The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-05

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dDeSn1crk. bat Il u1s . fxed resu1ve
FruH sEazn<t eu<rzp<suu. &efea3. MAS
5sHf<ss aod commercial rzin- and Il
t1e SOS ~srkkninE eazzmities anss rsxSs
ssssisses q the eight rearSs war couIi
MT x<zken tzto <zsbnzi<xsua TIE r<orts
xhs had - sf<rniy resolved 10 ~ frrc
!, II Is za< aexrssz-y 20 soak 81 senxeh
Of TIE aszr4xx and sires-sezsc4 rsxf-
rEezssnz Of the srxay OF the Eevuzut;rn
Bunker Hsli and E<nnsngfcn. Szrafc.
| - ard ferkscwr heyorg 20 no yrrth
or Ssszfh. ls1s sr~ the heritage uf sixty
/ sssiaassEs ef American SresEnen.
Hearty sFptz1se
Ever Bearing In nsissd that tbs war
Of tire Rssoifzxsas was brought 10 q sre-
ceSssEl is~ss1 hy ske ensset rssieni@s.
the fruits oi sAar ysrsory we're pre-
served ks rsss United >fates. II would
be interesting an obstructive 10 daess
uFCFs tie hisf1ry 81 The formation 81
tie fesez2i constitution. bat time VIII
not peruaif- THIS fsznss OF ctr urioa
was
saEs CO g&-Kforsc IMPULSES
And concessions II Was frsnaess hy a
convention 81 r~yosssrlaaAry patriots,
oseF which Washington presided
This exSastSfztIon. ssys fsas9eruft. eS-
taslishss nothing that intersere> xifh
equality ard individuality. Il knows
nothing OF difference u descent or
opinions. of fzvo<@I classes or ier2iizea
religion or the political pSawers Of
prcpSFty. IL sesye> the Individual
alongside the Individual No natson-
atty of character eosii take favfa ex-
eepz on the principle o. individuality
50 that sfse mind might be free and
every fscsiltv have the unlimited OPP
porsGnisy fer IL development and eEl-
tare. A. the sea IS made up OF drops.
American se~1sfy Is composed OF sep
arats. free and constantly moving
atoms ever In reciprocal action, ad-
vaac1sg, recr1irsg. crossing. struggling
against each other, 70 tisas the isfSfstEi
tons AMI iaws ssf the country rise out
OF the masses OF individual thought.
which ike the water OF the oeean are
rolisag evefmsre The United States
Of America are
Scr ONLY 4 zEpt Sic:
They are society OF societies.
federal republic. Towards foFeign
powers she country has no seam IN its
garment, il exists an absolute unity
a. nation with mil and undispnted
national resources. At home il j. a
..nien- or one ont OF many; bat still
within it-..Sn sphere Is supreme and
self supporting. FOR this end il has
it, own legislature "a make enact
menfS, and its own fanctionzries 10
execute them; il own courts. it, own
treasury and lis own army and navy.
All sufficient powers are 50 plainly
given that there II no need OF striving
tor mere by >frainiag the words in
which they are granted beyond their
plain arl4 natural import. Aside Of
tlse sphere OF the government. each
state i IN al things supreme. not by
grace ba. by right The United States
may not interfere with any ordinance
or ias that begins and ends with state.
This Supremacy OF the states in the
powers which have not been granted
i - essentially a part OF the system
as the supremacy Of the general gov
ernnsenf Is in IT. sphere The states
are At oEce the guardians of the do
nestle security and the happiness OF
the individual. and they are the pa
rents and protectors and the stay of
the Mon The states and the United
States are members OF one great
whole, and the one Is as needful as the
other.
THE powEgs on GOVERNMENT
Are not divided between them; they
are distributed 80 that there reed be
no collision in their exercise. The
Union, without self-existent states, IS
harp without strings; the states
without Union are as cords that are
unstrung. But for state rights the
Union would perish from the paralysis
of lis limbs. The states. a they gave
life TO the MON, are necessary to the
continuance OF that life Within their
own limits they are the guardians of
industry, property, OF personal rights
and of liberty But state rights are
TO be defended inside OF the tnion,
ftoaclsded ga eighth page.