The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-07-06
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THE DANGERS OF MAGNIFY
ING FEDERAL POWER.

THE DANGERS OF MAGNIFY
ING FEDERAL POWER.
An Address by Hon. Henry W. Grady, o
/ Atlanta, Georgia, before the Joint Celebra
ton of the Jefferson and Washington Liter
airy Societies of the University of Virginia
! on June %.
A large audience, composed of some of the
brightest minds that ever assembled in the
hall of the old University, greeted Mr.. Grady
After his presentation by the presiding officer
Mr.. Grady said:-Gentlemen of the literary
societies, have no studied Grafton for you
today. A life busy beyond its capacities has
given seanty time for preparation. But from
loving heart | shall speak to you this morn
ing in eomradely sympathy of that which con
Germs US nearly. We are standing in the day.
break of the second century of this republic.
The fixed stars are fading from the sky and
we grope in uncertain light. Strange shapes
have come with the night Established ways
are lost-new roads perplex and widening
fields stretch beyond the sight. The unrest
of dawn impels us to and fro, but Doubt
stalks amid the confusion, and even on the
beaten paths the shifting crowds are halted,
and from the shadows the sen,ries cry, 'Who
comes there?' la the obseurity Of the morn
ing tremendous forces are at work. Nothing
is sSeadiast or approved. The miracles Of the
present belle the simple truths of the past.
The church IS besieged from without and be-
trayed from within. Behind the courts smould.
ers the rioters torch and looms the gibbet of
the anarchists. Government is the contention
Of pariisans and the prey of spoilsmen. Trade
Is restless in the grasp Of monopoly and COM
meree shaekled with limitation. The cities
are swollen and the fields are stripped.
croaehes in the home. The universal broth
erhood Is dissolving. and the people are bud
ding into classes. The hiss Of the nihilist
dissufbs the covert, aud the roar Of the mob
rsurInurs along the highway. Amid it all
beats the great American heart uadismayed,
and standing fast by the challenge of his eon-
science the citizen OF the republic, tranquil
and resolu,e, notes the drifting Of the spec.
irai currents aud calmly awaits the fail dis
closures Of the day.
Who shall be the heFalds OF this eOming
day1 Who shall tread the way Of honor aud
safety through these besetting problems ?
Who shall rally the people to the defense Of
their liberties zad SUR shem until they shall
cry aloud to be led against the enemies Of the
repablic! Yoa, my eoaairymen. yoal The
university - the training camp Of the future -
the scholar The champion Of ihe coming years.
Napoleon over ran Europe with drum,aP and
bisouAr next Napoleon shall form his
baitsiions al IAe tap Of the schooihOase bell.
aad his captains shall come with cap and
gown. Waterloo vas son al oxiord--SedAn
as Berlin. 50 Germany plants her colleges
IA the shadow Of the French forts, Ahd the
professor SMILES amid hss ssadenss as hr
notes the seaiinci stalking against the SAY.
The farmer has learned lh&s brains nix bet
ter sish bic sosl than the waste Of seab,rds,
asd the professor walks by bis sids as be
spreads The Showers ia the veFdare Of bis
held and locks the Sunshine ia the glory Of bis
harvest 4 hai;oa u psssssd- b. eAsld .
6eger aud the uosk of Rillioa men Is done.
The hAnd Is noshinE-the brain everything.
PHYSICAL prowess has bad ia day, and the
Az Of reason has eorae. The lioahearsrd
Richard challenging S4lsdin 10 siagle com
bat IS Absard, ioF svca Geg and Magox shall
wage the Arnagsddon from their closets and
look act gpoa the blood that runs 10 The bEi.
die BIT. Seieaeu is everything She batch
eFs hog ia Chicago, draws Boston within
three hoars OF New York, rracws the tamish.
ed soil. rouls her yieuless b0ndsmeu from the
electric centre OF the earth and thea turns 10
watch the new Iesras IS, mOantiag IA has
tlgh, 70 The sun, be dArkens the FURNISHED
ceiling Of The SAY With the shadows Of bis
wing
Learning IS supreme, and yea are It's pro-
pheis. Here the OlymPie games Of she re
pablic, and yoa iis chosen athletes. Il is
youu, then, TO grapPle wiih these problems,
10 eosfrOn, aad master these dangers Yours
10 decide whether the tremendous forces OF
this repablic shall be kept ia balance or
whether unbalanced they shall bring chaos;
shesher o., ,ooO, 900 mea are capable Of self
government or whether liberty shall be lost
10 them who soald give their lives TO maia-
tain H. Your responsibility IS appalling.
Yos stand in the pass behind which the
world liberties are guarded. THIS govern.
ment carries she hopes Of the human race.
BloI oas the beacon that lights the portals OF
this republic and the world Is adrift again.
Bai save the republic; establish the light o.
It's beacon over the troubled waters and on,
by one the nations Of the earth shall droI
anchor aud be at rest in the haFb0r Of Uni
yersal liberty. Let one who loves this re
{ public as he loves his life, and whose heart i
thrilled with the majesty of its mission, speal
T TO you now Of the dangers that threaten II
peace and prosperity and the means by whlcl
they may be honorably Ayerted.
pANGgRs THAT THREATEN THE REPUBLIC.
The uumistakable danger that threatens
free government in America is the increasing
tendency to concentrate in the Federal gov
cFuulthi FbNNEo AhN FAtfAAe SCS RHaN SAV~iN ~
left with the States, and to create powers tha
neither the State nor Federal governmeu
: should have Let il be understood at oHe
that in discussing this question | seek to re
yive no dead issue. We know precisely wha
was put to the issue of the sword and whS
was settled thereby. The right of State I
leave this Union was denied and the deuia
made good forever. But the sovereignty
the States in the Union was never involved
and the republic that survived the storm VA
in the words of the Supreme Court, "an il
dissolube union of indestructible States.
Let as stand on this decree and turn our face
E to the future
1t is not strange that there should be tel
: deney to Capitalization in our government
D This disposition was the legacy of the wa
! Steam aud electricity have emphasized it
bringing the people closer together. II
splendor of central government dazzles Il
r unthinking--its opulence tempts the poor al
avaricious-its strength assures the rich al
the timid-its patronage incites the spoil
man, and its powers inaame the partisan.
!. And so we have paternalsm run mad. II
merchant asks the government to control Il
: arteries of trade; the manufacturer asks tn
his product be protected; the rich asks for {
army and the unfortunate for help; this ms