The Denver Jewish news., 1920-02-11
Secretary Daniels Ad-
dress at P. R. F. Dinner
1.-THE SCATTERED NATION TO BE
COME A UNITED NATION IN
WORLD BETTERMENT."


addresses ut the dinner sven by the
Zionist Organization of America. ut
the Pennsylvania Hotfl for the Pales-
tine Restoration Fund. His address
was in part as follows:
The Constitution of the United
States, the original draft with the sig
natures of the individuals who signed
it, | examined with reverence and
pride in the State Department last
week, begins with the words: We,
The People of the United States" As
transcribed the words We, the Peo-
pie" are in large Illuminated letters,
significant of the fact that the fram-
crs of that instrument knew the real
and only source of power in young
America. SoE: times, when special III
terests or class spirit has for time
dominated in our good land, it, was
due to the fact that We the People
were asleep at the switch. and per-
mitted the enemy of popular govern
ment to SOW tares while we slept 1t
is well. while emphasizing ehe guar
antees of property and studying the
metes and bounds of our national char
ter. to remember that I'VE, the People
are the sovereigns in America. and if
our rights and liberties are taken from
us it can only be done by our laches.
Let us beware Of the Delilah of the
rrofiteers. of the monopolists. of the
bolshevists. of those who are unwise
or unpatriotic enough to think evils
can be rightcd by anarchy or any other
lawlcssness. The Constitution is no
sacrosanct soviet instrument. The
people of the twentieth century are
tied to no procrustean bed. In its very
terms is recognition that We. the
People" have the right to amend the
Constitution and the method prescrib-
cd. Any man. who thinks. for ex-
ample, that the Senate ought to he
abolished. has the right to say SO. and
TO agitatc To that end in tine confi-
,,ence that II ave. the People" ugrcc
with his desire TO abolish he upper
chamber there will he no Senate. But
the man who undertakes To secure
change in constitutional government
ly dynamite or anarchy is Grim
inal. and should he dealt with under
the penal laws. If he is an alien we
have but one legal way to deal with
him and that is to dcport him We
have learned how to build ships since
1914 and can supply the bottoms for
criminal aliens. If the anarchist is
n citizen. there are jails and peniten-
tiaries enough to incarccrate those
who practise their belief that high eN-
plosives were invented to destroy con-
-tiuahd authority. This free govern
ment of ours, with all its wenkne' 'Scs
and mistakes, cost too much blood rnd
carries in its keeping too much hope
il Summarized from without, or lyna-
miicd from within.
But tlIis does not mean tina he
cause of license of speech or bigotry.
pair the first amendment. TO the Fed
oral Constitution. Some people think
they are ordained to say what others
shall think or what rtl.ers shall say
or what others shall print There are
laws against sander ANA laws agninst
libel by an irresponsible press. These
laws should be enforced. and the uni
form of Il convict on u slanderous
editor is the only costume that becomes
him. And private citizen or public Of
ficer, ought not to be called upon to
hcaI. the burden bY suit for libel
against villfication and SANDER. The
odore Roosevelt and Henry Ford had
the money and the prestige to compel
n verdict of libel in civil suits. but the
State should have undertaken such
not he damages. much or little. but
Il criminal sentence.
The first amendment to the Federal
Constitution forbade Congress to make
of religion. or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof; or abridging the free
dom OF speech or of the press or
right of the people peaceably to as
semble, and TO petition the Govern
ment for II redress of grievances.
These guarantees gave TO the Seat
tered Nation living in America the
same religious privileges as were en-
joyed by their Christian neighbors.
tho in many parts of the world they
suffered persecution, religious and
political. Here even when their num-
hers were few and there were not
wanting baseless prejudices, the aegis
of the Constitution was over the jew
ish people. They could worship God