The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-06-14
THE DUTY is PLAIN.
There u OHiy Cue Thins 60 Be neas
la the struMEie fsr Hssest
Government.

Those who are democrats have q
duty 10 perform. The first act Is to
declare II am a democrat" That done
there Ia no question "a 90 who and
what you arc. The mighty revolution
which established liberty TO all the
lard and 10 the people thereof. birihed
the frat democrat. Centuries had been
waiting for him and his FIRST notable
act was the writing Of "thr declaration
Of independence" II was simple
declaration Of rights claimed and
wrongs imposed. II made the contest.
Al the issues were embodied In one.
! liberty. After n century Of trial the
question 10 again presented, not as a
new proposition. but as q continuous
proposition that tho question which
! vltalised the American revolution shall
continue 10 viinlizr public though, and
public virtue. and that the spcndid,ex.
smples which lived and died AT the
origin Of and the Anal settlement Of
construction Of organic law shall be
reproduced In the ylrtuouk dosnNs oi
men who live that their country may
I've preserved and that liberty shall re-
turn and abide with the people. A re
turn 10 the methods and thoughts Of
the fathers will cover all wrongs, In.
ylgoratc all truth. crush osst or drive
into retirement all speculative theories
which avarice has suggested and In
some instances has iuaugurated that
thereby personal thrift, may grow gross,
while public good IL lost sight Of IN
the contention for power and the I'm.
position Of expensive burdens on those
who are anxious Go live In love Of liber.
IS, exaet justice and precise equality.
In speaking OF these men Daniel Web
sier said: ''They were not men made
great by ofiier, but great men on whom
the country for it's own benefit had
conferred Office. There was In them
that which office did not give and which
the REIMBURSEMENT ~ Office did not and
could not take away" One weighted
with yearN Is filling the scat IN the
senate of the state which gave To lib
erty and humanity John Adams. who |
was second president Of the United |
States. His voice fills 20 the zenith an
NNiNHt wv ANAAAAF anu WHO 1
will play the role of Thomas jefferson? |
Who has the ability and the courage |
ia stand forth a. the apostle Of liberty |
and become the admiration of man |
kind? Arr We left 10 the ashes Of the |
dead for advocates for liberty? II |
there not some man amid the granite |
hills Of New Hampshire, who has
bathed his feet In the rolling ocean
which lnshrs her brief coast. who is
imbued with the spirit Of Wrbster7
THE hour is ut hand and nov H." when
voices must be raised in Jerusalem for /
the preservation OF liberty. They are
living. Why do they not come forth?
II man 10 not democrat then he
must he something else. II he e. not
n democrat he Is no, Of the following
Of Thomas jefferson, nor Of the house
hold Of faith. Let no opinion be in
iected Into the tables Of faith which
Mr.. jefferson did not approve. Cease
looking for eNtrGneous matter. That
people which IL governed least Il gov
erncd best. There Is but one plank
needed In the democratic platform.
Declare for the simple ways. the hon
est methods. the equality before the
law. the administration Of justice, the
protection 81 those who are weakest.
This done, all will he covered. The
people will comprehend the platform
and Overwhelmingly approve it--Cin.
cinnati Enquirer.