Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-20

ANN NNiANN NNN NNNNNNN Do NNN AAHA
OF q series OF eight recently delivered
before the O. D. q. equalization of the
Lead Avenue NJ. E church by prln.
cipai A Miller OF the High school.
q 10 printed here a. che request Of
the G. ] Csl
F0uI months have gono BIZ since
We nogau together the study OF gov.
arnmont particularly that peculiar
iurin OF government operating 10 our
own land We have ondoavorod 90
trace the origin aud growth OF prln.
cipala embodied ln our constitution.
g0ing hack 90 medieval and oven an.
client umea for The rae OF sons Of
our most cherished Institutions
Throughout these discussions mans
relation 10 man. both lu bic individual
and Ia hts organized capacities. has
been the central thought
Tho more widely We study our FUN.
damontal iaw the moro deeply are We
Impressed with the wisdom aud fore.
sight almost prophetic which could
frame % 90 meet 30 specifically the
requirements of a nation go UNIQUE
in che phenomena d presents For
We are a huge people. Of blood mixed
in an unprecedented degree. besides
tho great composite white nation, ton
millions uf men OF another race. a
thousand years behind Ga ita hitolloc.
tuai aai moral development but
l.r1'lv equal Doe political and civil
urh.H We stand without parallel
in wftuUU ol aroa occupied by a
people speaking one tongue and lly-
.ng under the same Institutions, for
all OF which oar constitution provides
strength and unity. Justice and tran.
quliity. welfare and dOfeaso- truly
wonderful document outlining govern.
ncnt tor no leas wonderful nation.
For who're 'n The past or present can
you point TO a country more interest
Ink, with prospect more promising.
policy more comprehensive. inatitu-
iions more truly mobiles From its very
beginning. a refuge for the oppressed
of an other lands. the martyrs OF all
creods and the innocent victims OF all
dcap0tic Arrogance or suporstltlouu
ion9 Who win deny that the very
ekistoncc ot such a country o. a sub
ioct for congratulutiCng Who viii Dc.
n, thai its syrtem Of government OF.
feH q neld OF study which can be bat
broadening and Inspiring?
Hut gialco uack through a vista
o' centuries and behold other nations
ua.g 1901 Of promise and prosperity.
u.r m ruins Egypt with her
phaauhs and pyramids and obolialH.
w.I hrr mathematics and literature
ara astronomy practically an an.
Known nnd Chaldea and Assyria
ana Huhyloula. with their tower tom.
pee and cuneifOrm tablets and libra.
Hes with their science ami royal
sports and hanging gardens. IN the
same category Greece who con.
quored the world more hy ngr learning
than By hUg armies. herself conquered
by her own factions and vices And
Rome Imperial iiome." the voices
uf whose orators rang through senate
and forum who gave laws 20 the
world whose armies blazed the way
for Christianity betrayed by Romans
her iegions bought with tribute money
Can % be that the name America may
hc aducd to the catalogue OF those
ropu lies the inscription on whose
ruins b.. 'Tet we're hut they are
nOtY"
believe r is lcfcot a serious
defect. Ir fhs rur constitution so
nearly perfect 80 a not ms purpose
10 discus. .ao subloct merely 9ermlt
me 20 point 1ut what { think 90 ls and
beg of yoH tu popder NeIl what "a
may mean
You viii uu1N that fhcrg are two
kinds COS constitutions written aud
unwr.tteu iho one the development
~ the nation 10 history providcntlal.
not mad hy the nation but born with
it-tn, .UaI constitution, the other
slmnly a law ordninod by the people
establishing tho government Tho
vital unwrl,ten constitution is and
always has been unQueati0uably
Christian lhr land was originally
settled not by bands ~ undels OF
atheists OF paguns. hut hy colonies OF
Christian men and women Every
American colony. as "A matter OF state
duty. recognized tho Christian roli.
zion. ln every case n Was Christian
men who founded our civil iGatitu.
liOns aud on basis Ot Christianity
1ne Hibir was everywhere the rccog.
nlzed standard og political and per
sonai morality ln the system OF edu.
cation projected by Massachusetts,
anu initiated Boo other colonies tho
Bible aud Christianity we're most con.
spicuour History wei known attesta
that "it was che high generation of
our ancestors Cor This creed which
brought them here and led thom Ia
fonhd thoir government du morality
aad religious sentiment They tray.
eled by ts Hgnt and lapored iu ita
hope tney sought to Incorporate 9,
with the tlemcnts of their society
and Co dinuso its influence through
al their iuatitutions Ciyil. political
social and educational may NOT
ana l mead MOI hare urnIfInIu nrutt