Lower coast gazette., 1910-05-07
National Suicide.

":1,o,;+v If the states. In fact. II Was 'e' II
'ou" sS.J +hot come more restrictions imam Il
.auo fret contemplated were imperauVe'S "N d
.and corcessions were made by the STATES j
=" ,Lo national government in the various l
" .an+e that we're adopted to develop lar ;
" the federal union into a na.o" rooh ,
r,;tb the rest of the nations OF 'e W"
state Of the federal union was iel' 1'ee ~"
orc;se its own will in practically every oN
ouoon,;no the positive restrictions tlat "e'e
1901 snch as the maintenance OF a posla' sy'
.on tho coinage of money, the deciafa"on -
war the inhibition of export taxes anu ~ -.
,,,;no Of duties on merchandise III ih'e!s.""
,rado and similar things which are essential "
U.Sanoo tho individual nationality. The states
had control of their own schools, u 'e
ment of criminals, paupers ana INSANE
of s,mptuary legislation and OF general "A
t;on Under this system Of government VIC
have grown up to a nation OF nearly d '. ana
"s;,Iops of neople. No other country put one
aot uo know of has ever attained any s''"''a'
~" so.s undor what seemed to be a democratic
form of government.
The Chinese civilization and government HAS
heen 30 successful that four hundred "''.o''S "
rAonle find it possible to live IN an area la aS
4h.n that ,of the United States and "''' suns
Io.s fort;le than the great interior plains OF 'hs
"a.,+rv These four hundred millions Vi
noonls are the product of Chinese c'Vllzauo",
which is essentially a democracy, the lho'''ou'"
stotes Of China having such autonomy tha' VIC
contra, government at Pekin finds it extremely
-I.l tbn uotvn1S STATES. J. liz
he ANYTHING evident. it is that the CniheSe in'
n;re has been founded, developed ana ma,''e''-
ad largely upon the doctrines OF oohiuc'os'
,.h;cb are essentially the doctrines OF a square
,oaI ando Of general honesty among men. II No
-, IF reneated statement, and we oeHeVe an
. united fact, that the humblest person IN e"e
Ch;,ose Empire, if he has the ability, ean' ny
reoular civil service promotion, reach 1he hs"-
oct office within the gift of the emperor.
1T is evident that in China the lnoiV'oua''y
u If the states has been too strongly maih'a'".o
ond the central government has become ~ >,
weakened that the outside world are sore''
=. temuted to take away all they can from .'
Chinese, the Russians getting thelr sh"'e AN
host they can, the Japanese capturing Cole'
and Fermosa and the English, Portuguese an
Germans all claiming their shares III ''e', Wv. WV
ments along the coast. 1t IS now tnous"' ,o
the Chinese government is making a genera !.
yoot;cation of the western world and that IN
raxt twenty years will see revolution IN Un
roso affairs equal to that of the past tWeht
years in Japanese affairs. n.
We are brought to think of this great Ch
nese democracy by the frequent references th'
,re made to our country with its one hunort
m;l,;ons Of people now and it's two hundred mi
lions of people probably thirty or 1orty yea
hence. We have a lot of enthusiasts IN u
country who are endeavoring not 10 culuVa
tho broad principle of the square deal, such
was taught by Confucius and, we may say pc
hons with less sincerity, by Roosevelt. but IN
arc endeayoring to teach US that the laws U
Obtain among the puritans in the New Engla
States should obtain among the Latlns IN
cuK States: that the wild and woolly West, W
its buckskin trousers and cartridge oe.'S' si.',
WELD gracefully to the full dress clothing o,
..n]endid descendants of old England now foV
~ the State of Virginia. If prohibition be wan
IN Maine or Kansas, these enthusiasts 'Den'
that it ought to be wanted in every State OF
SsASS --->-~l
Union. If the conservative East IS opposed
the easy divorce, they insist that the Vene'
some Dakotans should conform to the eas'
nre;udices. So it goes along the line with .
many minor things and a careful collation. OF
!, Of re laws of all Ct he states wou.d ahor'
wonderful display of the differences in the
illusions of the people, as expressed IN Ia"
their chosen legislatures. Here in Louisiana
find our lawyers and in fact our people. &c
Ally practically unanimous in favor OF the
code, the Code Napoleon of the old Roman
nreferring this to the English common law
the law of precedent, although its roots
reach back t.. the Roman law. The Sunda;
observed blythe people in Southern Lou:
would be a scandal to the people OF Ne"
land. Here Sunday is a holiday. There IL
holy day. Sunday closing is more or less Il
ed in Southern Louisiana because OF the q
Of the people to have a holiday. rather tina
he retained at their ordinary work.
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