Show e WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONAL III fry MAX BERNS KERNS National and Local Rule Is Js thero theio any advantage In the division divi- divi slon sion of powers between federal state and local governments On this point Jefferson Jetterson In to 1799 said I J am for tor preserving to the states stales the powers not yielded by them to tho the union and to Congress the legislature of ot tho the union Its con con- share In the division of powers and I am not for tor transferring transferring transfer transfer- ring all aU the powers of the states to tho the general government and all those of that government to the thee e executive branch In his Autobiography Jefferson adds It Is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government govern govern- ment Is effected Were not this great country already divided Into States that division must be made that each might do for tor Itself what concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns itself direct and what It can canso canso canso so much better do than a distant authority Every State again Is divided Into counties each to take care of ot what t lies ties within its local bounds each county again Into townships or wards to manage details and every ward Into farms to be governed by Its Us Individual pro pro- It Is 18 by this partition of ot care carea t. t COUNTY COURT HOUSE HOUSEr r L t 9 concludes Jefferson that the ma mass massof of human affairs may bo be best managed managed man man- aged for tor the tho good and prosperity of all aU j In our Constitution we the tho peo peo- peo-I peo pie effectuate ate this principle a by definitely limiting the tho powers of our oar onri government and b by stating In tho Amendment that The powers pow ers ere not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are ares reserved to the states BUltes respectively or to the tho people Next Week What Power Have I Our Courts Copyright 1936 by Max Ma Bern Berni |