Speeches, [ca.1945].

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Speeches, [ca.1945].

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Speeches, ca.1945, two, one entitled "what should be the function of the states in our system of government?" in which he took a strong states-rights, strict construction stand on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. He argued the federal government has arrogated to itself powers which it was never intended the central government should exercise, primarily through power over national defense, interstate transportation of goods, and its funding capabilities. He also addressed the problems of education, convict lease, child labor, public health, orphans, highways, agriculture, and care for the poor and the afflicted and the responsibilities of the states regarding these problems. Supreme Court decisions are also discussed. The second speech is an untitled address to the surviving members of the 1901 Ala. Constitutional Convention, in which he discussed the Ala. poll tax laws and the federal government's attempt to remove the poll tax. He again took a strong states-rights stance based on the 10th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, declaring the national government had no right to pass any law regulating suffrage, and asserted that vindictiveness against the South lay behind anti-poll tax sentiment, just as vindictiveness lay behind the passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866. He also discussed Article I, Section 2, and the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution regarding suffrage qualifications, as well as several Supreme Court decisions.

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