The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-26

be among the people o consciousness Of
destiny and 4 belief ia a Providence which |
has us in a gracious and safe keeping. Ac-
ccrdingly. when at the period we have
reached. We take a look back over the |
course travelled since the days Of the
founders OF tho Republic, these crises ana |
their Issues. these agitations. disturbances
and troubles. afflicsions and asoaes Of
conflict lose somewhat Of their several
consequence and moment. and TALL into
the order OF q consistent Development
The way as II has been trodden day ~
dav. after holding one direction for time.
has seemed to turn sharply aside and thcn
going on again for a distance 70 return
somewhat to the former course, ascending
activities sometimes and sometimes de-
sceudins into the abyss; but. seen from
afar. the devious line il straightenod, TIE
Inequalities disappear and progress ct-
rect. certain and steady lies before the
| view.
The ccniuncture therefore. which fore
| sec. like those which have been before,
| however serious It may seem at the pres
| ent moment Is not Just cause 'or fear.
| At the same time. In the midst ~ oil our
confidence we must not shut eur eyes to
what Is impending. but take good meas
urc OF II and grid ourselves. so rs to eve
\ the help our country needs In ,risr that
she may como forth happy. successful and
| reeenerate, Without keeping YOU longer
! from the issue. may state Il thus; the
| system. political. Industrial and social.
| which our fathers founded, the doctrines
and postuiatos. the methods and inssi'utes
OF that system are on one side. On the
other,
NEW FORCES. THEORIES, MAN1Ms
AND DoGMAS,
| allen and hostile to those heretofore un-
| questioned, are being brought forward;
already they have gained such acceptance
that they have begun to Introduce thcm-
selves into our institutions; they are OF
such novelty, vitality and intemperance
that il once they gain sway, there VIII
be new heaven over our heads and a
new earth beneath our feet. must beg
year indulgence while state the radical
truth from which our institutions have
sprung. and had consistent development
from the issue, ] may state 1t thus; The
whole matter Is familiar. But sometimes
: statement OF what ia old Is good be-
ginning for considering. measuring, testing
and exposing mischief that is new.
The Declaration Of Indepe ndence set forth
these truths as ''self-evident that all men
!, are created equal that they are endowed
: by their Creator with certain unalienablt
, rights. that among these are life. liberty
a and the pursuit OF happiness: that to Sc
a cure these rights. governments arc IN
: stitutcd among men, deriving their 1ns
. powers from the consent Of me governed.
n These truths are declared TO be seiirevi'
n dent; that is they are ntuitively appre'
:, hended and are beyond the necessity o
n proof they are interchangeable la their ma
ture and of such general application ina
, they are acknowledged by all moral agent
> who are susceptible OF moral truth IN
l., declaration that all men are endowed WIZ
II n right to life, liberty and tho pursuit Q
70 happiness" is not satisfied by assuring ~
10 existence as animals. nor by freedom iron
ID physical restraint. That is the smallest par
y Of their contents Each by itself IL greh
nj word--the greatest tongue ever uttered
O. But one reflects It's meaning upon IN
es others so that all OF them coupled ~ on
phrase encompass the exercise or al IN
he faculties and capacities OF men, SO as
give to them their highest enjoymen
+. Thus. there are the eallings In life. trade
u end pursuits which have always been to
y, lowed in all communities from time I'm
~ memorial The right to pursue Them, WIZ
= out let or hindrance, Is an ingredient
st happiness. without which life is not wof'
- living, nor liberty worth having. An
., then, Furthermore, there Is the exercise
~ the faculties and capacities OF men
III complex, highly DEVELOPED. industrial y
"a cieties which gives TO hem vnstiy higi
'ea er enjoyment as where men sithdue "
,rt forces Of nature to their service, ana whe
ed they combine and associate together y
n ends beyond the competency OF indiv'uua,
,al fruition OF the liberty Of American cltizel
which they claim as their blrthrlght III
M object and Justification OF government
IN among men Is to secure these rights IN ~
measure and proportion. and any exerci
it. of rover whether by edf.H OF emperor, o
psa cree OF parliament or act OF iegisihtu'
ms which lays upon them burden oil any 10
TT is without defense. apology or excuse
ees This goes far
w. BpYoND ANY THEORY OF SOCIETY
w man ever knew until July 4, 177e. A
III how has 1t happened that our forefath'
NY apprehcnded these truths so much me
wildly than any other people? II Is ~
sal that they came down to them from OH
ne generations. This maxim, that All m
VII are born equal, Is said to have been trai
SO, portcd from Rousseau and other fren
ify w,itors. who in turn read II in an odlct
Louis X. who reigned early In the fo'
or teenth century and that he or some &
Ing before him had n from the 1urisconsu
ei. OF the times OF the Antonines ANA OIL
rai maxltne OF liberty. which were wrought
vas in the great transactions~of English
lar tory are said to have been brought o
OF here as the heritage OF Englishmen,
! a which is curious, but II misses more y
Id half the truth The first sottlerS ale
res, the Atlantic coast and those VINO KEPT J
W ing the great procession when sueat'
me hitherward down to the time OF the re
S' luton, the EnpllbH county bNHN''N'f
an. Virginia and Maryland and the Puritans
'aet Massachusetts. the Huguenots OF So
en- Carolina and the Dutch Of New YORK
yes, New Jersey were men of fiber anu str
ana such as the founders OF States never
'ith before. and such as the people they
ner' behind never mad or did hot long req
ne Why this was 80 Is easy TO explain,
81 the inquiry is irrelevant. II Is enough
IL state the fact. And when once they
ma settled here. the air Of heaven was so !
Tent The space OF Gods earth was 30 broad
OF rev things OF their experience eans
IN, IN them in such strange abundance, that
'lth nature within them, stalwart,. ylrlie
life fun az hope and force, swelled to an
ces. fluent and opulent life. Liberty was
OF the fiber and nerves and blood OF U
men Il was not lesson they had lear
ms That explains why the tea tax ana
year stamp tax and other exaetiops, T lpp9s'
ana ,bs cause but the OCCASION o. the
luton; why English ternres IN ylrg
we're and manors IN New York were aissoi