deprived the parties they put in office from exercising any arbitrary power whatever. Sovereignty which means the right to exercise supreme power, in our country has no meaning unless it be found in that constitutional provision that guarantees to all the equal protection of the laws. In proof of what I say, we need only to refer you to our sister republic, Brazil, now struggling in the throes of a rebellion. The question seems to be, which is the most popular, the present incumbent or Mello; no great principles of government seem to be involved, or in any way add strength to the government. We might further refer to our sister Republic, Mexico, which within my memory has been overthrown five times, by military power by one man alone, Santa Anna. The Mexican people respect only the government itself, and that government is the parties that are administering it. On the other hand, our government is our written constitution. The overthrow of an administration has no effect. Even the assassination of our President scarcely creates a ripple. In Mexico the administration is everything; with us, the administration shorn of all arbitrary power is powerless to disturb the people, only so far as policies and finance are concerned. The one listens for the beat of drum and the military power of the men to overthrow it; it depends largely on the strength of the persons who are in control. Our government, resting upon well defined principles, and not upon men, is like Milton's angel "Vital in every part; cannot but by annihilating die." Methinks if anyone well conversant with the history of the last forty years, would retire to some cell, where he could divest himself of the prejudices of the hour, and abstract from these events the true philosophy of history, he would doubtless write that the meaning of the struggle, that ended in the amendments to our constitution, simply meant the placing there of the fundamental principles of government enunciated in our Declaration of Independ ence; that the government was endangered, its life threatened by the insidious undermining of these principles; that the government was restored to life strengthened by their vindication. He might go further and take a retrospective view, and say that the insidious power that attempted to make such history forty years ago, is at work to-day in a different form, under different auspices, but it is the same deadly enemy. As forty years ago, the enemies made their direct attack upon the Declaration of Independence, so now the direct attack is made upon the constitutional amendments, which embody the great idea of that Declaration, and claim that the government which simply gives or aims to give, equal protection to its citizens, does not go far enough; that government must not only protect, but it must become business machine and become competitor in many respects of its citizens in business relations. It comes in the guise of paternalism, which is another name by which they desire this government to return to class legislation. The paternalism of the people may be relied upon to again stamp out this heresy, and the great principle of equal protection of the laws for all will again come out triumphant. If it is said that we have laws which do not give equal protection to our citizens, then the remedy is not in fighting the constitution, which aims to give this equal protection; but to repeal the law that prevents it. It is a legitimate battle, legitimately made by anyone who claims that any law favors one class as against another, to see that that law is repealed. But it is un-American to aim to do away with the great fundamental principle which aims to give equal protection to all. It is one thing to repeal unjust laws, it is another to jeopardize the great fundamental principles which make our government the best and most durable on earth. NOTES. The following is a list of the newspapers of the State that are sent regularly to the State Historical Society, to be filed away daily or weekly or monthly, as the case may be, and finally to be bound and put on the shelves as a part of the permanent record of the State: ADAMS COUNTY. Hastings Daily Nebraskan, Hastings. ANTELOPE COUNTY. Antelope Tribune, Neligh.1 BANNER COUNTY. Banner County News, Harrisburg. BOX BUTTE COUNTY. Hemingford Guide, Hemingford. Pioneer Grip, Alliance. BURT COUNTY. Weekly Burtonian, Tekamah. CASS COUNTY. Plattsmouth Weekly Journal, Plattsmouth. DAKOTA COUNTY. North Nebraska Eagle, Dakota City. DAWES COUNTY. Dawes County Journal, Chadron. "M"-Monthly, "D"-Daily, etc. Unless otherwise marked, the papers are weekly. DODGE COUNTY. Fremont Daily Herald, Fremont. DOUGLAS COUNTY. Knights' Jewel, Omaha. [M] Shorthand World, Omaha. Sovereign Visitor, Omaha. [M] South Omaha Daily Drovers' Journal, South Omaha. FILLMORE COUNTY. Geneva Republican-Journal, Geneva. [Semi-M.] GAGE COUNTY. Beatrice Weekly Express, Beatrice. HALL COUNTY. Grand Island Semi-weekly Independent, Grand Island. Pukwana, [M] Daily Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln. Dutesche Westen, Lincoln. Frei Presse, Lincoln. Hesperian, Lincoln. [M] Journal of Education, Lincoln. [M] Semi-weekly Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln. Weekly Nebraskan, Lincoln. MERRICK COUNTY. Central City Courier, Central City. MADISON COUNTY. Madison Chronicle, Madison. Madison County Reporter. NUCKOLLS COUNTY. Nuckolls County Herald, Nelson. OTOE COUNTY. Nebraska City News, Nebraska Citv. Nebraska City Press. PAWNEE COUNTY. Pawnee Press, Pawnee City. RICHARDSON COUNTY Falls City Journal, Falls City. THAYER COUNTY Hebron Journal, Hebron. Hebron Register. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Blair Courier, Blair. Blair Pilot. |