New-York tribune., 1899-04-20

'" oetWsen man and his Creator. with which nothing
bat IT. Who dispute the benefits OF free speech?
the Sssn 1fssos to that pPS
you Scd ds e ss not Of s # that % those
PresSSe S o1s the limits b And s
id ?s cd sA' He ie'
m free press and no one had then % , to
Iieved to be free. but he believed in it as his fol-
see sn pSss IN he
that m shall not be permitted 70 publish , truth
he n fpf that While
Is the best. all government is adminstered by
human hands. and that government Is only as
good as the frailty of human nature Will permit
that no g G 's bias the
interested In the result OF the cause and that there
BIASED BY their surreundings or their educatOn or
their interests. He believed in the trial by jury in
peers Selected because not interested and to that
court trust the Adjudication Of his cause He & be
! just before his death. he was suggesting an IN
for hs n w4s Of h s e
the framing tSrd Of the n %
hs bssCSs he Of the Uni
versity of Virginia
SECURITY RESTS ON EDUCATION.
I am glad that jefferson believed in universal
education. I glad that he believed the security
OF the State was best and greatest when there was
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the benefits of free government l am glad that
| he emphasized the question of education. About
| two and half years ago prominent minister OF
| this country complained and said that one or the
difficulties that too many farmers sons were
| being educated and made dissatisfied with their
| condition. All, my friends who can tell whose
! TO educate? Adm, that there Is child 10
! be educated admit that there is child to be de-
MED the blessings Of educatlon-whose chiId shali
1t be? Not child; somebody else's child But
who tell upon which child the fate Of the Ma
Jefferson was right Every child born in this
sna have @ 1he PrVege m OF an as the
OF ITS people. ,,
ments the writing OF the Declaration OF Independ-
ence. He put 1t first. And can excuse him for
| penned by human hands. The Declaration OF Inde-
pendence condenses into few sentences the prln-
ment like ours
LINCOLN ON THE DECLARATION OF INDE-
PENDENCE.
My attention was called yesterday to the language
used by Abraham Lincoln in euogy Of the Declara-
| tion OF independence. This is an opinion OF the
present gathering and l want TO contribute to the
spirit OF the occasion by quoting what the greatest
Republican said OF the work OF the greatest Demo-
crat. .,
through. and l could not find sentence that
was willing to ieave out. ana am sure you WI, II,
bear with me while l read It, In a speech made az
these words: Those by their representatives in old
| Independence Hall said to the whole race OF man
that we hold these truths to be self-evident that
all men created equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain nalienaple PIE ] r'gnrS
OF happiness. This was their majestic intsfprsta T s
their lofty and wise and noble understanding OF
the justice Of the Creator to His creatures; , aes,,
! family OF man. In their enlightened belief, moth
ing mbued with the Divine image and likeness was vas
! and lmbruted by its fellows They grasped not
only the whole race of man then living. put put tney n
reached forward and seized upon the remotest pos
terity They elected a beacon TO guide their emil
dren and their chidrens children and the countess d
myriads who would nhabt the eartn III tneli & Jay ~
Wise statesmen as they were, they knew 'se ne
sSe9 S hess @ great sefsren
that when, in the distant future some man si some
thst none so's b rich men none but White men
! none but Ango-Saxon white men were emitted 10
their PC posterty might look up again the beclara
ton Of Independence and take courage 10 trtS
and justice and mercy and all me human ,sdl ana
Christian virtues might not be extinguisned If from m
limit and circumscrbe the great principles RIM, on
which the temple Of liberty was c osns eaye Taught doc
| trnes conflicting with the great principles OF tnS
Of s akq sway from its
| and mutate the fair symmetry OF It's proper tions @
you nave rreas5 equal in these inaHenable rights
in human liberty which are all liberty Iet ie ~ ~
ubose waters spring close the blood OF the Reyo-
luton Think nothing OF me-take no tnousrt bvt 5v
the nolitical faith of any man WnoHsotT Luue .1
come back the truths that are IN the
Vi You |Yio1 NAV do nothing with me-if you viii put but
heed those sacred principles you may n1t oly @ nd ue
feat for the Wbe Tut pegendng gG%d no
10 earthly honors, do claim 10 be actuated ~, V sor
cce charge You to drop every paltry and in
significant thought for any man sne is nothing,
W,'t de NOT destroy that immortal emblem OF hu-
manity the Declaration of independence
HE GUESSED WISELY
oan turn TO the words OF Abraham Lincoln
and repeat them as a ht eulogy OF the Deciard'lo.
| ~ Indenendence because I cannot conceive OF
y. - ,hot arc more beautiful or more true; but
,or,ght nv friends duty calls US back to the
declaration of American independence lie said
how wisely he guessed-that the time might coHie
when some man or party or interest might set up
the J ihe cinSaxon white men, are entitled TO
these privileges-these blessings enuherd'eu III ''
chab9 baye UI 0ot agreed with all been said to-
night in regard to the solution o. the eupsver we
msv differ in the application of this doctrine we
should all be willing tc apply 1t ae we
should be willing to correct our errors .....u
ought a 5 be hqg hngs f9T and know 10 all things
AZ any one time in his existence, ,..x.o,.. 30
knew 5ewers9T its responsibes also Why my friends
sometimes hear peope complain because ousiIrs'
By iH the essape ssSn % s % RsOS 1s
archv and then there will be no disturbance OF any
kind of business; we can simply serve and be nappy,
But my friends history has shown d tnat & ~nsoT SoT
one or n few think for all the people, ana act to'
ali the people they also enjoy for al the peope
and IL we would enjoy the right 10 NE anu .pet' S
and the nursuit OF happiness. our life must De
constant warfare against wrong. ,.o, than vnen
Jefferson never uttered truer saying tnan w. VIZ
bs declared that confidence is the parent OF uespO.
ism and that free government sn exlsts m pubIIc ser
vant and 90 to sleep the danger Is tnat ne h5 tha5
become more watchful of his own nteresiis nti tS tbai
~ yours and when / hear people complain ,tano Sa
our Government is a failure generally mo nnr 1.
proposing the wrong remedy; Inc peop,eb re- n men
aira awav franchises for nothing. IL IS tne mn
who represent people and who dea Sn WIN nf dea s
iro Nth their own (Applause.) Jenerson pc
eved in the people but he ns snS the n
~ human will and therefore he oeneved III ,gbt a
ouent elections IN order that the servant t95n ins
come hack TO the master to receive i u.s. ,as