Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-16

tnefe are now SUBS ttutea In the last thToe
amendments. The substance OF these amend
ments IL taat neither color nor color status 10
visible 20 the eye Of Federal law or ever
ehoold be visible. Now, do not como hero 20
structure What shall seek 70 bx attention
upon y tbe absence OF any other lawful change'
the standing marvel OF contemporary history.
STANDING MARVEL
Hero IN the Constitution OF the United States,
governmental structure, contrived 90 unity IN
peace what has been lately called group OF
cooperative land companies along the Atlantic
border, which had been assisted 20 obtain
separation from the parent empire by
war Here, now, aftor century OF storm
seamless, wholly unruptured. 1t has suf1iced
without important change 20 house the tndus-
tries and iiDertics Of the teeming, thronging mill
lions on millions who here have lived, or who
here survive aud constitute to-day our stupen-
doue continental republic OF republics between
the Atlantic and Pacific seas. fAppauso.l say
u Il The standing marvel In the history OF ciyi-
lized man.
STRENGTH or oUB GOVERNMENTAL sysTEN.
Now. concerning tha, structure and constitu-
ton OF government, wish 10 recite three testi-
monies-one from q great Judge gone, one from
great politician. and one from great philoto-
phef. spoke Of the marvel oi It's endurance.
It's endurance is defined IN that decision OF tue
supreme Court spoken In case concerning
Texas since the war by Chiei-Justice Chase.
These are the words: mot only can there be no
toH- OF separate ana lHdepcudsDt hutohO'Ly W tio
states through their union under the Constitu-
tioE, but IL may not be unreasonabiy said that
tho preservation Of the States and the mainte-
nance OF their governments are as much within
the design and care OF the Constitution as tho
preservation OF the Union aud the maintenance
of the National Government. The Constitution
In all It's provisions LOOKS TO an indestrucuble
Union Of indostrnciible staiei.'
THg CONSTITUTION.
The greatest politician Of Great Britian-Mr
uNaN. NaIa NQ
among the wonderful works OF civilized men, and
that the group OF statesmen who framed IL we're
unmatched py any other group In history. a
great philosopher OF modern times-Nr Herbert
SpcDcer-tOld us "A few years ago that he saw n
disparity between orr old magnificent fabric OF
government and the modern one, AZ now ad-
minister ed. and that was before my committee
colleague, Senator Chandler, OF New Hamp-
shire. questioned the comparative value OF some
later immgratiOns. Aud this philosopher saw. or
thought he saw, increasing tendencies toward
yoryorsiOE OF its e-peryorsion OF its lew pow
ers towards many kinds Of governmental aggres-
sion, and by consequence n too willing submis-
sion 90 one another's aggressions and less nne,
keen love OF liberty. The blood OF many races
hes mingled here with earlier strains. For MN,
therefore, the whole dccalogue Of our political
morallties would have been summed mp in this
one commandment: Live up 70 your Constitu-
ton, tho way, the truth, tho lie indeed: Jap
plausel There are three great testimonies
The old Constitution OF these United states
exists with its indestruciibe parts and It's inoe-
strurtible unity. Ii rs foremost among man
kinds political deeds, beng authoritAuye-still
supreme Live up 10 i'll The powers
which IL grants nre few and specified. Ii con-
centrates aud centraiiZes those few as II needs
most. But aitor prohibiting many powers 10
the States, it explicitly distributes the wboie
residue OF pOWols pot thus delegated 10 the
United States nor by the United states pro
bipited 10 the several states, a- reserved 70 the
States respectively or to the people
STRICT CONSTRUCTION.
There is no sound construction possible under
Il except a strict construction. That old doc.
triue of true Democracy and taat last word OF
high political philosophy are then ldehtl,
cal 1.-Two up to your Constitution
Nothing 20 the Federal Government ex-
cent granted powers; nothing which can De Det-
ter done by State governments and more ieal-
ouslv watched nothing 10 the state gOyernmen enls
which can toe better done by municipal, 10y coun-
ty, hy neiebbofhoOd governments, ana more
iealousy watched, ind even TO these neignDof-
mood governments nothing which can be better
reserved to the people. TO Their voluntary asso-
Citations under the rule OF justice. enforced by
equal laws. 1t IS
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM,
not a paternal government rule, which explains
our swift expansion from a fringe OF thirteen
feeble colonies 10 continent Of mighty states
In ig individual freedom, not paternal guidance
through the censOrs OF On inspired press, an es-
taDlished church, an ennooled Slsss, ,DI,,i wn,Vh
tions aud all the intercourse OF human
society into the heat and stimulus OF
life and the energy OF progress. u Is
individual freedom, not RepuDlchn Iofce
bills. not congressional leading strings that will
enable YOU, the s1ong and highly-civlllzed race,
10 guide forward your less gifted feuow-ciiizens
from the plane OF equality before the law 10 the
higher levels OF thrift, economy. good husbandry.
social order. sel'-impOsed and household yirtne,
and thus transform the present unlinaginabio
difficulties aud uushared burdens OF the south
into the solid foundations OF stll more pros
porous societies and stIll more prosperous
States
The Senator then reiterated the position
of the Democratic party on the tariff ques-
tion and denounced the Flfty-tirst Con-
cress Tor its extravaganza IN pubic expen-
ditures. His references TO the attempted
passage of the force biil, and his de clara
tons that the various States sho Md be
sovereign IN the control of their own do
mestic affairs, provoked great enthusiasm.
At the conclusion of his speech, Con-
gresham Hooker was called tor and made
a stirring speech, which was loudly ap-
plaudel