Federal Powers and State Power
F we had a federal system in New Zealand with the old provinces still existing, I am sure there is one issue on which we would soon take sides. Some of us would want to. give greater power to the central government; while others would argue in favour of the provincial governments..There you have an inevitable source of disagteement-and so it has been in America. Right through. American history, you will find opposing parties .under different names supporting either federal powers or powers for the states. The very first party to dominate the United States was called Federalist; it was the party of George Washington, of Alexander Hamilton, and of John Adams. As you can guess from its name, it advocated more federal authority at the expense of the states. After it came a reaction, and the country was ruled by a party under Jeffergon and Madison, which preferred the states to the federal government. The two mddern parties, the Republicans and Democrats, have. always-disagreed on this issue. It°is amusing that to-day each has reversed ‘the attitude which it formerly held-(" The Political System of the United States" (2) "Federalism and the Political Parties,’ by Professor Leslie Lipson, Victoria University College; 2YA, February 17.) fay
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 89, 7 March 1941, Page 5
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210Federal Powers and State Power New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 89, 7 March 1941, Page 5
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