Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-28


Kcynores OF liberty wern again sounded
IN the hearts Of men of the Same race,
VINO mad gone beyond the great ocean
10 ma new homes, and open in the
wilderness a broader breathing space
ior thought and freedom, and the hour
struck for them to claim local self-gov-
ernment anu independence, and, as the
naster-singer, Tennyson as sung: g.
What wonder IL In noble heat
hnose mon thine arms withstood,
anu IN thy spirit with thee fought,
VINO sprang from English blood. 4tf
Whatever harmonies Of law
Inc growing world assume,
my work Is thtne-the single note stt
IRON iron thnt deep chord which Hampden smoto
WIN vibrate to the doom.
The greatest bulwark OF freedom is
the doctrine OF limitation upon human
authority, and that the essential per-
sonal rights are beyond the jurisdiction
OF the community; as my countryman
webster said, There are fireside
rights that must never be permitted 10
be drawn into question. y Personal con
science Is marked in every line of the
Declaration of Independence by the
American. colonists, and each man Of
them slfted his own heart to find
appealed to the Supreme Judge of the
world for the rectitude OF their inten-
tions, and in reliance upon His pro
lection they mutually pledged their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor TO secure the great ends for
which government was ordained, life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
These were all such appeals as indi-
yiduals alone could make, and could
alone carry such declarations into
effect. Independence achieved, they
proceeded to secure their personal
liberty under welI-ordered and care.
fully guarded fundamental law. Under
the Roman civil law the ruler
was not subject to its provisions,
but not so the common law Of England,
which was an American birthright.
For as Coke put it, This Magma
Charta viii have no fellow" And
but the other day the Supreme Court
Of the United States, by the voice OF
one of its most distinguished members,
now no more mr.. Justice Miller), re-
peated this great principle -" No man
in this country is so high that he is
above the law. No officer of the law
may set that law at defiance with i'm
punity. All the officers of the govern
ment, from the highest to the lowest,
are creatures of the law, and are bound
to obey it. 1t is the only supreme
power in our system of government,
and every man who, by accepting
office, participates in its functions,
is only the more strongly bound to
submit to that supremacy, and 10 OBJ
serve the limitations which it imposes
upon the exercise Of the authority
which it gives. - And in 1887, when
the Constitution of the United States
was framed, into it were built the
principles of Magma Charta, dele
eating certain and essential powers to
the Congress. The exercise of those
reserved was inhibited. The Congress
was forbidden TO prohibit the free exer-
else OF religion, or require any religious
test as qualification to any office or
public trust or to prohibit the right
OF the people peaceably to assemble, or
to infringe their right TO keep and bear
arms, and to secure in their persons,
papers, and effects against unraason.
able searches and seizures; nor should
anyone be compelled in any criminal
case to be a witness against himself:
nor be deprived of life. liberty, or
property, without due process of law
nor should private porperty be taken
for public use without just compensa-
tion. Speedy and public trial before
an impartial jury, information of the
nature OF the accusation, and being
confronted by witnesses against him,
and have compulsory process to obtain
witnesses in his favor, and have tine
assistance of counsel for his defence,
were all expressly secured. The chief
claims of those clericals who, in other
era of history, had sought to establish
and enforce absolute power, had it's
basis In their alleged right and duty
to coerce and suppress the individual
conscience of man, and to compel him
TO look towards divinity through their
glasses. OF this duty they we're CON
WINGED, and it was based upon absolute
distrust in humanity at large. and the
consequent necessity OF resorting to an
intermediary in having recourse to the
Great Supreme, and under such arbi.
trary conditions individual liberty
necessarily was crushed. Against this
fundamental error the principles of
British and American liberty standsl
opposed. and they contain the vindi-
cation Of the dignity of mans per-
sonallty in his relations to the Supreme
being, and this has been the source of
the entire advance of civilization.
Applause. Long ago ii was said that
the end of the Constitution, statutes,
laws, and customs of this realm was to
bring u honest men together into
box, which is but terse mode of saw
ing that every form and principle Of
law is intended to secure personal
freedom.
OPPOSITION TO STATE SOCIALISM AND
AMERICAN PROTECTION.
Therefore do | earnestly invoke OPP
position to State Socialism in all its
forms, and sound note of warning
against the many propositions Of
political interference and State manage
ment under the garb of nhilanthropic
aid or paternalism, for they are fraught
with danger to the principle of indi-
vidual freedom. Applause. 1t is i'm
possible for me to comprehend how it
can be considered practicable or right
and just to INIT and fix by general
public law, vigorously and indiscrimi-
nately, the same measure of time
during which man shall be allowed
to work, for all descriptions of labor.
regardless Of the special incidents of
The different occupations, and ia com
press all contracts for labor into such
uniform cast-iron arrangement. Loud
applause. The degree of attention,
Of the application of sight, hearing,
dexterity, or strength, arc scarcely
ever the same; some processes of pro-
duction are rapid and continuous,
others slow and intermittent; some
controlled by temperature and climate,
but each having its own distinct con
ditions and no two alike. Equally un-
reasonable and impracticable would it
DO that tho amount and quality of