Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-26 | Page 13 | Rights of the People

I St St. I Rights Right of the People I By GEORGE GORGE WASHINGTON The basis of our political systems is the right Of the tho people to make and to alter their constitutions constitutions of government But the constitution which a at atan an any time exists till tilt changed by an explicit and aut authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory obliga- obliga tory upon ell all The very Idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government preSUpposes presupposes poses the dut duty of every Individual to obey th the established government Toward the permanency of or your pre present ent happy state It Is requisite that you resist with cars care th the spirit of innovation upon Its principles however er specious the pretexts One method of ot ass assault may maybe be to effect In the forms of or the tho constitution alterations alterations altera altera- which will impair the energy of the and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown