The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-08-20
AT Esopus, N. Y, August 10, 1904

jugs Vi the court OIL appears VI InlS SId1o
In order that l may accept the response
oility that the great convention you rep
resent has put upon me, without possible
prejudice to the court to which had the
honor to belong, or to the eminent mem
oers Of the judiciary Of this state, OF
whom may now say as a private cltizen
I am justly proud.
At the very threshold of this response
and before dealing with other subjects
l must, in justice to myself and to re-
lieve my sense of gratitude, express my
profound appreciation Of the confidence
reposed In me by the convention. After
nominating me and subsequentlyrecely-
ing a communication declaring that I
regarded the gold standard as firmly
and irrevocably established, a matter
concerning which l felt it incumbent
upon me to make known my attitude so
that hereafter no man could justly say
that his support had been secured
through indirection or mistake, the con-
NCILLOn IClISId Ictl us OGICl NA~H
l should be the standard bearer OF the
party in the present contest. This mark
of trust and confidence l shall ever es-
TEEN as the highest honor that could be
conferred upon mean honor that,
whatever may be the fate of the cam
paign, the future can in no degree lessen
or impair.
The admirable platform upon which
the party appeals to the country for its
confidence and support clearly states the
principles which were so we'll condensed
en the first inaugural address of Presi-
dent Jefferson, and points out with force
and directness the to be pursued
through their proper application in order
to insure needed reforms in both the
legislative and administrative depart
ments Of the government. While un-
hesitating in it's promise to correct
abuses and to right wrongs wherever
they appear or however caused; to in
vestigate the several administrative de-
partments of the government, the con-
duct of whose officials has created scan
NOlO, LIZ W PUNISH NAOSO "AO ASO
guilty of q breach of their trust; to OPP
pose the granting of special privileges
by which the few may profit at the ex-
pense Of the many; to practice economy
In the expenditure of the moneys of the
people, and to that end Is return once
more to the methods Of the founders OF
the republic by observing in disbursiEg
the public funds the care and caution a
prudent individual observes with re-
spect to his own; still the spirit Of the
platform assures conservative, instead
of rash action; the protection Of the in
nocent as well as the punishment OF
the guilty; the encouragement OF indus
try, economy and thrift; the protection
OF property and a guarantee Of the en-
forcement for the benefit Of all Of mans
fnalienable rights, among which, as said
in the Declaration of independence, are
"life. liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness" Liberty, as understood in this
country, means not only the right OF
freedom from actual ~seryitude, impris-
onment or restraint, but the right Of one
to use his faculties in all lawful ways
to live and work where he will and &c
pursue any lawful trade or business
These essential rights Of life, liberty and
property are not only guaranteed to the
citizen by the constitution Of each Of the
several states, but the states are by the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu'
ton of the United States forbidden tc
deprive any person or any one OF them
without due process Of law.
Occasionally. by reason Of unneces-
vary or impatient agitation for reforms
or because the limitations placed upor
the departments of government by thu
constitution are ~disregarded by officials
desiring to accomplish that which C
them seems good, whether the power ex'
dsts In them or not, 1t becomes desirable
to call attention to the fact that the PEG.
pie. in whom all power resides, have
seen at, through the medium Of the con.
stitution, to limit the governmental
powers conferred and to say to depart
ments created by 1t: Thus far shall
thou go and no farther" To secure thu
ends sought the people have by the con
stitution separated and distributed
among the three departments Of gov
ernment-the executive, legislative ant
1udicial-certain powers, and 1t is tn
duty Of those administering each de
partment SO to act as to preserve, rathe
than to destroy, the potency Of the co
ordinate branches Of the government
and thus secure the exercise of all tn
powers conferred by the people.
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Will
liam C. Jarvis, touching the perpetuit,
of our institutions, written many year
after he had retired to private life, said
eff the three powers Of our government
maintain their mutual independence c
each other, 1t, may last long, but not 6
IL either can assume the authority {
the other" 1t must be confessed ths
IN the course of Jul history executive
have employed powers not belonging
them: statutes have been passed tia
were expressly forbidden by the const
tuition and statutes have been set asid
as unconstitutional when 1t was dificu,
IN poins out the provisions said to b
attended against in their enactment; a
this has been done with a good purpos
no doubt, but in disregard, nevertheless