BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-24
EDITORIAL.

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pstcd in ps~nftui nd ir0sGiul s;
mw o. fc.Nrrf thc f>'ard and
thrfc isslo fosm Ga ;nr susp'elon hat
bs~ failure 7shoald bc ihc incssahle
-. seQucrce of .Shc fnsriv impulse
v.h'eh is bing observed
The popal4s legislative he9le IS .iv-
l1g q grand ocmo>srsu q 81 ls,.u cul-
ture. Sgnce 4; began rs session.
is labor Il pIudcn; and calm
Its work D. mo,h ,d'c Ihe island
needs 20 reciify many errors admitted
IN haste. and u also requires that
here SHAH shine ilrb ihe.r superior
ability. IN those matters in which the
races that have reached The summi, oi
!. he science 81 l-w aud If Judicial cul
t.urc are iuvincibie
In the fnHlnvr sessions thc ileuse
proceeded s.atli 10 mich has;c and "a
lnentable lack Of foresight. cur le-
glSl.torS thought as they were new in
he work. SO was the island new IN the
life of rights and was in need 81 laws
That has been the great mistake.
The cheap legislation which the bu-
reaucratic government by the middle
classe brought. thinking that lney
were doing us favor and saving US
work ~ accepted.
Confusion the most terrible diSor-
der, anarchy in the procedures and an
alarming increase in crime, are the
abominablc consequences of disgrace
ful ignorance ltglslating and refor-
ming people, not BY means Of evolu
tlon which has its starting point in the
right and collective will, out by force
HIS rtdely been attempted consum
NATION.
Along this road, the end Was 81
ready torcseen. We travelled fatally
toward extinction; We were going TO
ward a moral. .servitude. after having
gone, through as inev,lb;e .nlsfoTtunc
1y u political servitude. Ill:
We were matching 70 the= death
because such IS the destiny Of =
country which does not know how
10 defend its laws and allows them,
10 be substituted with the same
lack Of consciontiouSncss, as though
hey were ignorant of the fact that
i.w is eSScntlaI 10 CharaCter and char
,lcr 10 definite personality.
When a people allows, still in life
a. be cele brated over Il. common fuue-
ri services in the Legislative temple
u4d offers 10 serve. as an acol}tc in
zh= di>graCtful ceremony, not only
does ii undergo An ear.y reaction,
which fortunately h ; happened, Or. 4
e,.~J 50 it appc>rs from the ~ st osten-
>o.e signs bu, also Iles without reml
dy and without sallantry, disappear-
ing without track or trace. like the
poor birds who are overtak ken by snow.
ar from their nests, aui remain
buried in the cloak Of marble cover
ing the earth, 70 be carried eff by
the thaw.
Porto Rico must be reviv,ng itself.
since it has dared to amend the page
e awful Legislation which u,urpvd the
pace ol our codes s.-mCnumentS Of
universal legal culture and Of modern
I.w m It's most admirable conception.
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b.E+ - IN + ire lis. Cf laws 70 bt.