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10 dilstory. uncertain and frequently can
not restore the status QUO But u may
he said the Government only acts by law.
II may also be said that the AuEustan
emperors were fussy about obtaining de-
crces OF the Senate. II all comes down TO
whether law IL n fundamental and definite
rule OF action. or whimsical collection
OF direct acting edlcts against every spe-
cifc phase of human conduct. Nee super
cum ibimus, nee super cum mittemus. nisi
per legem terre," this declaration might
he considered to have gained some force
by It's 200 years of undisputed repose In
the corpus juris bu1 supposing We tho
Government does 70 upon him suppos-
ing We" being a Government of moral
lustre detached from the crude and formal
mediate by a devotion to the ethical ultl-
mate, comforts the traditional law Of the
land, and forces Its own law and Its own
construction upon the unregenerate and
strict constructionlst protestants. "Argal.
she drowned herself Willingly" and argal,
the legal Journalists are saved by the law.
filter, no doubt as they are, for damnation.
The history Of considerations has been
that either their cohesion was 40 loose
that they fell apart, or conversely their
parts aggiutinated into a centrally ener-
gized mass which lost all segmentst ton.
There Is natural tendency to hegem-
ony of the functional nucleus. the capital
city OF tho confederacy. When the Colo
niles along tho Atlantic seaboard united
In what was probably in its chief mo-
tive n defensive alliance for the malnte-
nance OF certain political principles. what
ever latitude they may have given their
ina ginatlons as to the potential results,
they surely did not conceive the United
States OF to-day. The sovereign COM
ponent State was abated little OF Its
sovereignty but still autonomous: a man
might and did leave the Senate OF the
United States to be a Governor. and this
was not abnormal but In the line OF po-
ltlcal progression.
SO long as the States preserved pollt-
ical solidarity they were the most effective
check on the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Fedora.
power They meant geographical distri-
button Of power and a certain corrective
attrition of one part with another In
working out the truly Federal activities.
To-day the States may be rated as
Federal departments OF administration.
Consider tho recent news regarding the
attitude OF Washington toward the Massa-
chusetts legislation concerning the Boston
Holding Company. II II simply the read
ing OF the riot act by Government de-
partment 20 the State OF Massachusetts.
1t Is all official assertion OF suzeranty
over States internal affairs.
a very effective, II less direct interfer-
ence. is the cognzance taken by the Ad-
ministration OF the party activities and
candidates In important States. Is the
candidate for n local office acceptable to
the Administration. II often very rele-
want question. To see Governor OF n
state going to Washington before declar-
ing his policy I'm some State matter no
longer causes comment. And there are
not lacking mutterings against the geo
graphical representation in the Senate.
Up with the people, down with the land ;
man suffrage. not land privilege; the
antithesis Of feudalsm. the rszIng OF all
the Old and the building Of everything
new. without foundations except tho broad
formula OF mans humanity. There Is a
certain appeal in the propaganda. but Will
is construction cndure7 Those In posi-
ton TO observe say Il IL working subver-
sion Of the whole social and colonial struc-
ture OF Britain. II cannot fail to do II
here Aad out OF Il Will como WHAT
Personal liberty Never; but the tri-
umph Of tho people In gross. the people
socially organized but not cqualized For
II the future may he read by the past,
!mper,um rem publican sedultur.
HARTFORD. Conn. June 81. y