The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-26

the more heartily Tor his complete an
nouncement. Of tho: divine. right 81
the Caucasian 10 govern the Interior
races. When the question 'is brought
home, tho white, man 10 the same
everywhere. The Senator perhaps
unconsciously,.s y. shows that he resll7es
thet no other race In nearly eqnal
number0 can live side'by side with the
Caucasian and enjoy SUCH civil land
stances render the domination OF the
inferior race possibility. Hen2e hje
appeal 70 what he -talls inherent
sovereignty" and la this hehas to do
what we did after recOnstrnctiOn:-
pitch his tent outside Of the, spirit of
9he fourteenth and fifteenth amend
mente Of the eonstitdtioSn1, 81 the uh1tea
States. e -
It is contepded by the Senator, from
Connecticut that this nation has an in
herent right OF sovereignty outside Of
the constitution to ,aequsre, TERRITORY
and govern 1t. t1n the FedRr9E Gilpssit t1-
tion are enumerated the rights and
powers delegated by the SStasss,to the
Federal government. In the State
,constitut ti0ps>.the people have. dele
gated'to' the State goVeriimetts all the
rights and powers except those en-
,umerated in the. prohibitions. otthe In
strument. Congress can therefore
there Gs is sAy grant % in tRe Feaeraf Con-
stitution, while State legiSfatuFe can
exercise all powers except those pro-
hibited in State constitutions. Hence,
tho United States as nation has no
reserved powers or Inherent sovereignty
ty, except such as may be delegated q
In the constitution Of the United States.
Whatever; there ie,s sOf reserved rights
or "inhereRt. Sovereignty" not dele
gated in. the.>Eederai constitution re-
mali in tho people OF tho States. The
nation, as a nation, has. no sovereign
rights except those, Conferred, by tho
Constitution, Tie sQvereignty Of &hg
nation is the power given the nation
by the constitution. II there. were to
be any reserved powers Of the nation
outside of. the constitution, why the
enumeration specifically OF those
were they not reserved, at the time OF
the adoption OF the constitution, in ,ex.
press terma? =; -: :":"4:1 @'" - },
:: understand, poiitioat sovereignty to
mean%'the authority OF q nation to .exi
ercise governmental powers. How are
these powers to be exsrcisedP In the
case. Of the United States, IN the man
ner provided by the constitution.
through tho departments of the Gov
ernment :; and In being exercised by
these |departments 1t is limited by the
terms Of .She constitution. fixing the
manner o. the exercise Of sovereignty.
TO hold that. there is an Inherent
power of sovereignty In the.'nation, out
side of the constitution, to" do some
thing not. authorized yr.that instra'
mont is to- PLACE this :. Inherent sQver-
eighty ~ above the. constitution and
thug destroy the Very. foundation dpod'
which: constitutional goverpn1ent reets>
case, said !: 1.-THE United States area.
sovereign and independent nation, and
are invested by. tho constitution with
tbs ;entfre~f control OF international
and with all, the; powers Of
government necessary TO mainjtaip. that
control and make 1t effecttve.", Wh1le.
holding that the United States are q
sovereign and independent nation, Ii.
will be seen that he also holds that
the sovereignty Of the nation Is vested
by the constitution; and II 80, 1t Can
only be exercised in the mode pointed.
out.in the constitution and ia controlled
by, the words of the grant OF this soye-
reighty. =" ~ e.. =.
There Was mo nation of the United
States until the adoption OF the Federal
constitution hence before: that, time
there could be sovereignty Of the ma.
tion. What ,opierred this sovereignty
Clearly the States, by and through the
Federal constitution. 'lfsO, then there
can be no inherent right OF sovereignty
except that conferred by the constitu-
tion. Q
The Senator further contends shot
we are sovereign nation, and Es such
have the came inherent right to&acquire
territory as England, France, G&rmany
and Mexico. ! cOntrovert that NprOp-
osition. The.sove"eignty OF tho Ration
OF Great Britain and the others is
vested in the people and: has mover
been delegated and limited as In our
country. These governments enjoy
sovereignty In It's elementary form.
What the government willis it may do
without considering the actor It's COM
eequencss. in the light of ian organic
law Of binding obligation.
Our governmentis ina very differ
ent position. The Federal constitution
Ia the embodlment Of the Sovereignty
Of the United States as aination, and
thfs sovereignty can only be exercised
In accordance with the powers con-
oehlhOo IL Aop pToSlslOuht 1r6bt orltAlu
can do anything as q nation In the way
Of the exercise of governmental func-
tions. There ts nothlng to- prohibit or
restrict the fullest exerelsen of her
sovereignty as a nation Hence there
is no analogy, and the sovereignty Of
the United States as nation differs
widely from that OF Great Britain.
Is further contened that sovereign
right can not be limited and that all
our constitution can do is to prescribe
the manner In which 1t can be exer.
ctsed. II, as already shown, the
sovereignty OF the Upiteds States was
conferred by the States through the
Federal constitution, 1t la clear that
In comforting the power and presorib
ing the manner OF It's exercise, they dlt
set limit In the very terms OF the In
strument itself. .'
l deny, therefore, that the United
Staes as o nation has sovereign, In
herent right and control outside OF tn,
grant OF such power In tho cons titu tion
| This is;not an essential element OF ma
tionality 80 far as our nation Is con
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