The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-07
TROUBLE OF
WORLD IS IT
IS IMPATIENT
Men Turning CredulousIy To a
Change OF Institutions.
LAWS ALL RIGHT
EXECUTION WRONG
Each One Has Obligations That
Must Be Filled.
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FREDERICKBURG, Va, July 6-Tice-
PresIdentCoolidge. speaking here tonight.
declared sit is not change that is need
ed in our constitution and laws so much
as there is need of living in accordance
with them''
Mr. Coolidge who spoke al the inauglir-
alton Of campaign to purchase '.Kscn-
more" the home of Betty Washingtoa
Lewis, the only sister OF the first pres-
dent, and to preserve the house as a pa
triotic shrine, emphasized the value to
America of such relics OF the past. de-
claring that "a people who worship &C
the shrine of true greatness win thea;-
selves be truly great"
Must Make Sacrifices.
Paying tribute to the great men pro-
duced in Virginia, the vice-p.esident de-
clared ''the eloquence of Patrick Hen-y.
the confidence in the people Of Thomai
jefferson, the inspired Judgment Of Joha
Marshall, and the incompatible pstrlo,-
ism of George Washington will all be Of
no avail unless we make the nseeseary
sacrifices to live up to the standard vhieh
they acclaimed
World Impatient
THE world today Is filled with gfsst
impatience," he continued Men ats
disdainful of the things thai are All
are creduIously turning toward those VINO
assert that change OF Institution would
somehow bring an era Of perfection.
'It is not change that Is needed n
our constitution and laws so much rs
there is need of living in accordance Nith
them. The most fundamental precept Of
them all, the right of life, liberty and tbs
pursuit Of happiness, has not vet been
brought into universal application II
is not our institutions that have failed,
it is our execution Of them that have
failed.
Must FIJI Obligations.
''The great principles OF life do not
change. they are permanent and well
known. Men are not ignorant Of what
justice requires. No power can ever be
brought into existence which win relieve
of obligations The sole opportunity for
progress lies In their faithful discharge
Many ImperfectlOns.
There are criticisms which are merit
ed, there always have been and there
always will be, but the life OF the nation
is dependent not on criticism but on con-
struction not on tearing down. but on
building up, not In destroying but in
preserving. II the American revolution
meant anything It meant determination
to live under a reign Of law. II meant
the assertion OF the right of the people
to adopt their own constitution and when
so adopted the duty Of all the people to
abide by them. The Colonists Of that day
had enough Of the reign Of force.
private Force
"Those who now. under any form or
for any purpose. seek to substitute for
the reign Of public law their own private
desire or any species Of force. coercion.
or intimidation, are not in harmony with
the aims of the great yirginians The
Industrial life of the nation cannot stand
except on the recognition and observance
bv everybody connected with II Of the
Fundamental precepts Of American insti-
tutions. Nothing viii ever be settled un-
less It be settled In accordance with tnerA'
Any other attempt win have as its re-
sult nothing but confusion, deatrustien'
anarchy and failure"