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Live Questions x In Annual A Objections to Initative, Refer by C. J. Ramage, J -?i +1? of f ruuuttillg is L11C aiuiuiu C. J. Ramage, Esq., class of '95, of Saluda, delivered before the Alumni association of Newberry college, in the opera house on Tuesday morning: r "These .three insidious evils are cal-..i?j ^onoro r?nr State eovern V/Ui<tLCU LU ~ ??* y w ments from their present excellent form to a rule of the mob or, what is the natural result, to the rule of a few unscrupulous demagogues. The demagogue and the rule of the people, so-called, go hand in hand. There are only two forms of government and ? can be only two?the government of a v monarch, whether claiming by right of inheritance or by the suffrages of a ? deluded, misled and frantic mob, on the one hand; and the government by representatives of the people, operat* ing under settled law and with proper k checks and balances, on the other "V% n ' uaau. Hk "Some people say that the people |& have a divine right to rule and that ?':vl any abridgment of that right is a great' j fe'jl'B crime and will bring woe and disaster j to any people. Now, I lay it down as I a truth that no man or set of men ! IH have any right to rule or lord it over! any other man or men. Government! * is a matter of convenience and its first and only object should be to proJ tect the weak against the strong?to I provide a means hereby each man I may enjoy tne fruit of his toil, unmo- j lested and undisturbed by any one. The government that will do this most o/liciently is the only proper rule and is the only- one that will survive the shock of time and stress of rough usage. Only such men as will aid in maintaining such a government, ought to be allowed to participate in its affairs. Time and experience have demonstrated that the rule of the people through their chosen representatives, operating under a constitution, which * hedges in their powers and protects the right to life, freedom of action, speech and thought, and the right to property in each individual, is the only government under which the whole people may be prosperous and happy. Magna Charta, which guaranteed these rights to the Englishman, was the e&r^ s liest written expression of these great principles. This great document; made a nation of freemen, and provid-1 ed that the King of England, with his crown on his head and his army at his back, could not enter the hut of j the rudest peasant without the per- j mission of its owner. "The referendum was first known in^j its present form among the Swiss can- j ooiis. They sent their representatives j to the general assembly, who could not finally pass any law, without first re* feirring it to the various constituencies for approval. This was in the sixteenth century. The initiative was! adopted by the Swiss Confederation in j - 1891. The recall was especially re- j served :n Article Five of the Articles j of Confederatiou under which our ear-1 liest congresses met. In 1776, Pennsyl- j vania recalled her delegates to the j continental congress, waen tney refused to sign the Declaration of Independence, and sent others who did t sign it. Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, { North Dakota and Oregon have the j initiative, referendum and recall as to the constitution and laws. We find modified forms in certain other States. The first real agitation of the initiative and referendum was begun in the ; Populist platform of 1891. "I consider the State of Oregon as j having the most nearly theoretic form ! ^.of these three rules that is to be j found anywhere, aYid I will devote my j pr remarks to their provisions. The ini- j tive provision declares that legislative! ( authority shall be vested in the gener-1 al assembly, but that the people re- j serve to themselves the power to pro- i pose laws and amendments to the co.i- j stitution and to enact or reject the; same at the polls, independently of the legislative assembly, and also" reserves j the power to approve or reject at the J polls any law passed by the legislature. I An initiative petition must be signed . by eight per cent, of the legal voters j and filed in the Secretary of State's office, rot less than four months before the election. A referendum petition must be signed by five per cent, of the voters and filed in the office of Secre ^ " t - *2. XV ^ tary of State witnin yu aays autr me final adjournment of the legislature. The governor has no power to veto a measure passed by the people. The legislature may also refer to the people /yanv measure passed by it. There are " certain provisions relating to the mailing to each voter copies of the acts and arguments pro and con, which are not necessary to be noticed here. The re 7 Discussed liimni A. tJrlrpcs endum and Recall Presented Esq., Class of '95. call provision is substantially as fol-; Lows: A Detition for the recall signed! by twenty-five per cent, of the electors who voted in the previous election, can bring on within 20^days an election on the recall of any public officer. The petition must set forth the reasons for such recall. On each ballot at such election, the reasons for recalling such omcer musi oe suueu in not more than 200 words, and he must state the justification for his course in the same number of words. Xo petition can be circulated against an officer till be has held office six months, except in case of a member of f the legislature, and in that case it may j be filed within five days from the be- < ginning of the first session after his j election. "The arguments put forward by the j advocates of these measures are the j following: Under the initiative and | referendum and recall there can be no! class or community action against the! general welfare of the majority of the j citizens, and the individual, realizing i the impossibility of securing special legislation for himself, against the j general welfare, soon cea?es his effort j for special privilege and will work for j nranarol n-olforo A 1 ?n thpSA fTlVe i LL1TZ Ul MVlkUi V. O- ~ j the people the opportunity of securing j and retaining such legislation as they j wish. Also, these eliminate corruption j among members of the legislature, j who realize that all their measures [ must be scrutinized by the people, and , thev will be afraid to sell out. That j the people, being the fountain of all j power and legislation, the more nearly i you approach a pure democracy, the i better laws you will have: in other! words, the "voice of the people is the 1 voice of God." "In opposition to these evils, I beg! to urge the following objections. "1. Government must have power: and stability. That is the crying evil j oi our aay, me si&uiv auanmsuauuu uj j the laws. M*st people have a superb contempt for all law and government. Any law that is liable to be bent and changed at the whim of a majority or at the command of a demagogue, is not | likely to be very efficient. Under the; referendum and initiative, such as we! i">i Avatrnn Ti'Viai -will hinHpr a ma- ! 1111U 111 vyi n liu. V 1? *** 1**.. v?w* v. -?.?? jority from invading the sacred right! to property or the right to freedom of j speech or opinion in the weaker class- j es? The most sacred relations and affairs of life are put at the mercy of the rabble. In some States the Soif. innraisiticr fr\ art fllflrm. I UiailOC * V/i c IS lUV/i vuciij& IV CA. i.1 ing extent. We shudder to think what1 may be the result of some of the laws f they would pass, unrestrained ty no constitutional provisions. Society: must protect itself against its own i vicious members. The band of justice must fall like a thunderbolt on the hoo/1 r>f francoTACRnr rind if it rJofiS not, peace and happiness are at an end; Mr. Jefferson's dream of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" i will have become a faint memory. The certainty and swiftness of punishment' ' 1 - 1 - ? ^ 1- ? ? ?Fn ?. A *> V*r\ are ine grearebf uarners iui me pi vention of wrongdoing. Mr. Calhoun! says that "the end of government is to ' protect and preserve society," and also.; "Governments must be able to repel: assaults from abroad as well as to re1 press violence and disorders within." "2. It is admitted on all' hands by i t , tbp nf these three measures that it is impracticable to apply them to Federal affairs. That the Union is too large and its machinery is too gigantic to admit of these measures. In other words, you can terrify a country magistrate or the intendant or mayor of a two by four town into doing a iU I .. rvAAnl A /I if tliiiif; utrcau&t* uic pcupir ucuiaiiu n., whether or not it accords with right or ' , wrong, but that the federal judge with ; his petty despotism, that sets at defiance State laws and tramples under his lawless foot State government, can not be reached by the recall. That Fedj eral laws are outside of the pale of i the referendum or initiative. Xine! tenths of the abuses that have grown up and that cry aloud from the ground i for redress, arise from Federal laws i ? ; and administration. In South Caro 1 lina, our Federal courts are above susj picion and rank with, any on our globo, | but Federal Judges Jones, of Alabama; j Pollock, of Kansas, and Phillips, of i Missouri, are a disgrace to the ermine ' - * * -11 j and tneir records cause <111 guuu in^ji j to stand aghast in horror. Yet an inj significant State judge, simply because I vi'ou-c nf tho law dr? rint rhimp in ? IV ?? Kf VI *U ' * v w ? ~ with the ruling majority, may be jacked up, kicked out and disgraced for j life, and vampires like those just menj tioned above, sit serenely above all power of redress and go on in their careers of'wickedness and oppression J Any such halfway measures that con* ~ ? " ?" * f ! ? ACA flint \\'A llllll cia JllttlJJ> pel 11? as (.iiui. ??^ are considering, and yet do not touch the root of the evil and do not give relief where it is most sorely needed, are not worth considering. In barring Federal matters, the advocates of these measures simply put themselves where they have no ground to stand on. It is like passing,a law against disorderly conduct along a pubiic highway ! . and repealing the law against murder,1 1 1 j tneit ana arson, me r euerai ia\vs aie the refuge of the oppressors and robbers of the people and yet they pass j unscathed by these measures that are i- ..MMAAi ?n/l ^ Aff VAif Alir citlCUlcilfU. IU upiuuL aiiu ucouvj uui j State governments, which after all | are the only protection of our people and the only authority to which they : can appeal. They propose to shackle; our only friend and leave unharmed! our greatest foe. "3. Some one exclaims: The voice | of the people is the voice of God and j any man who puts himself in opposi- i tion to the expressed will of the peo-1 pie, is obstructing a divine purpose. | Now, there are several things to be ; considered: Who are the people and j how is their voice to be ascertained,; and when is it the voice of God? For j instance, in 1860, the voice of South j Carolina was unanimously in favor of1 slavery, and the voice of Vermont j was nearly completely the other way.: In what way shall we determine which ' i was the voice of God? At the time of| the crucifixion of Christ, the voice of, th^ neoDle was unitedly, "Crucify! Him," yet it would be a contradiction-! in terms to call that the voice of God. j In the early history of New England, j everybody believed that there werei t witches and that they ought to be j burned. Who today would be hardy j enough to say that the forefather of j Garrison, Sumner, Beecher and Whit-j tier were uttering the voice of Divin- 1 ity itselfIn the early part of the? 1 At-- X' 171 I last century, wiien uie i\t;w niug,jauu > States were threatening to secede; from the Union and offering to make! a* separate peace with Great Britian and were lighting fires along their j coasts to give signals to the British ships.in open treachery and defiance I to the Union, were they voicing the in-! nermost thoughts and secrets of the j Divine imagination? Wihen St. Steph- j en was stoned and when the flames ! roared and crackled around the brave j and transfigured bodies of Latimer and Ridley?the populace in . each case, looking on approvingly? whose was the voice of God on these occasions? No, it is the highest presumption and i impiety to make any such statement. finri has rnmmitted his voice and ora cles to no man or set of men. Every | man is his own priest and interprets! God's messages and plans in his own j way, without let or hindrance, or without responsibility to anything or anybody on the face of the earth. "4. The question here is not a ques+ rtf nAnron r\y nf + Vl o T>i crVl f r?f tVlP C1V/11 Ui- >? V/l UJL t-i-*.i. * J3" c V/1 W"V I people, but a question of wisdom and j expediency. The individual is the end ! and aim of Anglo-Saxon government. 1 Independence and individuality have j been at the corner-stone of all Saxon ! commonwealths. The Saxon love of j liberty, joined to the Roman respect j ?--- ? j i? T??:?u I tor law ana reiuiea uv uie jcwjsu ian of love of our fellowman, are the great principles in modern life. These have j lifted the continents of civilization above the dreary sea of barbarism and death. "All such elections would have to take place at the general election where only a few people vote. A very small minority by turning out en masse at the general election could put int.-) the statutes or constitution the mosi pernicious measures?measures that would be destructive of the rights and liberties of the people. The powers of the courts, officials and the leg islature could be curtailed and destroyed in this way. Any one could gel the proper machinery in motion?provided he had the necessary funds?file the proper papers and by a vote upon i ballot title only, without possibility of X ~ ? J ...if Vi 1 f /^l i ?> / , n c C ? A . 1 cUlieilCUllClll itiiu yviiuuiu uiov/uooiuu, revolutionize our State governments. The most dangerous innovations would creep in, without even a faint realization on the part of the people of their tendency, we nave me aumuni) ui Jaines Madison, one of the greatest and most far seeing men of any time and whose views are more nearly embodied in the United States constitution : than those of any othr man, that a i j govern.nent by a pure Democracy has ;tiways presenteu one scene 01 iui uulenc(; and.contention and is incompatible with the security of the person and ; right of property. Mr. Jefferson says .that modern times have discovered the i only device by which the equal rights ' of man can be secured, that is a govI eminent not by the people acting in ! person, but by representatives chosen ! by themselves. ! i * "5. We in the South have a peculiar I i * (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6.) / . 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