The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-16

~ tihy. IhiS hour Is full of interest to
those who are concerned with ques
tions affecting the welfare of the people and the
future of the republic
80 IL is not my purpose today to attempt to ex-
tend the fame or add to the renown of washing
ton. His fame is secure to the earths remot
est bounds his renown will grow the centuries
uhioid the scroll of the ages. While men care for
wisdom and honor and patriotism and appreciate
the achievements of those who have served man
hihu. washington VIII have place In the minds
ana hearts of men In all countries and In all ages
tAppanse.) shall therefore take occasion on this
anniversary Of his birth to note the government
established BY the fathers, the achievements made
under 1t by the American people and its benefits
10 mank1nd, and Mt the same time consider the de-
paftures that have been made from its funda-
mental principles and purposes that endanger Its
perpetuity.
1t is safe to say that the creation and adoption
of the Constitution of the United States mark the
wofids greatest achievement in the art of self.
government The fathers under the leadership Of
Washington undertook the delicate and difficult
task OF creating government with such endur-
ing principles as would make 1t susceptible of be-
Ing perpetuated. 1t was provided that each citizen
VINO lived under 1t should for all time be the politi
cal equal or every other citizen and that every man
shouid nave the opportunity Of obtaining individu-
al reward for individual effort. The government
created was of the people, by the people, and for
the people Its purposes and powers are simple.
piain and direct. 1t offers protection to the citi-
zen IN his right to fe liberty property and in the
pursuit of bis happiness The powers granted are
enumerated with such other powers as may natur-
ally be implied from the written Instrument
These powers impose upon the government Gre
ated the duty of dealing with national and
international questions affecting the fe the char
acter. and the honor Of the republic and Its peope
IN their national md International relations The
right and duty Of dealing with such questions as
aHect the individual citizen left to the states
and the smaller political subdivisions Under this
division of political authority and duty the people
OF the. United States have through hundred and
thirty years enjoyed the freest and best govern
ment In all the world. Under the simple guaran
ties of government that make the Individual secure
In his natural rights the American citizen has been
developed. He is self-reliant resourceful cour-
ageols, inventive ambitious, patriotic, and appre-
ciative of his heritage Of freedom There runs
through his veins the best blood Of every people
north of the Mediterranean sea. From the days
of the fathers every generation has offered and
freely given life and property for the maintenance
of the honor. the preservation of the integrity and
the advancement of the glory of the republic. 1t
is ours. We must preserve it, We must not i'm
pose duties upon 1t that II cannot perform We
must not ask the exercise of functions for which
1t was not created We must not Indulge In the
hope of things from 1t that 1t cannot give We
must not Invite disnppontments In the operation
of its activities. 1t is enough that 1t shall always
offer protection to all that man holds dear and
diyidual citizen to obtain rewards according to his
individual ambitions and efforts.
This leads me to call attention to the important
duties of this hour that require us to take our bear
ing and to ascertain how far have already been
begiled TO depart from It and divert and multiply
the activities of the government In matters foreign
to Its original purposes, and to contemplate the
effects of such departure on the life Of the govern
went and on the opportunity of the Individual cit
zen.
1t would be difficult to enumerate all the de-
partnents, bureaus, and commissions of the govern
ment at Washington that have been created to ex.
ercise bureaucratic authority and paterna guardi.
anshp over the people In every part of the re.
public There is no activity, business social or
domestic condition that Is not the object of their
supervision their solicitudc, or their authority
Over $4,000 civilian employees make up the army
that oversees and directs the affairs of the peonle
and assumes guardianship over them Govern
ment agents and inspectors exercising every va.
riety of authority, are found every Pullman
out of and into Washington. Government reports
every subject from adenoids to rat traps fill the
files of offices that of floor space I'm
Washington. The mahogany and quarter-sa
oak office furniture already installed has cost many
millions Of dollars, and more is being purchased
If yearing dies of blackeg on farm in
Kansas. the government at Washington acts on
the case. II hog dies Of the cholera In hog lot
In Iowa, the government at Washington takes
charge. II weevll bores through boil of cot
een on plantation In Texas. the government at