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The Finest Instrument

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Dec 18, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 51.

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"The Finest Instrument."

It is refreshing to know that there are those in high positions who still believe in the American Constitution and its sufficiency. In a speech delivered before the Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce at the Waldorf-Astoria, November 21, ex-Senator Spooner said in part:
"I think the finest instrument, all things considered, ever conceived by human intellect or drafted by the hand of man, is the Constitution of the United States."
"There has not been a year since it was adopted which has not vindicated the ability and foresight of the men who framed it, and during all those years, in time of peace and in time of war, it has been found until within the last few years, adequate for the proper government of the people of the United States."
"I do not know wherein it is inadequate, but I do know that if it be inadequate it is only to be changed in the manner pointed out in the instrument by the fathers."