Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-05

q U the majority. responsive to the express sion of deliberate public opinion It must be so to endure Majorities, restrained to the protection of minorities, ever must rule
 "The constitution and the laws spon- sored by the majority must be enforced. It does not matter who opposes If an opposing majority ha< just objection, the rising tide of public opinion will change the law. There is no abiding lib erty under any other plan.
 T mean to sound no note of pessimism. This republic is secure. Manages do arise, but public opinion will efface them Meanwhile, government must repress them The eighteenth amendment denies to minority a fancied sense of person al liberty, but the amendment is the will of America and must be sustained by the government and public opinion else con- tempt for the law will undermine of very foundations
 The foremost thought in the Con stitution Is the right to freedom and the pursuit of happiness. Men must be free to live and achieve Liberty is gone in America when any man is denied by anybody the right to work and live by that work It does not matter who de- nies.
 A free American has the right to labor l without and others leave. It would be no less an abridgen1ent to deny men to bargain collectively Governments cannot tolerate any class or grouped domination through force. It will be sorry day when group domination is reflected in our laws. Government. and the laws which government is charged with enforcing, must be for all the people, ever aiming at 1 the common good.
 "The tendencies of the present day are not surprising War stirred the passions | of men and left the world in upheaval. There have been readjustments and | liquidations, and more remain to be made. In the making there has been the clash of interests, the revelations of greed, the perfectly natural tendency to defend self-interests. It has developed in 1 groups and blocs, and magnihed class in 1 clinations. But the ereadjustment is no less inevitable. slnd it is worldwide It l is the problem of human kind. Your gov ernment has sought to aid. with patience, with tolerance, with sympathy It has sought to mitigate the burdens It has sought the merging of viewpoints to make the way easier. It believes the America of our opportunity and unchallenged se- curity affords the way to solution.
 In war we give all we possess, all our lives, all our resources, everything, to make sure our national survival Our preservation in peace is no less important
 It calls for every patriotic offering be- cause dangers from within are more diff
 cult to meet than the alien ene.Ly
 My one outstanding conviction, after
 sixteen months in the presidency, is that
 the greatest traitor to his country is he
 who appeals to prejudice and irifiames
 passion, when sober judgment and honest
 speech are so necessary to firmly estab- I lished tranquility and security
 1 T leave you that thought on this cen.
 tennial day. because it's lesson will have
 many wound, many a. cross current ir
 the happiness of the community, it vii
 save many a menace in the national life I have no fear about the republic. We
 are not only stronger but we are morall5 better than when we began s If there i.
 seeming excess of exploitation, profiteer.
 ing, dishonesty and betrayal, it is onlS
 because we are grown the larger, and WI
 know tn eiils of life and read of then 7! more than the good that is done I dt
 not wonder that the ignoCant and lilly Uniformed are made destless by the mag
 niied. stories of public abuses and pro
 claimed privilege. We need truth, onl,
 the truth, the wholesome truth, as tn,
 highest aid to- ..Americanization and the
 manifestation of highest patriotism.
 America will go on The fundamental
 of the republic and all it's liberties will b, preserved and government must maintaii the supremacy of law and authority. Un der these. liberty has it's fullest fruition and maintain to reveal the glory of fiber tvs institutions.''