The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-04
VOLUME Ill.
rpE BLAIR ny

"a ta,sss You opposition TO soEh the b Blair sl~
r,n,> - saucation sun, Wy = ~.
Rra popular ssr who Who will s "a You, .1'." n"',
For n bill did not expo p.ie,er. livery much
oncs d know the necsssi ssier man in Putnam
ha, Ot1 and its beneadhizes with you.
,ssS,sAf, aoubs il thel. our representatives
Sy~f county wenot follow your advice
Ma ,cersts who suppose the eircam-
..cSf situation in the South DO
~ MEASURE Ike this. they
II Ther painsu.,. in .tn.ht a'ant
fits that will accrue sr srdeepiy ia-
/by political bias. Senator Nor
Position disasrseably cail,to mind
,..,s, III !, has Cariyle's saying. that the great,
Roweri/ /injury and damage to y state is for
aetnr government to be in the hands of
esX.xALL MINDED MEN. Tomas Jeiferson
was not Of the Morgan stripe, lie says,
dTc2 pat - nation. by establishing a chsrac-
tceF >-s'.'.''' ,-- IN ~, "a masnanimi,y. gains
aa1'as' s..nn,,,,y .,l1yaand the teSpee: ~ oh
.hs., while pinnad . sworth Of mere money!
!, Since the U,iSsfStates government las
liberated and enl H. colorsd race
..Syi.h the same S..a privileges as
Re possessed by the white citizens.
,ha shat more magnamions. yea. necessary
vi let, than to try and educate and qualify
Tthsm to intelliyent'y discharsc the obli-
cations ~ this new relation: How for
instance. are We to otherwise it the col
ored voter to exercise prudently the bal
lot? There is no other way unlcr II.l.
ven to solve TN. problem aud III" whole
nation is nnder the CREATES, moral obi
cation to assist in the work. Ever, boiy
recognizes this fact, and also the ether.
that the Southern States do not. and will
not for years to come. possess money
enough with which to ac viplish the
task. II nation like ours i, to last and
n prosper il must be by means Of popular
intelligence. The Blair bin Is simply an
\ ''ensbling act" and docs not seek to
control education, and il il should bt.
come law our schools would he no
more in the hand, of the "poIitician'
than at present.
do not, Of course. understand yea To
\ be OF posed to popular Education. but to
4 the means in which it is proposed t. all
it by action Of the general government. !
But you have taken singular occasion .
70 draw the line on the exercise of con-
lktutiOnal powers. Thousands of oppor-
tunities have uccured in the history OF
this country "f similar exercise of |
power, and committed about as often by |
She democrats as anyother party, and
yet you. nor any Of your predecessors,
lyer seriously lamcntel the fact or en-.
! x 'into deep mourning for the fract
tes done to the old federal compact.
s1he Blair bill, which you and Senator
Morgan pronounce unconstitn. ,nial and
slle. rs theground Of your opposition,
tAs for ITS origin the same authority in
the constitution that Congress inyokes
when It appropriatcs money to construct
nation highways, the improvement of
. sFnvers and harbors, the acquisition Of at
tlitional territory, internal improvements
generally, the registration Of national
banking, and more recently the preser.
vation Of public health. 1t was the same
authority that Congress exercised to
vote public lands (and money where
there were no lands,) to the several states
A for tie establishment Of agricultural col.
leges. Florida has beautiful and use.
full college, endowed with at least $780,
600, as result Of the exercise OF this
power. Every year millions of dollars
are voted by Congress for the improve
ment OF rivers and harbors, and SO well
Is the principal and practice recognized.
that no one pretends to oppose it; and
> yet II you were to search the consti,u
ton for specific powers to do it. you
would find no more authority for it than
for the Blair bill. | have no doubt but
that there are many places in Alabama
.vhere Senator Morgans constituents
i ave been greatly benefited BY the rrac.
4 cal application Of this principle, We
If4 xUOW our OWN IalF cOIlIf1pNNtuilu Has .
ofsen been benefited by these annual .
4 sisitations, and our much controyerteJ.
bu: venerated constitution. has stood the
shock we'll enough, and is likely to re-
ceive many more fractures of like
character in time to como.
Il But you are late with your Objections.
60 late, indeed, one is left in doubt
whether ~ not the object of the bill to
which you are opposed, rather than the
danger that threatens, in your Judgment,
the constitution itself 1t was the Re-
publican party, as you assert, that dis.
4 covered the authority in the federal con.
stitution to do things for the public
good" withou. reference 70 specific
grants, but il it-waE.he Republican party
- founded BY Jefferaen instead Of the one
that raised Lincoln to the Presidential
. chair. Long befor' you were brn this
I authority you claim as not belonging to
the constitution, was time and time