The Irish standard., 1907-03-02
Minnesota Society Celebrates the Hundred
and Seventy Fifth Anniversary Of
Birth of Washington.
The Distinguished Speaker Outlined in a
Mastery Way the Chief Principles
of Our Government.

and executive, arc the representatives
and agents Of the people whose will
they cannot frustrate or set aside. The
interdependence of the two branches
Of the government Is such that neither
can venture beyond it's legitimate
sphere without the consent and con-
nivance OF the other, and the supreme
court, the watchful Interpreter of the
Constitution, holds both within the
bounds OF their commission.
"That in democracy's name the Con-
stitution should have gone to the ex-
tent Of giving to the people a direct
and immediate control in the making
of laws, some there are who make the
assertion. The members Of the first
convention, we may we'll believe,
wrought most wisely. A popular in
itiative and a popular referendum will
not be the. surer and safer way to
ratify the thoughtful will Of the peo-
pie. Liberty in order and order in
liberty, such the idaafswhichst the found
ers keep steadily in view, such the
ideal they embodied in concrete and
durable form. The Constitution Of the
United States is the masterpiece Of
thought and skill on the annals of hui
man legislation.
Good reason is there to honor the
soldiers and statesmen Of the Aneri-
can Revolution; good reasons that all
Americans today praise their names
and pledge undying gratitude. How
best shall we honor then? BY guard
ing we'll the legacy we have received,
by being steadfastly loyal to the spirit
and traditions of the republic. Defend
the republic against peril from with
out, hold well aloft in gracefulness and
honor the stars and stripes.
! Il am an advocate Of International
peace and of international arbitration
on behalf Of peace. l believe, however,
that tn cwished-for millennium, how
ever nigh, is not yet at hand, and hor-
rid as l deem war, I believe that at
OF war may confront the republic.
Meanwhile l call upon Americans to
remember the heroes of Saratoga, Of
Valley Forge and Yorktown, to be ever
ready to do and die as did the heroes
Of the great war. I call upon America
to build up beneath the flag that should
never know defeat ll-organized
army and a navy beyond compare.
| PeriIs from Within.
Defend the nation from perls from
without, but, yea, even moEe defend it
against perils from within. The re-
public has grown to mighty stature
1t has widened it's territory. Distant
islands have come beneath the shelter
Of the flag. The government Of these
islands Should be for the welfare of
elimination there be let it be in favor
Of the wcakling. Nor must we yield
to the delusion of holding these islands
in permanent dependency. Even to-
day Porto Rico should become regu-
lar" organized territory and receive
promise OF future statehood.
Too Many Laws.
I'm the intentions of the fathers of
the republic political liberty was to be
!. the guardian and the protector of civil
liberty. 1t was thought and most
rightly so,- that citizcns, being in a
manner the lawmakers, ITO laws would
be enacted that would go beyond the
strict necessary III demanding rcstric-
ltions Of civil freedom. Civil freedom
the. right to ones own self, to the use
)! of ones own faculties Of mind and OF
Limb, is SO swest, so precious to each
one, that it was to he expected it wer.
lever to be held sacred and never yield
ed. up, unless in obedience to highest
duty towards the whole body polite
And yet is there not some peril to civil
liberty from political liberty-at least
from what l may be allowed to call