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<br />15 <br /> <br />There nre two members of tl1is body w40 were members ot <br />tl\nt cou\'eution ill 1856. 1 W8l3 Hot a mClllbel' of it. bllt T <br />llCnrd the platfOl'Ill rend. 'I'bat is the plntfohn upon w~licb that <br />party ncqllll'ed Vower in this countl',}'. 'l'llnl met the nplll"o,nl <br />oC the people of the UntLed Stales, nnd it met their llPlu'o\'al. be. <br />cal1~e it bad been the doctrine theretofore. <br />'I'here was a party at tilat time that was cOlUpllliniJ1g nnd <br />thrp.utelllng thllt tbey would withdrHw fl'Om the Uniou. Thi::l <br />(leclarnllon wns equivlllent to l:'llying to those people. "MllCl1 ils <br />we may d1s111w your clornest.lc nffnil's, we do not intend to illter- <br />fl?re wit.h them, because we have no l'igl1t to interfere." I\U". <br />President, some llcople wlIo helped create 1 11ft 1. IUll'ty I,now very <br />well wlllli it cost to SIlY again and ug-nill to the puhlic, .. We do <br />not beHeye in illterfel'(ng with the dOlllCSt"k affairs of any <br />State; if the Stale desires to lluye slavery, let 1t lun'e it; we <br />ltavc not the {,OlH;titllt!oual power to {ll'crent it, nml tberefol'e <br />W~ wlll not act, because we have not tue legal authority to act. <br />much 1\8 it. JUay oITeud our idens of lllorals, or IH'Olll'ict~', or or <br />economics," <br />MI', Pr<,~i(I(,!lIt, Is thcI'e flllJ' dangel' IlOW tlm:'!uteuing tbifl <br />country? '.rhcl'e is 1I0t allY party in tbis country llmt will <br />("IJlQnly <leny tlle tL'utb of' the stalement contnined in tbnt pro- <br />vision of the resolutioll. 'l'l1ere Is not a mUll here of nny poIlU- <br />cnl partJ' who would clare vote agnillst it. Nobody will decry <br />it, I do not clue all whl('h side of the Chfllllber he sitf,;, nor do I <br />care wbnt his political faith muy be. <br />I think I Cflll turll ill n moment to n sent.iment littered by <br />lIJnl'shflll. Mnrslw.U hus heen considered an extremist in the <br />WILY of Federal (lower and In fnvOJ,' of u Nalionfll Government. <br />'!'hls Is what he snirl III the very. opInion I hnye been reading: _ / <br />No POJlLlClll dl'('!f1.mel' would ever be wild cnoug'h tQ think (Ie bl'c:lklnR' V <br />fl<1wn the IhICI> whIch sevnl.ote tbp. States flud o( compounding the <br />AlJ1edca,o people Into one C01QlUOQ UlllSS. <br />'l'llnt was the language used in tbe cnse of McCulloch v. <br />iirnryJl\ucl. " <br />1\11'. CLAPP. Will tbe Senator pardon me? <br />The" VICE-PU:mSIDEN'l'. Does. the Senator from Colorado <br />yield to the Senatoi. from Minnesota? <br />. Mr. TFJI)I)EH.. I do. <br />:r.-rr. CI)APP. Wbile most Senators firo fn.milinr with tl1ese <br />cases nud know wbere tbey are found, yet J take tue lillt'rty of <br />sng-besting' to the Senn tor from Colorallo t1w t, as he L11'O~eeds <br />with his speech, he give the citations, so that tbey will a]lpear <br />in bls speech in the RECORD. <br />.Mr. TELLlCH. Very well. This quotation from Mar~hn]] is V <br />in" McCnJloch 1'. i\I-nl'ylnnd, in 4 Whontoll, rind in GibhollS -/.'. Og- <br />den, In 9 Whealon. <br />Is there rt1lylJod~' in this country now who proposes to change <br />the Conslitlltioll of the United Stotes, except ill 80ll1e illllllntel'iul <br />matter? I belleve tlle Senator from Oklal1ollll\ [Mr. OWEN} has <br />11 proposition to elect Senators by the llcople. I think T am DOt <br />mistaken WhNl I say that n majority of the States of the Union <br />hflye cleclnred in fflyor of thnt doctrine. That is R proposition <br />tlwt, Instead of electing Senators by the legislatlll'es of' the <br />States, lher Huould be elected by poptllur vote. I f\m w"jlling to <br />"Suhscrlbe to lltut. 'l'llfit cloes 1101" in tlle sIrgbtest dt'gl'ee clJ:ange <br />tl1f! form of"go,"eL'nmenL We should"have the SUlile Seu"at.e tbat. <br />we would hllve if Seuators were electetl I~y tbe "legis]nt-lI~es. <br />44400--781G " <br />