The Washington times., 1936-01-30


The Eighteenth Amendment
ought never to have been adopted
in the form in which it was writ
ten, because it gave to the Federal
Government too much police
power, too great q right for
Search and Seizure" and was pro
hibited by the Fourth Amend
ment; and one Of the reasons for
the revolution was this unreaSon-
able Search and Seizures"
The original amendment pro-
posed by Senator Sheppard did
not go so far. For the same rea-
son the Second Amendment was
adopted, prohibiting anybody from
bearing arms, but leaving that
question to the several States, for
the express purpose of limiting
the police Powers Of the Federal
Government, and prevent the pos
Sibility of Unreasonable Searches
and Seizures"
But when you refer to these
things, somebody asks: what
about the General welfare
Clause?"
Preamble-the New Dealers
seem not to find any clause in
the Constitution except one phrase
Of the Preamble, when in truth
the Preamble does neither define
the form of government limit nor
grant any powers whatsoever.
The Declared Purpose
It is but the caption" the
heading" the declared purpose
for making the Constitution.
For instance, that Preamble
says:
1--WE, the people Of the United
States, in order to form q more
Perfect Union, promote Justice
and domestic tranquility, and
provide for the common de-
Tense and general welfare, do
Ordain and establish this Con-
stitutiOn."
Now, every declaration Of pur-
pose named: Perfect Union"
Domestic Tranquility" Com
mon Defense" or General Wei
fare" is provided for by method
in the body Of the Constitution.
How to provide for q more
Perfect Union?" To do that is
not as South Carolina did a hun
dred years ago. or any other
State. to nullify the Acts of Con-
gress. That authority Is lodged
with the Supreme Court Of the
United States, nor is the conSti-
tutional method Of a More Per
feet Union" found in the Bureaus
in Washington, usurping all au-
thority and centralizing all power
in the Capital City.
To provide for the Common
Defense" does not mean that
Texas may engage in a quarrel
and fight with Mexico, make
treaties with foreign nations, nor
that the Bureaus in Washington
shall take away from the States
the fealty of the State Militia
National Guard in time Of
peace, by compelling them to
swear allegiance to the President
Of the United States, as was done
under the present Administra-
ton, contrary to the clause in the
Constitution, saying: THE State
Militia shall be under the COM
mand Of the President only in the
case of war"
Brain-StOrmers"
Why? Why did Congress do
that after more than 140 years?
Why? OF course at the de-
mand of the transformers, and
they did it perhaps because Of
another clause of the Constitu-
ton Of the United States that
provides: mo armed force shall
be sent into sovereign State in
time of peace" Perhaps they
wanted to evade that clause by
claiming they had them already
in the State, when they were
just ready to declare their ma
tional dictatorship.
Nor is the general welfare"
promoted by the transformers
viewpoint unless their plans con-
form to the provisions of the Con-
stitution; and therefore, the pre-
amble is but a declaration Of the
purpose u writing the ConStitu-
tiOn.