The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11

ment. necessity or force. the right OF
others.
As has been stated. the confederated
states fully recognized these Facts.
and In order to absolutely prevent the
very condition of autocracy into which
weshav" drifted. soiemnfy coveuanted
that no enactment which by one io,a
invaded the right of the Individual
should ever become Il law.
Yet at the present time almost every
article. in almost it's every section.
following the bin Of rights directly
tranSresses the word as we'll as the
spirit Of the bill of rights. and this in
every State in whose Constitution that
hill Of rights appears.
Anterior To the year 1855 such
monstrositics of enac;ments were less
noticeable. particularly throughout the
Southern States; but during the wears
following the fallacy of majority fiat
rapidly developing in the Northern
States through the constant introduce
ton OF foreign element which
reached out to this country, not,
NJ did the forefathers. with the desire
to establish republic in which all
white human beings should have their
rights preserved. but merely az II new
country In which fortunes might
easily be made, reached that point at
which the Constitution of the Southern
States was subordinated to that ele-
mcnt which is invariably the spirit of
majority nat. that vcnal greed for no
sition or for power which. unable to
reach either Of these through endow-
inents By the gift OF Almighty seeks
to obtain them by force exercised
against those upon whom the Creator
has conferred superior powers. and nv
or i,ut ts.I
by one portion OF nation against
another. the Northern States first seek
stitutionai rights OF the South, finally
engaged in invasion. .rapne. arson.
first time in the history OF this nation
substituted for constitutional law as
cnshrined in the bill of rights the
present heinous doctrine OF majority
fiat.
One of the, to mortals. curiosities OF
the ordainments of the Almighty which
the entire period Of earth's history is
that of the suffering or the just TO. and
at the hands OF the unjust. the fact as
we'll as the purpose of which Is set
forth in the statement OF the Son OF
God; Unless a seed die and fall into
the ground IT cannot live again, and
II Is exactly through such n condition.
through the crucihXion of constitu-
tionalism in the body OF the south
that ultimately this republic shall gain
that form of perfect national life which
up TO the present time no nation has
ever received.
The present age must therefore be
considered as definitely analogous to
that Immediately succeeding the period
during which najorit% hrst cruciied
,ile son OF God. martyriZed His follow
ers, and sough; to replace His doe
trines by those which had apparently
so successfully resisted His Kingdoms
Misled by the financial cmoiumcnts
accruing 70 the North by its rape of
the South during the period OF conquest
In .f ,.;ll
majority fiat was assumed by the North
as demonstrated factor through
ceSsfully obtained. and it needs but q
calm and logical examination of the
! iilstory OF our nation Subsequent 10 the
death and burial of the Bill of Rights
in 1868 to trace. step by step the
| growth OF majority fiat through the
subordination OF our national currency
the placing Of the highest type of mere
animal forms on "A parity. with human
beings: leading. them to the commits
/ sion of crimes for which not they but
! the North, are to be held responsible;
| the grit OF powers never held by the
givcrs vastly unequal forms OF taxa
ton. the cruel inequalities of which
! led to such consequences as those seen
! Wlthin the limits Of the great Mother
state within the last year "a direct re-
/ special taxation: the passage of in
Vulnerable unconstitutional State and
/ national enactmentS. among which the
I sherman bill is a detilement OF honor:
/ and finally in the theft of the Panama,
I canal Zone from Il weaker republic.
and the natural consequence OF So
called Progressive party. which, while
cloaking its infalnies beneath a title
apparently. indicating purity OF pur-
pose, has, in fact as its sole basis that
utter lack OF principle which. having
its birth in the majority fiat" doctrine
of lS60-6l. and which it now seeks to
even more forcibly cnthrone by actual
and direct attacks on the Constitutions
/ OF states, and the more rigorous en-
forcement OF unconstitutional enact
ments. for which majority fiat is alone
responsible.
ton, the ProGressiveS directly invade
that basic principle which is voiced