Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-12-09
CLEMENT SPEAKS
BEFORE GOVERNORS
Says 10th, 18th, 10th Amend
ments Were Adopted With
out Peoples Consent

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80 souis, remit Deo. 'i'e an
n conference OF governors IN SESSION
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alliances hut is one which strikes at the
very foundation stone of our own internal
government.
THAT problem Is whether we shall have
n governrn. .ent Of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people, or whether the pow
ers OF government shall be centralized at
washington, TO be there dehn d and ex-
, crcised while the States become nero
provinces with their Inhabitants permitted
10 do only those things which the federal
government may fit to allow.
INCREDIBLE TEN YEARS AGO
"ror ,o,rs o,o ,,,o oo,,,, have sore.
,oor ara fnro,oId ,ha oordi,ion IL, which
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,,o,.,, ro,,,i. ,,,,,oh ,ho so,har, ca o,rnostI,
sough, ,n o,oido
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mon win that NJ rory othar NJ tn..
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nonsi,ora.,nr
."rbo ,;,,,o hos ,rr,,.od r.ha, u,o n,ust
recur to fundamental principles if the
blessings of liberty are to be preserved
and government Is to be Kept free
] FIRST TEN CuRTAILED POWERS
"rbo oxnro.ssd ,ntart,o, Of tbo Walkers
, of Tho fodo.,I Constitution was NOT to
cantraI,ze all mower in tho federal gov
ornp,.pt bu+ Tho, tho S+o,os e,o,,, ontv
grnnt o. +, srch ,,o,,ar ond ,rtborit, 40
w,a. rooossory 70 ,,ar,,,i, :, "a ovorcieo
,ho f,,no,io,,, for ,,biob &, VOC craa,od and
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omendmorts N that constitution wore not
,,r.nt. - f,,rtbor nou,or hut ,vere iroita
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oo,,arnn,ar,
..Thron hr,droa ,,o,rs ara Union tho
>t,v1oror n,ot so-c,,Ioa ,yos ,ignad in
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,har, so,,,.s Nos .d,,arcod nerhans for
,ho ers, ,i,,,o ~, ,hn historv ~ the world
but II took $50 years of constant struggle
on the part of the American colonies be-
fore that idea was realized in the Declar-
alton of Independence.
Under the New England system town
government is the basis or our State gov
ernments. The town brings each lndlvld-
ual in touch with government so that he
feels he Is n part of the governing power.
yEPNONTS CONSTITUTION
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corsid.red hv ito makers and the idea
at which they arrived was to make some
provision whereby in the case of the
people either through the election of
Their legislators or by means of conven-
ton elected solely for that purpose.
AMENDMENTS FORCED THROUGH
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a - go ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
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r,ont ~ ,h,t of tho I-nited Sta,es"
Cn,.rnor C,oment cited ouotations fro,,,
sneeches nv Alexander Hamilton. James
port OF his contention. Continuing, he
said
ORGANIZED MINORITIES
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