The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-10-22

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1 shall bean nc once. without preface q
apology, 10 say what have In my mind ID
on the issues u the hour will he better an
derstood Il recur briefly 20 certain origina
principles
This Government Of ours, though badi
damaged by twenty years 81 mismnnagcrnen
A. still worth first cost and carriare IL wn
framed by the wisdom Of sages: heroes hav
devoted their blood 70 II; and rightly admin
fstcred. IL promises more happiness an,
greater prosperity tou and our children thai
have ever been enjoyed BY any equal portion
As "A whole it, organism Is not free from
complications. for IL was made 20 secure tn
rights OF the separate States ns well ~ th'
necessary powers Of the states united, and VI
% adjust them thar the liberties of the peopl,
could not be invaded by either. II need NJ
argumcnt from this 70 show that whosoevcr
by military forcc. breaks down the rights o
the states or tramples on the liberties Of thu
people II guilty Of treason n much AZ he who
violently re-i.ts the authority Of the Fedora
government. Tor the life Of our political sys
tenn l. as certainly destroyed one way A. an
other
The United states could not properly govern
the Internal affairs of q state II they would
try; they have no machinery that fits a local
government-no rules for Che protection oI
individual rights or the enforcement Of pri.
waite obligations. Wherever they have put
their arbitrary force In the place al q State
Governments they have converted law into
ruffianism and made Justice mockery. BE.
through the agency Of the General Govern.
mcnt or otherwise. undertake the government
Of another state In It's domestic affairs
rIE MfsGoyERNMENT or THE STATE
30 controlled 10 as certain ~ the death OF
man when the heart IL cut out of his body.
No community has been dccently, peacefully
or honestly governed by strangers, whose
wishes, feelings, and interests are different
from it, own. u aliens by accident or force,
or fraud ever get you under their feet they
will inevitably rule you Tor their own pleas
ure and plumber you for their own profit,
without the smallest regard for your benefit
or yonr rights. Ask Poland. struggling ia tho
bloody grip Of Russia. II this be not so, Learn
she suffered under the accurscd yoke
of Austria before she threw IL ON.
60 % the far past, II you please. ana let
Italy tell you how she suffered under the rule
Of the Gaui and the Goth. Or come down 10
the present day. Intefrogafe ireland. and
she viii answer by pointing you 10 seven cen.
turtles 81 unmltigntcd outrage as the steady
practice of mn alien Government. always dis.
honest, treacherous and cruel III this does
not satisfy You. then cast your 9, e. for a mo
mcnt on the unspcakablc infamics OF the car
pei bag domination in every State where they
We're allowed 10 get foothoid. Why, fellow
citizens. this necessity for home rule rs the
great principle which The Continental Con-
gress Numbered into the ear OF the world
when y declared that each and every one Of
these states should he sovereign ind ependenf
and Tree TO regulate il own Internal an irs
according 10 the will Of its own people and
g ne maintenance Of this principle they
expended their fortunes ON this point OF
STATE SOVEREIGNTY,
n between themselves and against the out.
slAr world. they were thoroughly unanimous
No one Thought of denying that such was the
relation cIcs.ted by the success of tile Iicvolu.
non Federal Government was agreed up-
On, clothed with certain powers which the
states could not exercise efficiently or We'll in
thrif separate capacity. These powers are
cafeiulN enumerated, and the compact ex-
rrc~siy provides that the powers not Granted
WA political corporation. strictly limited by
tie terms Of it, charter
il' nun Who Will say in the face OF these
nnurninble facts TINT the doctrine az state
RlgAf~ T. a political hercsy. or thar the states
lf1 W. supreme and sovereign "a the whole I
extent ~ their reserved powers lacks either
the mental OF the moral qualifications II 4 \
good citizen; he Is unfaithful 10 the plninc-t
nntlrS re y fit only for treason. stratagcm
II i- vain % say that this il matter of
opinion upor which men may ronscicn.
u1nSiy uiilcr II Is question of
interpretation; the words 81 the
palmer in tho decaioguc. You might a. well I
saN thai the eighth commandment commands \
a"h ~ steal, a. 20 a%sertthat the Federal Con. \
aitatlon eNtinglishc- state sovereignty. To \
hpid thhf this lsand was originally sclf.exi-
lenl nation, which made tie states ana was
not made BY them. Il a. inconsistent with he
genesis IL our institutions a. il would M ufth
INC Mosaic history % declare that Abel killed
am When you hear man deny that the
with a big NJ has bestowed in III mercy ana
NAV take away In its wrath. YOU may assure
Yourself that he u insincere and dishonest
>ncn u theory IL not only without truth bnt
without plausibility. andcan not impose upon
I person 81 common understanding
IN All this am not pleading for an abstrac-
IN. X y the very coreof the practiccd con
roNersy which has been going on for cen
nry between the friends and the enemies ~
lvnesf government in America. IL can not
J. n. o m than transcendently important
'rS'rucuon ~ popular liberty. You
an not under our system have free people
without independent states.
our Constitution also provides for the Sc ,
urfv OF individual rights by linking the GEN
~ sovcrnmcnt to certain prescribed modes
',. cAecuting Us granted power In the per- I
o,Iinhncc ~ its proper functions II must not
iuhnp man. or refuse him writ OF habeas /
"rpus, Or punish him without tralby Jury, /
z iake MS property without just conpensa- ,
Nv. Does ~ need nm argument 10 show that Il
POPULAR LIBERTY AND STATE SUPREMACY
MA tsrs Of domestic concern are essential | I
ars 81 our political systemf will any rn- /
~ Dc cut out Of our Government without Z
estroying it, life? II n person who has !,
rokcn down the dcfcnses Of personal liberty 1
rr,Ntinguishcdt the just authorityof a state BY I
liItnry violence should be indicted for trea-
pn, what defense can he make which might n
I, 2" made with equal effect BY one who Is
~ lor resisting the Federal Government i'm :,
~ execution Of ~ purely Federal powcrsY y
we put this question publicly and privately.
speech and writing, 90 the foremost iuffsf~ "
'nr Administration party among Others 10 .
irir candidate for the Presidency. and have !,
EVER yet got M answer which denied that !,
~ r.ght-moraIly. legally. and logically !,
hut our opponents held tho doctrine. ana =
some 81 their most influential men II Was \
pcnly aNowcd, TINT the great compact which !,
" .ntncrs hnd made TO respect the rights Of !,
J. states and 20 maintain the personal iii. y
NJ 81 the citizen was IAN agreement with \
NJ. '.' anda covenant with hell" Taking adj Z
n mn
w, they got possession Of the Government. X
,u great civil war was the consequence :,
\, Z IRE bound 20 acknowledge, and We did y
unit IN words and deed, that II was our nlain \.
IVY 70 defend the General Government nnd y,
y - ~ the execution Of It's laws against mi y
'pnsition. But no man was willing 70 Join III a
lnciplcs and make 10 a dcspotism ~ ol,lit v
Nting the Constitutional limitntic.ts AZ ~ Z
'Wcr. 70 qnictour apprehcnsions they pro !,
Nv, :" .akr tne snms View Of their duty that 4