Congress

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 20, 1900

CONGRESS, by an overwhelming vote, excluded Mr. Roberts from taking a seat; and at the same time, and by the same vote, excluded the Constitution of the United States. That is to say, the thing that Congress did was unconstitutionally done, when the same result could have been Constitutionally attained. This is recognized throughout the whole country; and no one can doubt it who will read the speeches on the subject. More than this, what was unconstitutionally done, even by an overwhelming majority, could in effect have been Constitutionally done by a unanimous vote. The question is, Why should Congress do a thing in an unconstitutional way when its whole purpose and intent could have been attained in a strictly Constitutional way? The answer is that by the majority influence of this nation, the Constitution, as to true Constitutional principle, has been completely lost sight of. Ever since the nation, in 1892, tore the Sabbath of the Lord from its place in his own law, and set up Sunday in its stead, the nation in every crisis has taken the wrong course. By that high-handed act the nation was handed over to the perverse spirit, and it is manifested on every occasion; and all the more as occasions multiply.