Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
ADDRESS MADE BY
Hon. Ruby r. Vale At Republican Mass Meeting In
Milford Last Friday Evening.

There is in the Vatican a marble
group which depicts an old man
and his sons in the throes Of strug-
gle with two serpents that entwine
them in the folds of death. The
story that LAGOON tells is of priest
of Apollo. who warned the Trojans
of the wooden horse of the Greeks,
and Of Athene's revenge in sending
serpents out Of the sea to destroy
that priest and his sons.
The Constitution Of the United
States and its fgurative sons. DEM
ocracy and individualism, are today
in death struggle with the fore
warned forces of an alien civiliza-
tiOn-C Communism and Dictatorship.
Our Federal Constitution is the
supreme law Of the land, ordained
by will Of the people for two funda-
mental purposes. (1) The promul-
cation and conservation OF individ-
uai freedom ana the pr8sectleEi Aaf
minorities; and t2) the establish
ment Of a form Of government for
the maintenance OF order and the
perpetuation OF mans rights to life
and liberty and to property and
equality before and under law. The
Federal Constitution vitalizes these
purposes by the creation Of political
machinery Of the national govern
ment which operates in harmony
with the machinery of the several
states.
The basal political philosophy of
our government is that Of limita-
tions on power to the end Of pro-
tecting minorities not only of a
numerous group or of a separate
state, but Of its lowliest citizen
against the tyranny and self-inter-
est of a ruthless group and against
the usurpations of the peoples rep
resentatives in temporary power. 1t
is obvious that no government can
exist or order long endure unless
minorities are shielded from group
aggression, for a group tomorrow
may suffer the reprisals Of their
minority victims of yesterday and
in final analysis the ultimate min
ority is the sanctity Of individual
equality.
Il is then fundamental cOnstitu-
tional fact that the United States Of
America is not a pure democracy;
but is a government of. by and
through the representatives of the
people. The legislators. federal or
state. the governors and the presi-
dent are but the continuous agents
Of the people who then must direct
their authority and check their pow
er. If the people would retain SOW
ereignty in themselves and control
the acts of their representatives.
The people OF America are without
the limitations of custom, which !
among older nations may be suffi-
cient to restrain power. Hence, our |
people must limit the authority and /
power of their representatives by |
. written constitution. II by a con-
stitution their power is so limited
then its inhibitions can be enforced /
0nly by and through the tribunal /
created by the people for the final
Of the meaning and
Of the limitations and
he enforcement Of the rights under
he constitution. Before the courts 4
II our land, states in sovereignty
nay come, minorities Of whatever
ace, color or creed, however numer-
,us or even one citizen or alien
nay come. and invoking the limita-
ions and restraint of the Constitu-
ion may stay the power Of Con-
,ress, or palsy the executive hand
hat would strike at his property.
lis liberty, his religion, his race, his
iolor, his political freedom or his
quality before the law.
The contamination then Of mans
truggle through the centuries for
Individual freedom under govern
nent, we Americans in pride Of
iatriotism acclaim to be our Consti-
ution which ordains that the state
xists for the individual and not
he individual for the state, that its
overnment is Of the people and thru
heir representatives under limita-
ions by them prescribed, that those
shall not destroy the
over OF the states or blot out their /
xistence as separate entities, shall
ot impigne on the freedom Of in I
ividual initiative, effort and enter .
rise, shall not violate the citizens
light Of property or to worship his