, 1889-05-02

char, said 1--WE will show mother
Britain how little we care for her by max.
ing our president Massachusetts man,
whom she has excluded from pardon by
pubic roclamation;" and when they were
signing the declaration, and the slender
EibridRe Gerry uttered the grim pleas.
i,antry. I'VE must hang together or surely
we will hang separately" the portly HAr
tison responded with the more dariug
hu nor, ut will be all over with me in u
moment. but you will be kicking in the
air half an hou- after am gone" Thus
flashed sthwart The great charter, which
was to be for it's iRners a death warrant
or diploma OF Immortality, as with 6rm
hand, high purpose and undaunted reso-
luton. they subscribed their names, this
mockery of fear and the penalties Of
treason. iq
The grand central idea OF the Declara.
tion of Independence was the sovereivnty
of the people. II relied for original pow.
er. not upon stafcs or colonies, or their
citiz-ns as such. but recognized ~ the au
.hority for nationally the revolutionary
rights of the people of the United States
II stated with marvellous clparness the sn.
croachments upon liberties which threat.
pnrd their suppression and justified revolt
but it was iDspired by the very genius of
freedom, and the prophetic possibilities OF
united commemorative covering the con.
iinrnt in one harmonious republic, when
il made the people OF he tbirte, colonies
all Americans, aud devolved upon them to
administer BY themselves, and for them
selves.
THE PRERoGATIvEs AND POWERS
wrested from crown and parliment. It.
condensed Magma charter. the Petition of
Rights, the great body Of English liberties
eu bodied in the common law and accumu.
lated In the decisions of the courts, the
statutes OF the realm, and undi, puted
though unwritten constitution; but this
original principle and dynamic force OF
The people power sprang from these old
seeds planted in the virgin soil of the new
world.
More clearly than any statesman of the
period did Thomas Jefferson grasp and
divide the possibilities of popular govern.
ment He caught and cr,stalized the
epirit of free institutions. His pbilosoph.
ical mind was sinpularly free from the
the power OF precedents or the chains of
prejudice. he had AN unqurstonipg and
aoidinn faith In the people, which was ac-
c-pted by but few of his compatriots
Upon his famous axiom of the equality of
all men before the law he constructed his
~ stem. IT was the trip.hammer essential
for the emergency to break the links bind {.
ing the colonies TO imperial authority. and
t o pulvrrize the privilege of caste. Ii IN
spired him to write the Declaration of In
dependeDce and persuaded him to
doubt the wisdom OF the pew
-rs concentrated in the constitu.
tion. In his passionate love of ioeIty
he became intensely j-alous of authority.
He destroyed .te substance Of royal pre-
| Togative, but never emerged from its shad-
4 A.,, kl,.,. A
| jians of the rhic rights, and the bar
irier Inst sfs.,,a ZION, and no saw in
the growing % OF the nation ever.in-
creasing encroachments upon the rights OF
| the people For the success of tine pure
democracy which must precede presidents
and cabinets and congresses, it was per-
haps providential that its apostle never be-
lirved great people could grant and still
retain, could give and at will reclai ~ could
delegate and yet firmly hold the authority
which ulti mately created the power oil
their republic and enlarged
THE SCOPE OF THEIR OWN LIBERTY.
Where this master. mind halted, all stood
still. The necessity for permanent unior
was apparent, but each ate must have
hold upon the bowstring wbi h encirceC
it's throat 1t was admitted that unioI
gave the machinery required 10 successful
Iy fight the common enemy, but yet there
was fear that 1t might become u FranEen
stein and destroy its creators. Thus pat
oa,;on hstw.an d;s,,n, coo,n,rn;,;as an,
tne ;ntsnse n.o.,,h ~ son;,";.
nr;de and ,n,era,ts lad nj. cn",,,..s, 20 20
trame the ar,;cIas os corf.ds,s,inn h.n w
n;Iu tened the Iaasma of Fr;sndsh;n y
Thss rcsnIt wss NOT q .ovsrn,nant bn, ,
.hoat Rv th;s schsma ,ho Armar;nan 'us uSo
nis we've ;ynorsa ana ,ha n.cIar.t,opp PC -
fndsnandsnce ravsrssd ma a. tss h,
their Ievisi,,tnres slsc,sd deIs.o,ss ' so ooE -,
ur.ss and ,ha de,ssa,s ronr..ssn,sd ~
savsr,.,vntv of h;s cnn,raor,s.ai,h pih Al a,
,bs states had AN eonsj " so;Ca wi,hn,, "a q.
gard TO their size or population. 1t re
hi ana f;vo con,d nIocI ,ha ,hs'',s =
|,onsrnmsnt GOV, C.,noross haa rnua y
,ha ,,omsrs .sse,,,;si o., :