The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-08-20

which resides in the whole people,
whether the usurpation be by officials
representing one of the three great de-
partments of government, or by a body
Of men acting without a commission
from the people.
Impatient of the restraints Of law,
as well as of it's delays, is becoming
more and more manifest from day to
day. Within the past few years many
instances have been brought to u at
tention, where in different parts of our
beloved country supposed criminals
have been seized and punished by a
mob, Notwithstanding the fact that the
constitution of each state guarantees
to every person within its jurisdiction
that his life, his liberty or his prop
erty shall not be taken from him with
out due process of law.
In a struggle between employers and
employees, dynamite is said to have
been used by the latter, resulting in
the loss of life and the destruction OF
property. The perpetrators of this of
Tense against the laws Of God and man,
and all others engaged in the con-
spiracy with them, should, after due
trial and conviction, have had meted
out to them the most rigorous punish
ment known to the Law. This crime,
added perhaps to others, led to the
formation Of a committee of citizens
that, with the support Of the military
authority, deports from the state,
without trial, persons suspected OF be-
longing to the organization of which
the perpetrators Of the dynamite out
RACES were supposed to be members.
In both cases the reign OF law gave
way to the reign OF force. These
illustrations present some evidence OF
the failure of government to protect
the citizen and his property. which not
only justified the action Of your con-
vention in this regard, but made 1t its
duty to call attention to the fact b a
constitutional guarantees are violated
whenever any citizen is denied the
right to labor, to acquire and to enjoy
property, or to~reside where his inter
ests or inclination may determine; and
the fulfllment of the assurance to re-
Duke and punish all denials OF these
rights, whether brought about by indi-
viduals or government agencies, should
be enforced by every official and sup
ported by every citizen. The essence
Of good government lies in strict OBJ
servance of constitutional limitations,
enforcement of law and order and
rugged opposition to all encroachment
upon the sovereignty of the people.
The foregoing suggestions but en-
phasize the distinction which exists
between our w ard many other
forms of government. 1t has been well
said, in substance, that there are but
two powers in government, n the
power of the sword, sustained by the
hand that yields it, and the other the
power of the law, sustained by an en-
lightened public sentiment. The diff.
ference in these powers is the differ
ence between a republic-such as ours,
based on law and a written constitu'
ton, supported by intelligence, virtue
and patriotism-and a monarchy-sus-
tanned by force exerted by an individ'
uaI, uncontrolled by laws other than
those made or sanctioned by him; one
represents constitutionalism, the other
imperialism.
The present tariff law Is unjust in
it's operation. excessive in many Of its
rates and so framed In particular In
stances as to exact inordinate profits
from the people. So we'll understood
has this view become that many prom
inent members Of the republican party
and at least two of its state conven
tons, have dared to voice the genera
sentiment on that subject. That party
seems, however, to be collectively able
to harmonic only upon a plank thai
admits that revision may from time
to time be necessary, but 1t IS sc
phrased that it is expected to be salts
factory to those in favor Of an increase
Of duty, to those who favor a reduction
thereof, and to those opposed to AM
change whatever.
Judged by the record Of performance
rather than that of promise, on thu
part Of that party in the past, it woult
seem as II the outcome, in the event o
its success, would be to crafty the lat
ter class. With absolute control o
both the legislative and executive de
partments of the government sine
March 4, 1897, there has been neithe
reduction mol an attempt at reduction
in tariff duties. It Is not unreasonable
to assume, in the light of that record
that a future congress Of that part,
will not undertake a revision OF tn
tariff downward in the event that |
shall receive an endorsement OF its pas
course on that subject by the people
It is a fact and should be frankly COZ
coded that should our party be success
full in the coming contest we canno
hope to secure a majority in the ser
/ ate during the next four years. an
, hence we shall be unable to secure an
, modification in the tariff save that
I which the republican majority In tn
: senate may consent. While. therefor'
) we are unable to give assurances {
t relief TO the people from such 'excessiy
3 duties as burden them, 1t Is due
! them that we should state u pos
ton to be In favor of a reasonable r.
duction of the tariff; that we beliey
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