The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-16
this one commandment, Live up to your Con-
stitution-the way. the truth. the llfe.'
THE CONSTITUTIONS ADJUSTMENT.

the letter OF Il, explain that enormous mirac
OF it's equal adjustment TO our rast. gu
traies and centraizss those few It needs most
sss e.Ppsy %Eoo to I'll
que cue OF powers not delegated to the Unite.
States or to ths
this enough. The power OF Congress to make
| laws for carrying into execution these powers
ny shall BIO necessary. :, There is no limitation
men ts be- nSt s pSs
written limitation. There is no sound con
s,r,ncton possible thsreundsr except i pc a
philosophy then are IDENTICAL
Is tho spirit Of our Constitutions: nothing to
the Federal Government except its granted
powers: nothing which can better be done BY
watched nothing to the State Gioyernmcnt
which can better be done by municipal, ny
more ,jenlously watched: aud even to these
neiGh nttan 20 goysrnments nothing which
antary associations Under the ee rule Of Justice
enforced. By equal laws. Were its objects diff
ferent from those It names to form
insure domestic tranquility. provide for the
common ron defence promote the general welfare
and our posierity.' this ordained and estab-
lshed Constitution OF the United states OF
America could never have emerged unim-
pnnsion over half n hemisphere. No legalized
excursions by Congress outside tho Constitu.
nsye b"x Sensah is s ana move and
Of them. that we still i've " have moi p =
abridHemcnt and limitation Of tho functions OF
government to its own proper business. de.
evolution Of its powers. despite usmrpatons:
II Is the prohibition Of State powers: 1t is tho
desarntion OF stntS riehtsj it is the reserXa,
States. respectiycly for, tho people. by which
we have truly lived and still henr our life: it
ment rule. which explains our swift expan-
TO continent OF, mighty status; It is individ-
Tie Of snnSSed eas
which has converted the competitions and ali
and stimulus Of life and the energy OF progress
THE PRoBLEMs OF THE SOUTH.
=" 1t is individual freedom. not Republican
force bills. nor Congressional leading strings
Sst ase sd hs Saf aga ns s
fly before tho law to the, higher level Of thrift.
snd sHs ana t fs
Transform r the present diticuitles AND un-
daon Of still more prospero"s ' soc iee and
still more powerful States. It must be ad-
mtted that for u few bref, years our Constitu-
That was in the last generation.
ind broken hearts must be healed by time or
death. and one or two moro generations must
In doubling and redoubing your incred-
Bile achievement OF tho past twenty years. in
your magnificent progress, in the productions
&c s % thst war With lit its s
been ali too high price to pay Tor transmit.
ns
n ~ ri lt ri rs
"The iate Republican Congress tried to Put
manacles on Southern limbs. The Demo
canopy Of our surviving Constitution OF an
union Of indestructibe States
Will the Dem Democracy OF tho great North and the
!sal rToSiens; t. + our fsith il tie subIms
Ierest and confident pride; as YOU, proceed to
Eha s9uGn Of that social
Two races SO diverse ~ the measure Of their
from the bounty o. nature
z ocis The Sstore o, sssa 0r w.t.
SS s Of e
that slavery is dead. even white slavery. Bry-
ant or Wordsworth. should be nlive to pour
Thy with which the nobler hearts among your
kindred race now follow your exceeding trial.
There mere is net srea,hing Of the common wind
Thy friends are exuliations, agolies.
And love aud mans unconQuer,be mind.
tut fenr. with hope and with many fraternal
hearts beneath the banner OF our old Consti-
oy to the Sd th and
lside that which seems abusive but should be
absolute in our Federal politics. IwouId speak
:"ast State and Mississippi New England land
state. How otherwise among equal States
n neaE considerable should equal freemen
REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY FOR WRONG.
Constitution OF ours which survives unim- |
,aired in substance and supreme authority.2 |
ma s sH iss wh % 1
our s n9aSS s aSi R Shr NsW 1Sk
ution. say, unimpalred in substance. admir-
bile In purpose. clear IN letter and Erescrip;
ioU + ,Ts in TThafq, and
nd people? submit to the candid judg ment
4 our fellow countrymen. and ! ask the
ask ali competent persons. to test in detail
s int Every eSS to
urbnnce that exists. every disaster that i'm
ends. and every danger that is feared at this
n some part OF 1t. is the direct and obvious
onse1uence OF Republican legislation In dis
.H Of the spirit or the letter OF our Con-
:" specify for breyity now. only two great
hough many others might be named which
re- marked by egregious violation OF tho let
or and tho spirit Of the Constitution. Not
Or one hour during tho last thirty years
as the Democratic party possessed. not
epeal or amend these laws. tho ionnt and
rigin OF every present disturbance to tho gem
rnl pence and prosperity. A little while the
pnrty lind the Senate; little
lille tho Executive; for longer periods the
louise OF Representatives. but not for u mo-
tent during thirty years has it had all three.
0 that all these oyil-proIucng laws have been
bsoutely beyond our reach. and went on OPP
rating and go on operating now Just MS II tho |
Democratic majority OF tho
Ouse OF Representatives were Ropu blican
laIority. Every disorder in our finances.
very injustice in our taxation, il not only the
Jn sllence direct and obvious OF Republican
= Station 80 plainly outside the Constitution.
} plainly disregnidful Of its inlhitiOns. or
se its limitations, that not one statesman OF
ny party prior to 1880 ever dreamed OF advo-
ltlng such transgressionH.
THAT Is not all nor the worst. Three years
20 the Democratic party experienced q dis
strous overflow and lost the House of Repre-
,ntatives which till then 1t had controlled for
ANY years. Both branches Of Congress and
Il. Executive being then IN Republican hands
leir power WAS complete to write new laws
pom the statute books and to do with tho
overnment and its administration whatever
10Y would. The block upon any further new,
I'd. or Unconstitutional Legislation which
tnpr IL Democratic House or IL Democratic |