The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., February 01, 1925, Page 9, Image 9

FEBRUARY, 1925
THE UNITED AMERICAN
Page Nine
equal in their right to the protection of government,
in population and prosperity of the various
in their right to make out of their lives all that they
states.
can. It is the greatest business of government to
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secure and defend this right. Often it fails, in Amer­
A constant consideration of your rights.
ica and elsewhere, and children are destined from
(3) From your Judge —
infancy to a life of poverty and degradation, who, if
A fair administration of justice.
the government had done its part, would have risen
Responsibility to you and not to some king or
to higher places.
other high official.
Among the rights which can not be fairly denied
(4)
From the government as a whole —
to any person are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
Freedom from over-government by the
happiness. Take the first: — under old conditions a
creation of useless offices.
man’s life was often at the mercy of his master, of
Freedom from unnecessary standing armies.
his employer, of his king. In the old feudal days lords
Armies under the control of the civil power.
frequently put their retainers to death for some
No restriction on trade.
foolish whim. A trial was denied and no reason for
No taxation without your consent.
the punishment given. The man was merely killed.
Hence there had gradually grown up a feeling that
Last of all there is a statement of the importance
a man’s -life is an inalienable right which can be among a self-governing people, such as the Ameri­
taken from him only for reasons which appeal to other cans, of fairness and justice in their relations, of
men as sufficient.
redress thru petition and law rather than thru revolu­
In like manner, a man’s liberty is his right, to be tion, and of refraining from hasty, intemperate action
taken from him only for crime. In olden times men in their relations to the governing power. These ideas
were thrown into prison for the most trivial of are fundamental in America. A close study of these
offenses and kept there often for a life time. Poli­ will contribute to prepare you for citizenship and to
ticians destroyed opposition to their policies by throw­ make you better citizens when you get it.
ing their opponents into jail. Thus they secured them­
selves in positions in which, by robbery, they often TYPE OF MEN THAT WORLD NEEDS TODAY
enriched) themselves. Because of these conditions,
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which had for ages been common, the colonists an­
The world today is looking for men who are not
nounced liberty as another inalienable right to be for sale.
protected by government.
Men who are honest and sound from center to
The third right of all men is the pursuit of happi­ circumference — true to the heart’s core.
ness. All naturally long to be happy. Men seek
Men with conscience as steady as the needle to
happiness by laying away money for old age, by de­ the pole.
manding wages high enough to give them a good
Men who will stand for the right if the heavens
living, by educating their children, by enjoying the totter and the earth reels.
society of other men, and by maintaining churches
Men who can tell the truth and look the world
for their religious life. When men are enslaved and right in the eye.
kept in the degradation of constant toil, they are un­
Men who neither brag nor run, men who neither
happy. Over taxed, or taxed without their consent, flag nor flinch.
compelled to submit to arbitrary rule and kept in
Men who have courage without shouting it.
abject poverty and ignorance, they are unhappy.
Men who know their message and tell it.
Hence the colonists believed that the right to seek
Men who know their business and attend to it.
happiness is a right which the fair government should
Men who are not ashamed to say “No” with em­
secure to its citizens.
phasis, and who are not ashamed to- say “I can’t
The rest of the document is a powerful indictment afford it.”
of the autocratic king of England. We are not particu­
larly interested in this crazy king, for the passage
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of time showed that he was insane. We are inter­
A’ ither folk are fu’ o’ fau’ts
ested, tho, in the long list of human rights to be
And o’ their morals I’ve ma dou’ts —
0, wad some power the giftie gie them
secured and protected by the just government, which
To see themselves as I can see them! — Success.
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rights you will have as American citizens:
(1) From your legislative bodies —
Wise laws planned for the public good.
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Prompt action upon all proposed laws.
Representation in all legislative bodies thru
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the ballot.
Meeting places for legislators so placed, that
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(2) From your Governor, President or other
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