Evening star., 1922-07-05

erful as to states and sections; we
are in the full concord Of union.
This great organic law has been
| moved. Where there has been en-
| 'arged federal authority the states
| nave wished 1t SO. The Constitution
has been amended to meet the pop
| ular will. Our representative form
| Of constitutional government is re-
sponsive to the will of tho majority,
! responsive to the expression of de-
liberate public opinion. 1t must be
SO to endure. Majorities, restrained
to the protection Of minorities, ever
laws sponsored by the majority must
be enforced. 1t does not matter who
opposes. If an opposing minority
has q just objection. the rising tide
Of public opinion will change the
law. There Is no abiding liberty un-
der any other plan.
Not Pessimistic Note.
It mean to sound no note Of pes
simism; this republic is secure,
will efface them. Meanwhile govern
ment must repress them. The eight
eenth amendment denies to a minority
a fancied sense of personal liberty,
but the amendment is the will of
America and must be sustained by
the government and public opinion,
else contempt for the law will un-
dermine our very foundations.
The foremost thought in tho Con-
| stitution is the right to freedom
must be free to live and achieve.
Liberty Is gone In America when
any man IL denied by anybody the
right to work and live b. that work.
It does not matter who denies.
"A free American has the right to
would be no less an abridgement to
| deny men to bargain collectively.
Governments cannot tolerate any
class or grouped domination through
force. 1t will be q sorry day whom
group domination Is reflected in our
which government Is charged with
| enforcing. must be for all tho people,
| ever aiming at the common good.
THE tendencies of the present day
passions Of men. and left the world
| in upheaval. There have been read
| ustm ents and liquidations, and moro
| remain to be made. In the making
| there has been the clash of interests.
| the revelations OF greed, the perfect
interests. 1t has developed groups
| and blocs and magnif1ed class inclina-
| tions. But the readjustment Is no
! loss inevitable. and it Is worldwide
1t IL tho problem of humankind.
Your government has sought to aid.
| with patience, with tolerance, with
sympathy. 1t has sought to mitigate
| the burdens. 1t has sought tho merg-
| ing of viewpoints to make the way
easier. 1t believes the America of
! curity affords the way to solution.
TN war We give all We possess. all
our lives. all our resources. every
thing. to make sure our national sur
vival. Our preservation in peace is
no less important. It calls for every
! from within are more dimcult to meet
| than the alien enemy.
| my ono outstanding conviction.
after sixteen months in tho presi-
his country 10 he who appeals to
prejudice and infames passion, when
| aober Judgment and honest speech
arc so necessary to firmly established
tranquility and security.
Words and Their Meaning.
"a few days ago I chanced to sec
in a homo paper a quotation from
| Settler heard Mr.. Carleton read it
| in the old city hall thirty-five years
ago. It was the recital Of hasty and
unh eeding speech to the first settler .
wife whom no found tho cattle had
started to fnd them. brought them
back, sank exhausted on the cabin
| floor, where he found her dead body,
| after his all-night search. In his re-
| morse he felt the guilt of his killing
| words, and in his recitinE tho story,
he said!
| ".Boys flying kites haul In their
white winged birds,
| But you can't do that way when
you're flying words.
| Thoughts unexpressed may soms-
| times fall back dead,
| But God Himself can't kill 'em
once they're said
| IT leave you that thought on this
centennial day, because Its lesson
will save many a wound. many q
| community; 1t will save many a
menace in the national life.
"I have no fear about the republic.
| We are not sonly stronger, but we
are morally better than when we
| began. II there is seeming excess of
/ exploitation, proftsering. dishonesty
and 6strayaS tSa y larrer on ana ws no
| the Ills Of life and read of them more
than the good that is done. I do ndt
| wonder that the ignorant and lily
| Informed are made restless by the
| magnified stories of public abuses
and proclaimed privilege. We need
truth as the highest aid to Amer
icanisation and the manifestion OF
highest patriotism.
"Amsrica will go on. The funda-
mentals Of the republic and all tts
liberties win be preserved and gov
acy Of law and authority. Under
| these liberty has its fullest fruftion
sid men -ttria ato reveal the glory
1 ,f ifl RI, > institutions.