Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-25
WHAT IS NEED IS
| A DUAL GOVERNMENT
Justice Harlan Of The Supreme
Court Says That UnloR Can't
Do Without Either.
THEY SHOULD 60 IN HAND
He Urges Harmonious Administra-
ton of Roth-sess No Cause For
Pessimism In the Present Condition
Of Affalrs-Notablo Address Made
at Banquet.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 2i.--Mr. Justice
Harlan. of the United States Supreme
Court. Kcntucklan. dwelt tonigh.
upon the necessity of harmony be.
tween the Federal and State Govern
nehts FOR the proper WORKING out oil
tho destinies of the Union. lie was
addressing the Kentucky Club OF New
York, mt the banquet In his honor nj
the Hotel Plaza. His topic was Ken
lucky: United. We Stand; Divided
We FALL and he said:
There are some who think they
see dark clouds upon The horizon OF
our future and express grave apprc-
honson rs 10 the stability OF the Gov.
ernment ordained by the people OF tho
United States and established by the
constitution. In q population of 90,-
100000, comprising people from nll
parts OF the earth. many of whom
nave no proper conception OF liberty
regulated by law. nor any Just regard
for the rights of others, we must OK
pect TO find many who indulge In
gloomy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to the future
! OF count sapd who seem to cul
iiivate2A Mos iaIi&5 OF spradictlna disus-
Ter. Sucl, persons arc quite unhappy
when the facts do not Justify them in
believing that everything is going
wrong.
nut there is no occasion for alarm.
! The American people. knowing tina,
eternal vigilance is the price of lib
crty, VIII take care that no harm
shall come TO the Government. A
national Government fur national ar-
inlrs and State governments for state
affairs constitute the foundation rock
! upon which our institutions rest ANY
serious departure from that princi-
pie would bring disaster upon the
american people and upon the Amer
lcan system of free government. The
american people are more dctermin-
ed than mt any time In their hlstmy
10 maintain both national and state
rights, rs those rights exist under the
Union ordained by the constitution
The best friends of State rights.
permit ME to say, are not those who
hahitnally denounce as Illegal every.
thing done by the genera! Govern
| menl. but those who recognize the
Government OF the Union as posses.
sing all the powers granted To II I'm
me constitution. either expressly or
ny necessary implications: for. with.
,,ont a general government possessing
Sllcn powers In relation to matters of
national concern, the States would
be in perpetual conflict and lose their
prestige Lefore the world.
with equal truth 1t may be said
that the best friends of the Union
are those who hold that the states
possess all governmental powers not
granted to the general Government and
that are not inconsistent with the
constitution of the United States or
with n Republican form of govern
ment. The Supreme Court of the
United States has again and again
declared. upon full consideration, that
a close and firm union was essential
to the liberty and happiness OF the
American people. and that without
the states In union there could, he
no such political body as the United
States.
"If then, the matchloss govern
mcnt devised by the fathers and or.
uained by the people of the United
states is to be preserved and handed
down intact to posterity. national
power and State power must go hand
| III manu- In harmony with the consti-
tuition 1t would be calamity I'M
sreakable If our institutions and the
sacred rights of life. liberty and prom
lerty should lie put at the mercy of n
majority unrestrained by written
supreme law binding every depart
ment of government. even the people
themselves. Early in the history of
The nation SOME insisted upon mar
row literal Interpretation of the con-
stitution, which, had 1t been apnroy.
ell would have made tho general
Government a rope of sand, wholly
inadequate TO the great purposes for
which II was established. But long
ago that View was rejected by tho
Supreme Court of the United States.
and It's rejection has been almost uni
versally approved.
Implied Powers OF Congress.
There are some who would deny
TO Congress all powers that are not,
in words, specified in the constitution
as belonging to the Legislative branch
of the Government. They would elm.
mate altogether from our jurIspru-
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