The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28


the enthusiasm ef shouts and OF
numbers, the soldier will not only
dare to die in battle, but even glory
In throwing away his life like a
flower. But q country like ours, at
peace within its borders, and set
by the Almighty with an ocean
wide bulwork on either side, calls
for more than the flinging away Of
our lives In y frenzy shared even
by the off.sc0urings Of society. We
are summoned not to repel invad-
ers, not TO pour out our life-blood
like water before the alter of
Liberty consecrated by the devo-
ton Of Freedom seekers from
every CLINE, but to her0ism that
shall prompt US, each In our little
sphere quietly and unobtrusively,
unknown TO the rest Of the world
uncheered by the applause Of men,
unaided by the hoarse.throated
cannon, to lifelong effort toward
the publication Of our national life
and the perpetuation Of that Equal
ity of men In the eyes Of the law
which was the dream Of the Revo-
lutiOnists aud the glory OF the
early years Of our Republic.
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Let us 70: once drop anything
that savors of oratory or the mere
piling up OF words and think for
a little ON what we men of cOnci.
ence and coming and voters have
to accomplish in order to be worthy
of the grander spirit of civilization,
that like as a woman is thrilled bv
the arrival OF the noble man she
loves, Is moving the world to the
heart of the apprOace Of the twenti-
eth century:-We have to bring
our legislation to higher plane,
where the benefit of the many
shall be the supreme consideration.
and not the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
few. We have to recognize that
different camps Of thought, parties,
are essential to our political life but
that no party has claim on us
unless it is pure in motives and
unless 1t sets forth men for our
SURFACES who are worthy in every
way of h0n0rs that are loftier than
those of a king. We have to make
our votes u reproof instead of an
endorsement of gross and filthy
men who not knowing how to obey
either the laws of God or men, are
certainly not tit to frame new leg
islation for us. We have to clean
out our Legislatures, as Hercules
cleaned the Augean stables, and
purge them OF men who buy and
sell legislation and who have no
more love for their country than
puppet has of affection towards the
one who pulls the strings. We
have to cripple the power of con-
scienceless bosses who do despite
to eur constitution and utterly
disregard the best interests of us
all in their hungry grabbing for
mOrsels to fling to the adultatory
pack that follow them. We have
to fill our city and town offices with
men who are fitted for their res
pective posts by training and BY
character, and not by reason of
their ability to corral whole dloves
sheepish voters.
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\ All these things Eve are to
do and more too. Verify, who is
sufficient for these things. Not any
one of us alone and unaded. You
are not called to accomplish 1t all.
You have simply and solely In
your one spot~+o be true to the
truth you know. Are you next
door to a nobody? Yet the great
est man in all these broad states
has but one vote. So have you.
The ripples In wash-tub are just
as truly waves as are the noun
tains of water that will wrench
bolts asunder. The ripples are
relatively greater in proportion to
the tub than are the waves to the
ocean. The greater man is, the
less of actual vital touch with any
one LEGALITY has he. There then
we humble ones have our power
and for the proper exertion of that
limited power we are responsible
and no more.
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There are other things that
should be said, bat space PRESSES
as ever.