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Show f -r KLTUIILICAXIfSM A.VB HEMO-CRICr. HEMO-CRICr. Wi: publish today auolbcr communicated com-municated article on the two great political parties. This, however, is trhlrtlyhlstorical. -It-will give to those w ho have net studied the subject sub-ject some iusight into the origin of the Republican party, and tlie principal diitinction between it aud the Democratic tarty. There are only two points in tlie article which w e think necessary to comment upon. One is the statement state-ment that while the Democratic party holds that Congress possesses no power except that which the States have delegated to it, the Republican party claims Hint the States possess no powers except those given to them by Congress. The other is, that "Iu the Houtoof Representatives each member Is elected by a constituency Irrespective Irrespec-tive of Statu boundaries." Beth of these we regard as erroneous. , The Republican party certainly cannot claim that tlie States possess no lowers but those gained from Congress, because thirteen of the Stales existed before theru was auy Congress. Wo think tho Republican Republi-can idea Is expressed too broadly. The Republican party has nut yet repudiated the Constitution. Ithas only interpreted its provisions to tavora centralization of power iu the Federal Government. The Republican Re-publican juJges of the Supreme Court of the United States have been quite as ready, in most Instances, In-stances, to recognize, within certain limit, the doctrine of State rights as hae the Democratic judges. And the right of the people in each commonwealth com-monwealth to form their orn constitution, con-stitution, and proceed iu their own v, ay to organize and obtain ndiuis-biou ndiuis-biou into the Union, has been conceded con-ceded by tlie Republicans, particularly particu-larly of late years, if anything more cordially than by the Democrats. Prominent Democratic Senators and Representatives have recently argued that Territories could not hold eonventlons and frame Statu Constitutions without an enabling act from Congress. And, strange to sjy, the Republicans have disiftited the proposition and affirmed the right of the people to do all this without any action by Cougrew. Tub shows that they do not hold the view on this subject which is conveyed in the article under discussion. dis-cussion. Kvery member of the house of Representatives is elected from an election district of some individual and Iqdepeudent State-. There' are no election districts outside of Slate boundaries. There is no election district, sending a Representative to Congres-, which is ruiutioswl of parts of different States. Neither Montana nor Idaho esses, enough population to make up tlie full number cf a Representative election district, yet each will send one member to the loner House, aud each election district will lie included includ-ed in and comprised by Statebouuu-aries. Statebouuu-aries. Therefore thu statement to tlie contrary is a mistake. With these exceptions the article contains subject nutter of proflt,uud we recommend it to the attention of our jouugiopie who are investigating investi-gating the lioliticat history and doctrines doc-trines of our common country. |