Show LEST WE FORGET today cert certain afif f factions actions are subjecting the american constitution to vigorous attack they are saying it Is ou and unable to cope with modern conditions and they are suggesting changes and amendments which in some cases would amount to complete emasculation of the rights and liberties we now enjoy under constitutional protection it Is usually easier to criticize than to defend and I 1 the critics of odthe the constitution have found many listeners and not a few converts lest we forget the virtues of the constitution it might be bewell well to recall some of these words uttered in 1878 by the great english stat statesman qs william gladstone the american constitution is so far as ad I 1 can see the most wonderful work ever struck off at a a gi given ven time by the brain and purpose of man some things are timeless among those things are freedom breedom freedom of action within n thelah elaw th the law freedom of expression freedom of speech the constitution has nothing to do with booms bobnis or depressions nothing to do with partisan politics it simply guarantees guarante esus us those essential liberties for which men have hav e f ought fought for thousands of years look abroad itt at germany russia italy poland do we want lantto to follow their example and make freedom an impotent wordani wor word dand and liberty a crime against the state then save the C constitution 0 from being weakened or destroyed |