Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-10
6sssS County 9erala.
ISLAND POND. FEBRUARY 10.
A Growing RestiveneSs under Con-
stitutionaI Restraints.

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constitutional provisions than
the American people. They looked |
upon the prescience of the foun-
ders of the government and up
on its fundamental laws with |
great veneratiOn, and regard |
ed them as almost prophetic.
The wonder was how such gov
ernmental provisions could be so
we'll adapted by any human in
genuity to the then present uses
and purposes OF the people as
we'll as to MISREPRESENTATION.
A lack of abiding faith in the
fathers and reverence for their
work was charged to a want of
loyalty and patriotism. But the
times have suddenly changed.
Old stable sentiments seem to
have passed into oblivion with
those who entertained them. The
constitution is regarded as well
enough for the times in which its
old fashioned founders lived and,
with some exceptions, restric-
tons and changes of its elemen-
tary principles so as to adapt it
to the new learning and so as to
permit different and opposite pur-
poses and theories, it may do for
today. But it is plain that a
new feeling is springing up with
a sentiment that the country is
being clogged in its progress by
the weight of its constitutional
principles. 1t is perfectly natural
that this should be so for the
simple design of the rude adven-
turers in coming to this country
was to escape all domineering
principles on the one hand and
all Servile conditions on the
other. They sought to abolish
the very idea that any class, race
or nation should be subject to
another. The very idea of per.
hitting any such principle in
Others nearly defeated their gov.
ernmental enterprise. They never
dreamed of going to the anti
podes and buying human beings
at three or four dollars each OF
purchasing them at wholesale fol
the purpose of governing, direct
ing or supporting them. They
sought a location for the very
purpose of being free from any
such conditions or anticipations
They then sought to put them
selves in a condition of homo
gently and the very first condi
ton declared was that every sin
gle individual within their boun
diaries should be like every Other
one and that there should be nc
such thing as a dominion of mar
over man or men over men, bu'
equal laws over all. And Sc
strong were these sentiments thar
the only servility i'll the country
caused an explosion which nearl,
destroyed the whole structure
Whoever dreamed that scarcel,
escaped from that danger a wilt
desire would possess the minds o
the people to exercise some kline
of a dominion over sOmebod,
else! Nobody ever before dreamed
that there were any other feat
ures to the establishment of thi
government than that a peculia
people had come with a purpos
of establishing peculiar institu
tions and which must from thei
nature be exclusive of others an
such as not to grant to any cit.
zen, or class of citizens, or portio
of the people, privileges or immu
mites, which upon the sam
terms should not belong equal
to all citizens and all portions.
But what do we see now? For
eign people are asked to submit
Aguinaldo is asked to submit
Submit to what? TO the law
of the country? We have n
rulers but the law. Should he O
they have? Are they under tn
laws of the country? Is the tel
ritory they inhabit territory b.
longing to the United States III
der the constitution? If the
the government may be permi
ted to make needful rules r.
specting the territory belongin
to it and enforce them. The j,
dicial department has said thu
in the frequent exercise of ths