, 1879-06-07

III ti,is Cart IN 1.,or; .n,I dofnntl fi rescrycd
rtvilts al tha Stotrs M Il ID 10 nsscrt tho power
md nuthorlty ii tho I,,iot1, lts Highest otl1cc
aud urc1tcst tittty il to hDd af1 even bnlancp ho
twcrn thcm, NH hv its 1,carefuj arDtruu,rpt
md cpllQntet,cl reasun restrain tho invasion oi
either.
Our 0rrat Republic is neither = cnnfedcracJ
nor M centralized tlespoustn, 5nt Federa-
ivy RendbliG.' AZ sovereignty noca not
belong TO tM Vnt.a States. nor docs
4!t soyerelanty belong ITO to n'o statss
Extremes often meet. Ihe reasoning o.
tlc Ccntrallst a'ld that n1 tic nccesaoniat 10 a.
botton' tlie same. ll!e Cct!traiiat says, "1hcre
DO 1at oo eyer oS nsope @
tted nor divided. an fqr the Union, tt!ere.
iorc H. to 1uino ol ll'c Union, ad tor TIC sake
O. nc unson, ucnatiu ~ sovere'Roty lor tnc
!! Eeaeraa uoTs;rnmept:" ; m Try sosess'on'at sa{s,
aat osaa savefe!ahsf a9es ohe peons3 aMu uat
inlist 20 absolute cnt, neither 1e limited nor
divided: Thy i!berties Of tile peop!o cannot be
tnalltalheu Witloht rspliAllean iostn q RoY-
i9fe. IN ihe aale o. Liberty ana ins u'e saKo IL
taGrftY. asnaa1lti r. soYa.e0nhY tof III M otSs
Without wllc!i 10 liberty is poasib1c." me iaGlt
g! tI,ls reasoning OF the eont5alAt oa'a ot tue
THE TRUE AND FUNDAMENTAL THEORY
ot our syste1n is that It IL clothed with it,
poytrs Gy written Constitution, with rotlouul
but limited soyetctpnty The spycrc,roty uvrr
tic enao civilized psople may bo divided a,,i
bounded by d wristoi Constitution. Wa ile.naud
euyprurnty tur tic United States to prcscryc
,tI,tof,. peace. nmi frre ruul,ncrcv nj hn,e. and
TO nfEutaln our nationality abruuu. We tcrtaud
nlso the sovereign riybt oi tic puupo Of each
stntc 10 d rcnlniiran form, uf roynrnnneut. in
.vrsrr to prcsprYu tho liberties Ut Lie puup,r.
Wr dep,a,nl bptb union mil llbcr.v. Uuth Tie
union of Tic statrs nil tElt, tudpueudongo ri tic
States aro secured under tte Cunstitutlon,
Hamilton un Madison differed as II, liz ertcnt
Iut neither Of then, ever doubted that the
tlnited Ntutes wns sorsrptpn III Il, tlr n,yora
delegated to tic unfon or that the s,ates still
renanucd sovereign Us to tho powers reserved
sufI fIr balAugv Ut power llgtwccn National md
Sknic soyrreirntv Ind bcrn iIr1 Nv ilu HI,nrcnIr
Court, on t,,tt,y occasions. In TIC case of Mnr-
bury rs, Madison, tlr Court hold "ti,o Cavern.
mont nf The Tinted Htates to lD ara of limited
and dclluc,l ,,owcrs; and tllat those limits lnaY
not lje mistaken Or forgotten, tlc ConstitutiOf
ID wrttten,n
In tiic casa of.McCu1joch Va. Marylaud. Chief
determined the defendant. 4 sovereign statc,
tIonies tic obliration of a Inv enacted by liz
IrntsIotnr. n IL" ilnton n,,I III" nIartifY IN ~,
hts nart routrsts tt1n yuijf1tfv nj mn nrt tytirh
has tecn passed by tic Legislature Of that
; Slatc.'',
errfrllty borore ttiat tri0uhal.' Tic counsel for
tilr soYereIdfi Htake OF MRry1mu] on Inc utla lac
maintained tl,at tho States alone wcre soycr-
egn, and lint oil lie powers of thu Uulted
tnont m,1st lie cYerc1.cd in st,honlirati,s, to thc
States, which aIono posscss supreme dominion,
r,rr sr,rurur couur nr,r,.rpn ~, r. nocrursr
,.,1 ~, H.. tf.'..a, - H..
a'u ~, holu tne onea ata1ea 20 w soTeiesh Us 10
~ te u1Wefs H. uelg0atea 10 =. IN tlis case t,ic
court heltt, Atst, tnht tnE government ot Tue
umlon' t9s's ~ isntea In its 9"ef,s "as s