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<br />this Constttution nfter it was framed; but nobody in tlmt Con.
<br />stitutional COI1\"elltiOll ever dl'f'nmt. Mr. PL'es(dent, tbat there
<br />would be Rllj" power exercIsed by either the legislntive, judicial,
<br />01' execlltin~ Im.lllch of the Govel'llment that WIlS not defined
<br />llud declared ill that Constitution. Sl!(~h I'OW(~I' does not exil:lt;
<br />and iL is aiJsolutely illogiclll and absurd to f;ny that it does exist,
<br />unless yon acny that this is n. GO\'el'Druent of delegnted, limited,
<br />Rnd ellllmerated powerS.
<br />Mr. Pl'eFiideuf, I lla,'e said ouce or twice here some things
<br />abont the Constitution find the necessity of lulllcrillg to it and
<br />BOUle 111lngs about tbe .relatiou'of the Sillles. I have read my
<br />resolution here, .nnd tbnt l'eSollltioll, which I now l101d in my
<br />hand, hus been repented over and oyer again hy every political.'
<br />purt.y tllfit e,'cr existed In tbis cOlllltrr. .
<br />'.rbo party that dominates tbis Senate to-dn)'. Mr. President,
<br />commenced Its Hfp. with the declaration cOlltrlillecl in ilmt Ill'st
<br />pl1l'fiJ.';l"llph. . In 18Gu, whell tlle Hepublicfln pUI.t:,' \...a8 organized
<br />ill tJl(' Stute of Nl'w YOl'k. which finnlly became a nationul party.
<br />tl1nt IIl'st pl'ovb;ioll was in its plntfol'lU, The IlL'st political
<br />speech I ever made I made npon tha t plutform. and the second
<br />pUl'agl'llph WflS enunciated from the lllatfol'llI at Chicago when
<br />Mr, Liucoln was nominated for Presillent. I heurd it pro-
<br />claimed, It \1'111'; the doctrine, not slmpJ}' ot tIle Hew party, but
<br />of nIl the parties that ev.er lived up to that tilJl~; und it bus
<br />been practically, I believe. the (loctrllle Of every part.y that has
<br />.ever acquired all)' respectabIlity in the cOllntry since theu.
<br />Mr" President, It Is not a meaningless declul"I\.tiou. Think of
<br />tbis lll'st provision! This was ill 1856; and no mun wl10 does
<br />not l'~'lIlewber \\'lwt wnR tile condition in 185G call f1111y appre-
<br />ciute Lhe lmpUl'tullce of tilnl (leclarntlon hr that new party-a
<br />pllrty made lip of all Qtller political orgallbm.tions tl1at Lmd ex-
<br />isted ill tbls country, n party tha.t wns largely controlled by
<br />tIle mell who had been ill command of politics ill tl1is coulltr~
<br />for ml\ny years.. TIle lending men there. Mr, President, had
<br />I5cen men blghly IJOllored In the Democratic Jmt'ty and in the
<br />Whig party of those days. That pl'oYision reads:
<br />HCdO~l!cd. 'l'hll.t the mnlntenance of the pl'lnclplcs pl.olllulgo.ted In the
<br />D~dHnLllon of IndCI)(mdellcn RDd enlhodled In the F'edet"A] Constllutlon
<br />'al'e (,.":;l(!lltlal to tIle !ll'f)servo.tlon of our republlcnn iustltutlon!!, an'd
<br />thnt t,he F'cdCl'nJ Con!ltltutlon, the rlglJts or the Stutes, Rnd tbe Union
<br />of tile Btntes mllst. lJe preserved,
<br />.!\fr, President. we flo not need now to eXJ1l"eRS it with the
<br />samc ell1pllnsls they dW In 1856. 'J.'here is llO political organizn.
<br />tion anywl1cre ill tl1is country that is not absolutely loyal to
<br />this GoyermUCnL of ours. Tl1ere was B.t tb,at time, in some sec-
<br />tions of the COUllti',}' at least. u feeling that they were being im-
<br />properly nnd unflllrly treated. and that this enunciation would
<br />be of yuIlle. It wns not needed In New York; it "Was not needed
<br />l}.ver tbe gl'eft-tcr purt of this country .any more than, or uS
<br />mucn as, it if! needed to.dnJ',
<br />Mr. President, thel'e ueyel' has been a stronger declaration of
<br />Statcs rIghts made In this country than that contained In tl1is
<br />. lust paragraph, and there could not be. The langllllge used is
<br />expJkit alld posltlve.
<br />'.rhflt the mnlnlelljl.uc(! lnvlolnte ot tbe rlgbtB of tbe States, 81lIl ee-
<br />f,cc!u!1Y thc I'lgilt o~ (!Ilch f:itnte to order 8.Qa control Itll o,wn domesJ:lc
<br />nsUtlltlona Recording to Its own jlld~ment exclustvely, Ie essential to
<br />,.thnt 1111.lance or ,power on wb]cb tbe per,tectlon apd el;ldurap,ee PI. our
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