The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-10
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NO 8.

NS 0ASOASOIU0u "0li0 nv
liberty is invaded, nor look in silence
upon public robbery. 1 will exert nv
endeavors, at whatever hazard. to
repel the aggressor and drag the thief
to justice, whoever may protect them
in their villainy, and whoever NAV
partake OF their plumber" The famous
orator Cullan once said: ''Such is the
imperious dominion with which truth
and reason wav their sceptre over the
human intellect, that no solicitation.
however artful, no talent, however
commanding, can reduce it from its
allegiance" Grafton said in a speech
concerning tithes: when a gentle
maj OF the Church of Ireland comes to
a peasant so circumstanced, and de-
mands 12s. or 16c. an acre for 1.-THE of
potatoes-he demands a child's provis
lon-he K It's contribution from a
pauper-he CLEANS from wretchedness
he leases from penury-he fattens on
hunger, ~raggedness, and restitution"
Sheridan, in the trial of Warren Hast
lngs, h greatest trial in history, per-
haps, says: THE God of Battles per-
vades and p~enetrates the inmost spirit
or man, and rOusing him to shake off
the burthen that Is ~grievoua, and the
yoke that is CALLING, will reveal the
law written in his heart, and the duties
and privileges of hisnature-the grand,
universal compact of man with man.
That power Is delegated in trust, for
the good of all obey it. That the rights
of men must arm against mans ppres-
sion-for that indifference we're treason
to human state, and patience nothing
less than OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the laws
which govern the worldT"
William Pitt says: 1T would be no
diminution Of true grandeur to yield
to the respectful petitions of the peo-
pie" Sir William Meredith says:
The true hangman is the member of
parliament; he who frames the bloody
law is answerable for all the blood that
is shed under it." Lord Mansfield
says: True liberty, in my opinion,
can only exist when justice is equally
administered to ALTO the King ano
to the beggar." ANY exemption to
particular men ia, in q free and com
mercial country, a sOlecism of the
g~rossest nature" Lord Chatham, in
his reply to Lord Mansfield, and, by
the way, the master speech of that age,
says: The evidence which truth
carries with it is superior to all argu-
ment; it neither wants the support, nor
breads the opposition, of the greatest
abilities" Il thought the slavish doc
trine Of passive obedience had long
since been exploded, and, when our
kings were obliged to confess that their
title to the crown, and the rule of their
government, had no other foundation
than the known laws of the land, /
never expected to hear a divine right,
or a divine infallibllity, attributed to
any other branch of the legislature"
Power without right is the most
odious and detestable object that can
be offered to the human imagination;
it is not only pernicious to those who
are subject to it, but tends to its "
destruction" Tyranny, my lords, is
detestable in every shape" ut Is to
your ancestors that we are indebted
for the laws and constitution we pos
sess. Their virtues were rude and I'm.
cultured, but they were great and sin
cere. Their understandings were as
little polished as their manners, but
they had hearts to distinguish right
from wrong; they had heads to distin-
guish truth from falsehOod; they un-
derstood the rights of humanity, and
they had spirit to maintain them.
They did nOt say, these are the rights
of the great barons, or, these are the
rights of the prelates. No, they said
in the simple Latin of the times, nuLtMs
h6er homo, and provided as carefully
for the meanes5 subject as for the.
greatest. These are uncOuth words,
and sound but poorly in the ears of
scholars; but they are dear to the hearts
of free men. These three words, nutLuS
IGber homo, have a meaning which in
terests US all; they deserve to be re
membered; they deserve to be incul-
Gated in our minds; they are worth all
the classics. Let us not, then, degen-
crate from the glorious example of our
ancestors"
Thus we e that the Alliance prin-
ciples coincide in every respect with
the master thoughts of the greatest
statesmen of the world. Were Fox,
Chatham. Burke. Mansfield. Curran,