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<br />1.lll'i1' l'ight~. .As )VO,"S said in that case, the local affairs are
<br />still left to the Slates.
<br />Mr. President, I WHnt to'say that ill my .indgmcnt there 18
<br />J,lot any twlllght division, eitbel". There i~ H clean-cut provif':"ion
<br />what the Stnies mny do and wliat tll(>Y ('an 1I0t <la, llnd what
<br />the Goverllment mn,V (10. llnc1 nil tl1is tal], ahout there being a
<br />~hadowy condition hetween the two I~ simply not born I)f the
<br />COllAlitution of tlle Ullit(~tl Stnf{'~.
<br />'i\ll'. Pl'e!:'lid<.mt, I said I wn~ not A'oin,1:;" to ndnlllce my own
<br />theories. I am not. nnd I flm \lot ~uillg to bt'illg n number' of
<br />Cn!-iCS here Blat will !:I\l~tnin mhbollH 1J: Og(!en. I [Jill gOing 'to
<br />n~SHme (bnt thnl was tbe law lUltl that it llnH been udhel'e<l to
<br />hy tbe Supreme COllrt ever since. What I Hntl tllC'l'e I assnme
<br />to be the law of this hUHI and controlling Congress and tlle
<br />Exccut1ve llnd the .lndicilll'Y as well, hel'i\1l8f' they are bouud
<br />by 1110 ConstiluUoll as much as Hny otllei' hranch of tlle Gov-
<br />el'nment.
<br />Mr. Pl'e~ident, it nlllY bE' a little te,lious to Tead the opinIon
<br />of Judge Marshall In G1bltOllS v. Ogden. YestE'nlllY, as I said,
<br />we had a cOlllron:!rfiy in tlle SCHatf', fiUd the cOlltl'o\'er!,;y seems
<br />to have growll out of UIe question how fm the Ill'ovisioll which
<br />gavc Congress contl'O] over the commerce of i"lw C'o"untry extends,
<br />oll(l whcth~l' thel'c is R distinct difference hetween foreign com-
<br />ll1erce and Stute commerce. There were seyel'al viey,is expressed
<br />here yesterday, Exactl,y what they were it was a little dillienl't
<br />in lhe conclllsioll to "llllderstlllul; bllt" I 111'opose to 1'f'lld from tbls
<br />nllthol'lt:~.', whicll settles tllnt qllestioll beyond "a tlouhl. I will
<br />venture to sny as to tll(' authority laid dOWll by Mllrshall tll!]t,
<br />lUllC"h as lIe !.las heen C'riticisl::'d, rnllclJ ns l1nR beell ~;nid about
<br />bl~ bcln~ Hll expnlU~iollist and wantill~ to extend the Constlt,i-
<br />tlou, und being :1 libernl cOlrstl'uctionist nud "all that, llc\'orthe.
<br />less 08 he laid clown the law, so bas it heen laid clown by the
<br />Supreme COllrt wheuevel' they bave come to detel'mine th-e
<br />i<lC'ntieul questions that. he detf'l'lIlilWd there.
<br />I huve not a written speech, but I have SOHle memol'u"udntnB
<br />that I want to call attention to. Let m"c rcpNlt, altllo"lIgh It
<br />lllay be reVent.ed il(l na"uSeArn, and I fenr It I~ sometime:::, that
<br />this is n Government of delegated, Iim He<l , null enuUlerated
<br />powerS, with an tbnt that means. DeJegatt'd hy whoru, Mr.
<br />Pi'csit1ellt, nLHl fl'Ol~l whom? From thl:! Stfltc~? No, ]\f"l'. Presi-
<br />dent; delegated by tbe pe01Jle of the United Stales Lhrough their
<br />8tnte ngeucicH In part; but it is It tletegntioll fl'om tlle people,
<br />the source of all power under OllI' fOhn of Glwel"ll'lllent. ft ts
<br />1';0 cleclared III tile Constitution, and so it has been 'declared a
<br />lHl1Icll'ed times by the courts. So it bas beeu t1(~d:J'l'ed by every
<br />}loHtlcal plli:t~' that e\-el' lI"ed In tIds cOllntry. 'ChC"I'e llH~ never
<br />been a political 11lll'ty wllich dellied that power 10 the people.
<br />l'hat power is provided tor in tbe OOLlstitfltiOll. It is provided
<br />f'LLnt whellevf't" they are displeased with it they have two dff.
<br />fl.~rellt methods of amending the COllst1ttltioJl wh"'lien,-~r tlley 'see
<br />fil. And uutil tlwy do ameud it, it i!i the ~lllH'ellle Jaw of the"
<br />land, nnyth'lll.g ill Stales "or COlllllHlllitles or :JllY''vhel'e ~18e to
<br />l]\(~ con trD I'y.
<br />M1', P1.'C"sldcut, it may be n Ht"tlc bit hlll'llellf,iome to t.be S-en-
<br />ntc for me to rea{l it, as I mn not a. fil'st-claSs render, yet I
<br />prefer to l'cn,d it myself I'fltbel' thnh to ,le't. the" clerks rend it.
<br />who usuillly feel thut the)' ul'e pel'forllling a perfunctory serv-
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