Show ONSON SON S SON ON S RI BIR BIRMINGHAM Ala Ab Ma May 26 GOT John A. A Johnson of ot Minnesota sota was u-as the principal speaker of tho the day dB- before tho the alumni association at tho the commencement commence ment exercises at the tho state university at Tuscaloosa His subject was as Land Landmarks Landmarks Landmarks American Libert marks of Liberty In b beginning his description of the various arious landmarks of American liberty ho be reverted to 1500 years before the tho discovers discovers' discovery dis dis- covers covers' covery of America because he ho said Amer American can liberty was cradled in the German wilderness An Saxon Anglo Sa lo-Sa oll freedom free free- freedom I dom dont had bad come down through the tho centuries cen cen- turks to tho the popular assemblies which decide the issues of ot peace penco in the thc American Amen Ameri can government today Ho He said that the great fact which stands out sharply I Inoel noel and clearly throughout hout tho the history of i immigration to America Isa is isa I Ia a dominant and universal aspiration for freedom Governor Go Johnson declared that the pro program ram of the republic is opposed by two dan dangers rs Ono is a a. tendency of the federal government to a centralization of power and tho the assumption of sovereign soy sov I powers not delegated to it by bythe bytho bytho tho the constitution and und belon belonging n to tho the I state and tho the people Tho The other is tho power of centralized and predatory wealth eaIth fostered by special pr privileges and aud defiant of both tho public welfare and the law of the tho l land I |