The morning news., 1892-03-16

/ ter Of II, explain that enormous miracle or ia
equal adjustmenttoou our past. our present and our
| future.
The powers which It grants are few and speci
/ fed. It concentrates aud centrallzes those few
| il needs most But after prohibiting many
powers TO The states II explicitly distributes the
whole residue Of the powers not thus delegated
/ 70 the United States. nor by the United States
prohibited 10 the several states. as reserved 70
/ the states respectively or 70 the people
Nor is this enough. The power
OF congress 70 make laws for
carrying into execution these powers vested in
/ the government of the United States is again
explicitly restricted to such as shall be neces-
sarily and properly executOry OF the same.
There IS no limitation OF government by written
constitution possible among them. II these be
not sufficient written limitation. There is no
sound construction possible thereunder. except
IL be strict construction. The old doctrine OF
true democracy and that last word OF high
political philosophy are then Identical. Live up
to your constitution; such as this is the
spirit Of our constitution conforming 70 all its
letter Nothing to the federal government eX-
cept granted powers, nothing which can be bet
ter done by the state government and more
jealousy watched, nothing to the state govern
ment which can be better done by the municipal
by the county. by neighbOrhood governments
and more jealousy watched, aud oven TO these
neighborhOod governments nothing which can
be better reserved to the people 90 their Volun-
tary associations under the ruls OF justice en-
forced by equal laws.
ITS OBIECIS.
Where are its objects different from those
which 1t names. ito form a more.perfect union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense. promote the
general welfare and secure the blessings Of lib
ertv to ourselves and our posteriny."
This ordained and established constitution OF
the United States Of America could
mover have emerged unimpaired from the
tocsin of war Of expansion over half the hemis-
phere. It is not any legalized excursions oy
congress outside the constitution which explains
why we still live and move and have our being
beneath is egls- II is 10 spite Of the transgres-
sions, not by the help OF them. that we stIl live
We have not prohted by them, we have survived
them. 10 IS the old abrdgment aud limitations
of functions of the government TO its own
proper business despite trausgressions;
it is distribution and devolution of
its powers despite usurpations IL is
prohibition or state powers, it is the decara-
tion of state rights; 10 is the reservation and
surrender OF the residue to the states respect
lively and TO the people by which we have truly
lived and still bear our life. It is Individual
freedom, not paternal government rule. which
explains our swift expansion from the fringe of
thirteen feeble colonies 20 a continent Of mighty
states. 1t is individual freedom, not paternal
guidance through the censors OF an inspired
press; an established church, an ennoblei class
which has converted collisions, competitions
and all intercourse Of human society into the
beat and stimulus Of life and energy OF prog
ress. IL is an individual freedom, not repub-
hcan force bills. nor congressional leading
strong and highly civilized race,
to guide forward your less gifted
fellow citizens from the plane OF
equity before the law, to the higher levels Of
thrift, economy, good husbandry social order,
selfimposed and household virtue and thus
transform the present unimaginable difficulties
and unshared burdens of the south into solid
foundations of still more prosperous society and
still more powerful states.
THE WAR AND ITS OUTCOME.
1t must be admitted that for a few brief years
our constitution did not perfectly avail to in
sure domestic tranquility. That was in the last
generation and broken hearts must he healed
oy time or death, and one or two more genera
tions must pass away / suppose doubling and
redouoling your increditable achievements of
the last twenty years. your magnificent progress
In the productions Of field, farm, forest and
mines, before It becomes palpable that
the war, with it's devastatons, Its passions it's
gFiefs. may not perhaps have been all too high
a price TO pay for transmitting an insoluble
political problem into a soluble social problem.
To compass the security OF state rights, which
were and are general along with the security
OF state rights, which were sectional by means
OF compromise which were not coipcideut
with the dividing lines between the federal
powers, state powers and powers reserved TO
the people but which nevertheless were con
certed in the constitution and attempted in the
laws, was too much for domestic TRANQUILITY
Ana tho result. as l have said, was through q
war, at last the TRANSMITTING of an insoluble
political problem into q soluble social problem
DNt bnat hoGttCuhi ulhpAFiLy, tnhL h3CLlOnAl
posure, has now ceased. Sectional Interference
has lost its only fulcrum, State rights
survive Applause. The late republican
congress tried to put manacles on southern
limbs. The Democratic party answered "Shall
northern limbs then wear the like. or are we all
freemen now?N
Never beneath this canopy OF our surviving
consultation and Of an iudestructible union of
indestructible states. constitution color blind
and equal laws will the democracy OF the great
north and the greater west confound and con-
fuse your present social problem with past and
gone political problems.
FAITH IN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
1t is our faith in the sublime principle of In
dividual freedom upon which you may rely for
our sympathetic interest and confident pride as
you proceed to work out unhindered your solu-
ton of that social problem, contact. inter
minRling OF Two races so diverse in the measures
of their inheritance from the bounty
Of nature, 80 diverse in the measures OF
their capacity for contribution to the
functions of our social order 1t shocks historic
sense to witness that recent forging Of the forc
bill chains. Garrison should be alive to tell
President Harrison that slavery is dead, even
white slavery. Bryant and Longfellow should
be alive to put forth in lofty verse the deer
respectful sympathy with which the nobler
hearts among your kindred race now follow
| your exceeding trial.
There is not a breathing of the common
| wind that will forget thou hast great allies thy
| friends are exultations, agones and love and
mans uncOnQuera0le mind "
1t is for our going forth into the future with
out fear. with hope and with manly fraternal
| hearts beneath the banner of our old constitll-
tion loyal to the old democratic faith and ira
| dttlon, that have taken such pains to set aside
| this which Sc sms obtrusive, but should be no
| obstacle in our federal politics. 1 would speak
| with you just as If New York were a Pacific
coast state and Mississippi New England
| state. lApplause.l How otherwise among equal
states should consderate and equal freemeI
speak?
TO STAND TOGETHER.
Shall we now go in together aud try 10 live III
| to this constitution of ours, which survives un
| impaired in substance and supreme in author
| ity? Shall we recur to the whole democratic
lish its supremacy? Supremacy il
| our politics and laws? Shal
| New York not stand by Mississippis Applause
| viii Mississippi not stand by New York
| lCheers.l Our federal constitution, l say, un
| impaired in substance, admirable in purpose
| rightful authority. And now what is th
| condition OF our whole land and people?
submit to candid Judgment of our fellow
| countrymen, and ask the Judge
! of our courts. the lawyers of GU
bars, the statesmen OF our legislatures asl
all competent persons to test in detail the trurl
| of my assertion. | submit to your candid iudg
ment that every trouble every disturbance tina
exists, every disaster that impends and ever,
| DANGER that is feared at this time, Throughout
| our whole land, not merely in some parts of il
| is dire and obvious consequence of republican
| legislation IN disregard to the spirit and tn,
| letter of our constitution. specify for brevit'
! now only two great items of present and intol
| erable disturbance, though many others Nigh
| be named, which are marked by egreRious VIC
| lation of the letter and spirit of tn,
constitution Not for one hour durnl