Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-21
West at public meetings, and We
loudly applauded. Before the WI
the Republicans of Ohio. N

West at public meetings, and We
loudly appiauded. Before the w,
the Republicans of Ohio, N
Garfield's home, asserted the extv
doctrines of the nullifers of the Sou. !.
They held that "the States were united
by compact under the style and title
of Constitution of the United States.
And that whensoever the gen.
eral government assumes undelegated
powers its acts are unauthoritative,v void,
and of no force, and, being void, can de-
rive no validity from mere judicial in
terpretations. The above quotations
are from resolutions reported by COM
mittee of which Benjamin F. Wade,
United States bSenator from Ohio, was a
member, at a convention over which
Joshua Giddings presided. This was in
1853, just before the South entered upon
the movements for secession. When
the anti-slavery agitation began, those
engaged in it took the extreme State
rights view throughout the North and
West. These changes in the past ad-
mOnish us OF changes in the future, and
that 1t is as unwise to hate the South
for its past errors as it would be to war
on Northern or Western States for like
heresies, for those are as guilty who
originate as those who act upon them.
1t is true that the action of the South
threw into the shade all other attempts
at open resistance. The cost of blood
and treasure involved in the contest
made the deepest impression upon the
public mind. 1t is saerilegious to use
this feeling as cover for schemes OF
nati6nalism. To turn the public mind
from a scrutiny of the purposes of those
Tl1n To ho oh oofn
government has been the untiring efforts
Of a class Of leaders.
THE INJUSTICE OF CAPITALIZATION.
Let us see the significance of the de-
mand of Mr.. Garfield for more jurisdic-
ton. He says to New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri and
Massachusetts, where majority of our
citizens live, give up to us the control OF
your commerce, your industries, your
productions. He sets no limits to these in
references with their domestic concerns.
Even with regard to education, which
he admits belongs to the States, he pro-
poses to evade the Constitution by CIV
ing what he calls generous aid" This
people by taxation, and distributed by
Il
it control of a subject which he con-
cedes belongs to the States. In this
easy way the mere use of a phrase,
generous i'd" he shows that he never
allows the Constitution to stand be-
tween him and any persons or any pur-
poses he wishes to aid. The great and
sacred objects of education could be
harmed in no way so fatally as to take it
from the charge of those most interested
in its diffusion, and from communities
which are elevated and made intelligent
by the very duties of promoting learning
and virtue.
To whom are the American people
asked to surrender the control of their
&C. affairs, beyond the requirements OF
onstitutionp To about one fifth of
fellow citizens. Through their
lorial representatives, these can
bnt the repeal of bad law, or the
hge of one demanded by the rights
interests of the majority. They can
the Presidents nominations. In
busand ways they can reach the in
Is OF population five times the
per of those who command the
te. Do these minor States under
the interests of the great members
r Union as well as their own peo-
No! Some of them are two or
Thousand miles distant from New
Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc. Their
its, conditions and wants are diff
the citizens of. Oregon, Colorado,
p or Florida desire no such un-
bowers. They feel that they know