you see 1t In the
marshal who lays hold of your
coat collar and drags you
from the polls in the name
and by the authority of the United
States. 1t Is at every mans dool
and concerned in every mans
affairs; and it is from this power
alone that there is danger to ou
liberties, for it alone has the fore,
to overthrow them. State and mu
nicipal Governments may plunder
but they cannot enslave. The peo
pie, who maintain them, are abl
to correct their abuses when the.
become intolerable. But thi
strong central government a
Wasbington comes down upon on
section, or one community, will
the power gathered from all, an,
proceedings deemed cruel and op
presslve here may be highly ap
plauded or regarded with suprem
indifference elsewhere. We canno
be too jealous of it's encroach
ments; we cannot be too watchfl
to prevent transfers to it of power
originally denied. Eternal Wig
ilance is the price of liberty"
The dread of Capitalization Is a
strong in the breasts of the peopl
at this hour as it was In the day
when Patrick Henry appealed to
against the adoption of the Consti
tuition, and when the potent nam
OF Washington alone prevaile
over his appeal. The shadow @
despotism is as chilling now as
was then, and the political part.
which firmly defends the rights q
the States and of the people from
fresh invasion is the party of tn
future.-M Y Sun. VI