The Washington times., 1937-09-24

BOake Carter
What Brought Liberty
New Leaders Needed
The Lonely City

racy is to criticize the majority
party. If it does not do that,
and do it successfully, then
democracy ceases to be.
But no minority political
party can criticize intelligently,
successfully, unless it has an af.
firmative program.
This the Republican Party
does not possess, for it is still
run by the Old Guard leaders,
who seem to be mentally In
capable Of realizing that a great
change has come, not only over
the United States but the world
at large, since 1880.
They seem incapable Of under.
standing that it is no longer a
question of returning to the old,
ancient. moss-backed issues Of
Republicanism versus Democ-
racy, but that it is q clash Of
two PHILOSOPHERS Of government
with a brand-new set Of issues.
THERE are, for example, two
L brand-new issues raised dur
ing the last seven years which
have not been discussed, nor
needed to be discussed for that
matter, for $50 years-the Bill
of Rights and the issue Of law
and order.
What is liberty in a demo
cratic State? Might it not be
application of any common
sense aimed to solve an eco
nomic or social problem up to
and beyond the point where
such application will destroy
projections granted to every
citizen in the Bill Of Rights?
Remember two things when
talking about the Constitution
the background that led up
to the Revolution and the Gre
alton of the Constitution and
the social PHILOSOPHERS Of the
men signing it.
The United States was not
made a democracy by the
United States Constitution, al
though you hear a lot Of bunk
to that effect.
It was the first 10 amend
ments, demanded by the 10
States, which transformed the
Constitution into a charter for
the preservation of democracy.
Thus your and my liberty is
not and never was guaranteed
in the Constitution, but solely
in the Bill of Rights.
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ERANELIN, Morris, Sherman,
l. Mason and the rest Of the
promoters Of the Constitution
had one great aim in their
minds, to set UP such a form
of government that no one man
could gather to himself all the
power.
A dictator is nothing new. It
is simply a modern word for
tyrant. Thus, these founding
fathers wanted to make 1t i'm
possible for a single tyrant to
rise in America.
But as for being democrats
or believers in democracy-they
neither were nor did believe.
They believed that the people"
were irresponsible" could not
judge for themselves, were ig.
norant and dumb.
Therefore they established a
system whereby President was
chosen through an electoral COL
lege and not by popular vote.
and so created not democracy
but a democratic form Of gov
eminent.
Under that system no one
man could have become a ty-
rant-but the Constitution left
the way wide open for the Fed
eral Government, under the
domination Of political party in
power, to destroy individual
rights and freedom. When the
States found this to be a fact
they insisted on the first ten
amendments-the Bill Of Rights
which guaranteed democracy.
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THE Old Guard Republicans
= blather continuously about
the Constitution, but they for
get the Bill Of Rights. Perhaps
it is just as well they slipped
up on it, for, as leaders, they
are discredited and their effec.
tiveness long ago destroyed.
If the Republican Party is not
to be deader than a doornail.