The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1895-05-16

the eight learned "big wigs" were
evenly divided as to whether any
part of the tax law could be en-
forced at all.
1t is not improbable that circum-
stances might arise in which some
clause Of such a constitution might
prove of benefit to the country:
not determining positively whether
this is SO or not, it seems very
plain that, putting it in the power
af eight or nine men, who happen
to be supreme judges, to cast aside
any law, and all Of them, which
the people, observing all legal
forms and requirments in their en-
actment, may demand, is a far
greater peril than all the benefits
combined which such a constitu-
tion can confer. The constitution
is the creation of a dozen sparsely
settled states century ago, which
were jealous Of each other suspic-
ious of the motives which led them
to seek a union, and determined to
deal with each other at arms length
III all matters except a very few,
rendered necessary, as they sup
posed, for the protection of the
whole, With the destruction of
slavery it would seem as if the
chief necessity for the constitution
had vanished; and it is invoked
nowadays only to thwart the will
Of the majority, and to save the
wealth of the nation from bearing
fair share Of the cost and bur
den Of protecting it.
There are some institutions in
Great Britain the possession of
wEich Americans may well envy
it. Its house of commons, repre-
senting the British voter, is well
nigh omnipotent Very rarely
does the house of lords venture to
thwart its will. The sovereign has
not interposed a veto for more than
a century. When a measure passes
the commons and the lords and is
signed by the queen, there is no
court with power to impair or with
hold single one of its provisions.
The law exists but to be enforced
not to be made the butt Of lawyers
and judges, with their fne-spun
theories as to words invoked cent
uries before, and it continues to
exist until the power that gave it
| fe deprives it of it.
There is an income tax law in
Great Britain much more sweep
ing in its provisions than the one
which our supreme court has about
adjudicatcd out of existence. Tax
alton there is much more Justly
adjusted than here. There is no
president there to veto the will of
the people. and no constitution by
which it can be refined out of ex-
istence. Nox Populi is not Vox
Del in the United States; it is
rather throtjled by courts and
presidents until the sentiment has
become a mockery.- DeHger Neps
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A post office has been es.abishded ar
the Block Ranch and is to be known AT
Richardson A town has been recent
ly surveyed aud plated there, and tn,
III Captain LAID & Cattle 20. has award
ed a contract 10 the w. O. b. & l.. Go.
Of this place, for the erection OF a numb
er Of new dwelling houses and large
store building.
b. L. Gumm has been suffering will
Rheumatism tor some days. but Is eom'
botier aud We hope TO have him amonI
us again in few days.
John Y. Hewitt, master 10 the case o
White Oaks .. q Il. Co. vs Aubory a
Chizlott, has been taking testimony thi
week on behalf oi the complainants.
Tho first general rain Of the seasoI
,ell in this section yesterday. Rain
needed in southern Now Mexico, aud, All
less Il cores within thirty de.f, caill
vii tuEer.