The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-11
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Main ISSUES
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States ne principles which were 80
well condensed In the first Inaugural!
address Of PRESIDE Jei,ers. ion n a.sa
the courseSto be pursue thro ugh their
proper applica lion in order to insure \
needed re forms In both the gislatlye2
and =
promise to correct a buses andsto Grisntt
wrongs, wherever they a ppear OF, nc W
ever ca used Is to investigate ne SeVeral
eminent, the conduct Of whose Off
Gals has created Scandals and to pun -
8ishR those who! have been guilty Of q
breach OF their trust; to oppose ltns
The few may profit at the expense OF
the many; to practice econo my In the s
of the moneys q the peo-3s
pie, and to- that end TO- Re turn once ce
of the republic by observing In dis:
{ bursting the public funds I he care ana
caution a prudent indy dual observes .,s =
withSrespect5t Ito his own, st the spirit
instead of rash action: the, prote ctl9h
3of the Innocent as well as the pun1sh- Z.
nlent3of the guilty; the encoura gems sn
7of industry, economy thrift: the Pre- Z
! Of f tie enforcement FOR the benefit Of Il
all ,of mans inallena pie Ills IS. am9 q
which. as said in the Declarations9f IN IN
nf aTs leeai aaa ae
8derstood in this 8country, means not
only the right Of freedom from actual
iservitude, imprison ment or restlr ram
the nFh Sf 9ne e Use hlS and
work where he will and TO pursue any
lawful trade or business. These essen
4 tiai rights of life. liberty and PROP
eF1y ars oGeS
the several States. but the States are.
h 81 the Fourteenth Amendme Mt to! the
I Constitution of the United States Tor
sadsa Il he asPsHah Due
law. .ss 6. l
Guard Against U surpation.
Occasionally, by reason of unneces-
sary or impatient agitation d for re-
forms, n or beca use # the Limitations
placed placed upon the departments Of soy
ny the
aIpilsh that which to them seems GOOD,
whether the power exists In hem or
I not it becomes desirable 70 call a. NJ
tentlon to- the fact that the peope, ~ ~
through the medium Of the Constltn-
stion, TO limit the governments al powers
+ conferred and to say to- depa rtmenl IS
created bs fa aeala taoa ehEds
sought the pc ple have By the ,Conssl, 6
1 the three depart m en- is Of 81 yernmen!8
the executive. legisla tive and tclal /
certain powers. and It ls he duty
of 81 hose administering each depart +
ment SO to act as to preserve re- Their 4
than to destroy the potency: OF the i
co-ord ina to b,Hnches OF the govern.
nlent, and thus secure the exercise OF
all the powers conferred by the people.
ssS Thomas J effersoh, In a letter to-
William g. Jarvis. ttonehIns the per-;f
many years after he had retired g 10 A
private life, ( said II the three pow
ers 1of our government ma ain their
mutual indspendep2ss, e 4 eh other.
tan assume the IS authorlty of the
other II mus be conf essed that In
the course Of our history xecutlYes
have employed powers not belonging
5tpsithe m: sta tutes have + been passed {
that were exp essly forbidde n,, by the
sConstituton,and statutes have been set I
{ dlfBcult to point gu tile provisions
said to- he offended against In their
enactment. All this has been DONE
Nith5a good purpo7Ne, no doubt, buttsl \,
that ours Is a government Of Ia VS. +
not Of men. deriving Its .'lllst bowers J,