The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-26
FOR STATE RIGHTS
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALWAYS
RIGHT ON THE QUESTION.
crescent Republican Policy OF concen'
srating Power at Washington Is
Contrary TO the Spirit OF
the Constitution.

The Democratic demand for state
r,ahfs and home rule is no new claim.
n Ia cocqual with the federal govern
mont and IS expressly provided for In
the constitution. When the Demo
crafts claimed in 1860 that the Repub-
uean party and Mr.. Lincoln were at
t.unting TO overthrow the rights OF
40 states on the all-absorbing slay.
ery issue. the Republican national
,'qtform replied to the charge by re
solving:
That the maintenance inviOlate Of
the rights Of the states and especially
The right Of each state to order and
control its own domestic institutions
according TO its own judgment. ex-
clnsiycly. is essential 10 that balance
~ on which the perfection and
endurance Of our political fabric de
pend
That was an ultra state right declar.
alton and was quite as strong as any
such from Democratic sources. In
1876 the Republican party had modi-
fel lbs state rights doctrine and de-
clared:
Pv the combined workings OF the
national and state governments. under
their respective constitutions, the
rights Of every citizen are secured at
homo and abroad. and the common
welfare promoted" When 1880 ar
rived ne Republican party seemed to
regret that the constitution prevented
me overthrow OF the reserved rights
az Tie states. for in the national plat
form ~ that rear Ii stated rs one OF
i- principles and purposes that;
some powers are denied TO the ma
ton. while others are denied to the
states. but the boundary between the
powers delegated and those reserved
g. ~ hc determined by the national
anil nor by the state tribunal"
In 1854 a more conservative tone
prevailed. for the Democratic DECLARE.
fion % 1876 and 1850 for the principle
rf BONE rule and the rights Of the
states had taken firm hold OF the
w. iorify 90 The people. so the Repub-
platform OF that year acknowl-
Chat The state rights should be
hiy maintained" the resolution
alar declared. The national gov.
eaueut supreme within the sphere
q national duties. but the states
h-rr AZ ersei rights which should be
M.tl0l maintained: each should be
guarded with Jealous care; so that
the harmony Of our system OF govern.
mcaf may be preserved and the union
kelt inviolate" Since 1894 no declar
alton has been made by the Republic.
an national conventions on the ques.
ton % state rights. but as the Re.
publican PARTY through It's leaders is
trying ul'h all its might to concen
TRACE ai rqiitical power at Washing
ton ana ignore the reserved rights OF
The states. the question Of home rule
VIII BE- so paramount in 1908 that
eyca the party of notification cannot
Ignore 90. such are Republican crecds
cad doctrines on this important sub
iect.
The Democratic party will In the
future as in the past, declare for home
rule and The powers reserved to the
states or 70 the people nor prohibited
% them by the constitution and The
rights therein enumerated shall not
De construed to deny or %disparage
others retained by the people. Such
are the constitutional bonds that bind
ne federal government, the states.
and the people. and are always ex
pressed or implied in Democratic
creeds and are unalterable until the
constitution shall be amended.