The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-26
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TRUTH AND FALsEHOoD.

TRUTH AND FALsEH0oD.
That men were endowed with certain
inalienable rights. among these being
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi.
ness, is truth; that any man or set
of men have right to curtail these
rights is a falsehood.
That the people of the Philippine
islands who ere fighting, as their fore
fathers fought, for liberty, have q
right to be helped by this republic to
create government in the Philippines
which shall derive Its power from the
consent of the governed. is truth.
That this nation has right to give
these people just so much and no more
liberty than it thinks they are capable
of enjoying, that it has right to ex.
terminate them in the effort to cur.
tail their God.giyen privileges, is a
falsehood.
That the brave Dutchmen of South
Africa have the right to maintain
their republics without hindrance or
dictation from the British ministry, is
a truth. That the British forces have
the right to destroy these republics, to
annihilate these men, to starve their
women and their children, is a false.
hood.
That the people who support the
United States government in peace
and preserve it in war are entitled to
cont troll the money Of the country, is q
truth. That the bankers have the
right to frame the monetary policies
so they shall be beneficial to the
banks, but detrimental to the masses
| of the people, that the banks have the
right to assume the money-issuing
functions of the government, is a
falsehood.
That the people of this country have
! the right to free competition one with
another, in order that they may real
ize fairly upon their ability and their
industry, is truth. That men be-
cause OF laws enacted for selfish in
terests, or by the indulgence of public
officials, have the right to make COM
binations in restraint of trade and to
force upon the people. for the neces-
saries of life, prices which grind the
4 poor, is fa!sehood.
That it is the duty of this govern.
ment to enact tariff laws with an eye
single to the welfare of the masses
is truth. That this government has
the right to pass tariff laws that will
protect coterie of rich men so they
may sell tolthe American people goods
at exhorbitant prices while the same
goods are sold by the same coterie Of
men in foreign lands at lower prices.
| is a falsehood.
That the people have the right to
control the public highways and the
public franchises, and to exact from
i railroads or other corporations that
enjoy, those franchises, fair returns
and honest treatment for the favors
is truth. That the great railroad
4 companies of the country that have
separately obtained corporate exist
ence and immense favors from the
Ipublic have the right to combine into
one great railroad trust for the pur
-poseIof imposing upon the people, is !
falsehood.
That world power is nation tina
Yields its influence though lofty ex
ample, is a truth. That nation may
SUCCESSFULLY depend upon the force O
arms and impositions upon the veal
and The helpless for reputation or
= world power, is a falsehood.
That nations, like individuals, are
amenable to the laws of retribution
is truth. That nation may per
sistently do wrong, violate the prin
ciplei by which it sprang into exist
ence, ignore the rights of others, re
pudiate its purest traditions, and ye
live and flourish, is a falsehood.
That substantially built power de
pends upon righteous conduct anon,
nations, as among men, is a truth
That might makes right, is a falsehood
That 'you can fool all of the peopl
some! of the t;me,s and some of tn
people all of the time," lis a truth