Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-27

peace OF the citizen lie invaded by
The soldier In time of peace, quarter
ed In his house without the consent
Of the owner.
Liberal Laws Of the Land.
The right of the people to secure
in their persons and houses against
unreasonable seizures and searches
shall not be violated; nor shall per.
son be held to answer for n capital,
or otherwise Infamous crime. EXCEPT
on the presentment of an Indictment
OF grand jury; nor shall ssich per-
son be twice put in jeopardy of life
or limb for the same offense; nor be
compelled to be witness against
himself; nor be deprived of life, lib.
erty or property without due process
OF law; nor shall an accused person
be confined in jail and denied the
right OF Il speedy and public trial;
ana the witnesses who accuse him
must confront him. and all the pow.
ers OF the court shall be his to pro.
duce his own witnesses: nor shall
he citizen be deprived of liberty by
the eXaction OF excessive bail and ex-
aessive fines, nor shall cruel AMI in.
usual punishment be allowed.
III the enumeration ue these great
rights of civil liberty, | dare venture
TO assert that thew hav., not Geen ex-
celled in any civilized country. Not
only do these provisions cover all the
reasonable claims of the citizen 10
civil liberty. but the security of them
We can confidently cl1im IL greater
than in any country in the world.
Our foreign and internal commerce
the number of bushels of wheat and
OF barrels of corn we produce, the
output of our mines, and the product
OF our factories, as collated in the
census returns at successive eras. in.
flame the imagination, lend pleas
Ing charm to our vanity, and tell the
valued story of our material advance.
ment.
invites President to Speak His Mind.
But, Mr.. President, these are but as
"A sounding brass and tinkling Gym
par unless the spiritual, the idealis.
TIC, the patriot sentiments of our Deo.
pie are stimulated and cherished. II
mas been your proud privilege to do
much to turn the public mind toward
nigh ideals, and We humbly trust that
IL may yet be your privilege to do
much more for the cause Of civil lib
erty. You have boldly challenged to
battle those who, in your Judgment
would curtail this ancient principle;
the final outcome cannot lie in doubt;
an iron nerve, n dauntless courage
with which you are happily possessed
will be your support tIhrouenout
the conflict. 1t was in the darkest
days of our Revolutionary period,
when the cause of liberty seemed
doomed. that Washington, Virginia's
great son, declared: Leave me but
n banner to plant upon the noun.
tains of West Augusta, and will raj
ly around me the men who will raise
our bleeding country from the dust
and set her free" The descendants
of these men still abide on Virginia
soil; You know the mettle of their
pastures. AS the successor of Wash
ington, in your great office, if you
feel that the cause of civil liberty
today is endangered by domestic in.
stead of foreign foes, let me invite
you, standing on the sacred soil of
Virginia, to which liberty is an in
disenous plant and patriotism an
evergreen, to plant the banner OF
liberty once again In the mountains
of West Augusta, country enriched
with the best blood of Americans,
North and South, ind there rally
around you her sons. whose men OF
might today are worthy of their sires,
and with them raise your bleeding
country once again from the dust
and set her free"
America can have no higher mis-.
sion among nations of the world than
in the simple working ont in their
perfection of the great principles for
which l plead this day; principles
which received their first baptism in
the waters of the James, and their
last in the blood of patriots from
every State in the Union.
An Eloquent Conclusion.
The lesson that this day teaches
and that 1t is intended to enforce, is
that of honest introspection. that we
may inquire how far our lives and
our conduct have been controlled by
these principles for which our fathers
fought and died. Preserve them we
must. To relax our devotion to them
is fatal, and if. with firm resolve and
reliance upon Almighty God for their
maintenance, We set.
"Our face to the field, swearing
never to yield,
Or return like the Spartan in death
on his Shield"
Then the folds of Old Glory shall tri-
umDhantly wave,
To light us to freedom and glory
again.
My hearts desire and prayer to
God is that when these gates. which
We this day open. shall he closed in
November next, and the fleets of the
world which gracefully ride these wa.
tiers, shall have turned their prows
hOmeward. that all the nations of the
earth here represented, with mutual