New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-05

,,o s,rlppcd of the right TO foster their own In
du..,Ies and 10 counterfeit the most selfish ana tie
structiye policy which might be adopted By foiesh
ma ions This surely. be the case; this ndis'
,p,h,c mower. thus surrendered by the States must
hc within the scope OF The authority on the subject
cvnres.Iv delegated Congress. In this conclusion
am confirmed by In" opinions of Presidents ""s"-
ipct,,, jefferson. Madison and Monroe. who haVo
.oh repeatedly recommended the exercise Of TINS
agh, undrr the Constitution by the uniform prac
uc. az congress- the continued acquisscence Oh INC
state ard general understanding OF the people
II * not a small matter that National party
deliberately denOunces as unconstitutional
no,;cv thus powerfully supported by the trainers
Of the Constitution. and by the very President
who is claimed as the founder of that party.
This formal declaration, made at the opening
of National canvass fixes the attention OF
thousands who are not familiar with the Ma
tion's early history. II educates them to be-
love without the slightest warrant in reason,
IN facts or in law, that the Government has
bcon unconStitutionally administered for more
than thirty years. Such belief however false
and proundlcss, if honestly held by ill-nformed
men. prepares them for almost any form OF
resistance to National authority. 1t was pre-
cisev such false and dangerous teaching that
prpDare0 UUliItuutS lOi tHc Ei'uo i'NpN''Nh'
and thus deluged the land with blood.
II is not enough to say that a party makes
itself ridiculous by a declaration so plainly con-
trarv TO the letter Of the Constitution and to
the teachings of history. False education OF
voters on such a matter is crime against
orr free institutions. II tends to undermine
and destroy the spirit of loyalty and patriotism
uron which those institutions must ever de-
pend. When any party thus sets itself to break
down the regard of the people for their Gov
o,nmcnt. TO encourage them to feel that they
have been wronged by persistent violation OF
the Nations fundamental law. it assumes a re-
snonsibilitv which can scarcely be measured.
II is a very grave matter. as the Democratic
n,rtv will assuredly realize before the contest
Of 1892 has ended.
The reasonings of President Jackson on this
subject are the more pertinent because the first
serious attempt to resist and overthrow the a'i-
,boritv of the United States Government had for
its sole excuse precisely the same false idea OF
tho Constitution which President Jackson then
cyposcd and ccnsured. by his frmneSS nnllliica-
lion in South Carolina was quickly stamped
ont and for years the theories upon which the
nulliticrS had begun 10 act were no longer
taught by any political party. But as time
passed on this same dangerous horeSy again
appcarcd in Democratic platforms and IN Dem
ocrotic action. and after the lapse of thirty
vears again became the keynote of rebellion
AGAINST the Government. 1t is not possible 10
Sncal, too earnestly or strongly of the effort to
,ovivc after all the losses and horrors of the
Civil War. the same hateful hcreSy which gave
il whatever power it had to miSlead honest
citizens. Nor is it possible for the country to
condemn too strongly. by the votes of the people
a, the coming election. the attempt at this
late day to revive the spirit of notification
and disOyalty