The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
PROJECT THE
 PRESIDENT AnarchiSm Should Be
 Suppressed. SPEECH OF J. K. RICHARDS Solicitor General Says Consti- tuition Grants the Power. The Union League of Philadelphia Celebrates sFounders' Day." Many Prominent Men Be-
 ing Prerssnt.
SPEECH OF J. K. RICHARDS

Philadelphia, Nov. 22-The Union
 League. one of the most noted Repub lican organizations in the country, to night celebrated Founders Day" by banquet at which many of the guests oi honor were men of national prominence Among the distinguished guests were Secretary of the Treasury Gage. secre- tary of the Interior E. A. Hitchcock. Sem ator w. F. Frye of Maine, ex-Attorney General John w. Griggs. Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. J. K. Rich-f ards. Solicitor General of the United State; Hon. W. H. Hunt. Governor of Porto Rico; Hon. Wayne Macveagh., !, Judge John B. 5McPherson. James M. Beck and Senator Penrose.
 MT. Richards spoke on the need of leg He said the President of the United States ought to be protected by the law of the United States. .Not only his safety, but ahe dignity of the republic demands this" said Mir Richards. "The President takes an oath that he win faithfully ex- ecute the ofice of President of the United States ard will preserve, protect and de- fend the Constitution of this United States This Constitution enjoins him to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, The solemn obligation thus im- posed is not intermittent but continu- ous. From the time he takes the oath until he dies or retires. wherever he may be. without interval or, cessation. he is President of the United States and en-. gagged in executing that oface. And for this reason the power of the nation should safeguard and protect him always and everywhere.
 Authority Is Clear.
 s"Authority to do this ia clear. Every right secured by the Conetitution may be protected sB4- Congress and there is no higher right under the Constitution, no right whose free exercise is more vital to the Constitution than the right of faithfully executing the office of Presi- dent of the United States. murderous assault upon the President, aimed as 1t is at the life of the government, in1perils tho security of the wtaolo country and whether succeaaful or ufisucoesSful should be punishable by death.
 '.rhe right of if-preesrvation is as vital to the States as to the individual. The constitution forhids Congress to make any law ahridgins the freedom ofg speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, but all these rights are to be reasonably construed and lawfully ex- ercised.
 Tt Is unnecessary Nto amend the con- stitution in order to obtain the power to suppress anarchism. IL Is true that the assemblage of anarchists and the preach ing of their doctrines cannot be punished as treason. for 60 constitute treason there must be an actual ievying of war. But acts directed at the life of the govern Inent are punishable at the discretion of Congress, although they do not amount to treason under the constitution.
 The Supreme Court has held that as a sovereign nation, the United States is endowed with the power of excluding all aliens which it may deem dangerous to the peace of the State and of expelline or deporting those not yet naturalized. This power may, at the discretion of Congress, be intrusted for enforcement to, the executive.
 If Congress intrusts to, the President the power to exclude alien anarchists and it will not be difficult to put in opera ton an effective plan of rfdding the coun- try of these bloody minded people.
 Surely the time for action has come. By the concurrent action of civilized nations. anarchists ought to be placed under the ban of universal law. The red flag of anarchy should be driven from tho land as the black flag of piracy has been driven from the sea-"