Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20

Constitutional Powers.
The President pever loses chance
to attack the fundamental principle of
the Constitution Of the United States
which is embodied in the Tenth
Amendment. Even in his speech at
Nicksburg on Oct. 81, while he was
counting the southern voters, he could
not refrain from putting In fling at
the doctrine Of strict constitution on
which the Democratic party, as well as
the Constitution itself, was founded.
He Insisted that "in the interest of the
people" the Constitution must be in
terpreted, not rs strait jacket, not
as laying the hand of death on all de-
velopment." Constituting this accord
Ing to the rules Of logic, 1t Involves the
implicatio mendax, because it insinu-
ates, contrary to the truth, that some
body having power to interpret the
constitution has interpreted it, or
sought to interpret as a straltjacket,
laying the hand Of death on all devel-
opment And 1t also implies, contrary
to the truth, that the Interpretation
placed upon the Constitution by him
self at st. Louis and Harrisburg tends
to legitimate development. At st.
Louis he. claimed for the federal gov
eminent the power to incorporate in
terstate railroads and also industrial
enterprises engaged in Interstate and
foreign commerce, Notwithstanding the
two facts. that no such power has been
granted to Congress by the Constitu-
ton, and that Congress is prohibited by
the Tenth Amendment from exercising
powers not granted 10 It. The Demo-
Gratis to whom the President was ap-
pealing at Vicllsburg are followers Of
Jefferson. Their position may be fair
ly assumed to be in harmony with JEFF
ferson's. That position was well stat
ed by Jefferson himself, in letter to
DIR. Maese, dated Washington, D. c.,
Jan. 10, 1909, in which Jefferson said !:
ut has always been deniS the
Republicans in this country u the
Constitution had given the power of
incorporation to Congress. On the es-
Establishment of the Bank of the United
States this was the great ground on
aich that establishment was combat
and the party prevailing support
IN the ground Of Its being Incl
~ to the power Of raising money.
On this ground 1t has been acquiesced
in, and will probably be again. acqui-
esced in, as subsequently confirmed by
public opinion. But in no other in
stance have they ever exercised this
power Of Incorporation out of this ds-
trict, of which they are the ordinary
legislature" (See Jefferson's works.
Vol. 5, p. 412.)
Andrew Jackson maintained that
Congress had no power to create ma
tional bank. And there has never been
any argument in favor of such power
except the old sophlstical and abomin-
able doctrine that the end Jnstities the
means-a doctrine which has unfortu-
nately become the cardinal principle Of
President Roosevelt and those great
special interests which contributed so
much to the corruption of his party
In 1900 and 1904. Chief among these
are the banking interests controlled by
the Rockefellers, and in particular, the
National City Bank Of New York. Ac-
cording to the New York Journal Of
Commerce, of Oct. 10, ut is matter
of common knowledge that the ambi-
tion of the National City Bank is for
closer relations with the United States
government, and that for fruitlon of
the hopes Of Its officers ana directors
dependence is placed in the general ac-
claim for currency reform legislation
by Congress, which might result in the
establishment of great central bank
on the lines of the banks Of England
and France" These great banks want
asset currency. They want the power
to issue money based upon stocks and
bonds of railroads and Industrial cor
porations, SO that when these stocks
and bonds decline In value, as they have
done since last January, the holders
Of bank notes based upon such values
will be the losers. The railroads and
life insurance companies and indus
trial monopolies want federal incorpo-
ration, because they are seeking there
by to escape taxation and control by
the several States, counties and NUM-
cipalities. Now, since the end Is held
to justify the means; and since these
seek an unconstitutional end, and are
willing to pay the President and his
partisans for the means necessary to
attain that end; we may well under
stand why the President regards the
Constitution as an odious straltjacket
and death hand on .the development
OF his peculiar and wonderful policies.
Farmer and Tariff.
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