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ThU article U written on the broad question: Civil Bights br Kinston Attorney Major M«h H. Allan, who has made an intense study of tjb* poaac and who puts his notions on the subject clearly and well. Vs feel that Major Allan's ar ticle is wall worth the time of every reader who has even a fidin interest in the way our government is operated. Edi tor's Mote. By Maj. Matt H. Allan The prdposed “Civil Rights” laws are as little understood by the masses as are States' Rights under the Constitution. Neither will ever be understood by the great body of the common peo ple until our schools, colleges and universities decide that the Constitution is worth preserving and that its preservation is the only hope for the nation. The great majority of the mischiefs done by governments are trace able to the ignorance of those ap pointed to administer them. i All students of history are agreed that the Constitution is a compact between the States and that all power not expressly giv en to the central government (except the part that is abolished) is reserved to the States. The re sult is that the United States can do only what the Constitution permits it to do, and a State can do everything that the Consti tution does not forbid it to do. It follows that within the geo graphical bounds of every state two governments are operating simultaneously; that is to say, tyro governments operating at the same time and in the same place. The means devised to keep them from conflicting is the Constitution of the United States. ItwHI JNo person can nave any inter- ; ligent understanding of the Con stitution without a study of the debates of the framers of this great document. Just so long as the mass of the people are unable to understand the structure and administration of their govern ment they will continue to be dupes of callow statesmen and professional office seekers and victims of misgovernment. It is indeed a sad spectacle to see principles and the lessons of his tory ignored, and the theories of men and political expedience ac cepted for our guidance, making vassals of our states and depen dents of our people. As a result of unauthorized centralization of government we now have a mass of governmental confusion al most, if not, beyond human com prehension and impossible of democratic control. The great question which now confronts the American people is whether or not a written Con stitution is an effective barrier to the avarice of classes, the am bition of individual, the schemes of party,. or the machinations of fanatics? This question must be answered in the negative unless the Constitution is fairly and impartially taught in our schools, colleges, and universi ties. WHAT CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION IS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS PRO GRAM? WATCH & JEWELRY f REPAIRS > By An Expert V‘ • w1 Civil Rights an Dm frss doms that Dm individual enjoy* under tha protaction of civil gavfirn* mant. The fourteenth amendment; was forced on the country by the bayonets of the federal Army. I wonder how many teachers of the Constitution inform the stu dents that President Lincoln watf nominated by a convention in which no Southern State voted or could vote, and that his elec tion was purely geographical, and that he came to Washington for his inauguration in the night time and in disguise, afraid to trust himself among a people of whom he claimed to be Chief Magistrate; that her was chosen by 39 per cent of the aggregate popular votes of the States; that he was inaugurated on. March v4, 1861 and on April 15th, without authority of Congress, called out 75,000 troops, and that this call for troops without the authority of Congress excited alarm and indignation in the States of Maryland, Virginia, North Caro lina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ar kansas and Missouri, which states had not up to that time passed any acts of secession; and that denunciatory replies were made to this call by most of these States; and I wonder how m'any people know or have in formed the students that when Congress finally assembled on July 4th of the same year, it failed to pass a resolution legal ising President Lincoln's proc lamations. I mention these historical truths, not for the purpose of en gaging in another discussion of the Civil War, but solely to point out there has in the past on at least one occasion developed a strong infatuation and dementa tion of the popular mind, a kind of madness or political mania which rendered protestations, promises and guarantees — no matter in what good faith they may have been given — of no avail, and which made our Con stitution obsolete for the time. Today we have a similar polit ical situation in our nation and the majority of our would-be statesmen are afflicted with a political mania which has blind ed our consciences to the point that they have completely lost sight of the Constitution and are about to ignore human law and human government The fourteenth amendment ire quires the States, in exercising their power, to distribute free dom, to make no distinction on account of race. It says no State shall discriminate. It does not and cannot forbid individuals to discriminate. Congress has passed a number of acts attempt ing to compel individuals to ac cord privileges to one race to stay at a hotel qr enter a theater operated by a member of anoth er race, and thie Supreme Court has promptly held the laws un constitutional. The power to dis tribute freedom among individ uals has been and must remain within the States. Congress now proposes to pass a law destroying the freedom of employers to employ any person they wish to hire,, disguised as a law to regulate interstate com merce. It is so absolutely remote that a congressman mindful of his oath to support the Constitu tion ought to be ashamed to vote for it It is a matter of record that this proposal, to-wit: Fair JSm I MAYFAIR! 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If this so-called Civil Rights Bill is passed by the Congress it may be held unconstitutional, but it must be remembered that the Supreme Court will decide in favor Of* the constitutionality unless it is clear that the law violates the great document which is our only hope. of the suffering from a fatal that is inherent in it, viz; That it was framed upon principles of binding together in a republican form of government dissimilar peoples with dissimilar interests and that this can only be accom plished through monarchial gov ernments which are founded on force. ( nemger azoirs, ue&p r mn* Stores, Washing Machines, F. M. Radios. All the Well Known Brands can be bought oh 1 tennSe MAYFAIR SHOP. KIN8TOH For AMBULANCE SERVICE DIAL 2124 “A Garner Ambulance Is White” The only straight ambulance in Kinston ■0 512 N. Queen St. Kinston, N. C MAYFAIR! D0LLAR-DAY SPECIALS —Boys’ Sport Shirts — tt. artOBT SLEEVES • ^liOO BKSSaMB,.. . 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