Evening journal., 1914-11-20
should
CONE GRADUALLY,
Says JUDGE Gray
Continued From Page 10.

IO0tlnueQ flOn rage lus
o impinge upon the personal liberty
Of the citizen.
1T is this spirit of personal liberty
that hrcathes in every line of these
amendments. as we'll as in the body of
the constitution itself. In the scheme
Of government thus established there
was no place for absolutism. Arbitrary
power was everywhere checked, even
should its exercise be attempted by a
majority of the people themselves. The
spirit of our institutional law is, pro-
lection of the weak against the strong,
Of minorities against maiorities. Wher-
ever it is sought by the force Of a tenn
porary majority TO invade the personal
liberty OF the humblest citizen, he may
place before him the aegis Of the consti-
tuition and rest secure in those inalien-
able rights which we declared our indie
pcndence to secure. As long as the spirit
Of the constitution lives in the hearts
Of our people, arbitrary and unlimited
governmental power win ne an odious
thing, and the tyranny Of a majority
will be no less hateful than the tyranny
of monarch IL was a new departure
in the history of the world when the
American people framed for themselves
n scheme of government. in which they
carefully placed limitations upon the
exercise of their own power. in favor
Of the personal liberty of the individual
citizen. \ century and a quarter has
vindicated their wisdom, and our consti.
tutional limitations on arbitrary power
have been a lamp to the path of all the
peoples of the world who have strug
gled for liberty regulated by law.
who among us would obliterate a
single line from this charter Of our
essential liberties. or obscure, by the
erasure of a single word. the iumin-
Gus clearness of that declaration that
no one shall be deprived of life, lib
erty or property without due process
OF law
II am addressing you, gentlemen
from no partisan standpoint, for, as
understand il. the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry have from the beginning wise
ly abstained from making their or
Eanization the ally or instrument OF
any political party. But 7 am address
Ing you as fellow citizens of our com.
mon country, who. by reason of theil
Intelligence and association with each
other for the benefcent purposes oi
your order have the opportunity oil
contributing nightly to that Just ant
sober public opinion to which I hav,
already alluded as the ultimate ar
bitter of our destiny.
Rights of States.
~ crave your permission, then
further in the same non-partisar
spirit, to appeal TO you to give solemn
and serious thought TO the value t'
ourselves and our prosperity of thos'
free institutions that have embodied
themselves in what / have ventured Z,
call our constitutional democracy. n,
other Republican government in thi
worlds history has ever achieved thl
enduring success that has aitendel
what was once called the expert
ment" begun on this continent NOR
than a century ago ] hope you vii
agree with me that the most poten
factor IN this success has been tn
happy chance that out of the separat
colonies grew the separate States. in
dependent of each other in all re
spects, except where their sovereign
ties are united In the national govern
ment
1--WE have. therefore, as our birth
right. a local self government q
which we are proud and of which W
cannot be deprived. except by our ow
consent-a birthright with which
fondly hope we will not part 70
the miserable mess of pottage offore
by those impatient and visionary re
formers. who. now and again, strive
centralize i'm the Government at Wasf
ington the self governing power
which belong to the indiviual State
Think you thai II has been worth any
thing TO the great cause of free go'
ernment by the people. and Of libert
regulated by law. that in all thes
eventful years. the people comprisin
the community of each separate Stai
have learned to feel and believe tn;
their well being. their enjoyment
the largest measure of individual iii
erty consistent with public order an
the right of all. and their protection
the rights of person and property, d.
pended upon themselves. upon Il
wisdom. virtue and self restraint The
could bring to the exercise Of the