Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
The Man and His Government

, resentative Of his fellow men. there
would have been no such scenes as
shocked the conscience Of humanity
and polluted the history of America
before the eyes of the envious world.
Above all. it is apparent that there
is no sach thing as government, rep
reSentative, legislature or voter, ex-
cept as the same is a mere designa-
ton of the occupation of the human
man for the time being Thus we OBJ
serve that it is the man in the system
which either commits or permits the
thing done which violates the sense of
honor in his fellow man or wounds the
spirit of right as felt by society.
Through all, the man remains the au-
thor of whatever transpires, as he
continues to be the victim of every
consequence.
Recall of the Judges.
The recall of judges was likewise
a form of protest against that class
of judges who by their conduct as
officers Of justice have defiled the
high places of the judiciary, and in
serving personal and private interests
while in their office as judges, have
caused the nation to dispute the claim
that justice was either free or equal
This drove the people to assert that
justice is favorable to the powerful
and 50 expensive to the humble as
to be denied to the lowly. 1t is the
conduct of such judges and such Of
ficers of the law, speaking through
their life and service, as men, that has
brought our fellow citizens to cry
forth that courts are a persecution,
the law a deluSion, and justice an In
strument purchasable for the use Of
those who may fit themselves TO 1t,
but a rack and torture to those who
may not control with money or in
fluence this mechanism.
To save the nation from a repe-
tition Of scandals and the further de-
velopments of judicial debasement
on the part of certain Judges of
America, the demand for their recall
was instituted as a weapon that could
alright them into doing justice to
the people and in preserving honor
to their office. 1t is not assumed by
those who demand the recall that this
policy can change the character of
the men, nor that it is the perfect
system to remedy the wrong of the
law. But ii was the one at hand, and
If violently used, such, 1t was claimed,
would be justified by the wrongs
which called for drastic and quick
remedy.
At such moments, the mind of man
is as violent in his remedies as were
the perpetra tors of the Offenses mer-
CHESS in their crimes against the pub
lie The bastard defiance OF those in
power awakes the uncontrolled indig-
nation Of those who are compelled %
suffer the outrage.
The Cycle Of Laws.
In all of these instances we note
the cycle in the course of man. We
went back to the institutions under
Athelstyne-King Of Kent, in Eng
land-to reproduce the initiative and
referendum upon modern America.
We returned to the demand as made
by the Gracchi in Rome to remove
the debasement in the election of
United States Senators; and there are
those that demand we revive the Gus
tom Of the Roman Republic when 1t
recalled the judge, Valerius, for cor
ruption. Thus we see that in order
that we may have in the modern
institutions of America some remedy
for the present evils, we return to
the same remedy which the first re-
public of Rome adopted for similar
evils, when that republic was dis
graced by its men Of Rome. Here
again we note that, at all times, the
artificial creations designated officers
or Institutions have really no life;
that the heart and spirit is yet but
the man, the individual, who, in CO.
operation with another or many, be-
comes the institution, and that the
institution can never become harmful
until the individual as a man initiates
himself the privilege Of betrayal for
profit; then practices corruption for
gain; then the debasement of trusts
that he might exercise tyranny or
enjoy the privilege of lawlessness.
MY fellow students, wisdom in
man is not proven in only pointing
out the nature and whereabouts Of
the evils, but it is in declaring and
exhibiting just remedies for the cure
of the wrong, and providing for the
establishment of society on a NOR
al, healthy and prosperous basis.
The problems lie in the cure, !
which, as it lances the wound, should
still preserve the life of the patient. |
Ii is not craftsmanship or humanity
to prescribe destruction of the es-
Establishment of men or government as
penalty for some affliction visited
upon the body polite.
Then, where shall we look for rem
edy? | answer, this hour looks to
you, and the morrows will never ex-
cuse for the days failure. The flu
ture of all things of men or gov
eminent rests with men. You are
that man. 1t is within you that all
things hoped for by you may be had
1t is interesting to us to Contem-
plate the manner through which the
remedy may be secured.