The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-14
richment and dAAknation OF the cor

| pOrations.
We fear the Gakqefend Holman
knows a good dRn more about the
next world than lie does about this.
He should stick. :, to spiritual saffair
aud leave politics to the people; and
IL this does not SUIT him he had bet
ter remove to Rhslia or Dahomey, or
some other country where the masses
have NO voice id The making of laws
which govern them.
The next poip it made by the Rev.
Mr.. Holman is a follows;
But this is not eli The Chicago plat.
form proposes to paralyzc the arm of
the federal executive SO that the
President Of these United States
must sit a neutra! and Indifferent
spectator, powerless to interfere,
while armed mobs take possession of
our great cities, destroy property,
| murder citizens, ObStruct mails, and
| PROSTATE business throughout the
length and breadth Of the land. Can
any loyal and law-abiding American
citizen consent to that:
blunders into very shallow view Of
things.
This nation is known as the United
States-the colonies preceded the
states and the states preceded the
birth of the United States. The gen.
eral government is one of limited and
clearly defined po,cers, and the Constitu-
ton says that all powers not therein
given to the general government re-
main in the hands of the states or Of
the people. The founders of the gov
ernment believed that the time
might come when "the man on horse
back" might seize the national power
and by It's exercises crush the liber-
ties of the people, just as they had
been crushed by armed tyrants in 9TH
er lands; and therefore they provided
tnat the great fund and reservoir of
power should remain in the hands of
the people of the states. to be exer-
cised through their state govern
ments. They further provided that
in case of rebellion, il the militia of
the states was called into use, the
state authorities should appoint the
officers of such militia, this being
done to prevent "the man on horse
back' using the military forces of
the states to overthrow the liberties
of the people.
The Constitution further provided
Art. 4, Sec. 4:
1.-THE United States shall guarantee
to every state in the Union Republic
IF %
protect each Of them against inva-
sion: and. on application Of the Legis.
lature Tor Of theiexecutive when the
Legislature cannbt be convened
against domestic violence"
The purpose OF, this very plain. 1t
was to prevent othe general govern
ment overriding and destroying the
state governments. BY this provision
it could not enter into state unless
the Legislature of the state asked it
to come in to defend it; but if the
Legislature could. not be convened,
then the governor,might make such
request. But until he did so the ma.
tional power was forced to stand at
the boundary line of the state This
is very plain and very proper.
The founders of the government
had to provide against all possible
contingencies, and among these was
the possibility OF some great power
full. ambitious man, playing Napoleon
or Caesar: marching with his armies
across the whole face Of the country
and sweeping all resistance to the
winds. The great founders of this
government meant that the unit of
liberty should lie the township, above
the township came the county, above
the county the state; and then the
United States entered into a compact
and granted certain powers to new
govern ment, called the National gov
eminent, which was, within the limit
Of those powers, to protect the people
and the states. And now comes this
holy but ignorant divine, and with
one breath he would wipe out
all the Constitutional provisions
of the people. H, says if there is
violence or mOb-law in the State Of
Minnesota, we must not wait until
the government Of the state has ex-
hausted our own powers to suppress
such disturbance, and then called up-
on the executive of the United States
to come to his relief, but upon
the first outcry, by anybody, over q
dog-fght If you please, without pausing
for any request, such as is provided
for In the Constitution, the President
OF the United States must rush his
armies 10. set aside the rights of the
state and crush the liberties of the
people under the excuse of overthrow
ing an insurrectlen.
Again we say,-lct Mr.. Holman
stick to his the o!ogy, He knows moth
ing about constitutional law, nor
about the history of his try.
The next point made by our clerical
friend is as follows;
The Chicago piatfo rm declares for a
revenue tariff. The subject IL too
complicated for discussion here. But
it may be pertinent to remark that
under the beneficient operation of a
hybrid revenue tariff" our saw mills
are getting ready TO shut down while
we import lumber from Canada. Our
wool growers are turning their sheep
into mutton and quitting the bust
ness, while we import our wool from
Australia. Our great factories arc
turning their millions Of operatives
into the street while we import our