The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-16
GOV. JARVIS BEGINS
CAMPAIGN IN WEST
His Speech in Greensboro
Last Night.
LARGE Crowd HEARD HIM
Devoted His Time to Discussion of
Trusts and Imperialism.
he GOES BACK TO FIST PRINCIPLES
Governor Jarvis Declares That MckinIey's Ad-
ministraiionis Government Of Trusts,
For the Trusts and by the
Trusts.

Greensboro, n. c., Oct. 15.-Governor
Thos. j. Jarvis spoke here tonight to
q large crowd. He discussed the issues
of the campaign in an able manner,
arousing much enthusiasm among
those who heard him.
Major Guthrie, who was billed to
speak here with Gov. Jarvis, was COM
PEELED to go to Danbury this afternoon
to meet an important engagement, and
was therefore unable to speak here.
GOV. JARvIs'S SPEECH.
Governor Jarvis devoted his speech
entirely to a discussion of Imperialism
and Trusts. He began by quoting the
goth section of the Declaration OF
Rights of the Constitution of North
Carolina, which reads:
"A frequent recurrence to fundamental
principles is absolutely necessary to pre-
serve the blessings of liberty"
This, Governor Jarvis said, was not
his language, but that used by our
fathers more than a hundred years
ago, and was set into our Constitution
at Halifax in 1776. Continuing, he
said:
through war and peace without the
change of letter.
If, therefore, l have recourse this
evening to some fundamental principles,
/ am but doing what our fathers declared
to be necessary. We are now entering
upon a great campaign in which it is
asserted by some of the profoundest
thinkers and best patriots in our land
that the very foundation principles of
our system of government are being as
sailed in most dangerous and insidious
manner. If this charge be true, then it
behooves every patriotic citizen, no mat
ter what his party affiliations may be, to
rise above party and to cast his influ-
cnce and vote for those who are seeking
to preserve the American system of gov
eminent in all it's purity and power.
THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT.
IL l were asked to state in one brief
sentence the very sum and substance,
the meat and marrow, of the American
system, I think l would quote from the
Declaration of Independence that simple
but matchless sentence formed by the
immortal jefferson himself, which gave
to the world new life: Government
derives its power from the consent of the
governed" Mr. Lincoln but stated this
great thought in another form when he
spoke of government for the people, OF
the people and by the people.
Prior to the PRONUNCIATION of this new
doctrine the worlds idea of government
was that government derived its just
powers from the consent of the crown
Here then we had two conflicting ideas
of government. Both could rot exist
in the same country in peace 1t is
conflict in thought, in ideas, that leads
to conflict in arms. Each one Of these
great thoughts had their adherents The
king said: Government derives its pow
ers from me- The people replied; 1T
derives it's powers from us" Both could
not be true. The one had to give way
to the other. The sharper the conflict
became between these two opposing
thoughts, the nearer their adherents
were to an armed conflict. Finally the
clash of arms came and for seven years
the followers of Jefferson and Washing
ton contended with the followers of King
George.
The people finally triumphed and here