Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-24

That is the part which they say is bad.
When did that become bad? Let me
read plank of another platform and
see how Il.s plank which I an about 10
-ad compares with the one which
have read:
Tina. The maintenance :nvioiate Of
the rights of the State, and especially
me r.ght OF each State, 10 order and
cCltro, its own domestic institutions 2c-
c1ri.ng 10 Us own Judgment, exclusive
ly. IS essential to that balance OF power
upon which the operations and endur-
alca Of our political fabric depends, and
We denounce the law,ess INVASION by
armed force Of the soil of any State or
/ Territory. nc matter under what pre-
text, as among the greatest OF crimes.
IApplause)
DO You know from what Platform that
plank IS taken? a yO.ce: "Fron
Abraham LtlcOln's.'O Yes, from Abra-
ham Lincoln's. applause, ,Oud and
i0Og) That is q plank in the platform
of the Republican party OF 1860, and
when YOU compare our plank with that
ycu vii find that ours is mild in IAN
guaga compared to this one. Cap
p,eUse) Abraham Lincoln ran for
/ Pres.der. on that platform. He was
elected President on that platform.
. (Cries Of so will you be- Cries OF /
hope sO.'0 And in his inaugural ad-
dress he quoted that plank in full and
reiterated it with his approval. Ceres
Of so VIII yOu.O
Now my friends. if our platform is
wrong. / want th~se Republicans to re-
rus.ata Abraham Lincoln. (Applause)
Because If you take Abraham L.nco.n
fr-m tie Republican party You nave
, taken from il it's mos. sacred memory.
INV friends. applause and cries OIL
"-hera will be nothing left.) Now let
ynp cal YOUR attention 20 another th1ng
which they complain of. They say we
cr.rio,sa the Supreme Court. Let me
read Won what We say on that subJsc
Mr. BRYAN then read the plank or the
Chicago platform in regard 10 the IN
come tax:
I call attention 70 the fact that the
court over-ruled the decision OF one nun
dred years ago. Il is fact. Have we
po- a right to mention a fact? we de-
clare that Congress ought 10 use all con-
i s-ftu.l-7al power which remains. WIZ
-hev insist. that. having taken part we
d9 hot use what they left? We demand
.t.r.- Congress shall use such powers as
may come from the reversal by the court
.as f- NAV hereafter be constituted. Has
no court hereafter the right to reverse
the dec'-.on of this court? II no.. then
what right had this court TO reverse the
courts of one hundred years b-fore II!
(ADplause. This court changes from
time to- time: Judges die or resign and
new Judges AXE their places. Is II not
possible. my friends, that future judges
may adhere 20 the precedents OF one
hundred years insts cad of adherlng 10 a
decision rendered by majority OF one,
and that one changed mis- mind? cloud
applause. When did our opponents find
that decision Of the Supreme Court was
so sacred? Why, this decision would
not have been rendered but for the fact
that The men who had 10 pay the income
tax attacked the decision Cf the Supreme
Court and asked this court TO Overturn
q former decision. applause. Every
time a lawyer goes into court and asks
for a reversal of the decision Of the
cOur.-and ir is not an unfreQuent thing
. every time lawyer does it, he al
/ tacks the correctness of the decision
+ which he desires TO have reversed. Let
m read YOU what the Republican plat
form said abCu, decisions of the Supreme
/ C0ur, in 1860:
/ That We condemn the recent reopen
/ ing Of the African slave trade under the
/ cover Of our national flag aided by per-
| yersiolS Of judicial power" Tha, is
what that Platform said. Ii declared
/ that -he decision Of the court was per-
version OF judicial power. There Is no
/ language in cur Platform that is as
/ harsh on the Supreme Court as ,ha- Re-
/ publican Platform. And they call upon
/ CO-g gress in that platform 10 take
prompt and efficient measures for the
I total and final suppression of that eX-
/ ecrabie traffic. Ny friends, on these
! two questions where We are assai,ed by
tha Republicans to-day we have not
. taken as emphatic stand aS the Repubi-
/ can party took in the first platform upon
which Il elected a President OF the
I United States. Let me read YOU what
/ Abraham Lincoln said about the Su-
prGne Court. This IS from his inaug-
uraI address. This is not the party plat
form. my friends. This IS an extract
from q public speech uttered upon the
spur OF the moment. l read YOU from
/ q state paper from the inaugural address
/ OF Abraham Lincoln:
ct 10 moi forget the position assumed
/ bv some that constitutional questions
are 10 be decided by the Supreme Court,
nor do | deny that such decisions must
ba binding in any case upon the parties
+ TO the SUI, as to The object Of that suit,
, wAt,e -hcy are a,s0 entitled to very hiC1
. --spcc. and consideration in al parable.
cases by all other departments o. the
government
quo.o sgail:
"A- The same time. the candid citizen
mus. confess that if the policy OF the
gov r0u-n, upon vital questions affect
ing -ae whole people is 10 be !rrevoc-
ably fixed by he decisions Of the Su-
p.ena Court, the instant they are made
n ordinary litigation between parties
IN personal action, the people will have
ceased 90 DE- the.r own rulers. having 10
,A2t extent practically resigned their
government INTO The hands of that emf
feD- rhD12l' (ApN,ausel
1Ir. Lincoln says that when II is as
serted ,ha, the Supreme Court has a
right TO determine the policy Of tn gov
erumeu5 on great questions. that then
we VIII have resigned our government
iO-o the hands of The Supreme Court.
! (App;3uSel
Our Platform IS not as harsh as the
/ language Of Abraham Lincoln. We do
not criucise ths court as he criticised Il.
and when ne uttered those words no
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