The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-04

government in it's original function OF
preserving peace and order and the
distribution of intelligence. In like
manner municipal ownership OF lights,
WaterWorks and street cars-Rdmlrable
as it is, and admirably as 1t has op-
Grated for the public goods essen tially
socialistic. I would not be misunder
stood as opposing any Of these meas
ures because they are socialistic, nor
as advocating further steps in that
direction. That is not my purpose, but
to call to your minds that whether a
measure is to be adopted Or not, should
depend upon whether it will serve the
public welfare, and it is not to be re-
jected if the only objection that a be
urged is that some one thinks it is o
cialistic, seeing that 80 large a part of
the better portion Of government is al
ready Of like nature. We need to be
often reminded, indeed we should never
forget, that government exists for the
people and not the people for the gov
eminent. 1t was your own great states
man, Thomas Jefferson, who for main
tanning this sentiment in the opening
Of the century, brought down upon his
head the wrath Of those who believed
in government by the few.
THE BREEZEs THAT SWEEP FROM THE
SOUTH
across the dark and bloody trocha,
from the orange groves of the Queen of
the Antilles, bear to us the despairing
cry of Cuba hbre from men whose
souls are stirred by the same sacred
fires that burned in the bosom of
the heroes of 1876 and already MRceo
has fallen the Warren of this new
struggle for liberty. And from acrcss
the deep waters, borne by the har
messed lightning from Epirote valleys
and Tbessalian plain comes the clash
of arms where the defendants OF
Epaminondas and Miltiades are strug
Cling in the lists with the myriode
of the modern Xerxes. Our hearts
go out to Cuban and to Cretan,
to Epirotes and the men of Mace,
donia, and our hands might go
too, if our government really expressed
the feelings of our people. But are we
sure that John Randolph, Of Roanoke,
was not right when he said: "Sirs, the
Greeks are at our DOORS" In seeking
the salvation Of others, are we sure of
our OVID. While sympathizing with
the struggle for seh-government else
where, are we certain that We have it
ourselves2 Ia there no whisper Of the
lobby that at times is potent than
she voice of the peOpie7 Is there never
behind the Executive a power greater.
thant Executive ITSELF
When Napoleon Boneparte was an
unknown lieutenant of artillery, some
one asked Able Raynal why he spent
so much time talking with him. BE
cause" said the Able, there is &c
much future in him" 1t is always
pleasant to talk to youBg men, there
is so much future IN them, but my
young friends, l will claim your atten,
ton no longer. l might have spoken to
you upon matters connected with your
own great profc scion and the wonder
full, almost miraculous advances it has
made il recent years, but in doing go
l should have deserved the fate of him
WHO CARRIED GOALS TO NEWCASTLE.
/ might have spoken to you of my own
profession; this would have interested
mo hut mould horo hoon 5,1U -
I might have interested you by praises
of the beauty and projections of the
lovely sex which honors US with its
presence to night, but to do so would
have been a vain attempt to paint the
lily or gild refined gold" I might have
referred to the glorious past of this
grand old Commonwealth, the mother
Of statesmen and Of States, but the
eager youth OF to day think not Of the
past. They have their faces turned
towards the glorious morn whose open
ing gates give glimpses of the golden
corruscations Of the dawn. The future
is theirs, all theirs and it will be what
they shall make it. I have therefore
met, you on that platform where all
citizens Of the Republic stand together,
in which all have an equal interest. 1
have told you Of the great and just I'M
rest in the public mind and the dissat-
istaction at present conditions. Ihave
called your attention to the fact that
the vital and inevitable issue over,
shadowing all others is whether the
governing power shall reside in man
hood or in money. have endeavored
to brit fly call your attention to the
| cons duencea of victory for either side