The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-10
INTERNAL ANDKxrERNAL POwBR
or ZEE GOVBRNMENf.

To ruR EDHroR or Tan SUN-SI; Mr..
Sutherland. Republican senator in Con-
Gress and member Of the Senate Judiciary
COMMITTEES, has contributed to the March
number of the North American Rertsv an
instructive and timely paper ON the in
ternal and external power Of the national
Government IL IL hased on the premises
that mo one whose Judgment h % any
value has ever seriously dsnied that this
Government In one of limited powers.
and that absolute power resides nowhere
except in the people Happily for every
ocdy. the power Of the national Govern
rnent TO abridge individual liberty h In
"'r day rarely in dispute. hut its power tn
interfere with tho possession and ure Of
property h yet unhappily under discus
sion by politicians here and there. now and
then. IN despite of what the Supreme Court
has 30 often said. by the implied reser-
vations Of individual rights remarked
the great Chief Justice, -grUwinS out OF
the nature OF a free government there
are In every free nation limitations on
the taxing power. Inspired by similar
instincts of freedom. the Supreme Court
said that the right Of every citizen Of a
State tn engage in interstate commerce
antsaA'ed tns oons"'ut'oo' Ia1e' on ~
i's. the court declared uAAt me tneory
90 our oovernments' SsAUe anu n.t'onA':
u Opposed 70 inc oePosN o. tnS unn'nl'oo
power anywhere. Less IMAM Two ye.s
ago me court put an eAtnsulsner, VI Sns
case Of hansas Va So'orado, resSns 10
internal affairs, on the doctrine that oe-
cause no Legislative powers ne'ons 70 q
state oovernflens o'nsr than snoss wnicn
anect solely the INTERNAL anairs on tnat
Ssate' consequently All powers vnicn are
national an their scope must % tound
vested In Congress such ooctrsne
Mes IN the face added tho court. o. tne
fact that this 10 Government Of UNITED
powsFs and IN the taco OF tn@ Ientn
Amendment
Mr.. Sutherland contends that All
necessary power over external anairs
W-..h,--..., e.. a., !. n ,,,,,,. s,.h.r-
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WS7 WIN hnoehn@' ~nes- Iuo wv
power he defines a. national, wnilo
the second IN federal Over external
| .N.ir. H.. 1. NJ, ra.i.,,,al r,cw.~ In eha
-, &C.,. A, - - -...-..I
Se~Sos' -" pO.s
analrs ~ concentraSed IN Warrington.
His idea IL that a man may he . sound
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81 $50. L,,, +. - ,,,,.~,,,,h e.A.rnN.a
o'' s,,--. - -
IN in'eI"Ai A"As- ne "'~'es~ ~"o
emphasines his view by Separating ana
classifying applications OF the three
! novers uwr,er the iuterntata corn,nerc<
4 49, - - -, -, - A. -.L;n-
" ~ 1850 $50 - s
oistinctsosis WHICH rave Oe~ii snu sfo soo
often overlooked. The ught To engage
| I'm commerce among the States does not
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W. NN-
tion be SeDriv.d on II. Con9r.~s can ouIy
regulate n. Con3re~a can. however. az
cl,,de foreigner. or oommodttie. from
the country and place an embargo on
sornian ven.els II NAV be ouite supreme
over Indian trib~a. but can IL banish n
citizenp Il cannot exclude him or his prop-
ertv from Utah. Mr.. Sutherland save:
por ...U,pl. th- coust,tut,oo rout-ru upon
/ csnerrs. See authority 10 rerulatr commerce
~,se s.rr,~n natsons and snoor tnr .,v~r.l
Ssa,~. A~ me am. hnruaa- therefore con.
/ a-r. an. powry "a r,gulate commerce WIN h,y-
| sevO na.,ena and .uonr she s-vrraI Stases bu,
,hr oh1er,. ,,non whleh lac LANGUAGE oprrate. are
/ d1Nrrru, h~no~ wnile me pou-F An rhe two oa.,.
.~oop ana DECREE Tbs GENERAL Covrrnm~ut IN
I a..llnr ws,a forrIvp na,ion. m M. natIoo.I "a
n.r,tv nav entirely prohfhe she luonorta taoo of
I an cnmmoA,tir. hut An dealing win ths several
S,.a.. An ia t~d.ral oapaetsy a can ss~rrsS. NO
.arh .,ssr~e ~ r.ow.r over ,raa1uor,ntion fror,
On, St.t, u another mi. distinction n over.
Ik -, a. tsOorrd nv tho., advora tna nj a. rhi,d
I.hor law rwhrh 80. n deny tran.portas ,om N
,Cra. ,n.mut.rtur.d An vhole or IN mar, NV ohsld
l.noy, wn.n thry a..-r, Vhat hroans. ,Cou~rr..
~. ,r,hIhls.d me I-Duor,a,1o, Of sgrvac, r,aae
60. ,r,r, a,r,I~n e,,,ntr,e. a nag nkewt.e
! nrohIhlt an. tra- v,orta,bon Of sood. snonr the
..,,.r.I S,.,~. wn~rn.,-, n dtaannnoy,. 81 IN.
-, In whl~h .,,rb vooa. or,e4o1,s
We NAV infer that the section Of the
E,.-....I in,orror.eior l,ill y-hi~h 4. no~r
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peuus "e'"'V sns ~"~'J
OF both houses OF Iongreas permitting a
Federal corporation 20 manufacture in
a State will not have the s,,DDort Of the
4 Ir,.h Gnu.,or r.. .on,onrs- AZ. -
49,. '
PrTu"1n'
! r..-. a. .~,,t,- ,.,a.,., a, ,.s ,.,, a,
-, -, So $500. =, ,r.i.t a., n.-.t,. an .vtI
} = s.-...a -, - v'td..,r..d 80 IN. ..,--r.I
4 .-. -. =. -, -, !. - 4, -,-...s. -. 49,.