The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-07
THE eJEFFERSONHAN

peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all
natlons-ENTANGIlNG ALLIANCES WITH
NONE; the support of the State governments in
their rights as the most competent administra-
ton for our domestic concerns and the surest
bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the
preservation of the general government in it's
whole constitutional vigOr, as the sheet-anchOr
OF our peace at home and safety abroad; jeal-
of the right Of election by the people
q mild and cafe corrective Of abuses which are
Topped by the sword of revolution where peacea-
bic remedies are unprovided; absolute acquies-
cence in decisions of the majority, the vital
principle of republics, from which there is no
appeal but to force the vital principle and i'm
mediate parent of despotism a well-disciplire0
militia, best reliance in peace AND FOR THE
FIRST MOMENTS OF WAR, till regulars may
relieve them; the supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority; economy in the public en-
pense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the
honest payment Of our debts and sacred preserya-
ton of the public faith; encouragement Of agIi-
culture, and commerce as its handmade; the diff
fusion Of information and the arrignment Of all
abuses at the bar of.public reason; freedom Of
religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person
under the protection OF the habeas corpus, and
trial by jjures impartialIy seIocted-hese princi-
pies from the high constellation which has gone
before us, and guided footsteps through al
age Of revolution and reformation"
/ hope that it is neither treason nor sedi-
ton, to remind ''manllind,'' that Professor
Woodrow Wilson was not put at the head of
the Government for the purpose of voyagng
unchaIted seas, in search of Golden Fleece,
on for the restoration of tabled Golden Age,
but was sworn in, 10 6Giare himself according
10 zu1C.
This is the oath he took
Il do solemnly swear that [ will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United
States, and will, to the best of my ability
presence, protect, and DEFEND THE CoNsTITU-
TON OF THE UNITED STATES"
Now, the Constitution st0tes in so many
plain words, that it was intended to form a
more perfect Union, and to perpetuate the
liberties of yourselves and our posterity.'
In other words, the Constitution says that
its purpose Is to establish "a selfish and separ-
ate liberty"
President Wilson is bound by solemn oath
to taIe the Constitution as he finds 1t.
When Patrick Henry said, "Give me
liberty, or give me DEATH" what did he
mean?
What is the definition Of the word
"libertyW
In the United Editors Encyclopedia and
Dictionary, you will find that the word
means, 'freedom from restraint, freedom Of
p03cer Of choice, as opposed to necessity"
What is CONSUMPTION?
Just the reverse Of liberty!
Therefore, according to the President and
Congress, Patrick Henry ris5ed his life in
battling for the exact opposite of what has
recently been imposed upon us, without any
authority from the Constitution.
In Australia, the question of conscription
was referred by the government to the people,
but in the United States, it was assumed by
those in power that the young men of the
country were towards, slacl1ers, and shirkers
and they were cartooned and abused in the
daily papers, before they even had chance