The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-30
ENFORCE THE LAWS.

The American people are law abiding
and conservative, qualities which they in
herU from their Anglo-SaXon ancestors
They are always ready to obey the laws
and in their adherence to this principle
sometimes allow the mselves to be imposed
upon; but, in the main their sturdy COM
mon sense overcomes every obstacle and
helps still further to Ilace them in the
front rank of the liberty. loving people
of the world. These principles ha re con-
tributed more than anything else to give
the American people the high place
which they hold among the enlightened
nations OF the world and promise to give
them much higher position as time
moves on. Nothing has contributed
more to the power and expansion OF the
Anglo-Saxon race than the inherent love
of liberty that permeates the minds of the
masses and nothing has done more to ex-
cite the wonder and admiral ion of man
kind for the American people than their
steady adherence to the best principles
that can guide them to q higher plan of
moral and social development. They may
fail sometimes in reaching their ideals:
but their aspirations are always for the
highest and the.best, and in their seeming
failure they really succeed.in lifting them
selves and their country far abovelthe
people of competing nations. This con-
servatism and solid common sense seems
to be innate with the Anglo Saxon race,
which at last realizes the high destiny be-
fore 1t. Other nations have their troubles
ana annoyances and soon succumbt TO
them, but the Englsh-spcak:ng people
have certain lines of duty to which they
rigidily adhere, which adherence i'm the
long run has made them what they are
In the rudest and most unstable coun-
tries, the people Of this race soon secure
n foothold, and by perseverance along
this line are sure of eventual success. 1t
was adherence to this principle amid
savage surroundings that gave to the
English colonists in America their
supremacy rs contrasted with the settlers
from other European nations, and it was
the triumph of this doctrine that nut
them in the front rank rs colonZers and
which gave them the firm hold upon the
North American continent which they
now possess. This adherence to law and
order has made civilization follow in the
wake of Anglo-Saxon domination.
which has beltcd the globe with settle
mcnts of "A people destined at no very dis
fant day to rule the world. They have
.trrinI fnr "a Ia,
principle to such an extent that the hon.
esty Of the English race has become pro-
verbal, and their adherence to Inv and
order is such striking characteristic:
that they are everywhere regarded AS the
most desirable of Immigrants Visitors
to England, Scotland and Wales are
struck with the rigid adherence to law
and order in those countries and the close
observance Of the Sabbath there. Such
laws have been found to work euuitnblv
ana justly. The people of every commu-
nifty are the lawmakers, and they should
live up to the laws which they enact. If
these laws do not work satisfactorily
they should be repealed. 1t is this all.
abiding power of the people of the Anglo
saxon race, and the enforcement OF the
laws that has done so much to strengthen
English speaking peoples who have been
found, the worl' over, rs the fore.rnnners |
OF civilization and enlightenment. This |
race recognizes the fact that the people |
are the law making power and their mol
icy Is In accordance with the situation
IL the officers of any community fail to
properly enforce the laws they are dere