The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-20
President Roosevelt
Talks On Stale $
Rights and lsts.

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with them merely because u Is new
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because they car can only pc crippled sIlErl q
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The Puritan Wasted l. NO Tine u Right,
lns "ronss;
The Puritan was no Laodiceani no
laissez-fsire theorist When he saw
conduct which was in yiolation.ct his
rights Of thertghts Of man, thetights
of God, as he understood them = he
ATTEMPTED to regulate such conduct
with instant; unquestioning prompt
ness and effectiveness. II there was
no other way TO secure conformity
with the rule Of right, then hesnote
down the transgressor with the iron
of his wrath. The spirit Of the Purl-
tan was a spirit WITCH never shrank
from regulation Of conduct II slchreg.
u1ation was necessary for the public
veal; and thisis the spirit which we
must show today whenever it's nee
essary.
question Of National Sovereignty and
States Rights.
The utterly changed conditions Of
onr national NE necessitate changes
n certain II orr laws, n our goyeI 4:
mental methods. Our federal system
If Government Is based upon the the
orv- Of leaving to each communl,y. to
each State. tbe control over hose
ltbinps which AFFECT only ITS owpmen.
bers and which, the neople Of the oca;.
itv themselves can best grapple with
,,le nrovIdipp for national regulation
~ those matters which necessarily at.
.taot tbo nation no . whole II seems
- No tbot s,cb questions as national
sovers,anfv and. states rights need
- he treated not emnirically o. AGA.
Ida,n,cailv hit from the standpoint Of
Ithe interests Il the neople as a whole
na+tona1 Sovereignty is "a he 1nbeid.
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e tba. noonla nsed For the real5 and
ni+iraata good ~ The neonle. and
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far "a tSev mean the neopIe,s rights
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