The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-07-18

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Thv supreme Court III every
Northern state affirmed m. ,nli,lit,
~ gtcsnhark~ Or treasury notes
years nRo. Iii iown, the decision lnns
~ found In full In thu Ii Iowa H..
ports, commencing ~ rnRc IA.
Having recently published the npin.
ion concutrcd III by the full bench,
w. omit II here. but earnestly rntrcAt
the editor ~ thr Eerisu. To read II II
hc II searching Tor light
No urrenhnrk~r will be drlu,lcd
by the fnlachood that grcenhack- or
treasury notes arc not constitution.
ally issued except In time oi war and
no Court has made amy such decis.
lon, and the nun who asserts II II
either a fool ar q knuve.
The preamble 10 the constitution
sets forth six fundamental purposes
II the constitution rs follows.
/. To form n more perfect union.
2. To establish justice.
.. TO insure domestic tranquility.
I. To provide for the common
defence.
o. Topromote the general welfare.
.. TO secure the blessings oi
liberty 70 ourselves and our poster.
lily.
Originally the treasury note o.
grcenback In question, before tho
Court was issued ITO pr0ride 10,
the common detcnce," although from
the organization Of the government
70 that time, they have been issued
from time 10 time and circulated a,
currency. Now bearing In mind thu
object VI their Issue In 1869, "Te
prOride for the common defence,
and u tho object OF their REISSUE
under the law enacted one ycnr age
In May, ITO promote the genera
treyare," read the following opinion
OF the United States Supreme Court
commencing nj page MD9 Of It'll
Wallace United siates Suprem.
Court Reports. fully sustaining thu
constituiionality of the lcgal tender
acts. Tho opinion II lengthy and WI
publish but little III II, but none OF /
departs from the general tone o
what we publish.
The court held IN follows:
Before We can hold the legal ten
der acts unconstitutional. We MUS
b. convinced that they wero not up
propriatc means, or means cOndticiv'
10 the execution u my or NIL Of III
powers 81 congress or tho govern
mcnt, not appropriate In my degree
for VIC Arc not Judges 81 TINT deRrc
uf appropriateness or We must hol,
they are prohibited
THE degree of the necessity ~
any congressional enactment. or tn
relative degree 81 In appropriate
ness, " for consideration In congress
not here. When the lar IL NOT pro
htLtt~d, and il really calculated /,
effect any of the objects entrusted 4
the government, to undertake her
10 inquire into the degree Ut its nr
ccsslty, EOukl be % pass the I'm
tChtch ctrcNmscrtLes the judicial de
partms,at, and u tread on leyis
lGllrc ground. Ibid, bl2.
1.-THE constitution wHs intended 4
frame u government, ~ distinguish
cd from N league or compact, y gov
crnincnt supreme la some respect
over states and tho people. It wn
designed to provide the Same u cur
reBcy, having u uniform legal sAl.l
Ia all the states. Il WAS for this rem
son the power 10 coin money Hn
regulate the value thereof WAS con
ferrcd upon the federal government
while shc snsnc power, ~ we'll ~ tn
, power 10 emit bills III credit. wa
withheld from the states. The state
Gun no longer declare what shnll b
money, or regulate IT. vnlne.'
!, "UhafeUcr J,DTrr there Ii Urer III
currency IN rrsled Ia cDngress.
"1v rHE rowEn 70 prrtAHr WHAT
~ AsNIHiLATED. 60 ibid. 545.
And generality when one III SUI