The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24

Persons who oppose Federal aid to our common schoofs seem fe find nc tn. eonsfstency in the position they occupy in uphoidins iarEs sppropristiens ts and nzchanicaI collskes. normal schools. and experimental stations. or 10 inspect meats, secure good food, and preserve the public health. or to ex. cotton worms, or to care for the tf- diGent insane, or to devote the proceeds of the sale of public lands to scnooi purposes. but any endeavor. however the way v of appIyiag tax inoney to aid in th4 temporary support of the com mon schoole is regarded as nothing short of iniquitous, as Giariugfy uri- sonst,sTsionsL is,nt9s in the lsnsSass gs s sns fwho ardentiy supported the Blaff biiil. rthe man who comes as friend with vainabie gifts to your state for the education of your children, 10 deuounc- your rights ana liberties. Ifis offsr is epurned, and he himself Co driven from your door as a public criIninai.s
 .slal fsi, n to perceive any dlfssenss rss @ ss propriate land money. and the power Of Congress to appropriate tax money to aid temporarily in the support Of
 Nor am alone in this constrslction of the powers of the Federal Constftu- ton. Many eminent men whose use- ful lives and distinguished services Republic. have entertained the safsse opinion which Mr. Pugh himself ex. pressed upon that subject Tn his speech in advocacy of the BIair biIl n clear. use of which he had few equals and no superior, he declared:
 q have no doubt Congress has as d fn MnIlA1fAH HX tAXk ation as Congress has to appropriate revenue collected from the sale of pub iic lands and receipts from patents to the support or common scnoois m the
 Much of the ieeislation to which I have invited the attention of Members upon this floor has been prsdicatsd up piled powers Of Congress, and was enc acted under what is known as the genoral-weifare clause of tho Consti- tuition. Congress is the sole judge as to when and where and how these inn piled powers shall be invoked under this generAl-wslfars claase Tn short, slmost any and every thing in.snoed ssl welfare lies within the fegisiative prov fnce Of Congress.
 n tho great case of Mccullough V; The state Of Maryland. reported n
 whether or not Coneress had the power to incorncrate a bank. And # was held that Congress had the ccnstitu- tionai authority to establish q banking corporation, not in the exercise of distinct sovereign power or end of
 wovernment, but as means of carry ing into efRect other powers which are sovereign.
 Chtef Justice Marshall, in the mag u,ficant opinion which he delivered In that case, declared. among other things the following great truths, to wit:
 ssThe Government of the Union Is .
 government of the people. 1t etnan- atas from them: it's powers are grant. Cd by them, and are to be exercised directly on them ana Tor tneir eeaen.. V
 while the powers not delegated 70 sha limited States, nor prohibited to the efates, arc reserved to the stateas SF Lo the people, there is nothing In the con stitution which requires InAs aga thing granted shau De sApiss
 '" seonatstutIon to contain an aceu. rate detaIl Of all the subdivisions os which ite great powers VII VII sIrs thnY nav nav i,e carried into execution, would par talse Of the. prouxity of legal coos. and could scarcely be embraced py she
 human nslnd. It wSaia p,,Ea,c prESap,ef IA % ns. l tIirS. Therefore, requires that only " l Sreat outlines should De marhee, .s sss important objects deslsnatea ane st. sns uss ffffnnH fnKFOQBEntM WAtGAA S-s,tt1N " ahses.ta he deductad from the nature or | ffae objects themselves .........., prnvfsiof is made in constitutlon intended to endure for ages toa coWs, eh
 Snri sn rious SSHss nrsses of human aiEalrs Tc | hSve ,nrercribed the means by wnicn | @overI,rnent should, in all future ume e execute Ha powers would V n@sS .ssr es ths | insfrnmsfit aud to give to U the Rrog. | srfies of {. legal code. It would nAVe | been an unwise attempt 10 proVleses. st ys
 immutable rules TOT n,,st sfg hSys Sssn seer I a,niv and which can be best provided l for as they occur.
 | what, A grand and glorious ludical | character was John Marshall. the or. | acia Of American law" not Of NlrBlnts | aione. but the. universal favoftte and 1 Favored son of this splendid Republic l If free, seprate, independent. and sov. | ereign States. With mentaI Nisl0r n.ls, l as clear and strong as the eagle ofll. I Hasit eye while gazing upon the nerce | nniendors Of the noonday sun. ne lore aa w and has outlined, Tor all time tc
 come. as no other man petese .l a,. sha H a,,si | vet distinct capabilities and potentlall' | yies Of both State and Federal govern,
 msnts, acting together. Soinsay n,a,,s. anc
 sSverTllT; ,r,shnut Far iar or friction. each seek I iSs fine greatest good to the greatesl | s1Ii5uber. and neither abatinE one lot oi | little Of the lawful authority Dslong | ing to the other or resulssHG teslt., I., mately from the combined aeeiOh o' | both.
 Tha exact which have just read iE f the Mccullough case from that enin' l eylt furfst demonstrates that 1t vas at | irnuosslbility for the franlers ot th' | oreanIc law of the nation to nave ih | corporated into it's provisions ali n: I incidentaI powers of government. ant hence that Congress in tns .e.,i.,, s,,a N z, | aIn1osf any law which that pod, f,Edhes to be useful or necessary Ioi | inc common defense or general vel fare of the people tn the oroaosss .slss si,, l most comprehensive sense or meanlnl l that may De applied to these words, I n ths light of these facts. in tn' ! ar@sarce of all this remarkaol \ ehsracfer of legislatiOn tIIuch or wnici | ao not approve1. surely no lnerSI | minded, patriotic gentleman, whel "
 takes time to reflect, ought s,,.' Lo opseS 2ssSl l eraI aid, for few years only, Tn sup ] nort of our common school systems ! foy fha education of the youth or tn' ! country, for the benefit of our tsA-riq tax
 den people. for the e Eood s drsnsrnI MnieS wei
 ssrs osSticuiarIy where 1t is manifes ibat many of the states. like my owi | "a ftva- Alabama, are not able at tnl time. sInxly and alone, to make aoe ayata provision for their full. com com
 pIete. thorough, and suceesstul ha~in
 Eawayd Everett, the scholar and ora for. gives us the definition Of numAl
 knowledge;
 .srt is the cultivation and improve l rnent of the spiritual principle in @ nian 1 pv lnowledKe the wings of the inteiiec
 are spread; by ignorance they .I aI