The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-05
At SHILOH.
eaesoTA EXECUTIVE MAKES
NOTABLE ADDRESS.
cues1IoN oFsTATE RIGHTS
- Mot Approve of Commonwealth
nsjno Made subservient to In
Ser;or Federal Courts-Wouid
Uphold Constitution.

"a April 10, an address that will
- Is one of the ablest public de-
rrrances Of recent times. Spoken
- battlefield that may be taken as
4. srmbol of the great war for the
"a the governor took occasion to
u a the peril that threatens or fed.
Il form Of government. This peril
4. emphasized by the recent deci-
- of the supreme court in the rail.
- cases going up from Minnesota
q North Carolina. which practi.
IN makes the state governments
.~bseryient to the inferior federal
1urfx The significance of these de-
lions Is widely understood. and they
~ given. rise to a general discus
& - Of the question OF the rights OF
4 sfztes, and Gov. Johnson's speech
N rank as an important contribu-
n 10 that discussion. The dedica-
~ address In part follows:
fspressnting the people of the com
nuxealth OF Minnesota. We are as
/ rubled on one of the historic battle
+ ~ Of the civil war to pay our trib-
~ Of respect and affection TO the
renory OF the sons of Minnesota
. vsc here yielded up their lives that
{ a might continue TO be a united na-
s 6n Their sacrifice was not for per-
nd gain, but was in response to
II. and q contribution to the civ
fzsticn Of the age. and for the pur-
Dke Of perpetuating the institution Of
man liberty.
/ appreciate that nothing which /
- say viii add 10 OF detract from
+ e giory of their achievement. which
. i iself IL an enduring monument to
4 A. patrict!sm and heroism OF the
lraiean soldier. Their sacrifice.
. kuerer, was not different from that
n has been made throughout all
4 he ages by these lovers of liberty
~ beliese in a government which
I nj give to all the people the right
y lie. liberty and property. The
~ Of liberty was not born In this
umfry of ours; il was Graded aIone
- Danube and about the shores zof
y Baltic. even when Rome had
11rkei tie limit of her imperial
rnn1ear. Increasing In intensity
~ the passing of the centuries. IL
~ It's highest expression in the
n ~ IN ha Erh
1F1er of civil rights, which forever
111cteed to the people of that land
1nunity from the despotism of those
- Gained to rule by virtue OF Di
- r-ht
<he hundred and thirty-two years
= be geat contest of humanity was
nferred from the old world to the
~. and here, because of the isola-
g u tbs country. because of the
= character OF the man who es-
I'D the cause OF liberty, and be-
- q the signal victory achieved
0en In that struggle. an opportu-
~ vas Afforded to crystalline into
men law the aspirations Of the pa
- Of al the ages. The men who
- Tie foundations Of this govern
- we're those who had submitted
e e supreme test Of patriotism. for
- Who Inspired the constitution Of
y United States were the same who
- pledged their lives. their proper
- and their sacred honor to the
- Of independence.
nile the primary object Of q writ
- constitution Is to define govern
ental powers. and to limit govern
eotal departments, the overwhelm-
g necessity for such an instrument
= to prevent insidious Entertainments
Hpcn the rights Of the Individual citi-
zen. both from those In office and
rom those who BY reason Of their
HeAlfh and power have an influence
q greater than that possessed by the
eraee citizen And SO the constitu-
= o. tie United States was regarded
1u trainers as an instrument of the
- Easred import. an alteration OF
e e7ssd only be made by the peo-
themselves in whom all ultimate
~ u vested. and then only after
iaiiest discussion and widest pub
p1oer the bcneficent government so
oasned the nation has prospered
ne people are happy One great
came upon the nation In the
q an awful civil war. In which
ecSicns OF the country were In
with. each other. The heroes
nj here gave their lives that
1atfon might be maintained as II
nom our forefathers. On another
Aeld Of that war, Abraham Lin
"a: 1T is for us, the living.
to be dedicated to the un-
work they have thus far 30
cerried on. II Is rather for us
.sre dedicated to the great task
ning before us; that from these
dead we take increased devo-
mat cause for which they here
ae last full measure of devotion:
mighty resolve that these dead
Aot have died in vain: that the
wall. under God. have q new
freedom. and that the govern
g The people. by the people, Tor
eple. shall not perish from the
eoneern Is not Of the past, nor
Win the present. but much |
- future. II the destiny Of the |