The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-10

the Germans respect for authority
and all the SCotchraa's love OF lib
ert\ but ne fernando that the au-
thority which claimed his allegiance
mould conform 10 the constitutional
principles u government which he
nad Inherited from his fathers and
lie insisted that his liberty should IT,
II accordance with English coucep
tons and English daris. To him
We owe Il that these standards were
firmly planted IN the soil ~ North
carolina During the early years OF
our history he took up arms ana went
f"rtn To battle more than once III
Gefens" of his Ideals Of constitutions
government. and achieving success IT
lest. he wrot. them into tine CunStita
uon OF l,.b whence they have n+ru
handed down II us ~ his richest
legacy 70 al future generations.
The history of institutional q,
NeloFuent in North Carolina sinre
l..e shows In. influence ~ German
conservatism. Scotch cenotra.y and
English respect Tor constitutional
Principles. Il has been tn. story 81
conservative but continuous growth
L ward limited. representative den~e
racy. The student rtn MAKE -
Sraver mistake than T. suppose tha
North Carolina. or any other Amen
can state, began its independent exist
ence IN 1875 as Z pure d.ntocracy
America in LIS saws a brilliant
writer on current political problems.
was not q democracy. IL vas not
even 2 democracy on paper. II vas
at best a acknowledgements" t
say his neither i~mpeachvs the Wis
dom nor decries the work of the
me or our first state constitutions
The truth is they did not-ilt+ud +"
establish defnocracies The men Who
ted and dominated the political
thought OF North carolina in l.Th
were English landowners uhns. poItl-
cal ideals were found in the Brush
Constitution. Whatever may be said
Of the British Constitution Of Ilpsd
Georges England. democracy certain
~ was no feature of the constitution
Of the England Of George Ill. This
constitution, in It's fun Vigor. the Eng
.ish settlers had demanded shouIi
follow them to the New World. and
they had insisted that their charters
should guarantee to them "all Hber
ties, franchises and privileges" en-
JOY ed by their felloW-subjectS in Eng
land. In 1915 the American people,
rebelled against the authority OF th-
Mother Country because. in order Il
carry out certain progressive meas
ures. she proposed to ride rough -shod
5 over these same liberties. ~hIses
/ and privileges" George Ill ana his
E ministers had all that shocking and
: lfrplOuS lack of respect for TIME Ayorn
: political catchwOrds. formulas AMI
t theories which a brilliant North Cal
olina Journalist in a recent articI- on
Lloyd Georges England" declares
t our politicians at home are wont
/ to make fetichtS Of and which H.
Y finds so admirable a feature Of Lloyd
Georges policy. and they determine
I that these same political "fetehes
: should not stand in the way Of the
expansion and progress of the Brit
ish empire. The Americans, on the
other hand, looking to the ancient
G landmarks set up by the fathers II
the days Of Magma ~harta and the
I Bill of Rights. protested against the
Innovations OF the ministry, though
they came disguised in the mantle *
t ,gress. and went 70 war to eons"rN-
I the constitutions liberties, franchise
and privileges which had been hand
: eG down to them from time ifnu.-
mortal. III that struggle, therefore
h England. rot America. represented n.
9 position that IN modern political par
/ lance would he called progressive
q the Americans were the reaction
aries" Of their day. Nevertheless the
/ believed in progress though they DID
E rot pirate much about it. Their Vers
a presence OH a new onI undeNvlop@d
continent shows them to have been al
q progressive race. But they believed
q as many of their descendants hai -
today. that progress purchased rs tn
surrender Of their constitutional guar
' antees OF liberties, their "fetiches,' Il
0 you please, would he purchased ~ tnt
: high a rate. Accordingly, when ih@
9 men Of North Carolina earns 10 write
= their constitution in 1875, they n~rt
e rruch more determined To write mt
e it those s-frne safeguards Of poiiilca
liberty. representative government. IT,
PRINCIPLE that taxation without repre-
c sentation IS tyranny, the right q tTkt
: 10y Jury. the privilege OF the writ -
L habca the prohibition aIAlHs
,. the passage OF ex post facto laws. n
Z guarantee that no man sinai DC q.
\ urived of his life, liberty or 2
s but by the Law Of the Land. aH'
Y all those other great constitution
0 rrinciDleS that have long cnaract,riz@
: the nents Of F-ngllsh- sp~aSta
/! papleS-they Nc-e. | repeat. MUG
- b ~aya JrrAnI IO0n writing tines. 2EF<A