The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-06
NECESSITY
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE


We need not worry nor hurry. II is paramount necessity tina,
will bring about world federation.
1t was paramount necessity that compelled the American colonies
TO change from a loose bundle of states 10 a unified nation
1t was paramount necessity that was the real CONVICTION that
won ont in the Civil war
II was paramount necessity tina, dominated the mind, Of George
Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall. Daniel Webster,
Abraham Lincoln, ana now grips Woodrow Wilson.
The gst Of paramount necessity rt that this nation must be a unit,
and that the federal power must oycrrule all state rights IN order
10 bring equal justice and privilege 10 the whole people; that Is. 10
defend rs from dangers within as well as without.
have Just read a most interesting book, Federal Power. Its
Growth and Necessity a" by Henry litchncld West. It traces in a
clear wa! the beginnings of frderalism in the United States and its
constant growth.
upon IN the book, is the striking similarity of the development OF
the sentiment OF federalism and the present rapid growth of the con.
viction that we must have world federation,
The similarity of the two movements, of course, is not exact, but
it is striking none the less.
even with satisfaction the national government has drafted millions
Of men and taken over the control OF railroads. telegaphs and tcle
power over the states 10y the nation.
Patrick Henry denounced our esteemed constitution as a fragrant
outrage upon the states and especially criticized the opening phrase,
We, The people of the United States ~ He saw in these words the
beginning of the end.
'Sic transit gloria Americana wrote Ebrhdge Gerry, while
samuel Chase, James Monroe, and scores Of other leading men joined
in the chorus of condemnation when the constitution was adopted,
At Albany a copy of the constitution was publicly burned. In
Rhode Island nearly one thousand armed men headed by a Judge OF
tho state supreme court compelled the speakers at a public gathering
to desist from saying anything favorable 10 the constitution.
Inc Georgia mouse OF Representatives angriiy protested against .
decision of the United States supreme court. declaring that il would
"eneetualy destroy the retained sovereignty of the state would
render the states nothing b"' tributary corporations Il the central
government, and added that any person attempting to carry ont the
One must sadly lack imagination not to see in this history u par.
allie 10 the opposition of a league Of nations There is the same lcal-
ousy Of smaller groups against The one, great group representing the
whole people.
Bt The world is learning rapidly during this war, and one of
the things il Is learning Is that lhc freedom aad welfare of small ma.
tions viii be hotter guaranteed b1 q world federation than by thai
SYSTEM of world anarchy under which mp to The present time mankind
has existed.
The federation Of the world IS sure 10 come, and for precisely
the same reasons as the Federation of the American states came
simply because the opposite Of federation implies that state OF things
which brought about the present unparalleled calamity
II - paramount Necessity mat Wi i'd'ra'r The world.