The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-03

anarchy" To raise four millions of dollars
q year was beyond the resources Of the
| Government. and three hundred thousand
was the limit of the loan It could secure
| from the money-lenders of Europe. Even
| Washington exclaimed in despair: Il see
one head gradually changing into thirteen;
! see one army gradually branching into
thirteen, which, instead Of looking up to
Congress az the supreme controlling power,
are considering themselves as depend:
ing on their respective States" And
later, when independence had been
won, the impotency of the Gov
ton: After gloriously and successfully
contending against the usurpation of Great
Britain, we may fall prey to our own folly
and disputes"
But even through this Cimmerian dark
ness shot flame which fllumined the COM
ing century, and kept bright the beacon
fires of liberty. The architects of consti-
tutional freedom formed their institutions
with wisdom which forecasted the future.
They may not have understood at first the
whole truth, but for that which they knew,
they had the martyrs spirit and the cru
The government of the republic by Con-
gress or States diplomatic convention Of
the ambassadors of petty commonwealth
after seven years trial, was falling
asunder. Threatened with civil war among
its members. instruction and lawlessness
rife within the States, foreign commerce
ruined and internal trade paralyzed. its cur
rency worthless, its merchants bankrupt,
its Farms mortgaged, its markets closed, its
labor unemployed, it was like a helpless
wreck upon the ocean, tossed about by the
tides and ready to be engulfedin the storm.
Washington gave the warning and called
for action. 1t was a voice accustomed to
command, but now entreating The vet
Grams Of the war and the statesmen of the
Revolution stepped to the front The
patriotism which mad been misled. but had
never faltered, rose above the interests of
States and the jealousies of jarring Con-
federates to find the basis for union. 1T is
clear to me as A, B, c." said Washington,
that an extension of Federal powers
would make us one of the most happy,
wealthy, respectable and powerful nations
that ever Inhabited the terrestrial globe.
every thing which is the direct reverse I
predict the worst consequences from half
starved, lfmping Government always NOV
ing upon crutches and tOttering at every
step" The response of the country was the
conyention of 11S7, at Philadelphia. The
vestibule of the temple which this illustri-
GUS assembly erected With no successful
precedents to guide, it auspiciously worked
out the problem of Constitutional Govern
ment and of imperial power and home
luie. suPpieIenIlng eacn oCnet IN plomoe-
ing the liberty Of the individual.
The deliberations of great councils have
vitality affected, at d1ferent periods, the
history of the world and the fate of En-
pires; but this Congress builded, upon pop
ular sovereignty, institutions broad enough
to embrace the continent, and elastic
enough to mt all conditions OF race
of
a hundred years has demonstrated
for us the perfection OF the work, for de-
tense against foreign foes. and for self
preservation against domestic fnsurrection,
Tor hmitless expansion In population and
in and Tor
Its continuing influence upon the welfare
and destiny of the human race can only be
measured by the capacity OF man to Guilt
vate and enjoy the boundless opportunities
OF liberty and law. The eloquent character
fzation of MIR. Gladstone condenses its
most wonderful work ever struck off at
given time by the brain and purpose of
man."
The statesmen who composed this great
Senate were equal to their trust Their
conclusions were the results of calm debate
and wise concession Their character and
abilities were so pure and great as to COM
mand the confidence of the country for the
reversal OF the policy OF the independence
OF the State of the power OF the general
Government, which bad hitherto been the
1nvar1able practice and almost universal
opinion, and for the adoption of the idea of
the Nation and its supremacy.
Towering in majesty and influence above
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Ar this crisis the courage and confidence
needed to originate a system weakened
The temporizing spirit OF compromise
seized the convention with the alluring
proposition Of not proceeding faster than
the people could be educated to fol-
low. The cry: Let us not waste
our labor upon conclusions which will