The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-26

cutive power, the Judiciary may de.
clare the act null and void. The right
of the judiciary may declare an act
of the legislature null INT void, be
cause in conflict with the Constitution
of the country, has well been termed
the American Discovery" in consti-
tuition making. Nc English court can
declare a law unconstitutional as
against the Constitution of England;
and in all of the countries named,
these great rights of civil liberty, Sc
cured not il their constitutions, but
by statutory law, may be taken away
by the same power, with no power
IN the courts to restrain them. 1t is
thus seen that by law the constitutions
of England, Japan and other countries
may be changed, which in England
practically means the House of Com
MONS, for the veto power of the Crown
has not been used, except perhaps
in one instance, in two hundred years:
and the House Of Lords cannot resist
when the House of Commons insists
upon a measure; while in Japan, un-
der Article V, Chapter 1, of their con-
stitution. 1.-THE Emperor exercises the
legislative power, with the consent of
the Imeprial Diet" and Article
AAA Ill, CIdpleT 4, pEeSCTIDeS. EN-
cry law requires the consent of the
Imperial Diet It is thus seen that
the Emperor is the real ource of leg
islative power, only to be restrained
by the refuseal of the Imperial Diet to
give consent; and this consent is
rarely withheld against the insis-
tence of the Emperor. And so it must
be admitted that when the Emperor
desires a change, it will be had.
In France the vote of the two
chambers is sufficient to change the
constitution (Article III of the Con-
stitution of Fra1ce) without the sane
ton of the President; so in Germany,
without the consent of the Emperor
(Article v, Constitution of Germany
The change of our Constitution is
far more difficult; by one of the me-
thods two-thirds of each house of Con-
gress must propose the amendment,
n not until it is ratified by the leg
islatures of three-fourths of the States
will it be effective.
nave attempted thus im~perfectly
to sketch the cause that led to the
settlement at jamestown, to enumer-
ate the principles by which those
who first sought this goodly country
were moved; and to show how well
their descendants have developed
them in the broad fields of American
life. My solemn conviction is that by
just so much as we cling to those prin
ciples, and never relax our faith il
them, by just that much will he flu
ture glory of our country be deter
Our foreign and internal commerce
number of bushels of wheat and
of barrels of corn we produce, the out
put of our mines, aid the product of
our factories, as collated ii the cen
sus returns at successive eraS, lnf1ame
the imagination, lend a pleasing harm
to our vanity, and tell the valued
story of our material advancement.
But, Mr.. President, these are but as i
"a sounding brass and tinkling Gym
ball. unless the spiritual, the ideals
tic, the patriotic sentiments of our
people are stimulated and cherished.
1t has been your proud privilege to do
much to turn the public mind toward
high ideals, and we numbly trust That
it may yet be your privilege to do
much more for the cause of civil lib
You have boldly challenged to
battle those VINO, in your judgment,
would curtail this ancient p~rinciple; I
The final outcome cannot be in doubt;
an iron nerve, a dauntless courage
with which you are happily possessed
be your support throughout the
1t was in the days
Of our Revolutionary period, when the
cause of liberty seemed doomed, tnat
Virginia's great son, de-
,lared: Leave me put a banner to
plant upo1 the mountains of West
Augusta, and l will rally around me
the men wno will raise our bleeding
country from the dust and set her
The descendants of these men
still abide on Virginia soil; you know
he mettle of their pastures. AS sue
,essor of Washington, in your great
,fice. if you feel hat the cause of CT
I'll liberty today is endangered by DO
nestle instead of foreign foes, let
ne invite you, standing on the sac
ed soil of Virginia, to which liberty
S an indigenous plant and PATRIOTISM
IN evergreen, to plant the banner OF
liberty once again in the mountains
# West Augusta, a country enriched
With the best blood of Americans,
North AID South, and there rally
round you her sons, whose men of
today are worthy of their sires.
nd with them raise your bleeding
country once again from the dust and
ct her free"
American can have 10 higher mis-
ion among The nations of the world
han in the simple working out in
heir perfection of the great princi
les for which l plead this day ;pri1-
which received their first bap-
in the waters If the James, and
heir last in the blood of patriots
every State in the Union.