Year: 1868

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Meeting Of the Young Mems Democratic


Union Club-Speech Of Andrew jackson


Rogers.


The rooms Of the Young Mems Democratic Union
Club, corner OF Broadway and Twenty-second street,
were filed last night by an apparently intelligent
and anxious audience to hear Mr.. A. j. Rogers ad-
dress on estate Governments and the Duty OF the
Democracy" The speaker confined himself ex-
clusvely to the question of State government prob
ably deemng that the fierce democracy know their
duty by this time and any advice on the subject
would be superfuous


A gentleman from Washington, D. c., having made
few preliminary remarks, retired in favor OF Mr..
Rogers, who was received with considerable ap-
plause on coming forward. He said:-


GENTLEMEN-The history of four thousand years
has demonstrated, to me at least, that men have
disagreed in all the time Of that period upon some
subject or another It is not, ihen strange that In
should be divided upon the great political questions
which agltate the country, and l have charity
with me the same honesty Of intention that claim
Tor mysef and am glad to know that 1t has been
at least Of N most Of to attack .t the
or personal reputation Of those who have
been pat in domination against our ticket
to be successfully carried by any party
who deals alone in vituperation and abuse, and





campaign at least, not to attack the character ef
General Grant or his personal reputation And
other meeting take one laurel from the fair fame he
has achieved in the numerous battles In which he
has been engaged. |! have come here to night 70
make speech Of different character from those
which generally make, and one that VIII not have
80 much vim or tend 80 much to excite the people as
those usually make. have come here to discuss
in as methodcal manner as can the right to local
government Of the people OF this country the rights
Of the States and the rights OF the federal govern
mar AndfV nrdn IN M Ka noCtn n 10
kind Ineligible, because 1t is more or less legal
question, 1t is necessary that we should ascer-
try and the relation which the people Of this
nation bore to them before the present constitution
OF the United States "a % was made: airm NJ % at the
that there has been but one idea uppermost In the
minds OF the American people, and that idea COM


first left the old cOuntry-that the right Of local SELF
government was the palladium Of liberty. And to
this they have always been true In this country, as
the most precious OF their birthrights.


History informs US that the discovery OF this


by tatas % and the 69
the love OF glory and the hope OF dominion
and gain, many OF them started enterprises here
some to found colonies TO search for precious
metals and others to exchange the products Of the
Old for those OF the New World. The speaker then
King Henry the Seventh OF England to those shores


In 1885, the foundation Of colonies here and asoIthe
Yaes IN @ we as s in the eoo
MES at tnat time, which compelled the Governor
to grant them q legislative assembly, which
was the first that ever met in this country
| always had the right Of local sef-government,
and that right had never been interfered with
ccpt by the Parliament OF England and by the Amer


lean Congress during the time the radical party have
gosernsns was not nasSpSS(( 81 JASNWgr AN tPas itayaa


government is o government OF States resting upon


States you destroy the federal government which
to liberty regulated by law; and this old
doctrine OF our fathers, handed down to


s rustrased and destroyed % maoTlty or the
whole people have not power to elect a President
rights requires President 70 have majority Of the
electoral votes; and u he has that majority It is i'm
material whether he has one-third or twothrds OF
the people to support the ticket on which he is run.
For instance, Abraham Lincoln, In 1s6O II this gov.
ern@sa1 was oneness one 1i power was not elected
did not have majority OF the votes Of the
aIn,IS; American people; There was million Of votes
to the British crown, but each colony acted
for ITSELF and there was not common allegiance OF
head. All their actions were each separate from the
other and they always preserved the rights Of local
sei.control. admit the allegiance OF the people is
first due to the federal government because the
stitution expressly declares that that constitution
and laws made In pursuance thereof shall be the
supreme law OF the land Notwithstanding the will OF
State to the contrary. Therefore the democratic
party do not pretend that their allegiance Is first due


due to the federal government. But 1t is based on
| the lawful exercise OF power on the part of the
aside the constitution aud usurp powers which the
constitution never gave it Is revolutionary act,
| by which no man. according TO the fundamental law
ceeded to show how the colonies as such. were al
ways independent Of each other. They had no com.
mon Legislature, no common military power,
common treasury no common judiciary and were
unlike In organization Some were provincial,
ments Now the rs Congress as ever assembea
In this country met In this city In 1905, and its OBJ
ject was to protest against the arbitrary exercise Of
power by the British Parliament IN attempting TO
regulate the internal and external AFFAIRS OF the
people, Delegates were sent by each OF the colonies
and were sent by each independently, without re.
gard to what the other might do. and each colony
was entitled TO one vote, no matter how many dele
that that local seIf.gcverSment was u the ' Seaa a
Of the people linen, and was considered the
only safeguard for civil and religious liberty. The
speaker then gave detailed account Of the conduct
OF the colonies In their quarrel with the British gov
eTnment and how Jealous they were always OF their
respective rights lie traced their course down TO
the assembling Of the Congress In Philadelphia In
IVA and what came OF that continuous session UNTIL
on the 4th OF July, l77e, they made the DecIara-
the speaker was interrupted by band
S Se @%do Psssns up Broadway sen
March, NJ ' il @ must % be ns raalcaI s croSa." Ssa"
Q.aughter) In that Congress each delegate had
one vote, and none OF them dared to vote even
the Declaration or Independence until ne received
instructions from his state authorizing HIM TO do SO.
The delegates who male the declaration had
uu'iiVihJ W uidNc " unity, am VI you
look at the instructions given by the States TO the
delegates you will lind these instructions,
with one exception, authorizing these dele.
gates only to declare the freedom and sove.
reignty and independence OF these States as
severed from England New Hampshire autho rized
Its delegate to vote for union, n consolidated
union. but every OF the twelve other States voted
against II. Our fathers were called rebels by the
British government, and those who adhered 10 the
British were called loyalists. To-day the radicals
call themselves loyallsts-the prototypes OF King
George-while we are called rebels because we are
NoW \ lera
that Congress Is trying TO destroy the intent OF the
fathers OF the constitution by constituting its ex.
Oil the rights OF the states. The speaker then
detailed the causes which led to the constitution
being substituted for the articles OF confederation
and be then continued. II was State sovereignty
made this governmeat:-it is based ON the rghis "
the states. And when you withdraw the power OF
the states from the constitution the federal govern
ment IL suspended and Will have 70 stop. Jhe qmos