The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-19

Cleveland must ever stand consptc-
uous-
HIS reputation is in the keeping OF
his countrymen, and his name Will
asSUredIy be added to the beadrOll OF
those who "have done the stata some
service and have best illustrated in
their lives the highest qualities OF the
race from which they spranS. Rich
in saving common sense" clear IN his
perception of duty, and with perfect
courage in its performance, he stands
as a type of that true Americanism.
which holds that moral obligations
rest no less on nations than they do
On individual men, an AmeTicanism
which is not truculent, aggressive or
bOaStful, but strong in its OWL self
resLect, which demands nothing that
IS not willing in reverse circumstances
70 cCncede, and will submit to no in
Vasion of its just rights, as it will do
no wrong to the rights OF others; dn
AueIicanism that has created an hon
est, straightforward diplomacy, That
has helped to raise the moral stand
ards of the world and had made US
a world power before Dewey's guns
had walked the echoes Of the Orient.
He stood for the hearty and thorough
RECOGNITION, by all who were entrusted
TO any extent with the administration
OF the federal goVeTnm" IA, of the linn
izaiions upon the lowers conferred by
the constitution; nat powers not
granted were withheld in the hands
of the people, and That no authority
but their viii, expressed in the mode
they themselves have pointed out IN
the constitution, could justify the addi-
ton to or enlargement Of the powers
they had granted. He invoked 10
doctrine of inherent sovereignty, by
which to magnify and aggrandIZe the
sunere of the general go rerRmenE, at
the exrense of those rights of local
achievement reserved TO the STATS
In the plain meaning OF The language
of the constitution, ne fond express
ion of the peoples sovereign will, ana
ole dience to it was the supreme aan
religious duty he felt to be imposed
u9Jn him, and upon all who shared va
the administration of government TO
him, and such as he, it was the sacred
charter of individual liberty, liberty
by its limitations, as well
as by its granted powers, and he De-
lieved that our constitutional govern
hIeHt owes its strength not less TO ats
Limitations than to its powers.
His Teaching and Example.
Whether we as people viii con-
tiaue to regard and maintain the re-
strzints ourselves have placed on the
exercise Of governmental power, IS me
mCmentous question of today-wheth-
err a majority, held in restraint by
checks and limitations,
ID use Mr.. LincolR's phrase, Is 10 re-
main our Ideal of free governmeht,
and the only true sovereign OF a treS
peC,pIe. Our highest hopes for tue
RIGHT solution OIL these questions have
been strengthened by Mr.. Cl5Ve-
lads teaching and example.
It is thus only the priceless merit
age of the individual liberty our fatl-
Crs loved can be preserved, and the
tyranny they hated can be avoided |
Aud so, to repeat what nave SAID o!
a former occasion, we find that indl- |
viduaI liberty is guarded by the mos |
nositiye sanctions of our organic law, |
md these are the outgrowth of the |
spiris from which came the DGclara- /
r5oD Of TndeDendence, that spirit which /
fin IS EXPRESSION in the contentious
nbIase which flowed from the same /
oan that drafted the immortal lines, |
Equal rights to all, special privileges |
10 none" These are not the recOndite /
doctrines of a complex code of laws, |
to be dug out by lawyers and only !
Understood by learned men. They are /
the practical, everyday mUniments OF /
1Ur liberty. They are what have been |
called "Rreside rights" which you aud |
/ must understand and value at Their /
full worth. and must be ready TO d9'
lend and fight for, il need be, that we
nay transmit them unimpaired TO
Dir pCsterity, as We have received |
hem from our fathers.