The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-24
THE DUTY OF AMERICANS.
a OTABLE ADDRESS TO THJ;
YOUNG.
IN Governor Northcn Discusses tho
Duties and Points Out Some or
the Evils of the Times.

| the Evils of the Times.
Ex-Governor w j Nor,ho, =.
Hvnrrd a not.b,r .,ddross S,rn. uc
| R,ntist Youpr PEOPLES Jnjon j., s,'.'
sinn .t No, Snrinps. Ark, His aLdro
in nart is us follows
!! I'n,. unurr,l.ud to moan ,h,
cuar, If Christian jutlncnces on A Amnri.
rnn riviliza,iou. II may be allowed
Eli h'r,lr,, tu ,jmp,ify the subi.ct I
.Inll Ii-cu,s American Politics from
thn SInn,juUiut Of Chrisliuuity.' We
En,,o romr TO bury the dead issues Of
,hr mast and enter upon the broad -
;..I,rs oi the future. | have travelled
over the grrn!cr part Of the passing
century. Standing in the glowing
| sulruuOr OF its dying day, | pronounce
IL The pest, the very OcsI century the
world Eaj yet seen. In2 nineteenth
| cCntIry mas had It's shadows, lis ini-
! Quitics and its blood, but withal ii
! goes now into the dead past with the
| blessings Of God upon its trumphs
whII", with the blaze OF lts Christian
civii'E, on 1t lignts still granuct con.
quests for Tho future.
" Inc nlnctccnth cCntury has dc
sp.aed mvn and .uved money. LJru
CuestCruc u, speaking Iii opposition 20
hil. before pariaWGnt Introduced to
! raising revenue to oriray the expenses
o. the army. said We but little con-
suit the military glory OF our country
If we raise supplies Tor paying our
nruiivs by tue abstraction VI those
ARMIES thnt "G are ContrIFing ~ pay.
Wa. can nc prosecuted iar better with
Out money than without men.
he Standard OF our American
E0' HrHmCnt, tnc utNeiopncrt OF It's
wealth, ana the 5laDlll'y as we'll rs
the genlu- Oi Its institutions, must nli
nc determined by the character OF the
AmcriCnn people, thc American men.
Every American clllzen, and
especially every Chrlstlan citizen,
Should have an Intelligent OPT lniUn
ABOUT the principle: and policies OF the
H0"crnmcnt. Mere than that, he
should fc"rlessly express hls opinion
and strive to engratl it lnto the body
po'ltlc by all his influence anu certain
Iy by his vote.
" am here to say. in this hign pre-
suncc, to the young men who arc to be.
Cunc CItlHcns Ol the twentieth cent Try,
th"i every mar or you, regardless OF
class, calling or condition, should be
AN Intelligent, active, courageous poll.
tician. Every farmer, every mechanic,
every manufacturers, every capitalist,
ANA certainty every minister Of the
goaprI in my canuld Judgment, ii he
discharges hts high duty - tho uaLioI,
to Nod and to humanity, repeat, must
become an active politician Whenever
Lhc policy and the fundamental princi
pies Of the government are on trial.
" Insist that politics mean now, "a
they have always been Intended to
mean The administration vi public
affairs in the interest Of the people,
tuc prosperity and thc safety OF the
safe and t.-G nation
Wish all the grave problems Of
government cOufrCnting US, involving
the veal OF moro thGn seventy. Ii We
millions of people and the future mil.
hons yet unborn, let me ask in ali can
dor, how dare any man hesitate to
know aud to nclp TO purify tuc prirci-
DIGS and the policies that are to make
the destiny of the nation and for which
he must be individually respOnsible as
t,.r a. his personal power NAV 90.
" What this government needs more
than tarin reform, more than free
silver or the Immediate ann.hilaliun
OF trust, and the reduction Of pension