The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30
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mont and whose sane common
,ense and practical Judgment
gave it fashion and form, in
,hat instrument which has
hecn described by the great
est of modern English states
men, perhaps, the greatest
English statesman of all the
AGES, as "the most wonderful
work ever struck off at a
GIVEN time by the brain and
nurpose of men, defined the
nurposes for which the con-
stitution was formed, and laid
down the general scope of the
objects to be obtained thereby
in the following language:
I'VE. the people OF the United
States, In order To FORM morc
,.,fcct union. establish Justice,
insure domestic tranquility, pro
vide for the common uc''hs',
promoic the general wclihre an"
s>curc the blessings OF iiDcrty 10
ourselves and our postcrtty. 40 or
dni, md establish this cOnstitu-
,ion for the United states of Amer
iCa'
This declaration Is uccinct
taicment OF the purposes, aims,
V hopes and aspirations thht sustained
,bs hcnrt of America during Its wai
on earth. which susta .ped that heart
durhg, perhaps, tho more suylhg
nerlod ar the confederation when
/, appeared likely that tho irnits
OF war might he lost.
To Make Liberty Secure.
These purposes were crystaliIed In
the constitution and enumerated
herein in order that postcrity
mirht always know the reasons I'M
nolIiur the formation of the govern
ment and the ends to which its etler-
r,es should be directed. This doc
trinc a0l purpose tx pufely Ameri-
can. The constitution il phreS
American. The government was or
gan1ed to do for America the Things
mentioned i'm the preamble, was To
obtain for America the blessings
therein rnutNtTHlfu, hll - "'''''.
seem now TO he 10 the interest or
America. 10 be to the interest "i
mankind that the first efforts OF
our government should be devoted
ia obtaining for America domes ic
tranduilitv and make certain INC
common defense and general weltar'
nv obtaining peace, and afler thiS ~
done. Insure tho future safely OF
u ~, Il
Against this purely American doc
'rlne for Il Is not only the doctrine
Of tho constitution but the doctrine
Of Washlngtons farewell address,
which address was drawn only af-
Ter advice and counsel with the lead
ing men OF the United States. and
after being So drawn was again sub
ml',cd 10 them for revision ana
surrestIon SO in the form It was at
last made publio Il represented the
united force of the Intelligent indG-
ment ~ it's dav--agaipst this purely
American doctrine we have the lat
ter doctrine OF the new admlnistra-
ton which has for iis most con-
snlcuoua champion. the president
The president, speaking or the gov
orument OF .ihe United StateSN and
BhIshcd, in his New York speech.
a.d.
1T WAS sct up for the bcrcfir OF
mankind: II was s't M IN Illus
tratc the highest ideals and Ia
achieve tho highest aspirations of
men who wanted To bc free: and
thr worih--thc world of today
believes that and counts on us and /.
would he thrown back into the
hlsckncss Of despair II We deserted
H."
Here We have In bold relief. two
statements giving the purposes Tor
which the government was organ
ized. ono made by the founders Of
the government at the time Of It's
foundation, the other made l22 years
thereafter. Of course. the first state
ment gives the correct reasons FOR
'he foundation OF the government
and the purposes sought TO he nc
e9mplished thereby. Nevertheless.
we are NJ liberty to change the pur-
poses and devote our energies 10 the
pursuit Of false doctrine and strange
gods II we 20 elect. The question Is,
shall we do so9
Whether we believe that our gov,
eminent was organized to accom-
phsh the purposes set forth IN tho
constitution and should devote it's
energies TO such accomplishment, or
whether We hold to the lattSr-~.0y
uocirine that America should be-
como knight erraht ana set out on
adventures, Il would seem to be the
part Of wisdom to first make peace
shn set our own house In order be-
ior' setting ont on our adventures
IN ordinary life ~ one had n sick
vnlId and called In physicians to heal
and the physicians instead OF pro
,eed'hg 10 cure the patient. first uu-
uet'ook 10 determine what was nee
e~sry to he done TO prevent re.
.urtrnce Of the disease. we shOuld
ana would demand that the patient
ve cured and after that discuss pre-.
nllon and. falling 10 secure this.
Huuid discharge the physicians The
Suud W now suffering with war. the
- du'N Is 10 end the war. 10 cure
e mnlady Of war. bv establishing
se ea,e Jntl this is done. to us OF
Ja"hon clay. v Ia unnecessary TO
w, prevention OF future wars.
,.I'' we desire now Is Immediate
frnblcms Of the Present.
- lhe ciose OF n victorious war
IN hundreds Of Thousands OF tho
i.""Pr ot our manhood vet in aerv.
a, IN foreign lands, with hundreds
A, thousands OF our soldiers being
sl"hlIiz ized and. waiting Ia be ab-
r.pp'd IN tho Industrial jife OF the
-, "Nh With hundreds NJ thousands
vi nnNmplOynd liLo,.g., = ~,