The Irish standard., 1896-09-12

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lng De their fellows; but ! am speaking OF
the rule that reforms do not come from,
and are not supported BY, those VINO con-
slider themselves lifted above the common
people. (A voice: Y .sr rats right Nor do
Il mean tina & you have never found among
the common people those who would be-
tray their felloWss. You have found every
iWhere--it Is one OF the unfortunate things
that stands out upon every page of history
that the character Of Judas is not. con-
fined to any class of society. He is found
everywhere and in all ages. Applause)
4 simply mean to say this: Among the
common people have at all times been
found those who would betray their
brethren and sell them into bondage, it
they could, but yet in spite Of this, the
polling force that has lifted civilization
from generation to generation up to high
er ground. (Applause.l
. There are three forms of government
best known among men. There IS the
monarchy, where king rules by right OIL
vine: there is the aristocracy. where few
control, and there is the Democracy,
which means the rule OF the people them
selves. Why is it that the strength OF
Democracy do not use it but In its
broader sense-Why is 1t that the strensIn
Of the Democracy has always been lound
among the common people? Why? why,
it is simple. enough. IF man has a.
high position or great wealth, he may be
able to stand and keep on the sood slde q
the king. II he has. great influence, he
may be one Of the ruling classes in an
arfstocracy. But you are not Wiling 70
leave any form of government to your
children, except a. Democracy, IN WMch
OF. life and liberty and the pursuit OF hap
piness. iApplause.) The great common
people believe in a. Democratic form OF
government because it is only in Demo-
cratic form OF government that tney are
able to protect their rights and advance
their interests SO far as, government can
advance human interest.
F: Let me dwell for a moment upon the
object Of government. In this land it is
our, boast that our government derives It's
just powers from the consent OF the. gov
erned. What kind of government Will
people consent to when they are free to
consent? & There is one kind OF govern
ment a bove all other kinds they love ia,
voice: 'sBryan's; government" applause);
government which knows no favorltfsm,
government where every citizen stands
on the same plane, and where the govern
'ment treats them all alike without re-
gard to position in society or even without
regard to wealth.; a government Which
gives equal rights to all. but confers spe-
cial privileges upon. none. "a voice: Good
boy.'') That is the kind Of government
that appeals to the actions of the COM
mon people.
: There are two things to be considered in
government. The first is that in the en-
actment Of legislation you shall: be care
SRI TO, oix-o oAy MIR fn
over another, if that advantage can be,
prevented In other words, it Is the duty
OF government To avoid acts Of affirmative
injustice: but that is only part of the bus
mess Of government. Jefferson has stated
the other half of it,. He says that gov,
eminent must restrain men from lnJurlng
one another. That is one of the Important
duties. of government, to restrain men
from injuring one another, and the gov
eminent that fails to restrain the strong
est arm that can be lifted from in1urlng
the weakest citizen in all! the land is a
government which fails to Go ITS; whole
duty. (Applause)
months ago, and r got an idea from some
hogs Maughter.) An idea is the most
important thing that person can get;
into his head, and We gather our ideas
from every source. AS l was riding l
noticed these hogs roofing in field, and
they were tearing up the. ground, and the
first thought that came to me was that
they were destroying good deal Of prop
erty, and that carried me back to the time
when, as q boy, I lived upon farm, and l
remem bered that when we had hogs. we
used to put rings in the noses OF the hogs
and then the thought came to me: Why
did we do it?'' Not to keep the hogs from
getting fat We were more interested in
their getting fat than they were. Q4augh-
ter.) The sooner they got fat the sooner
we killed them; the longer they were in
getting fat the longer they lived. But
why were the rings put in the noses OF
those hogs? So that, while they We're get
.tirg fat, they would not destroy more
property than they were worth. haugh-
ter and applause.) And as I thought Of
that, this thought came to me. that one
of the
one Of the impartant duties OF govern
ment, is the putting OF rings IN the noses
of hogs .(Applause:) "
Now. my friends, we do not consider, this
as q reflection on your neighbor, We are
ali .i1oggish. We are all selfish my friends.
and we must not apply this lesson simply
to somebody else. If you tell me that you
are not selfish, can prove by your neigh.
Dor that you are. (Applause.) And If
your ;neighbor denies that he Is, selfish,
can prove by you that he is. (Applause.)
We are al selfish. The Creator did not
make any class of people who were entire
ly urselefsh, but have faith in our form
of government, because I believe that the
people in their better moments will adopt
laws which restrain themselves in hours
Of temptation. IN order that their neigh
bors may also, be restrained in hours of
tenaptat tom; lApplause.j And when J.. say
that one of the duties of government is to
nut rings in the noses Of hogs, J. simply
mean this: That society is interested in
having every citizen secure enough of this
worlds goods not only to supply his own
wants, but to educate his children and
leave him something for the declining
DAYS. But while society is interested in
this. society is also interested in having
laws that will prevent him destroying
more than he is worth while he is securing
his own Independence. (Applause) Our
government is the best known among men,
Our government is the best form Of gov
eminent known among men; not because
every law is good: not because we have
upon the statute book every Law needed
to protect each citizen in the enjoyment
Of his rights. Our government is the best
form of government known among men,
because it is possible, under our form of
government to have just as good a gov
eminent as the people deserve. Ours is
the&best form Of government because it is
possible for the people to make it reflect
fhe best intelligence, the, highest virtue
and the broadcast patriotism of all the peo-
pie. ,"-->.e-.s.. -.
= Let me warn you against confusing gov
eminent with the abuses Of government.
Andrew. Jackson said that sthere were no
necessary evils in government; that its
evils existed only in it's abuses. He was
-IA's ~ NV.