The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-26

hsso less than with it's just powers, shal A .forever preserved.
 bf e.sainst usurpations and encroachment. H " ecutive orders and action, by con W Woe.sss]tsef 1aI enactment, and by judica s,f'ss pvfsu lon and rulings must be op- puna,1 ,s1 ore the forum of enlightened tin.'.. ti,-e < "A eienee protest, to the enc s, eoris @a 4ndonment of these usurpa. pas'e. peilei, s4 t4 feroehments will be com e 1eoi ise G,s 5a at. in the language oi ..,r,1, T,'g aston, we may continue e%h g%tion Gn0lSS' aSS the offapring of
 pletely free ipsls kps daliherafion t fir ''Fy, co tribution of Hs poNarineinles. in the d with energy an4 seA eis united secur RroV,slon insf eIsim it9 to 9s hJning within its port 74 eIt e,g3iaa,aa a,,a .,,
 "The basis of our b
 the right of the peopIetfn s.4...., u.,
 their constitutions of xDVet ~. s,,'' ai. the constitution whieh nit ai2s at ists till changed by an4ex plIeit ki,., io.' o.' thentie act of the whole people, is e,, credly obligatory upon aliN a-
 Usurpations by the agenciealofsfhe fedS eral government are the insiduois meth- ods by which powers are taken over by it that 1t does not possess. When the light of public consideration is turned upon such designs, the constitution ob- serving and liberty loving people may be depended upoa to drive from author ity the despoilers of the temple that the fathers builded. Unswerving observance of the constitution is the price that must be paid to hand down the republic, con- stituted of other republics. as an unim- paired heritage to the children's children of the living man. Disregard of the constitution will grow into contemptuous defiance. Constitutional government will be a remniseence and absolutism will be enthroned upon the ruins of a once pop ular government and will wield the scep- ter of military power over q land now the asylum of the oppressed and the abiding place of q free people. God bless and defend the republic. Tn powers it is ample for the common defense of 90000.- 900 of living Americans and for their children in the multiplied generations to come, but not ample enough in it's power to live if breaks down the powers of the states and ignores the rights of the individual citizen. The government of the United States. forever guided by the con stitution and the gladstone light of American jurisprudence. Is far preferable to a centralized empire with a pathway illumined by the gleam of bristling bay onets.
 America, composed of states independ- ent of each other for state purposes Is better for us and those that are to come after us than a centralized government, with a flag embazoned by numerous stars signifying nothing but despotic grandeur, tramplng under foot the hap piness and independence of the individ- ual citizen. Long live the right of every citizen to habeas corpus, to trial by jury, and all the other rights now enjoyed by himi Long live Alabama as a state free to carry on her domestic government and to carry out her domestic policies! And may fair Columbia. as the poetic conception and embodiment of freedom on the western hemisphere, never have cause to weep over the torn fragments of our dual government. the greatest of human achievements. After we of this day have done best and those of other generations shall have done their best to promote human happiness. let there be abiding faith with the American people that. confding they may, as august constitution. they may depend forces of a profound reverence for our august constitution, thhey may depend upon 1t and lean on it, and be comforted In like sort as those of old were com forted by the prophets assurance
 ''The Eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms"