The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
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employed In preventing unfatrness. abb
surdity. Inconvenience. hardship. and
attempts toward impossibilitfes. II q
legislature tries to take away thatese-
curity for personal liberty and private
property. for whose protection the gov
Arnment was established. the effort
fails in courts. regardless of the stat
ute 10 enacted.
.John Marshall, our first and great
est Chief Justice. made os US a nation
by construction. The Constitution OF
the United States is only skeleton.
II can be read In twenty minutes.
Marshall gave II heart. nerve. and
brains. It grew. and. as James Bryce
says, became the work Of judges by
construction and Interpretation. Power
was not given the Supreme Court to
nullify an act of Congress or law OF
a State. That power was given the
court by the process Of construction.
by going. in fact. to the root of the
common sense of things. So 1t has
come to pass that a simple entry on
the docket of the court may affect the
destiny Of the nation more than Web
sters reply to Hayne or Dewey's VIC
tory In Manila Bay"
DO any internal dangers threaten the
country i inquired.
II do not see any," Senator Colt an
swered. The United States has been
individualistic. Man here has followed
his own will inside the law. We know
that men are born with unequal ability
and energy. Some Americans ger ricn
and many more do not. Under individ-
uaIism large fortunes were made. Then
came the reaction-the feeling that the
people as a whole should do some OF the
things heretofore done by the individual
How far the pendulum will swing cannot
ne told.
why Socialism Cannot Succeed.
But unless the whole plan Of our
government is changed along. Of course.
with our Constitution. Socialism Is net
possible. There Is a belief among GER
tain men that all things should be set
tied in a great national town-meeting.
That system has been tried in ancient
countries, and IN each instance 1t has
failed The apathy of the people who
are busy earning a living is as prevalent
under a direct democracy as under
representative form of government
Would you leave the shaping of a imam
cial policy to a town-meeting? Would
you trust a town-meeting to settle q
delicate state of affairs between our
country and some other country?
"Our fathers made the nation. We are
charged, having a nation. with the duty
OF making ourselves. We must bear in
mind that laws cannot create wealth
without labor. nor can they give all men
an equality OF capacity and energy. De
Tocquevills. Macauley. and others said
our form of government must fail. 1t
has not failed. and its success Is found
in the plain wisdom of~the plain people.
The honesty, Intelligence, and COM
nonsense Of the average man becomes
the honesty, intelligence, and common
sense of the multitude Of average men,
Our rich lands. our mines, our forests.
our factories do not explain our success
We must look for 1t in the collective
common-sense of our people. Elsewhere
kings or aristocrats have composed the
governing class. Here the people. choos-
ing their lawmakers and judges from
among themselves. govern the country