New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25

Ouarrels with France and England did away
with ancient ties Of affection which held American
factions to one country or the other But 1t was
reserved for Jefferson himself to deal the death-
blow to the anti-national feeling which he had
helped to keep alive A government that couiu
negotiate the Louisiana Purchase pay the
money. take the land and keep 1t, defend IT,
divide it. and open it to population was such
a government not even the most ardent
Federalist had dreamed Of in 1857 Put In
the simplest form. the dilemma before Jefferson
was that OF throwing away magnificent bar
gain for the sake Of principle. or Of closing the
bargain and putting as good face on the mat
fer As possible He finally allowed the transac-
ton TO pass remarks General Walker as done
solely by himself and a score or so OF Senators
He admitted that he as the Executive. had done
IAN act beyond the Constitution" and General
Walker describes tie purchase as. from the strict
constructionst point of view. nothing less IMAM
revolution. This. too" he adds, was reVolu-
ton in the direction Of Capitalization and the I'M
pairment of the powers OF the original States
brought about by the very party which had un-
dertaken to maintain the principle OF strict con-
struction and to provide the needed opposition
10 inevitable tendencies toward encroachment on
the part of the General Government Thus the
opponents Of nationality under the stress 81 con-
ditions from which they could not escape ola as
much at one stroke for the cause they hated as It's
friends had done by years OF persistent EFFORT
But without that effort this one great stroke
might have been impossible Napoleon would
not have cared 10 sell territory unless he was
sure Of getting his money, and there had been
times not SO very long before when the United
States could not have raised s2O,Ooo,OoO. Only the
hI, Ham m
and his co-workers made the achievement of
jefferson possible. Behind both political parties
there grew up a force which held even the Con-
stitution in its grasp. The judiciary with Chei
Justice Marshall at Its head, completed what is
described by General Walker as frame of gov
ernment expanding it to proportions equal to
those OF the country 1t was destined to control
This was not achieved without difficulty. The
opponents of the principle OF nationality directed
the heaviest blows at the judiciary. They sought
to impeach Justices and they insisted in the Ken
lucky resolutions of 17as that there was no judge
between State and Nation. But Marshall in a
single case. showed that there was such judge;
and Madison as President. though himself faint
ed with the Jeffersonian heresy of notification,
did not fater when the time came to assert the
authority Of the National judiciary. This was in
the famous Olmstead case relating to the pro-
ceeds of British prize taken in the Revolution
Pennsylvania was in that instance the rebellious
State Once for all Marshall settled two para
mount facts in American National life, namely,
that, while the General Government Is limited
as to its objects 1t is yet to those objects SUI
preme," and that in enforcing It's constitutional
authority, in doing its constitutional work. in
reaching its constitutional ends. the United
States Government is not confined to narrow
courses; IL is not shut up to any single line OF
action: is not limited in it's agencies or methods