The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-09-19

No.
Bad;la$s NIB do noilRrmss \ Good laws
s.,.i h. fln 4 Of Dnnd iliit ii, IS che
man beRilidsthe law %iiD Will ulti-
mate]y bY the way In which lie pcl.
forms Ills duties determine whether
this co1nbry Is to 60 up or down.
pplauBe.) Character isWhat counts.
The men here who fought In tho
Union army, the men who fought3iy,
the Confederate army, let them look,
back. What did they care for nosJ
In the men who were their comrades,
who fought on their right hand and
their left hand in time of action. Tt
was not as to the mans antecedentS.
1T was not as to whetherhe was rich
or poor, or what his social position
had been, it was to know whether
when the time Of crisis came lie would
stay. daughter and applause) If
tho need camc to go forward you
wanted TO be sure when he moved
that he would moyo In the right direc-
tion.
You wanted to know that you
could count on his being there as a
good friend, and as q foe tolook out
for. You wanted to have hlm dc.
voted to his country, devoted to his
| flag, loyal to his regiment, but I don't
care how fine his feelings we're, IL he
ran away he was no good. Naugh-
ter.) 1t is so in civil life, for If u
citizen Is to be worth his salt he needs
ch. .qcter, and into character many
elel9ents enter. If man Is not de-
ccnt, then the abler he is the more
Dangerous he Is to tho community.
In the revolutionary war ono of tho
| brgYcSt and most brilllant soldiers
during tho early years Of the contest
was the man who has loft his name as
q byword Of jnfamy to tho nations
for all time, tho man who fought with
distinguished gallantry liz Cannda,
tho man who led all the American
forces In the groat battlo at Saratoga
and left his leg on the field of victory.
That man with all his courage, all his
daring, all his superb military gen
ius, turned because the ropt Of right
eollSness was not in him, sought to be-
tray his comrades for money, and left
the llanip Of nened'ct Arno!a as g hiss
ing fQreycgmQre,
HONESTY AND COURAGE.
I'm civil life the danger is not 50
patent, but 1t is just rs great, II abili-
ty is not accompanied by q rightful
sonSc OF accountability to the NOR al
law. In addition to honesty and de.
cency, you must have courage.
want to see every one a good man,
and In addition TO that I want to see
| hima man. We must have the man
| ly virtues deeply imbcdded as part Of
our national characteristics IL we are
to do our work Alright in peace or in
war. But honest and courage to-
gether are not enough. / care not
how brave and how honest man Is,
II he was born foolish you can do but
little with him. (Laughtcr and ap-
plansc. We need honesty, we need
courage, we need in addition the saw
Ing grace Of common sense. There
Is no patent device by which
wo can make the average citizen
a credit to the country; make
him hold higher the standard Of good
government, The average citizen
must make himself worthy citizen
Of the republic, Tho average citlzcn
must realize that 1t Is upon his shoul-
dcrs that the entire government struc-
turc rests. We get In the habit OF
speaking Of the government as If ii
were something apart from us. Now
the government Is us, we are the gov
ernlncnt, you and /. (Applausc.)
D, A.ni the government is going to dc
well or i'll accordingly as we, with
sanity With resolution, with broad
charity and sound common sense,
make up our minds how the affairs OF
the government shall be managed.
No man can take the burden of gov
eminent Off the shoulders Of a people
fitted for self-govcrnmcnt No man
can make it easy for any people
to govern themselves. They have
got to determine for themselves
what the government shall be,
and In the long run the government
will represent their wishes, their
wishes for good or their wishes for
evil, or else they are Indifferent to
s3od orevil. (Applause.) And SO my
plea to you, my fellow Americans, as
TO every Citizen pevcry section OF the
country is, remember that in this
country nothing, no law, no leadership,
can possibly take the place Of the cx-
erclse by the average citizen Of the
fundamental viitues Of good citizen.
ship, the exercise Of the Fundamental
qualities of honesty, courage and com
mon sense"
The president was given three
hearty cheers as he finished his
speech.
The Rnral School.
Mr.. Branson Of Georgia has recent
y told In the Worlds Work the story
of the rnod.l rural schools which the
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