Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-24

A snort COURSE VI ttlitlAl lNtNltlS |
of the papers preserved i'm the Fed
eralist. and of such works as those |
of Miller and watson on the con- |
stitution, will convince any impair |
tial, intelligent patriot that the |
constitution makers knew we'll |
what they were doing and had a |
wonderfully clear prophetic vision |
as TO the possibilities of the future. !
They had a knowledge of human
nature which does not change with
centuries of apparent progress. |
Some years ago, there were pub
Iished a number of extracts from
81 translation of the code of Hamu-
rabi or Khamurabi which was
something like 1000 years old, and
they revealed substantially the
same sort of social and business
conditions as those which exist to-
day. These are things which our
ardent would-be reformers entirely
ignore.
But | cannot now waste time by
giving further attention to such
Durblind, wormV-minded reptiles in
human form, no matter how honest
their misguided minds may be. In
addressing you, Sons of the Afherl-
can Revolution, 1t unnecessary 10
combat such heresies. II there are
any people in our country, who
must be devoted to the perpetual
ton of those institutions created by
our ancestors and their assoc ties
after the close of the great ar and
after the unsuccessful experiment
of the Articles of Confederation
certainly they must be found in the
membership of our society, regard
| less of any varying political beliefs
there may be among us.
a, !.. t,t,, I 10
consideration of why there should
| be any diversity of political faith
among our people.
| The great masses of the Ameri-
| can people are attached to the
| principles of our constitution,
| proud of our national sovereignty
and determined to maintain and
preserve the, same. Why, then
| should there be such variations of
| belief among people who in a large
way are as one in sentiment and in
devotion to a great ideal? There
are many intelligent persons who
| find it at the present time difficult
to answer this question and who
are inclined to regard our political
contests as ispired by nothing bet
ter than motives of personal greed
or for some pecuniary advantage
arising from the business policy Of
A little historical review Will
one or the other party.
show how short sighted is such a
view, and that Fundamental diff
ferences arising in the early years
of the republic. naturally created
thought which still remain the
foundation of the differences be-
tween the great political parties of
today.
Al the very beginning one set of
people who were then known as
federalists, later as wings and still
! later as republicans, held the view
that the constitution had created
the government of a. nation, indis-
soluble and perpetual, and that the
constitution must be so construed
and interpreted as to consolidate
and strengthen that governm mt
and make it powerful and efficient;
and on the other hand, there We're
those who declared that the con
stitution evidenced merely a com
pact between Independent soVer-
eign states from which any one o
them might withdraw at pleasure
or might disregard or nulltfy It's
laws whenever it was thought tina
the rights of the state We're IN
r fringed or violated. ,.
, There, in a few words Is clearly
stated the fundamental difference
between federalists, wings, repub'
, cans, later called democrats, on the
other, and that difference survives
| to the present day. If 1t did not
: there would be no sense in the
fierce struggles between the two
great political parties at the pres
5 ent time. We are as a whole, al
devoted to upholding our grea
...,ttt,,tinn mud 6iffnr nnIY
l to what the constitution means
I The view as to the sovereignty u
! the states and of their several PEG
pies. is more\in harmony with thu
general sentiment of Americans a:
a whole, and this accounts for thu
$ survival of the great democratic
} party and its hold upon SO large
l portion Of the public, notwiithstandl
| ing it's long succession of defeats
: and exclusion from power in ma
, tional affairs. It's tendency Is II
the direction of pure democracy
= but pure democracy carried to IT
natural conclusion would result II
| dissipation of governmental power
s consequent inefficiency and a stat
of anarchy.
on the other hand the OPPOSITE
school, if unchecked and carried I
, an extreme would terminate II
: some odious form of autocraCy
: equally abominable whether in tn
shape of a despotism of one dicta
r tor or of q despotism of the mo-
. as in the form of socialism. w
g are fortunate in having these op
, posing forces struggling for con
!. troll because in the middle cours
=. only can we find safety and pros
perity.
eager to subvert all existing gov
ernments and to establish anarchy
that is, no government, or socia
ism, which Is all government, ar
blind to everything but eXistin
l evils which are inherent in huma
nature and can see no remedy eX
4 cept in destruction. They are nue.
| like the mythical Chinese of WHOM
Charles Lamb tells us that in orde
to enjoy roast pig they bur,ne
mi down houses in which they tlrs
j imprisoned the pigs.
Reverting for a moment to tn
essential differences between tn
great political parties, it will b
seen that even among the stronges
advocates of Capitalization of ma
= tional power and consequen
= strength and efficiency, there
IS prevalent a belief that under tn
e constitution each state has SOW
d ereignty of its own which canine
: properly be invaded or disregarde
, by the federal sovereignty, an
D there is strong reason to hold tina
!, the fifteenth and eighteent
IL amendments to the constitutio
i and the proposed suffrage amend
u ment, are in entire disregard {
the rights by the constitution re
e served to the states and to the pee
= pie.
OF course the original extrem
= view of the rights of the state q
hereinbefore stated, was ovel
:! thrown by the result of the civ