BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-09-14
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they may have thought to lay ASIDE
their authority, their wounded ana OF
Tended prestige, their 1ndlvl 1uahty
with suppositious blamessless, they
will not fail in their duty, which claim
was reiterated with the rude frsnkness
that characterizes the daily referred
to. for which the municipal judges are
sacrificing their dignity and II some
cases, the prestige of their judrlaIl po-
SitionS.
1t is pity to say that, but t is the
fault of the system. 1t is a logical
result of the change from the Spanish
to the American Latin to the 81 axon)
form abruptly thrust upon us 1t is
a sad necessity, an irremediabe fault
that has heretofore been state.
We who know better than h} At
torney General the conditions of our
poodle; we who had a judiiAl sys-
tenn that met the Requirements of this
race and public necessities-7e knew
the proposed destiny of plGl1ng the
judiciary within the gift of then aasses;
that the new procedure wouldnlot give
good results, Notwithstanding the ex-
plantations made by our ADVERSARY in
behalf of the imprudent refom
Ifs instead of studying ar laws
which were passed as a realt of a
knowledge of the psycolog' of this
people, the officials who cam to Por-
to Rico thought it easier % bring
laws known only to themseFes, sub
mitting with false pretensio1 the mo-
raj life and socia lcustoms to he mass
es, and the law to the capric OF one
judge, this disjoining could E expect
ed.
We are not frightened. What the
morning daily says is from lope. Thus
it is that pride, elated by too ready
applause, is led to wild dlirium, to
disdain loyal counsel, wise prudence
and judicious experience, into the rap
lures of insensate Pantheisn.
The conflict is now on, daN increas-
ing, before the very author s1d creator
thereof, while studying ovc-it, is able
to anticipate the disappolntaents that
are to follow his work, even before
he percieves the first weak paudits of
his hirelings. But he can hit escape
condemned by the crushiV; effect of
what has already been done thereun-
der. Thus it is that there are easy
matters and difficult ones; $50 impos-
Sible things, and one of lem is to
sustain normal conditions among a
Latin race with methods ard systems
and laws made by another and very
different race.
If it We're probable that |he system
brought with the So-called rtfOrm since
the beginning Ghe territtr) is sup
erlor to what we used tt have, the
Supplanting Notwithstanding, might
be controvertible, but if has been
demonstrated to the conttry, neces-
Sarily; at the same time tie people of
Spain, Switzerland and lilly and the
same France never think d subjeCting
the Subllmer responsibilities to the
mercy of general suffrage We cannot
feel that the infinite due1has disap-
peAred SO suddenly.
The worst feature c. tie situation
that shows itself since NH American
occupation is that the di rbing offic-
lalS for example, Mr.. E. t. DR.. Lind
say, and, as many others nj Il do, leave
the people of Porto Rico suffer the
consequences of these inn Eations, the
trials of the transplantingHof the ex-
perimental colonization :. attempted
here, leaving the people il desperate
expectation contemplating Ehe trans
formation that has caused SO much
confusion with it's radical lsnges.
1t is not here, howcvf that we
protestet. We protested before the
change of systems; when frightened
public opinion assisted the sensational
spectacle that now ends, The we
undertook to point out the 4 I'D consec-
quences it would bring; the pss of the
unsullied majesty that should clothe
justice; the necessity OF repairing each
break in our political structure then it |
was we made charges and followed
them with protests.
Before the consummated ac's, before |
the inevitable misfortune, VS. cannot
be charged with the unusua1 preten
sion of blotting out our opportlne pre-
dictions; but there is remedy for all
things; it is never too late to make
amends; never should one be ashamed
l.