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<br />8 <br /> <br />ice :111tl do not (!l\tl~r .Into the spirIt of it very mucll. I sllppose <br />e\'er~rllody kuows wlInt. this cuse WIHS. 'l'he State ot New York <br />gl'Ullt.cd cel'taln prlvllcgcs to eel'tain shipowners to rlln their' <br />shIps exclusively on tho Hudson River tl1rough the New York <br />waterH. That wns fmslnincd so far :IS it could be sustained bY <br />tile 'Jegislntun~ of New YOL'l;:, by tile goverllor, and by tIle <br />courts. So when this controversy came np It llfld back of It <br />the Slate of N(~w York, the blgA"est State in t.he UniolJ, wltb We <br />grcntest Illen In It. Toe Cfise came to tIle Supreme Court of the <br />Un.itecl Stntes in the YCllr 1824. and it was nntural thnt Judge <br />MUl'sllaU should tnke it UIJ and examine it Cnl'CfllJly und de- <br />cide it as he bad examined it. If anyoue will ta1;:e the ('use <br />[llld e:;olJninc it: !lull see WIlO were the attornp,ys who nppellred <br />before tile court, he will realize t.hat the brnills l).nd intellectulll <br />strength of tbe bnr aud of the country were at tha.t trial. I <br />!lave uol. time' to g-o over the ImUles, ulld it is not wortb while" <br />Most of tllcm 1.0 liS HQW lire unl.;nowll, find yet tile records of <br />tile State of New York nUll its courts will sbow tuat they were <br />the promInent and intlnelltiol In wyers of the age" The COlll't <br />took IIp the enSc. Let we reac1 tl1[s pnrt of Judge MUl'shalJ'n <br />opInion: <br />The Slnte or New YOt'k mnlntalns tile constltut.ionality or these IflWfl; <br />nnd thcit' leglshttul"c, their cound] oi ."e'l"lslon, anrJ theIr iuc1geg, !Jnve <br />repeatedly concurred In lllis opinion. It Ie Sllp[wt"ted hy gl.'ellt n,tweR- <br />by IHtJ1ICII whlcll Ilave all tile titles to con::lIOi;lration tllat virtne, Intel. <br />lIg-cllce, nnd office CUll bestow" No trlbunnl can approach tbe dech;lon <br />of this fluestlon without fer:lloA' n just flnd real res[lect for that. opInIon <br />wlJlch Is sustalnt'!t.I. by 9ltch alithol'lty; but It Is tlle I)royince of thIs <br />co,lrt, while It I"C!lpect~, \lot lo how to It Impltcltly: I1tHl th(l .fndg'('9 <br />mnsL ('.\-el'clse, In the ~xalUlnntlo11 or tho subject, thnt ul1derstnndlug' <br />wl1lch Provldcnce hn::l hpstowed upon them" wtth tllnt inrJc{JE'ndl'uce <br />wl1lcll tIle people at t1Hl United Stutes expect Cl'um this depa.rtment or <br />tlit: Govel'nment. <br />That fs a jll;olllde to the- decision, and there is much in It to <br />commend itself to tlle people of Ule United States find to the <br />world. <br />Mr" nHANDl<:GftJIa" What" Is the Bame of the case? <br />.!\fl', HEVERTDGR Gibbolls v. Ogden. <br />Mr. ~1'J~I1I.EH" GilJbons"V. Ogden" <br />Mr, BUAr\'OEGICID. '1'0 be found where? <br />MI'. '.l'lCLL]'lU" '.ro he found in 0 Wheaton. Tn \Vbenton, as <br />publi81wd alol\c. it is 111 the first volume; and In Peters's Con- <br />densed Hcpol'ts, which I happen to llnve l1ere, It is published in <br />VOhHllt' 5 ; <br />As pl'f'llmlnOl'y to the very ahle dllll":t1sslons of the Constltutlon <br />whIch W~ have heard from tbll hRl', and /IS ha.vlng aome lufluence on Hs <br />conAll'uc!lon, l'eCet'llnce has been made to the political sltlllltlon ot theRe <br />StntC!!1 IInlel."lol" 't.o Its fOl'lnatlon" It lIag heen said tllat tlley were <br />sovereIgn, were completely Indepeuoent, Dno Wel"fI connected with encll <br />othr"ll.' only hy a league" Thts 11:1 U"ue, But when these Il,llteo HOyeretl{lll1 <br />convel'lc!ll their ]cllg-lIe Into It govel"nlllellt, when they cOllverted their <br />cOn8"."CH.'1 or nmhnssn(\ol"S, (]('puted to dellhel'ntc on tl1elr cvrnlllun con" <br />Cet"llS and lo '"CCOlllnlClld measures at genernl utility, Into a leglslat.llt"e: <br />eDlpOWC1"0.l'\ 10 enact InwR on tlle most Interesting subfects, thc whole <br />clllll'Jlct('(" ill whkh tile Slates IIppeal" tlndel'went n chRnge, the extent <br />of which 1I1\18t be dcterwlufld bJ.' a tnlr consIderatIon ot the Instrument <br />by which that clWllA"e wns flft'cctlld" <br />This lllstl'tlment conlalns an enumeratlon of powers expresllly granted <br />\I,v till:! f!<,op]e to lhelr Govel"nlllent" It ball !Jeen said that these powers <br />ong-ht. to be COIIHll"ll,ed Rtl'ictlY, But wlly oug-ht thtly to be 80 cOllstl'ued? <br />Is tllcl'l~ one SElntence III the COllstltutlon wlllcb gIves countenance to <br />this rulll"1 In tile laat of the enumel'ate(j powers, that which grant!!, <br />eXIU"C'ssly, tllc I11CI1IlR Cot" carj"ylng all othcl'lIcJnto executIon, Congress <br />Is !I.ulhol'lzl!d "to ma.ke all laws which sbatl Ile neCes9nry and proper" <br />10r tllc Illlq>ose. f <br />44406-781fJ <br />