The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-23
Continued from parc two)

WYNN ANN'NNN AAANNNhhAAAl hNIh tNAtA
at home. hut many adverRries were
afraid OF such n government, boilev'
tng that II would lead to n ~dcspotism
OF tho most odious kind, under which
all Of the rights n liberty OF the
Individual would he lost. That no
such misfortune has overtnkon us IL
principally due, not so much perhaps
TO tho inherent ex~ceiiencies OF the
Consultation itself. great as they are.
as 10 the character n genius Df our
people which AVE enabled us thus
far TO avoid any extreme OF political
thought and action and TO keep
always In mind tho ideal OF the great.
est possible liberty OF the individual
combined with order n safety for
tho state aa n whole and the preser-
walton Of individual rights.
hut the strongest influence In
mems minds against tho Constitution.
which has not received the attention
n deserves, was In tho inbred hatred
and distrnAt NJ all government among
the people OF that time, which to
some extent persists 10 h present
dav.
The contest over the ratification OF
the Constitution was characterized by
bitterness OF feeling and expression
which probably has never been sur
passed at any time Of which we have
record. I chnnot here partlcularize,
but 7 commend TO the attention OF
1HN WHfR - NAN
statement OF the nature and happen.
inrs 81 this contest TO be found in
the first volume OF ReveridFc's great
work on the lie ~ John Marshall.
John MarshaIi's Service.
The mention OF John Marshall
calls to mind the great service OF
that great man In connection with the
Constitution OF our country. He had
been a soldier In the armies OF the
revolution, was a devoted ndherent
OF Washington, and, like him. n
firm believer In the necessity OF n
strong national government for all
of the states whose union was essen
ilal thereto. and when he. In 1901,
became the chief Justice Of the
United States. he brought to that Of
flee all Of the Views and bias OF the
fcdemlists OF which Washington was
the leader. In his service at the
head Of tho supreme court he did
more than any other n by his
mastery opinions on constitutional
questions. to put form and life and
strength into our national govern
ment. There WAS great danger in
the early ear Of tho republic that
our government would not DO par
mnnent ana Marshall was the man
who couragcously met and overcame
that danger.
II may 10 well to consider briefly
the cause Of that danger to he found
In the varying ideas OF theories OF
government which indeed has been
nt the foundation OF u political
parties.
The differences are clearly stated
by that eminent English American,
Professor Goodwin Smith. In an in
PRODUCTION TO an edition OF the Fed
cralist, published in 1901, where no
characterized the federal party as
the crntrtpctal party In American
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can or centrifugal party. the leader
Of which was jefferson In other
words. tho school Of political thought
cNrmplitod at hat time nv Wash
inrton, Hamilton and Madison. al
though Madison later went over to tho
other school. believed In and advo
Gated the Capitalization and strength
cning OF governmental power. while
the opposition feared any strength
In government and favored thc die
pcrsion OF power among the people,
These widely varying views soon
manifested themselves in divcrsc and
opposing idcns Of what tho govern
mcnt which we had created really
Was-thc party Of centrifugal
thought then called republican and
later democratic, Insisting that he
Constitution merely evidenced "a com.
pact between sovereign states from
which any one OF them had the right
To Withdraw nj pleasure. or to dis
regard and nulllfy amy act ~ the ma.
tioral government which u found
unsatisfactory. while the other party
~ first called fcdcrnlist and later
whiE and republican. believed that
IN" Constitution had created a nation
which should be perpetual. supreme
In an national affairs and from
which no state could withdraw.
a Question Now settled.
n In idle now to discuss tho merits
Of IN" principal point or difference
between these parties, AS to the right
Of any state 20 withdraw from he
Union, ms that question was settled
by tho result ~ tho great civll war.
hut tho difference between the ccn-
tripothl n centrifugal Views Of
what government should be still cN.
~. although our political parties IN
der the stress ~ temporary cNigcn
cios have at times disrcEardcd those
Views. II viii be- seen, however. that
up tn the present time c~entralizing
views have practically prevailed and
that the union n states is today even
stronger than over before,
But danger to our form Of govern
mont is not entirely hunishcd and We
should now, more than over. rcaffirm
u allegiance to the Constitution
and pledge our support TO tho form
OF government rcatc under II.
which, Notwithstanding defects In its