The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-22
OBEDIENCE To-
CONSTITUTION
IS ADVOCATED
Judge JansOnius, Addressing
New Citizens, Makes Ap.
peal For Law and Order
SPEAKS AT rEsSENDEN
Judge Addresses Foreigners
Whose Citizenship Appli.
cations Are Accepted

Fessenden, N. D., Mar. 22.-Judge
Fred Jansonius OF Bismarck, of dis
trict court, in addressing eight in
dividuals whose citizenship aprlica-
tions were approved in court, urged
each Of them to study the constitu-
ton of the United States and To- be
guided in their activities ny the prin-
ciples laid down in that document. He
said in part:
"Simply stated, the constitution lis
the fundamental law of our country
1t is not an instrument that hampers
us in our lawful activities, nor is it
barrier to our success, as some are
led to believe" The founders of our
constitution had but one purpose in
mind, and that was to adopt basic
law that would perpetually guarantee
to the citizens Of the United States
certain rights that liberty loving PEG.
pie had struggled for for centuries
"While the government under a
constitution such as ours was rev
and strange form Of government at
the time Of its adoption, the pIinci-
pies underlying our constitution were
not new even at that day.
Protection Promised
"A large part OF the constitution
deals with the mechanics of our gov
neutrality-suspicious. for the cxecu-
tive, legislative and judicial depart
ments, the methods Of electing Off
GERS, and limitations upon the pow
ers of each department. The protec-
ton promised to the people and the
aims of the constitution. as stated in
the preamble, are found in the first
ten commandments, commonly called
our "Bill of Rights
'In the Bill of Rights we find a
statements of conclusions reached af-
ter long experience with government
after long period of Old World de.
preston from which the colonists had
fled to found here government
founded upon human liberty and
equal rights under the law. In this
Bill Of Rights are those fundamental
provisions which have carried us thus
far in our history, which insure us
rights common as the air we breathe,
and for that reason are often not
realized and very little appreciated
by the average American citizen
'This Bill of Rights insures us the
right of trial by jury; pronounces the
doctrine that mans house is his
castle, and shall not be invaded ex-
cept by due process of law; that we
arc to enjoy public assemblage; that
We shall have religious liberty and
be permitted to Worship God accord
ing to the dictates Of our own con-
science; that the right of private
property shall remain inviolate and
shall not be taken from it's owner
except by due process of LAWN
short, that while men are not born
equal in point Of character and ca
pacity, they are, under our constitu-
tional form of government, to have
an equality of rights. That was, and
is today new doctrine in human
government. The fundamental spirit
Of this constitution extends to every
man, woman and child under our flag
the right of equal opportunity. 1t has
given to the people Of America an op-
portunity for all that is best in hu-
manity. A1hu
Must Guard Liberties
"1f, however, we arc to continue to
be a government Of the people, Fit' is
obvious that we must understand our
form Of government and be fit to
govern. We live in land where
laws are nothing unless sustained
by public opinion. Howe essential,
therefore, it is that public opinion
shall be educated so that wise, up
right and loyal conduct of govern
mental affairs will result.
Eternal vigilance is said to be the
price Of liberty. If the principles
enunciated in the Declaration OF In
dependence are violated, and tho con-
stitution undermined through disre-
gard of individual rights, it is due
to the Indifference and inactive atti-
tude of our citizens who devote all
their time and thought and activities
to their own private affairs and neg
lect active participation in self gov
eminent.
"Strong and powerful as we have
become, this country can endure only
through reasonable amount of
thought and time devoted to it by cit
liens who love it, and wish to have it
preserved in its full force and inte-
gritty. We native Americans, ard ma
turaliZed. hold the DESTINY of our
country in our own hands-Yes, even
more, the destiny Of the whole world.
For the world is today looking to us
as the one country on the globe that
can eventually bring order out Of
chaos."