The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-30

federal supremacy, Of ,or..
ereiguty and congress;o ,da,atter sovl
ence. But it was l;L oual interte1
of what may be called WISE the ss|
MECHANICAL Politics
The wisdom, ingenuity ~,
of our great statesmen w., and 20
ed to constructing and IN, ns,. dsvo(
the mechanism Of orr n psftectinI
tenn of institutions, and pSScalar "
upon foundations broad .s sett!ia|
t the fundamental principles a ~ q. y
federal constitution and tho VI, VI
tive rights and po we is'r
the separate states ans
united government. 'Au as
AL the controversies and oo,,s ami
ties OF this incessant and s .Ss'a.
struggle, at no time do We fnd
serious apprehension in the nos''
mind as to the absolute WHIP opal
ultimate perfectibility of ON, .
democratic institutions. II va.
ways and everywhere me, sS
question of detail and adm;1!,..
ton; COL hiot between diva a's'f
theories of Interpretation AND ~
struction of our organic pol;tis
law. No one questioned t RO,' 70
fciency of the constitution ~,
during virtues of our institn,;,s
or the indestructable value NJ t'V
principles upon which all DAN;
claimed to base their platform, .
policies.
Secession itself was sanctissa
a devotion to that same systsm
laws and institutions, and 1
Southern Confederacy brand
ed nothing other nor 'b sS
than the undefiled constitute.
the fathers of the republic. But
the last two decades
A NEW AND STRANGE ELENsyt
has been making itself felt in
national life. A rising and 4
cordant note has of late mingled
alien tone with that deep dispu
of patriotic faith in the :overnms
that has hitherto made Grand
melodious the trump HAL march
American growth and grestps
Heretofore we have been accustou
to regard ourselves as secure il
possession and enjoyment Of \
most perfect political system m,
kind has ever invented; 4
we have believed that the vd
magic of its name and history II
dered the constitution a panscea
all social disordA;s and a paaq
against all invasions Of popl
madness and all encroachments
official prerogative. From time
time wise, observant and friend
critics in other lands have not fail
to point us to the potential ev
that lurked in the very perfection
our freedom, but to all such va
ings we have hitherto vouchssl
only the smile of superior virtue
the resentment of offended pride
We can prudently and SAT-
maintain this attitude Of natlo
self-sufiiciency no longer in the
of events and influences that
daily becoming more apparent
the discerning and thoughtful
zeDs of the country.
We have arrived at critical
dition of society on this con!ln9
which demands the most CRU
analysis of government ITSELF
keenest introspection, the
merciless self.examination s9
radical return to the consldsis'
of social laws and political 10
that are older than the WY
characters of any coustHa
makers-more potentthan the
perfect theories of the protoun
experts in statecraft.
No one can gainsay the
stantial perfection of our syse@
government. We possess 10
force the vigorous operation o.
ten constitutions, state and leu {,
whose guarantees Of ciVn
religious liberties, personal ires
property rights and social eqa,,
are all that the wisest ingenul
prudence and patriotism can an
them. Their interpretatloa
application to every necessN!
exigency of human life ana w cOI