The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-24

Louis xI left France the most powerful
country In Europe"
King Would Not Act.
When . mob formed In Paris In open
revolt against the local authorities. and
were burning. pillaging and killing. ths
king would do nothing to suppress
them. because It was q revolt, not
against him but against those who
claimed to exercise sovereignty over
certain provinces similar to our states,
and exclaimed:
What are all these people who pre-
tend to be justiciaries, lords and mas
tiers along with US? As the Greek
thought he had as many gods as he
saw springs Of water, and the Per-
SLAMS Al many a. he saw stars so the
Frenchamn reckons up as many kings
as he sees kibbets. should like to be
told now, If it 10 Gods pleasure TINT
there should be at Paris any Justiciary
but our parliament, any emperor but
ourself In this empire? BY the faith
OF my soul but the day must come
when there shall be In France but one
king, one God in heaven"
Then addressing the mob. like a
huntsman cheering on his pack" he
exclaims. Good my people: well done!
Pillage, hang, sack them! 80 you want
to be kings, messigneursf On my peo-
PIE, ont"
Our abeoiutists have no mob to
cheer On In their revolt against the
authority Of the states. but the new
nationalist would have the federal
courts do for the states what Louis N
wanted the populace to do for the
minor sovereignties Of France. Those
powers which stand between the peo-
pie and the would-bs despot, be they
the chefs Of the Appanages Of Franco
or the sovereign states Of the Union
must b destroyed-the one by . mob
cheersd on BY the king. the other BY
courts. inspired from Washington.
A Strained CONSTRUCTION.
An old statute passed to prevent a
condition which existed In q neighbor-
ing nation from being introduced into
border states IL raked up, and q
strained construction placed upon It ov
the federal courts, for the purpose Of
striking q blow at the rights Of the
states. Upon no other hypothesis can
some Of tho prosecutions for alleged
peonage be explained. The state
statutes which are attacked were en-
acted to require q race Of people vino
have no innate sense Of honesty to re-
train from dishonest acts. The state
says to this people. You shall not en-
ter into Z contract and get money by
virtue Of 1t. and then refuse to per-
form your part, and keep the money"
such salutary laws. and teach these
t1HA Av2f
interposes its strong arm. and says to
them:
Make all the contracts you please
with the purpose Of violating them.
cheat your employers ~ much as you
and punishment"
Good my people. well DONE" cried
Louis X, "pillage, sack them" And
when the states try to protect its cdti-
xens from the dishonest element. tho
misguided negro: Good. my people,
you want to be sovereign states, Mes
seigneurs? on. my people. ont"
When q state IL prevented by the
federal government from punishing ma
grant dishonesty. the wish Of Hamilton
oAAA sAO pAVPuSSy VI xsOd0 - AAANCCN
fulfilled. and tho general government
| has swallowed up the states.
Notwithstanding the holiness and
genius Of Hamilton-the commanding
intellect Of MarshallHthe onslaughts Of
the northern army in the civil war. the
Hamiltonian renaissance. yclept the
new nationalism, the sapping and min
ing OF the constitution by judicial in
depreciation; the influence Of tho states
in the general government might have
| been preserved for a long time. had not
| an attack come from an unexpected
quarter.
6ulwvark Of Reserved Rights.
The south for a hundred years had
stood a. the bulwark Of the reserved
rights Of the state. but on the ruins of
| the traditions and civilization Of the
| old south there has been erected a new
order Of craftsmanship. whose disci-
pies have Joined with IN element in
| north and west, and are Fastening our
government on its march Of csntraliza-
ton and absorption Of the rights of
the states.
When Julius Caesar saw his trusted
friend among the oonspirators he
ceased defending himself. and covering
his face with his mantle, exclaimed:
And thou too, Oh Brutus!" and sank
HEREpITY