Word: bynum
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Dates: during 1896-1896
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...upon the U. S. Gov't and subversive of the Constitution. (Chicago Platform.) (1) It destroys the Federal equilibrium established by the Constitution. (a) It means that the U. S. Gov't can exist in efficiency only by the consent of the States. (Att'y-Gen, Harman to Chairman Bynum, Aug. 1896.) (2) It takes from the Federal Gov't. the essential qualities of a government. (a) It declares that the U. S. shall not protect its property nor uphold its laws within a state without the consent of the governor of the state. (3) It undoes the work...