The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
ANOTHER GOVERNOR WARNS AGAINST
 GENERALIZATION.

Gov Clement of Vermont, following Gov. Coolidsz of Massachusetts, the Vice-President-Eect of tht United. States has sounded warning against the menace to the perpetuity of government through the centralization of authority at Washington Gov Clements warning in paper submitted to the conference of Governors at Harrisburg Pa December goth. He shows how far the United States Govern ment has drifted from the moorings to which 1t was made by the makers of the Constitution, and quotes from Washington Hamilton and Madison, all strong supporters of the Federal Constitution as against loose Confederation which system of National Government for thirteen years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, to sup pert his contentious
 The whole theory of Americans British colon ists and independent Americans that the pow of government came from the people, That was declared In the Mayfower compact the Declaration of Independence, the Mecklenburg Declaration, the Kentucky Resolutions and hundreds of other instru ments The great task that confronted the makers o the Federal Constitution to preserve this prin ciple and form Government that would have sui fcient power to function. The makers of the Cons tuition recognized the complete sovereignty of thc separate States, and the cornerstone of the Const tuition they formed was that it simply gran of certain powers by the all controlling States tht Federal authority. All this is clearly presented by Gov. Clement.
 Hamilton. speaking through the Federalist. te allay the fear that the Federal Government estab lished through the Constitution would encroach upo1 the rights of the separate States, said
 If compare the nature of their diff
 ferent powers as means of popular infu-
 ence which each pOssessses, shall find
 the advantage entirely on the side of the
 States. Whenever therefore. Congress
 shall mediate any infringement of the State
 constitution the great body of the people
 will naturally take part with their domestic
 representatives"
 Madison, expoundng the newly proposed Federa Constitution, also through the Federalist declared:
 The powers delegated by the proposed
 Constitution to the Federal Government are
 few and defined. Those which are to remain
 in State Governments numerous and in
 definite The former will be exercised prin-
 cipally on external objects war peace ne
 gotiations and foreign commerce, with which
 last the power of taxation will for the most
 part be connected The powers reserved to
 the several States will extend to all the ob-
 jects, which, in the ordinary course of
 affairs, concern the lives, liberties and prop
 ertles or the people; end the internal order.
 improvement and prosperity of the State" Madison then went on 10 indicate what would happen if the Federal authority should attempt to encroach upon the authority of the States He pre- dicted that there would be such a rising of the people that tho ambitions of Federal authorities would be thwarted and said the people would oppose the Federal agents with force if necessary to protect their rights. He believed that the masses would stand by their State government
 To make sure that there could be no mistake about the interpretations of the Constitution p,. Hamilton and Madison the people forced the adop- tion of the first ten amendments 10 the Constitution in the first Washington Administration and the tenth read:
 "The powers not delegated 70 the United
 States by the Constitution. nor prohibited by
 it to the States. reserved 10 the States
 respectively, or to the people
 In view of what has oc -u1red in years Gov. Clement asks:
 What do you suppose would be tre
 thought by Alexander Hamilton could he re-
 turn to this life at tie present day and see
 the countless army of Federal employees
 swarming the face of this country and
 dictating to every man his course of con