Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-02-16

Washinyton Is stirred to action. Nothing escapes
the vigtlant eye Of the government and Its innum-
cradle functionaries If the price of one article
goes up, let the government take charge OF the
seller II the price Of another goes down, let tne
government take charge Of the buyer And thus
the carnival Of government activities goes mer-
rily on Government control is the remedy 1or
every ILL., and government regulation the source
Of every good.
The people pay all the expenses. In some In
stances they pay it all through the government az
Washington In the case Of other actlVltes tliey
pay half through the government at washington
and the other half through the governments OF tne
states But the people pay all the expenses OF tls
complicated machinery Of government that mas
its agents looking over the shoulders of every busi
ness man and directing affairs Of every citizen.
The fathers embodied with rare wisdom those
elements Of strength and endurance which were
essential if the government was to be perpetuateu
through the ages. They avoided with the 1ore-
sight Of statesmen the things that lead 10 uisap-
pointment and discomfort among the people. Inc
fathers studied the experience of mankind In sell
government. They studied the lessons ana prohteu
by the teachings of history. They sought ana
found the causes of failure by other peoples III Tie
experiment of self-govenment. They did not
wander into the realms of fancy. They were cre-
atinc q government for human beings whose ma
ture has remained the same through all the cen
tures of time They knew that the Things that
in other ages had invited criticism, provoked us
content and resulted in disappointment anu re'o-
luton would lead to the same END IN future aseS'
They therefore created 4 government auapteu "
the nature of man, a simple government OF 'd"s u
be enacted and enforced by the chosen representa-
tives of free people. The purpose OF the govern
ment was to protect them In their haturai rignts,
and to enable them to meet their natlonai anu
o1 1,,tioc md
were limited.
The fathers did not contemplate at any time
under the Constitution they gave US government
by men, 1t was not in the scheme of the fathers
that at any time the people should be begulleu
into using the government at Washington tor
superyising or directing their purely personal To-
cal, and domestic affairs. They knew that IN a
government Of free people no man Is Dig enough
or wise enough or good enough to command an
other his political equal in what he may or may
not do. 1t is fundamental that free people may
NOT he expected long to endure the annoyances, the
vexations, the arbitrary regulations the restrlc'
tions or the diSappointmentS that are incident 10
government by men acting as the functlonarles Oh
a central authority, directing the affalrs OF anu
exercising police powers over the people Ill lhe
remotest parts of their territorial limits. Even
tho assurances of government bureaus that the
authority exercised the liberty OF the citl-
zens is for his good wllt not long peSuile TIE
citizen into a surrender Of his right TO live unuer
a government of laws enacted by his authority ana
consent that merely protect him from INJURY ny
others and protect others from injury by him.
There is no word in the discussion by the faith
ers of the powers and duties of the government
they have handed down to us that leads to the
belief that it was contemplated in their plan that
the head of any department or the chief Of any
bureau or the agent Of any commission should at
any time make restrictions or arbitrary regula-
tions affecting the life, liberty property, or the
pursuit of happiness of the citizen Such restrc-
tions upon the individual as were contemplated