Evening star., 1937-03-18

"Our fathers had sacrificed much
to be free. Above all things they
desired freedom to be absolutely
secured to themselves and their
posterity. And yet, with all their
enthusiasm for this sentiment, they
were willing to refer to the tribu-
nal which they devised all ques-
tions arising under their newly
formed Constitution, affecting the
freedom and the protection and
safety Of the citizen. Though bit.
ter experience had taught them
that the instrumentalities of gov
eminent might trespass upon free
dom, and though they had learned
in a hard school the cost of the
struggle to wrest liberty from the
grasp Of power, they refused, in
the solemn work they had in hand,
to take counsel of undue fear or
distracting perturbation; and they
calmly and deliberately established
as q function Of their government,
a check upon unauthorized free
dom and restraint upon danger
Gus liberty. Their attachment and
allegiance to the sovereignty of
their States were warm and unfal-
tering; but these did not prevent
them from contributing a fraction
of that sovereignty to the creation
OF court which should guard and
protect their new nation, and save
and perpetuate a government
which should, in all time to come,
bless an independent people.
Let us be glad in the possession of
this rich heritage of American
citizenship, and gratefully appre-
ciate the wisdom and patriotism
Of those who gave to us the Su-
preme Court of the United States"
At the celebration Of the Centen-
nidl Of the Supreme Court, Febru-
arg 4, 1890.
while the real interests of labor
are not promoted by a resort to
threats and violent manifestations,
and while those who, under the
pretext of an advocacy of the
claims Of labor, wantonly attack
the rights Of capital, and for self
ish purposes or the love of disorder
sow seeds of violence and discon-
tent, should neither be encouraged
nor conciliated, all legislation on
the subject should be calmly and
deliberately undertaken, with no
purpose of satisfying unreasonable
demands or gaining partisan ad-
vantage" Message to Congress,
April %, 1886.
Those who disregard this warn.
ing and persist in taking part
with a riotous mob in forcibly re.
sisting and obstructing the execu-
ton of the laws of the United
States or interfering with the
functions of the government or
destroying or attempting to de-
stroy the property belonging to
the United States or under it's pro-
lection cannot be regarded other
wise than as public enemies. .
While there will be no hesitation
or vacillation in the decisive treat.
ment of the guilty, this warning
Is especially intended to protect
and save the innocent" Proclu-
nation Of July 8, 1894.
We proudly call ours a govern
ment by the people. 1t is not such
when class is tolerated which
arrogates to itself the manage.
ment of public affairs, seeking to
control the people, instead of rep.
resenting them" Letter accepting
the nomination for President, Au.
gust 18, 1884.
The lesson should be constantly
enforced that, though the people
support the government, the gov
eminent should not support the
people" Veto Of the Teras Seed
Bill, February 1e, 1887.
If reckless discomfort and wild
experiment should sweep our cur
rency from it's safe support, the
most defenseless of all who suffer
IN that time Of distress and ma
tional discredit will be the poor,
as they reckon the loss in their