The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
MILLER MAKES PLEA
| FOR STATES RIGHTS
At Glen Cove Warns Pub
lie Against Danger of Fed
eral Usurpation.
MASKED AS AID GIVING
In Defeating Monument
to Civil War Heroes He Is
Made Ill by Heat.
CHEERED ON RECOVERING
Governor Visits Assemblyman
DavisOn's Home and Feels
Better Later.
CHEERED ON RECOVERING

Gov Nathan l.. Miller was overcome
by the heat yesterday afternoon while
delivering an address at Glen Cove,
l.. T., at Tie unwilling of monument
TO the men of the army and the navy
from Glen Cove who persisted during
the civil war. After about five min
utes the Governor was able to con-
tinue his speech. which dwelt largely
with the question of State and Federal
rights, but he curtailed it considerably.
In his address the. Governor declared
that under tie guise of giving Federal
aid States rights were being usurped
by the national Government.
The Governor had been speaking only
about ten minutes when he became pale
and paused. Then he stopped talking
and drank a glass of water. which
caused an attach OF nausea. Mayor
James T.. Burns of Glen Cove. who is
physician. went to the Governors aid,
but Mr.. Miller said he would be all right
in few minutes and refused treatment.
After the ceremonies he was driven to
the home of Assemblyman F. Trubee
Dawson. where he and Mrs. Miller had
had lunch and left for New York after
resting few hours.
In Full Glare of sun.
Before leaving the Dawson home the
Governor said he felt fully recovered
and did not expect the attack to have
any i'll effects. Mr.. Miller spoke bare
headed. standing on a platform under
the full glare of the sun. Before the
dedication of the monument. which was
unveiled by james, Harold and John
Campbell. civil war veterans. there
was parade. The monument is "a
shaft of Indiana limestone. surmount-
ed by a bronze eagle. and was de-
signed by Thomas Hastings OF New
York
In his speech the Governo. said that
the Federal Government was threaten
ed sixty years ago. at the time Of the
civil waR the States are threatened to-
day. But unfortunately. he added.
there Is no method of testing the val
idity OF the act by which States rights
are being usurped under the guise OF
giving Federal aid. because IT presents
a political and not tustciable ques-
ton 49, y4-s
There is no likelihood" said Gov.
Miller. that our boys will ever again
have TO take up arms 10 preserve our
Union. Disunion. secession. tina; has
been settled forever. But there are other
attacks. more insidious. and because
they are more insidious they are more
dangerous. These men whose names
are on the shaft here and the others
who are with us in person to-day did
not fight to preserve any union. but to
preserve one Union. and that the union
of the Constitution.
Getting Away From First Truths.
ut has come about in this latter day
as we have gotten away from the prin-
ciples and the truths OF the fathers. that
attempts are made by indirection TO
break down this Union and destroy tha
which preserves local autonomy which
makes it possible to develop for self
government and still retains in the Fed
eral Government ample power to adj
minister the affairs properly belonging
to the Federal Government.
1T was inevitable that with the great
extension of the country Federal power
would expand. Attempts are now made
to change our scheme of government by
indirection- There are only three ways
that occur TO me by which this Union
can be changed.
"One Is by revolution. Another is by
legal methods--amending the Constitu-
ton Though that method is the proper
method. the legal method the safe
method, there is this third method. by
usurpation. by the Federal Government
usurping the legitimate functions OF the
State. Washington warned his country
men In his farewell address that 1.-The
danger from usurpaticn was the great
est
I'VE have inaugurated plan under
which, under the guise of extending Fed
eral aid to the State and matching State
appropriations. the Federal Government
may gradually take over the supervision
Of State affairs. This movement has
gotten good Roadway and there are
several instances of it recorded in Con-
gress."