The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-11
No one can surrender egard for hlsi
own honor without abandoning re--as
spect for honorable principle. 81 y
|Iustic5e .Brewer,s Address.

u Justice Brewers Address.
GET In u his address before the State Bar
Association, Mr.. j ustice Brewer gave
q forceful ana con lncing expression to
blmsgvings that have long been In the
4 amlnds OF many others, lost the fltl-
tional government should, by continuing
to arrogate 10 itself duties and powers
properly belonging to the separate ates,
SEunconsciously. but none tho less efrec-
Etively, strike blow at the very basis
OF our personal liberty. Signs have not
been lacking that this intrenchment by
the national government on the preroga-i
\ tives end duties OF the States has al
4 ready gone so far as to awaken serious
u doubts and widespread apprehensions In
i those who are free from all bias OF partl-55
san politics. When, therefore, a judge
\ OF the Supreme Court, who, Ii, addition
ito his legal learning, takes such q broad
and statssmanllke view as Mr. Justice
A Brewer, sounds q notice OF warning, It fs
y time for even the maddest believer in CEN
4, tralizaton to pause. ,sSs s5is III
Commenting on this tendency II owards
Il cen tralizatlon Justice Brewer said
s.''Was there ever such mad scramble
II on the part Of every ono believing In tile
" existence OF some legal wrong for con
4 gressonal legislu ton in redress :, T de-
\ marks, divorces, pol yganiy, insurance, SUI
tIGpervision OF corporations. inspection ! OF
II actorles, all are crowded upon Cong ress
II and IN appeal made to It for acton,
lx,f tpln ton l,Nro.
! posed proves to be In conflict with pre-
Il vious decisions OF the Supreme Court
the effect OF those decisions Is soughtstoS
q be obviated by subterfuges of lei lslatton.8
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81 AS the nation grows and its industries
and wants become more and more re- varied,
II the BURDEN on Congress will continue tor
increase this tendency to wards cen-
tralizaton Is not stayed .s;l5, 9,1 Az
N On the 18th Of juno last, q fter pointing
81 out that the demand for packing g. house
inspection BY the national government
was only another effort to relieve theS
$ States from their Just responsible ties
and duties and another long step towards
q Capitalization that had already GOO
\, too far. The Times D Dispatch said: For
4 those who believe In oflicialdonl Instead
/, OF freedom, and who prefer governmental
regulation to Individual initiatives this
change may be at least desirable; but;
there arc many who are following Presl-
H dent Roosevelt's subyerslye and revolu-
4; tionary recommendation under the be-
b lief that the Constitution IL still left in /
!, force and the basis OF our citizenship
,lremalns unimpaired, |" Said Justice Brew,
1 er, ."tllo protection OF individual, the
building up sstAln him q sense OF Pills
] own responsibility. are fur more I'M
postant than the placing OF nation
among the great powers Of the earth
On June 18th this paper said:
i Y The Times Dispatch desires pure food,
/ but In this hysterlcal rush for extra con-
/ stltutional remedies tho tendency must
not be overlooked that to follow this
course means to supplant individuality IN
| Initiative and character by o centralized
! governmental control. 5s III
From the mouths OF many witnesses
comes the cry against Capitalization. we
! can meet and deal with any problem that
I may DO presented IL the citizens have
B been trained by the practice Of local self
4 government. in tho exercise OF self
restraint. wise foresight and law 4
1 abiding patriotism, But II the whole
Z, duty OF government is to be transferred
to the nation, " tho individual Is TO I
/ shift nll responsibilities 10 some official
[ nireling, from what unknown and niracu-
lous source will NO secure these intell-
gent, brave .ncorruptlblo and pntrIotio
iofiicials who are to do for vs. what we
are unwilling and unable to do for our
selves?
This country IL in the full lido of
twealth, prosperity and the pride OF life,
but In the midst OF II oil and for tho
very reason that SO much wealth and
prosperity IL IN evidence, we need all
the more earnestly to hold to tina, fun
I damental basis Of individual citizenship
upon which all the res, Ia raised. for
when the Individual becomes enervated
by wealth or incapacitnted by paterna!-
ism, tho power and prominence OF the
nation ia doomed inevitably to fall a
baseless fabric, and like an !nsubstan,.ai
pageant faded, leave not a rack behind
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