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LOVE OF COUNTRY
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dignity of manhood In man.. Under
other forms of government civil and po-
litical rights are the awards of birth
or of social position: In "a democracy
they are the awards, of manhood. Uni
sVersal suffrage, the fullest expression OF
democracy. is the supreme human recog-
milton of the dignity of mans manhood.
AS man advances towards the cleo
toral urn, all else In him or connected
with him disappears he walks the equal
is in virtue of his simple manhood g
sovereign among sovereigns: he feels and
understands the dignity of his manhood.
and al Others see 1t and understand II, :,
and political life of the gospel of Christ.
whose cordial principle Is the father
hood of God over men. and the brother
hood of men among themselves Indeed,
not until Christ had spoken was man 5
dignity recognized or even known, ana
consequently not until Christ had spoken
was democracy, as 1t is now understood,
at all possible. During nineteen CEN
turtles the church of Christ. in profession
and in fact. has been the great school
of democracy, and In proportion as peo-
pies have become penetrated with its
spirit and its teachings, so nave they
risen to the ideal and the practice of
| democracy.
The blessings comprised under the word
democracy. the American republic prom
/ Uses and secures to the people of Amer
/ lea This is her first title to our rever-
ence and our love; and her second IS her
admirable organization of her democracy.
by means of which she provides for the
people of America together with the
blessings of democracy stable and eff
fective government.
FRAMING OF CONSTITUTION.
Scarcely ever was so momentous task
assigned to a body OF men, as that which
was entrusted to the convention assem-
bled in the city of Philadelphia, in the
year 1887, to frame d constitution for the
United States of America. The task was
to harness the hitherto untamed and sup
posedly untamable democracy, to subject
liberty to a compleXus of rules, which,
while allowing fullest play to its native
spir should still so direct its movements,
as to make it serve the ends of order and
of effective corporate action. There was
more at stake than the welfare of the
American commonwealth, to which the
convention was to give. eX stence; there
was at stake the Viability of democracy
itself; for democracy ia ling in America,
no other people for generations to come
would have dared to give it trial
pregnant with mighty consequences, and
understanding all this that great states
man, Benjamin Franklin, announced to
by them from the Divine Mind itself, and
with deep emotion asked that prayers i'm
ploring the assistance of heaven" be held
every morning during the sessions Of the
Order IN liberty and liberty In order
thus the American republic was fashioned
and Launched upon its career by the con-
Vention of 1857. A noted statesman of a
great sister republic said to me recently:
The American republic Is the model, the
Ideal, towards VIII Oh we work, towards
which all peoples must work who aspire
to durable and fruitful democracy
Under the constitution of the United
States popular sovereignty is safeguarded
to the utmost degree. The people elect
Gals and for periods of time so brief
that lawmakers and officials in the exer-
else Of their authority could not even We're
they, SO disposed nullify the abiding will
of the people. The neutrality-suspicious. of
| the legislative and executive branches of
| the governnnt limits the action Of either
hold their power. The thorough decen-
tralization in the administration Of public
affairs, through the independence of the
several states in their internal affairs con-
tributes still further to the preservation
OF this sovereignty. All amendments to
the constitution are reserved to the people
as the original source Of power, and the
Interpretation of its several articles is
committed to a supreme court, whose of
flee it is to confine all delegated authority
their commiss on. All possible provisions
are made to prevent ether the executive
or the legislative from forgetting whence
leaping in the smallest degree the limits
of what authority is allotted to them.
And VIII lie all this is done to safeguard
eminent are secured, which are public
order, the protection of the rights of citi-
ZenS. the promotion Of the general welfare
Of the nation: in other words, democracy
is made to take strong and effective form
Very large powers are delegated to law
makers and to executive offic ais, all suffi-
Client for the ends of government. While
the lawmakers and executive officials are
IN possession of such powers, they are in
the exercise of them Independent of all
restrictions save their. own consc' ences
and the constitution of the country. and
they hold those powers during a sufficient
length of time to develop plans of admin
The scope Of action allowed orr offic ais
IS very broad: The president of the Unit
ed States wields far greater powers than
the, heads of many constitutional mon
arches of Europe.