Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-16

they always are laid, then the super
structure built upon it is lasting 1t
might be sterner. Now it was not
the representatives of the law that
were the pioneers of this civilization
1t was the Representatives of chris
tian religion. 1t takes such efforts
and intense suffering as was expert
enced by Hennepin and Joliet, who
we're in the vanguard of the pioneers
that swept over this part of America
l could not attempt to say, but we all
know more or less about it, but these
were the men who we're the pioneers
world. They were the men who
brought into the wilderness that
knowledge which transformed men
from savages into civilized men, and
they were the men who laid the foun-
dation on which these institutions
were erected.
Then comes law. Some time ago
was lecturing at one of the institutions
of the state with reference to con-
stitution law, and the question sug-
gested itself, what was the origin OF
constitutions. Where do we find\ the
great type out of which the consti-
tutions TO today proceeded. Well we
might go back to Roman history and
find some thing that seems to contain
a germ in that idea. We might go
back further and we did 60 back fur
ther. We found that one of the great
original constitutions was that which
was handed down from Mount Sinas-
the Ten Commandments, the moral
law that was to create the cOnstitu-
ton of the world. Now we often find
objections to the law on the ground
that it is purely artificial. That is
true, but it grows out of the intense
needs of human society, in fact 1t is
one of the essentials that almost might
be said to be born with the institu-
ton of human society, that is when
we have society of people it is neces.
sary that the relation of these peO-
pie be regulated in some manner by
certain principles and rules and as
soon as they are announced and take
definite form they become law and
as soon as this society, bringing with
it the forms of law and government,
advances to certain stage, 1t be-
comes a civil state, Of which the
state of North Dakota is represen-
tative today. Now it is true that law
is artificial but there are many other
things that are artificial, but at the
same time they may be eminently
useful.
Now while we admit that law is
artificial we claim that it is builded
upon strong and firm foundation,
this foundation which has been laid
in the manner which have suggested. |
The law of our state, the law of our !
nation, is founded upon that and how
ever temporary it may be in charac-
ter if it is builded upon the right |
we believe that it will be
lasting and eminently useful. Now
while l stand before you as repre-
sentative of the law of our state,
do not claim to stand as representa-
tive of that which deserves the great
est honor from you or for that out
of which proceeds that which is of
most value to use at the present
time
Now gentlemen, know you don't
care to hear any further from me as
there is one voice here that l Know
you all want to hear, and l will give
place to that.
Ireland was received with
much applause and made powerful
appeal to the patriotism and pride of
Americans in his address, which was
he event of the evening. With the
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