Courts Cannot Change the Constitution: Speech of Hon. J. R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin; In the United States Senate, February 24, 1860 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
Excerpt from Courts Cannot Change the Constitution: Speech of Hon. J. R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin; In the United States Senate, February 24, 1860
Sir, should resistance, even by an appeal to arms, take place, the appeal in the last resort is to the people of the States, the power which formed tire Constitution, and the only power above the Constitution, to decide as to which party is riorht and which party is wrong, in their claims under the Constitution.
In conclusion, Mr. President, the questions which I have discussed to-day are questions on which great and good men have differed from the beginning of the Government; upon which they now differ, and will continue to differ. It is perhaps well that they should. It is to these two enduring and apparently Oppo sing forces or tendencies in our system that we owe its true harmony, its real glory. The power which moves the planets in our system is the combined action of the centripetal and of the centrifugal forces. The former, unaffected by the latter, would draw them all to the sun at the centre; while the latter, unaffected by the former, would hurl them from their spheres, to wander at random through the universe, until destroyed by collisions, or bound by superior force to some other system. So these two tend encies, the one to enlarge the powers delegated to the General Government, which is called Fed oralism, and the other, if not to enlarge, sturdily to maintain the reserved powers of the States, which is called Republicanism, are to be looked upon rather as political blessings than as politi cal evils. The result of their struggle and ah toag nism, though sometimes the one and some times the otherb seems for a time to obtain as cendancy, is beneficial in the end by maintaining all the reserved rights of the States, and at the same time asserting and maintaining in their ln tegrity and vigor the union of the States and the supremacy of - the Constitution, and the laws passed in pursuance thereof And it is in this sense that Jefferson declared, in his inaugural address, we are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans.
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Sir, should resistance, even by an appeal to arms, take place, the appeal in the last resort is to the people of the States, the power which formed tire Constitution, and the only power above the Constitution, to decide as to which party is riorht and which party is wrong, in their claims under the Constitution.
In conclusion, Mr. President, the questions which I have discussed to-day are questions on which great and good men have differed from the beginning of the Government; upon which they now differ, and will continue to differ. It is perhaps well that they should. It is to these two enduring and apparently Oppo sing forces or tendencies in our system that we owe its true harmony, its real glory. The power which moves the planets in our system is the combined action of the centripetal and of the centrifugal forces. The former, unaffected by the latter, would draw them all to the sun at the centre; while the latter, unaffected by the former, would hurl them from their spheres, to wander at random through the universe, until destroyed by collisions, or bound by superior force to some other system. So these two tend encies, the one to enlarge the powers delegated to the General Government, which is called Fed oralism, and the other, if not to enlarge, sturdily to maintain the reserved powers of the States, which is called Republicanism, are to be looked upon rather as political blessings than as politi cal evils. The result of their struggle and ah toag nism, though sometimes the one and some times the otherb seems for a time to obtain as cendancy, is beneficial in the end by maintaining all the reserved rights of the States, and at the same time asserting and maintaining in their ln tegrity and vigor the union of the States and the supremacy of - the Constitution, and the laws passed in pursuance thereof And it is in this sense that Jefferson declared, in his inaugural address, we are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1528477766
- ISBN 13 9781528477765
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages20
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