Arizona republican., 1907-12-24

not expressly or impliedly prohibited. as are appropriate to the particular object designed to be accomplished. The supreme judicial tribunal of the nation has spoken with distinctness upon this point. Its words, in a great case-all it's members concurring--are: "The constitution unavoidably dealt in general language. It did not suit the purposes of the people. in framing this great charter of our liberties. to provide for minute specifications of its powers, or 10 declare the means by which those powers shou.g be carried into execution. IL was foreseen that this would be a perious and difficult. if not an impra cticable task. The in- strument was not intended to provide merely for the exigencies of few years. but was to endure through q long lapse of ages the events of which were locked up in the inscruta- ble purposes Of Providence. It should not be foreseen what new changes and notifications Of power might be indispensable to effectuate the general objects of the charter: and restric- Iions and specifications. which, at present. might seem salutaTy. might in the end prove the overthrow of the system itself. Hence it's powers are expressed in general terms. Ieav- ing to the legislature. from time to time. 10 adopt it's own means to ef- fectuate legitimate objects. and to mold and model the exercise of its powers. as it's own wisdom. and the public interests, should require" ThfrE Mir DFAeiHanf ha armed with authority to meet new conditions that might arise. and which permitted or required govern- mental action. Is the proposed new law embraced by any general power granted? Has it any reasonable con- nection with the specified objects. or any of them. to which. under the con- stitution. the power of congress ex- tends? If these questions be answered in the affirmative, then it will only remain for the law making depart ment of the government to determine whether the proposed law will be con- ducive ' the public welfare. And that determination is not one of law. but simply one of policy. Granted the power to enact statute. congress can employ any means, not forbidden nor inconsistent with the constitution. which is germane to the end proposed 10 be accomplished.
 Therefore let the country gather up all the strength that comes from the patriotism and loyalty of the American people and go forward in it's marvellous career, holding to the confident be- lief. justified by the words of the con- stitution and by judicial decisions. that the checks in our governmental system will suffice in the future, as they have sufficed in the past. to guard our institutions against in- sidiOus attacqs upon the funda- mental principles Of free government. or against the exercise of arbitrary or usurped power. Keeping within the scope and broad lines of the constitu- ton, We may walk safely and with out fear. We need not hesitate to build on the foundations laid by our forefathers. Those foundations are broad and deep. and so long as new measures and policies are tested by the plumb line Of the constitution and We keep well within it's wise limita- dons. We may safely rear whatever superstructure our welfare and great ness as a nation may require