The record-union., 1894-08-01
HERE AND IN THE EAST.

How splendidly Senator Davis of Min
nesota stood for the Constitution and the
laws on the same day, July 10th, when
away off West in Sacramento school
teacher was writing and printing this re-
garding the Debs insurrection:
1t is the right Of the people of the United
States 10 thus appeal and the ordinary place
Is the halot-box, and the time an election,
put as the people give TO an executive extra
ordinary powers Ill time of an Unexpected
emergency, SO they reserve to themselves ex-
tiaofdlnary powers under like conditions,
etc.
Senator Davis was saying of the same
lawlessness:
The authority of the United States cannot
be denied. Within the limits of the Constitu-
tion it is supreme The duty of the President
OF the United States is TO see that the laws are
faithfully executed; The duty of the courts is
10 declare those laws aud their consequences
ana 10 execute them through their process
those limitations are plainly drawn and
settled, not only III The original instrument
put by comment alter comment in recorded
decisions.
Why should the hand of the Government
be Kept on these insurgents under the Cir
cumstanees? Is the interstate commerce of
this country 10 be held in suspense and par
alyzed, property destroyed, food cut off, con-
Z y
until some remote disagreement as to wages
between a private corporation and its en-
ployes can be adjusted?
Is there any such reserved right as that 10
any OF the citizens Of the United States, or is
II the mere assumption OF a mob, COM
menclng Ia riot ana tending toward an
arcby?
On that day in this city we were asked
by an instructor OF youth:
L
harmony with the principles enunciated in
the platforms, or do The acts of the Admin
lstratlon show a complete determination to
uphold The monopolists and reduce the laborer
10 condition OF slavery?
But by the unanimous vote of the
United States Senate Senator Davis was
indorsed when he said on that day:
The Constitution itself is upon trial. The
country Itself is in danger The military
power, the last resort in d free government,
has necessarily been called into action. The
President OF the United States has declared
the danger by proclamation every citizen is
bound TO respect. He says, ~ have sent
! troops there" The Senator from Kansas says,
Take them away" What shield does the
Senator propose 10 interpose between the
innocent people of Chicago and their prop
erty, and the men who to-day are only held
IN awe and suppressed by the presence OF
troops, II they are taken away? Can Debs re-
no more do it than by word he can recon
struct the burnt cars and give back life to
those from whom il has been taken away as
the result OF his depredations.
So, too, following Mr.. Davis came Cen
eral Gordon of Georgia, of Confederate
fame, who. addressing the Senate. told it
that:
Liberty and the rights of organizations in
yolye no such power or privilege as they now
assume TO force others TO desist who wish to
labor. Such claim is SO utterly abhorrent
10 our American ideas that it is impossible to
treat it with any patience. = AT such
times the liberty-loying people of this country,
without distinction OF party, will unite and
save the Government, however they differ
about its policies. These lawbreakers will
hnd 1t SO, MIR. President. The day is not dis
tant, it is upon US now, when they will realize
this truth. There viii be no divisions among
us when The constituted authorities call upon
the people. Their response will ring through
the land as warning to those who defy the
laws.
The men who wore the gray from 1861 to
1864, under strong convictions, viii be
found side by side with the men who wore the
blue, following the same flag, in upholding
the dignity OF the Republic over which it
floats, and in enforcing every law upon its
statute books.