The people's voice., 1940-08-07


bargaining will the Burke
free government is of dsmay. The question is
nothing less than whether the essential rights of
al liberty shall be surrendered and desposm embraced its
worst form.
The administration asserts the right to fill the ranks of the
regular army by compulsion that may
take of every twenty-five any part of the
whole of the rest whenever the occasions require
Persons thus taken by force and put any
be compelled there during the for fe They
be put service at home abroad for defense
for invasion according the will and pleasure of
ment.
hs power does not out of any invasion of the
try of state of 1t belongs government
at all times in peace as war; and to be exercised
under all circumstances according to discretion This,
sir is the amount of the principle contended for by the
tary of
ment? Is civil liberty? Is this the real character of
constitution? No. Sir indeed is not The constitution is
beed foully beed The people of this country have not
established for themselves such fabric of desposm They
purchased expense of their and
their blood Magma Charta to be slaves.
Where it written in the constitution in what article
section contained that may take children from their
parents parents from their children and compel them to
fight the battles of in which the folly the wicked
of government may engage it?
Under what concealment has this lain hidden which
for the first time forth with tremendous and
baeu aspect ampe down and destroy the dearest rights
of personal liberty?
"Who will show any constitutional injunction which
duty of the American people every
thing valuable in life life ITSELF not when the safety
of their country demand the sacrifice but whenever the
purposes of ambitious and mschievous may
require it?
"Sr in granting congress power to the
people have granted all the which ordinary and
usual and which consistent with the liberties and security
the people themselves and they have granted Others
talk about the unlimited of the the
its authority hold language which is
true only in regard to despotisms.
"a free government with arbitrary administer is
contradiction free without adequate prov
personal security absurdty government
with uncontrolled of military conscption sole
,sm at the most ridiculous and abominabe that ever
entered the head of man.
In my opinion Sir the sentiments of free population
greatly mistaken here The nation temper to
submit to conscrpton The people have too fresh and strong
feeling for the blessings of civil liberty be willing
ender it,
Laws Sir of his nature nothing but opposition.
scatter them abroad like the tabled serpen teeth
hey will spring into armed military force cannot
raised in this matter but by the of military force
administration has found that army
Without conscrption will find if it ventures these
erments that it cannot enforce conscron without
"The government not constituted for such purposes
framed in the spirit of liberty and in the love of peace has
powers which render able to enforce such laws The
tempt rashly make it, will fall and having already
brown away thereby throw gov
rnment.'
To this the New Dealer only say that great country
ounded the principle of the dignity of and love of
travelled far down the road when
seriously put a. adult males
er an absolute military dictatorship.
The bill before the Senate Military Affairs Committee
that every male between the 18 "a
and thus under continued military RECOMMENDATION
be liable to prison term of five $4,000 fine
Not the despsed of Tsarts Russia
eria Germany placed such stringent penalties in their
rption laws Ire
But they proposed by who they attempt
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