Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-10-21
CALLS PREAMBLE
OF CONSTITUTION
LABEL ON BOTTLE"

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rights. The phrase Liberty to our
;elyes and our posterity;" which
he said was violated by such law,
was phrase occurring in the Pream-
BILE, but not in the Constitution. and
the Supreme Court decided against
him for this reason.
DR.. Smith said a Preamble is The
label on the bottle" Typewriter
slips were passed among members of
the Chapter of the Preamble. as fol
lows:
I'VE, the people of the United
States, in order to form a more per
feet union. establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the genera
welfare, and secure the blessings OF
liberty to ourselves and our posterity
do ordain and establish this Consti
tuition for the United States of Amer
ir."
DR.. Smith took up the phrases o.
the Preamble seriatim. We. the PEG
pie of the United States" he said. lis
most eloquent phrase" 1t does not
say we, the States OF the United
States, or the counties, but We the
people. The whole Civil War. o,
States war, as it is sometimes called
was brought about by this phrase.
With three and quarter millions of
white people and 100000 of black
the question rose are negroes people
are slaves citizens? 1t took four year
OF bIoodshed to interpret this LITTLE
phrase. I'VE, the people of the United
States"
DR.. Smith said we had to found q
union absolutely dnbreakable to FOR
eigners. We did it. The Constitu-
tion stood the pressure OF war, the
last war proved it, waen every State
rallied We were with the Articles Of
Confederation, with and under"
The idea of the Constitution was to
form perfect Union, first and sec
ond, to establish justice When writ
ten there was no Supreme Court, an6
was wrought upon the seas. DR.
Smith cited by way of illustration the
two Carolinas, one with and the other
without seacoast, how disputes arose
because of taxing vessels going in and
out of port. 1t was ito insure domes
tic tranquility" the preamble says of
the Constitution.
At this point the doctor took ur
the present-day- strikes, and asked the
question, have all men a right tC
striker" He answered it by saying
"No, they have not, without giving
a moments warning, and quoted again
the old phrase of the preamble ito in
sure domestic tranquility" In TAX
ing up the phrase promote general
welfare" he said States have no right
to pass laws that will interfere with
the Government.
"To secure the blessings of liberty
is a great thing. He commended the
x Articles of Amendment He spoke
of the Bill of Rights and their pas
sage in 1871 as "Jeffersons thoughts
In referring to the phrase 1.-THE bless
ings of liberty to ourselves and oul
posterity, DR.. Smith said: You can
get liberty without surrendering lib
erty. The only way to be free is t.
restrict yourself in some things. You
must give something before you car
get something" Just here he let it
be known that he favors the League
of Nations by his reference thereto
In closing he said the Constitution
of the United States and its preamble
were full of eloquence and appeal
At the close of his splendid talk, DR.
Smith was given a rising vote Of
thanks by the Chapter.