Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05
Unconstitutional Constitutions

and all man.made laws and consti
tutions that conflict with this uni
versal and Supreme constitution are
unconstitutional, and therefore null,
and void. Is not this trueY And,
if not, why not?
This Constitution of the Universe
coniers equal rights upon every per-
son. For several centuries, a con
seriousness of this fact--a realization
that it must be so-has been slow y
but steadily spreading among men,
and there are Insny signs that it is
to become controlling force.
The evident purpose Of every
political constitution with which we
are conversant is to deprive men OF
important rights and, to the ex'en
that they do this, they are uncopsti.
tutional and have NO binding force
on the conscience of those who be
lievs that that the will of the Gre
atUr is superior to that of any or all
of his creatures.
When the Re ,ublican party be-
lieved in and worked for humanity,
and wa. sneered at as the "God and
morality party" it boldly proclaim
ed itself 10 favor of 1.-THE higher
law" of which we are speaking.
but, since it has been dominated by
"The Money Power" nothing APP
pears to be supreme or sacred IN its
eyes except its own will and the
property interests of the corpora
tions and capitalists it chooses to
favor.
1t is self-evident that, if all men
have equal rights, they must be ell
titled to Equal Opportunities, and
the demand fer Equal Upportuni-
ties is becoming so strong that 1t
cannot much longer be successfully
resisted. The greed of the unscrup
ulous few is destroying The condi'
tions of which they are taking adj.
vantage and is compelling The null
titudes to choose be, ween real slav
cry and rebellion.
Beyond the shadow Of do BIT,
all constitutions and laws that stand
between the masses and their right
to govern themselves and enjoy
equal opportunities to earn COM
Portable living will, in some way,
be made to conform to eternal JUS
tice, or be swept aside and trampled
under foot. Nor is the censummation
of this revolution as far distant as
many suppose,
There is, however, an important
fact which some good men overlook.
Equal Opportunities for us all can
be secured only by means Of laws
that are based upon aud conform to
the Golden Rule The progressing
revolution is, therefore, in reality a
Christian revolution. OF a truth,
it is christianity applied to politics.
Yet we behald the strange spec
tacle of outstanding me1e-
nent-of the age-bitterly opposed
by large part of the protesting
christians eff the land and especial
ly the ministers) but going forward
resistlessly, largely under the direc
LlOn OF ncu WIN nd't nv C'hsO NV"
of the nature of the power that is
pushing them on
Will the christian ministers of
America continue To doollshly
(should ! not say wickedly) keep
their eyes so tightly shut that they
cannot see what is going OH around
them, and the irresistible current
that is carrying mankind forward !!
1t is within their power to help d.
rect the revolution and make / s ef-
fects still more blnefcent, or they
can come out Of the co filct in
The condition of a man who
thought he could stop ii loc"m tive.
Followers Of the Man who had
not where to lay his head, will You
not come to the front and hel p lead
in this revolutionary movement Tor
the bettermeat of mankind-eve II
the lew who profit by present con-