Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-08
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910,


09rUN IIE LlldG ~ A'>'~ O
.osarved and preserved - he states ana Ilat ri
snch rights should be exercised by the gen. q
o.a1 aovor,1,an+ IS are expressly delegated TO ~
# bv the constitute" ri 0@ |A'<'' "'@' q
During and Immediately @1teH tde clWi war . 4
became almost improper to advance states G
,;obte nrohlor in any MIXED as2@raft&@e Tor !;
fear Of provoking an unyle2s@rt o""tg1Es;S%' ,
We mast remember, no@@Ea", ~t&1 "' Vie, 8
in the country nas their ;e@n %G' stronger 90, 6
vocates Of the doctrines Of states rights as ls&o
down nv Thomas Jefferson dian II The New
rna1onI c4a+os n0rr's rebellion in Rhode IS
land in 1910 was an evidence Of the 1e1'2It| 81
the New Enclar6era for their V rights.
From WASHINGTON We learn that President
Taft is very muca gceoisposed IL i@''E q "
national law controlling corporations, ahu con.
trolling corporations even within the limits OF
+hair own states. 1t was to prevent this nation
al ;n+eryenrion in the affairs Of the various
states thEt The eors1g5tjoaoj Restriction W&x
placed upon lie ..uy.al government me 49,
nublican party Of today IS OF course a very poor
commemorative of the Republican parry OF d
hundred wears ago, when Jefferson was us
loader and Of which the Democratic party OF
TODAY is the lineal descendant. The RepobAcah
marty Of today is the lineal descendant OF the
od federal;st narty, which was shaped up by
Alexander Hamilton and always tended toward
Capitalization, It later became the Wing party
and in 1856 adopted the name OF kepuoilcah'
when it ran John c.. Fremontforthe presidency.
The Democrats of that day revolted on the as
srmntion bv the opposing party OF the od
name Of their states rights party and fremont
was defeated. The slavery issue, however, De-
game 90 acute that the civil war came on. with
it the natural patriotism OF the whole people leu
them as a rule to join their personal fortunes II
with the fortunes of the states of their birth or
adoption. With the defeat of the contederaIes
the doctrine of States Rights fell under a clood
and we don't hear much about 1t during 1hese
DAYS, but whenever a case reaches the Supreme
Court Of the United States, involving the ooc-
trine Of States Rights, the constitution has mus
far met with a strict construction and the ooc-
trine of states rights has been reasserted every
time.
The Washington dispatches go so far as to
Indicate that President Taft thinks that the
states ought not to have power 10 leSisl&te
within their own borders in any way that "oUl1
he unusual, or detrimental to corporations OF
other states, or to corporations created uhoel
the federal law. The fact of the matter is thai
ever since the constitution OF the United o1aleS
has been adopted corporations nave oesh eou
strued as legal individuals and under the consul
tuition the individuals of any one state have tn
same rights in the other states OF the union a
the citizens of those states have. Ii taxation
be light or heavy, if license laws be adopted o
discarded, the citizens Of the state must D
taxed the same as the citizens Of the othe
states. In other words, the state authorities 0
Louisiana must allow merchants, manufacturer
and traders of New York the a opportunlt
to do business in Louisiana that Louisiana a
lows to it's own citizens. We can i'll afford
have congress enacting a corporation law a11ec
ing us in Louisiana. We have always had, al
desire still to have the right to do such leglsl
ton for ourselves.
Ii is a fact that the great republics OF tt
past have always failed. The future of our oV
country is Of course very uncertain. Wal
political economists think that in it's very hug
ness it carries the seeds OF disaster. !
ratnerS OF our SONeilllIlcHty ioFC'SA, oA~
II this to a certain extent. That is why tn
1T to the states, or rather reserved to I
ates all possible and practicable power
cir own local government, The Purltans
) England may wish legislation peculiar
mselves. They could have total abstiner
severe Sunday laws, should they wish the
Cavaliers Of South Carolina, the French
isisna and the Germans of Missouri wo
,er different conditions from those t
d prevail in the New England States {
legislation would tend to favor their lc
mment. By thus leaving in the hands
,ople Of the various states all power t
ssibly be left there without endanger
ength of the central government,
attained the brilliant success that
us thus far. The country through
antly been disposed to hoot at the Q
NIX guarantee act. On the other ha
.homans seem to be satisfied witt