The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-08

to me, why did we have to do tip Not
TO keep the hogs from getting fat; we
were most interested in their getting
fatter than they were. (Laughter.) The
sooner they got fat the sooner we kill
ed them. The longer they were in get
ting fat, the longer they lived. But
why were the rings put in the noses of
those hogs? So that while they were
getting fat they would not destroy
more property than they were worth.
daughter and applause) And as /
thought of that this thought came to
me that one of the duties of govern
ment, one of the important duties of
government is the putting of rings in
the noses of hogs. (Applause.) Now
my friends, do not consider this a re-
Election on your neighbor.
"We are all hoggish. 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 neighbor
that you are. (Applause.) And if
your neighbor denies that ne is selfish,
| can prove by you that he is. zap
plause.) We are all selfish. The Great
or did not make any class of people
who were entirely unselfish.
THE ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT.
But / have faith in our form of gov
ernment, because / believe that the peo-
pie in their better moments will ADOPT
laws which will restrain themselves in
hours of temptation in order that
their neighbors may also be restained
in hours of temptation. applause. J
And when / say that one of the du-
ties of government is to put rings in
the noses of hogs, | simply mean this,
that while society is interested in hay-
ing every citizen become more indie
pendent, become self-supporting, so
ciety is interested in having every citi-
zen secure enough of this worlds goods
not only to supply his own wants, but
to educate his children and leave him
something for the better DAYS Our
government is the best form of gov
ernment known among men. Our gov
ernment is the best form of government
known among men, not because every
law is good, but because we have upon
the statute books 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 or government to have Just as
good a government as the people de-
serve. Ours is the best form OF gov
ernment because it IS possible for the
people to make it reflect the best in
telligence, the highest virtue and that
broadcast patriotism of all the people.
Let me warn you against confusing
government with the abuses of govern
ment. Andrew Jackson said that there
were no necessary evils in government;
that its evils existed only in it's abuses;
he was right, my friends There are
no necessary evils in government and
no man who understands the advantage
of government will ever raise his voice
or hand against the government itself.
1T is the abuses of government against
which we have the right to complain.
There are some who would silence
every criticism of existing law. There
are those who would denounce every
one who advocates a change as a dis
turber, one who breeds discomfort /
want to say TO you that discomfort lies
at the foundation of all progress. zap
plause.) So long as you are satisfied
you never go forward. Tt is only when
you are dissatisfied with your condi-
tions that you try to improve those