, 1923-09-23

search of persons or houses or pos
sessions without a duly attested
search warrant; the requirement of
an Indictment before a grand jury
before n shall be held to answer
for a capital or otherwise infamous
crime; providing that nc one in n
criminal case shall be compelled to
be witness against himself: hat no
one be deprived OF life, liberty, or
property without due process of law;
f~orbiddlng the appropriation of pri-
vate property for public use without
just compensation; providing for
speedy and public trial by an i'm
partial Jury in criminal cases:
guaranteeing the right of trial by
jury; prohibition agaist excessive bail
and fines, and cruel and unusual
punishment; reserving to the peopIe
rights not enumerated in the con.
stitution; and r~eserving to the States
or TO the people powers not delegated
TO the United States by the con.
stltution nor prohibited by It TO the
states.
The foregoing provisions were
made n part OF our basic law after
long experience with government
and a long period OF old world CD.
preston and tyranny from which
our fathers had fled to set I'D here
a government founded upon human
liberty and equal rights under tho
law. In that Bill of Rights are
those fundamental provisions which
have constituted our bulwark of
freedom thus far in our history.
which insure III rights as commo
as the air we breathe. and for that,
reason are not realized and very
little appreciated by this average
American citizen. These provisions
are not alone or primarily for the
rich and the strong, but rather
above all for the protection Of the
humblest citizen.
by n few the beI,et
is entertained today that, somehow
or other not clear, the Constiti-
ton is a barrier in the way Of the
man and that 1t embodies govern
mental power against his highest
interest. But the Constitution In
in truth n coat of mail which he
himself fashioned for his own pro.
lection, and which he has altered
from time to time that the protec-
ton might be the mor complete
protection against his in
the legislature or congress-. whom
he may dismiss at election time or
by Impeachment, and whose inyas-
ion of his rights. his courts were
erected to prevent; against his
executive officers. whom he may nut
out of place by impeachment or nv
ballot; against his Judges, whom he
may remove for lack of good he
havior.' He dictates in his consti.
tuition the method by which his ser.
wants shall be chosen to carry out
his written will, and he prescrtbes
tho way in which the unfaithful
shall be cast out. Hi government
is not his master, az the king or
the oligarch had always been, but
his protection against the mastery
of delegates or servants selected by
himself"
We recall the Injunction of
Daniel Webster: "Self love, our
hopes for the future, national
pride, and gratitude to God, all
prompt us to embrace these insti.
tutlons OF u native land with al
the affection of u hearts, and to
defend them with all the strength OF
our hands"
As good American citizens we
should fully understand our insti-
tutions SO that our affections can
be intelligently placed. In order
that we may defend these institu-
ton, with all tho history of their
creation and their progress through
tho years. but also to knou the
'nemies which are attacking them,
These enemies may be divided
roughly into three classes: First.
communism; second, the intensive
organization of minorities for the
purpose of controlling the henefIcen.