The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-24


product ~ that system.
Take Tor example "a great i1dnstrlnl
disturbance. like the coni strike. VII =
are tie essential merits Ut ~ DO
YOU know! u YOU do, you are very
fortunate. don't. although I nave
spared no effort 10 get at h facts,
many of which lie further under
ground than The cual itself.
The reason nono of ms can get at
the basic truth b. very simple. The
coal operators meet iu secret, ana
through their publicity agent they
give uut a statement ~ their side of
the case. The leaders ~ the miners
meet IN secret and thy give out q
statement ~ ftdeir side OF the case.
Either statement hy itself IN plausible
ana h~UllcNahie. The two OF them,
taken together. are wholly lrreconcii-
able and simply adf to the sum total
uf human Ignorance.
And thus % goes. The more Of
that kind % publicity We have the less
We know. D. less certain We can be
OF anything. hut while this Is n
perniclous propaganda 10 h by no
means the most dangerous form hut
IN now mauifestiur itself.
after the Thirty Years War hands
N muraudiuE soldiers wandered
around Europe terrorl1ing the inhabi-
tantH o. every Town and village 10
which they could gain access and.
something Of iha; sort h. going on
now be- the United Suites. Bands OF
ufupHEaudlstz are wandering round
trrrorizinE puhhc opinion and trying
10 Brighten D. INTO admission 10 the
theories ~ government that are
Strange 90 American Institutions.
some of THESE mTraudrrs repre-.
sent radlcnlism and some rcactiun,
but there is % striking similarity To-
their methods. kudlr1llfm appeals TO
violence against reaction. and reaction
appeals go violence against rudicuiisiu
one meuuc with threats OF the torch
1ut the bomb and the other with
threats NJ the rop" ana The rifle Both
profess To- he champions of human
freedom. l,adlCthsm p%retcnds 10 Ice
engaged Joe restoring human liberty
to lbs primitive simplicity, ana reac-
ton wrapped IN the stars "a Stripes.
b. ready To have everybody else de
TOR tho constitution It's u thinks tho
constitution ought 20 be Interpreted.
Postwar Mcniai Itcacuoir.
"a WaT that has shaken the very
Foundation uf human society Do bound
tr produce some extraordinary meme
t1l reactions. \ war hat has wreck
go vast empires, oy"rthrown dyunsties
1904 brought about sweeping revolu-
lions. Be- not likely to cav society
just is % was before. Yet large
number. uf excellent people mink
that mankind should nave picked up
ITS work where 10 left OF whnn "a
went into tho trenches and go on as
" pothiur at ull hHd happened.
nthcrs are convinced nat because
wa. hn- rcsufgI iu revolution in
H"riuiu countries there ought To he
revolution ry,rNwhcr,-the more the
better.
what the United States needs
more than anything else today Is the
restoration of ih" free play ur public
opinion That requires first. tho re-
establishment " the freedom ~ dis
rus-Iuu. Tor without freedom of dis
cussiuu there Is mo- public opinion
that deserves the uauc
"Wili Hays. the chairman ~ the
republican national committee, made
% speech recently in New Nori, ln
which be- proudly proclaimed that
There b. iu this cuuntry q religious
faith which believes Zoe the divine
origin ot tho constitution of tho
United states when fhst read
Mr.. Hays words I was staggered No.,
this new incarnation ~ lOhou2olloru-
ism. Then l saw that hr huu pruhuh-
ly hit upon % serious ltmcntuhle
truti. \ most energetic propaganda
is engaged Ice converting the cousti-
tuition Of tho United States into q
cult. into q religion and its champions
are eager 10 huru Hll dis-sutcrs aud
horcIi,- Ht the stake,
THE constitution Of the United
states is one NJ The great achieve
oui o. Ili history, hut critici,m ui
be b. not hltrph"mN. uud u nan h not
necessarily damned who thinks that
loo the light uf 100 years experience d
better framework Of government
might Doe constructed,
Two ORIGIN III Revolution
Tho men who drafted the ronsti-
tuition certainly aid not consider Ia d
piece of divine Inspiration They
knew how Do wHs made. N0r had
they any sup'rgtliinus reverence fut
government Js uu institution. Ticy
regarded % rather a- @ necessary ovii
Nuf were they altogether certain
from the molrer data Of % limited cN'
U%erisucc a. Go the ability ~ the people
O. rule themselves. That IT, why they
established t government ui rheCk'
and balances watch could not fuuc.
Uun too freely. To this uty the Euv
crumout they created operates with
great diffioulty under oven favorable
conditions. and whenever The urtsei'
dent aud congress happen TO hclunu
iu dittrrvui parties EoyernmOnt n
doudlHckvd and must wait ion another
election Bat what the fathers did
clearly understand WIS human hher-
iN. 90 least tu sp Tar HH the white
man was concerned. uud there they
look nothing Tor granted.
"lt De- not the powers that they CON
Tered upon the government. hut tho
powers that they prohibited tn thc
government which mako The cunstltu
ton % charter II liberty. The bill OF
rights BE- q born rebel II reeks N
fcdit,ou. In every CLAUSE 10 shakes ~
rift loo the face of constituted author
ity ANA thundyr~ Thou shalt NOT ana
because its ultiWutum is Thou shalt
not DO b. the one guaranty NJ human
freedom 10 the American people un,
less they thcmselves destroy their
safeguard.
We are IN danger NJ forgetting
this uuucr the terrorism NJ mass
thought. hut We can forget 10 only ui
our imminent peril There is revo-
luton iu reaction as we'll u- IN rad
ioulisW. and Toryisu. speaking in
iHrEuu Of law ana order NAY often hf
% grave menace 90 liberty thar
rldicali-m believing no" empt,
phrases oc the soap hos domaFoEuc.
Sountts Like Scdiiion.
Writing from Paris 90 Abigail
Adams, Thomas Jefferson sild that -
The spirit al resistance To gov
orumCnt ig sn valuable ou certain oc-
c14ious that wish 30 always to be-
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