The Washington times., 1906-10-04
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living force only by the way IN which
we handle ourselves In the present
and each of US can best show his de-
votion 90 his own State by making
evident his paramount devotion to that
Union which includes all the States
The study of the great deeds OF the
past is of chief avail IN so far as II
incites us TO grapple resolutely ana
effectively with the problems or the
present. We are not now menaceu
by foreign war. Our Union IS nrIlly
established But each generation ms
its special and serious dime alIe "a
we OF this generation nave 10 S'I usEiI
with evils spTinging from the very
material success OF Whlch We a1t ?"
proud from the very growth anu pIo9-
perity of which. WIN win J1SIiSs, 5.l.j',,,t,.t,i
changes of the last half century nave
produced "a totally new set OF condl-
lions. under which new evils flourish;
and for these new evils new remedies
some of these evils can b. grappled
with by private effort only. for We
never can afford 10 forget that in the
last analysis the chief factor In per
sonaI success, and indeed IN national
ayrea tness. must be the sturdy. self
reliant character Of the Individual
citizen. But many OF these evils are
of such nature that no private effort
can avail against them These evils,
governmental action. In some cases
this governmental action must be exer~
Cised by the several States individual
ly In yet others ii has become in
creasingly evident that no efficient
State action is possible, and that we
need through judicial Interpretation
and construction of law, TO Increase
the power OF the Federal Government.
Look Out for the Lawyers.
If we fail thus to Increase it. we
show our impotence and leave ourselves
at the mercy Of those ingenious legal
advisers Of the holders Of vast cor
porate wealth. who, in the performance
Of what they regard as their duty, and
to serve the ends of their clients. in
woke the law at one time for the con-
founding OF their rivals, and at an
other time strive for the notification
OF the law, IN order that they them
selves may be left free to work their
unbridled viii on these same rivals.
or on those who labor for them, or
on the general public.
In the exercise Of their profession and
in the service of their clients these
astute lawyers strive 10 prevent the
passage of efficient laws and strive TO
that pass which shall emasCulate them.
They do not invoke the Constitution IN
order 10 compel the due observance OF
law alike bV rich and poor, by great
and small; on the contrary, they are
on the watch 20 cry out that
the Constitution is violated whenever
any effOTt IS made to invoke the aid Of
the National Government whether f0r
the efficient regulation Of railroads, for
the efficient supervision of great cor
porauons. or for efficiently securing
obedience TO such a law as the national
eiEht-hOur law and similar s0-called
labor statutes"
The doctrine they preach would make
the Constitution merely the shield Of
incompetence and the excuse for gov
erumeutal paralysis: they treat IL as
justification for refusing 70 attempt the
remedy of evil. instead OF as the source
of vital power necessary for the exist
ence OF q mighty and ever-growing ma
tiOn.