Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-06-13

glance to the republic. What p0triul
will deny this prvilegei What partt
san is here to protest? Go FIX thois
stars on the flag Of the Union, and
God grant that in the ages to como
they shall burn as brightly rs Oh their
natal day, the symbols of States still
sovereign, still Free undimmed by the
glare and the glitter Of imperial power.
"And when they have taken their
vows, that they may not depart from
the paths of truth and freedom, teach
them that liberty is not license, but
consists in the power of doing that
which just and constitutional lnws
permit. Tell them the sad but ever
beautiful, glorious and inspiring story
of the march of their elder sisters
from the night Of despotism into the
light OF day. Warn them OF all the
dangers that beset the journey. Let
them know that devotion to the princt-
pies Of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence and obedience to the constitution
is the only hope Of the political saliva
ton OF the states and Of the perpetuity
OF the republic; that the republic itself
rests on the rock Of the constitution
and If you shatter not the constitution
the republic can never fall.
LET them know that the greatest
enemy to the Union is the unbroken
and unbridled spirit of party partisan
ship, overriding Justice in her tribu-
nails, destroying freedom of speech in
the legislative halls and usurping DOW
er for the executive, that protiigacy
and corruption are the children Of in
tolerant party spirit, that no govern
ment can be purer than the people that
sustain 1t and that no corrupt people
can long sustain free government.
Caution them that inequality in taxa
tion. injustice in administration. legis-
laton for the Advancement of special
interests and the unauthorized assump-
ton Of power as the very essence of
corruption are the potent powers in
the destruction of free states
"And, Mr.. Speaker, when they take
their stand among the great common
wealths that constitute this Union and
look back upon its struggles, its tribu-
lat1ons and its perils, let 10 page of
that history discourage them, though
upon 1t may be written in blood the in
fraction Of individual rights and the
Dissertation Of commonwealth. for
these are but the cruel markers of the
progress Of peoples national growth,
the index to the evolution of govern
ment. Let them understand that the
high tide of danger cannot come to
American institutions until the limit Of
federal power has been reached and
exhausted and the government shall
be still powerless to contend against
the great and gigantic corporations
that have grown beyond the control of
law and when it Shall assume to itself
Inherent powers Of sovereignty and no
longer look to the constitution as the
source of power. Then, Mr.. Speaker,
and not till then, an imperial democ-
racy may lift the crown of sovereignty
from the people and place it upon the
head of their tyrant, who in turn will
deliver 1t to the peoples oppressors.
III we shall avoid the approaching
dangers, If we shall forever defend and
protect those principles of free govern
ment for which brave men have ever
contended, warn you that the federal
government must be strengthened by
constitutional amendment to the end
that no power may exist within the
Confines Of the Union that is greater
than the Union itself; that every power
under the federal constitution must be
exercised to its full limit in the pro-
lection OF the masses Of the people,
that ell men at last may salute the
flag, obey the constitution and move
forward the march of the states in one
great Union to that destiny that awaits
them In mighty republic where truth,
justice and law triumph and liberty.
like day, breaks on the soul and by
fash from heaven fires all the faculties
with glorious joy"
A Wise Saying.
The editor Of the Washington Post
in recent issue Of that most excel
lent newspaper did himself proud by
taking fall out Of Teddy in the fol-
lowing skillful manner: "The lynch
tngs in this country are bad enough,
but they do not in the least justify cru
city in the Philippines" Clearly that
is intended-not only intended, but
serves-as an answer to the presidents
Memorial day speech. In this connec-
ton 1t may be remarked that Senator
John @. Spooner, one of the ablest Of
the Republican chieftains, a man who
is universally regarded as a presiden-
tial possibility, must have felt himself
hard pressed for argument when as
defense for General Jake Smiths Her
od-like performances he harked back
2oo years and dug up the fact that the
Massachusetts, legislature offered q
premium on Indian scalps. In the very
same way Senator Spooner could justi-
fy religious persecution, for just about
that time that same Massachusetts .eee
lslature banished Roger Williams for.
preaching the gospel as interpreted by
The Baptist church. Nearly. everybody
thanks God that the world has inn.
proved in 200 years-that is, everybody
except the Republican jingoes.
A la the Bull.
Once upon q time, so the story runs.
there was. a male bovine, possessed of
more. courage than discretion, which
made up its mind TO butt steam en-.
CINE of the track, and 'rhe subsequent
proceedings interested 1t no more"
Hon. George B. Cox, the hoodaum chief
of Cincinnati, is now in frame of
mind to thoroughly sympathize with
That brave but unwise animal. "Coxy.
Do boy" bucled up against Marcus
AlOnZo Hapno iunior can,+or fro,,,