New Britain herald., 1924-09-06
COOLIDGE RESENTS
 RADICALS ATTACK
 ONSUPREME COURT
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powers lodged with the congress, every minority body that may be weak in resources or unpopular in the public estimation, also nearly every race and religious belief would md themselves practically without protection"
 The time for Americans to range themselves firmly, squarely and un- compromislngly behind Americans ideals Is now," he asserted. The great body of our people have an abiding faith in their own country. The time has come when they should supplement the faith with action. xxx \ Tn this contest there IS but one place for real Ameri- can to stand"
 Assault Upon Constitution.
 The president mentioned no names In connection with the attack he described against the supreme court. He characterized 1t as an assault upon the constitution with 'its purpose the confiscation of prop erty and the destruction of liberty"
 "yery little danger exists of an open and avowed assault upon the principle of individual freedom" he said. Tt is more likely to be in peril indirectly, perhaps with the avowed intention of protecting 1t or enlarging it."
 In his discussion of foreign affairs, Mfr. Coolidge said:
 ITO be independent, to my mind, does not mean to be isolated. \ xx there Is no real independence save only as we secure 1t through the law of service"
 While avoiding entsnglements, he pointed out that the United States had pursued that policy in contribu- tions to foreign charities; In counsel at the arbitration tables in Latin America. in adjustment of war problems in Europe; in the Wash ington armament conference and in the settlement of the separations problem. <
 'The effect these will have in averting war and promoting peace." he added, "cannot possibly be over estimated. They appear to me pro- perly to mark the end of the old order, and the beginning of new ora. We hope they are the end of aggressive war and the beginning of permanent peace"
 Referring to the European situa- ton, the president declared, "If we want France and the other allies paid, we can best work towards that end by assisting in the restoration of tho German people. now shorn of militarism, to their full place in the family Of peaceful mankind"
 Speaking again of the supreme court as well as of the entire system of independent Judiciary, Mir. Cool idge said it's establishment through the constitution was lone of the great contributions which America made to the science of government" Supreme Court Guarantor of Liberty
 That tribunal" ke continued in speaking specifically of the supreme court, '.has been made as indepen- dent and impartial as human nature could devise. This action was taken with the sole purpose of protecting the freedom of the individual, of guarding his earnings his home, his life.
 Tt is frequently charged that this tribunal is tyrannical. If the consti- tuition of the United States be tyran- ny; if the rule that no one shall be convicted of crime save by a juryAof his peers; that no orders of nobility shall be granted: that slavery shall not be permitted to exist in any state OF territory; that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; if these and many other provisions made by the people be tyranny, then the SUD- reme court when 1t makes decisions in accordance with these principles of our fundamental law is tyranni- cal. Otherwise 1t is exercising the power of government for the preser- vation of liberty. The fact is that the constitution is the source of our freedom. Maintainingit, Interpreting it. and declaring it, are the only methods by which the constitution can be preserved and our libertis guaranteed.
 Somewhere must be lodged the power to declare the constitution. If it be taken away from the court, it must 90 either to the executive or the legislative branch of the govern ment. No one, 50 far. as know, has thought that it should go to the exe- cutive. All those who advocate changes propose, I believe, that 1t should be transferred in whole or in : part to the congress. I have a very high regard for legislative assem- plies. We have put very great em- phaas upon representative govern ment. It is the only method by which due deliberation can he secured. That is a great safeguard of liberty. But the legislature is not Judical.
 Legislators Partisan
 Along with what are admitted to be the merits of the question, al- 90 what Is supposed to be the pop- uiar demand and the greatest par tisan advantage weigh very heavily in making legislative decisions, It is well known that when the house of representatives sits as a judicial body, to determine contested cleo tions, it has . tendency to decide in q partisan way. It is to be re- membered also that under recent political practice there is a strong tendency for legislators to be very much informed by the executive. Whethsr we like this practice or not, there is no use denying that it exists With . dominant execu-