Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-29
MANHOOD VERSUS MONEY.

of that legislature requesting Mr..
W. X. Hearst To address il on the
issues of the day II was read i'm
the legislature on April 20, 1908:
Gentlemen of the legislature of
Arkansas: feel deeply the honor
YOU confer by inviting me to add
dress YOU. My departure from the
country, however, renders it inn
possible 10 speak to YOU face to
face, but by letter | wish to say.
As one Democrat to other Demo
Gratis. that the issues of the day.
the issues upon which the Ameri-
can people will presently be called
+ to vote, are we'll defined and of
such a character aS to give us every
hope that 10y doing our duty aS a
party we shall command success.
| congratulate the citizens of Ar
kansas upon the agricultural and
industrial prosperity they. in COM
mon with the citizens of the whole
Union, are enjoying. That pros
/ perltN, however. Il not evenly
spread by any means. There are
many among us who would not
know we were having good times
unless we were told. But were it
the case that everybody had full
pocket, that fact would not rem
der less plain the obligation of the
thoughtful and patriotic to cast an
intelligent eye upon the future.
Prosperity cannot last if its fruits
are to be more and more largely
absorbed by tariff-protected trusts.
and trusts which protect them
selves by killing competition and
maintaining monopolies in defiance
of law.
This is one of the great issues,
upon which the Democratic party
takes Its stand. representing love
of free Institutions as well as the
common sense which counsels en-
/ lightened Self-interest.
The dominance of the trusts
means the continuing control of our
l. Government by confederated pred
atory wealth. That signifies priv
ileges for some and denial of
equal rights to the rest of us-the
: direct antithesis of the doctrine of
e jefferson, which is the chief article
of our political faith.
There cannot be good govern
ment or enduring prosperity while
the Republic is ruled by its money
and not by its manhood.
1 Government by the trusts-thc
o trusts founded on favors granted
e by special legislation, and the
r trusts hourishing in contempt OF
LAWS government for the few al
e the expense of the many govern
: ment which makes property right,
L unsafe unless the holders of prop
erty are included in the favored
D circle. Against such government
[ 1t Is the mission of the Democratic
5 party TO make war with voice anc
D pen and ballot, and correcting leg
islatiOn when the power is given us
e And it is a Democratic mission
= to war also upon that hateful spirit
Y of sectiOnalsm which for politica
4 purposes would array one part o.
c the American people against tn,
other. Recent attempts to reviv,
old enmlties, to stir up race hatred
and unsettle peaceful social condi
tons in the South have had tn,
y happy effect of revealing a power
= full Northern sentiment which re
! Dukes those disturbing attempt
}, and demands that politicians shall
. leave the South alone while itwork
= out in its own way the solution O
the race problem. 1t is the Soutl
which has to carry the burden
: which in its daily life must NEE
the peculiar difficulties that arise
which knows best what must b,
done.
Let the South alone :" is a de
mand that receives the approval o
every Democrat, of every judiciou.
citizen, no matter what his politics
who recalls the horrors of the Re
, construction era and wishes sec
8 tionalism to stay dead and buried
- We have a united country. NJ
true American Will seek to disunit,
Ia it in heart and purpose, interes
), and destiny.
. Equal rights for all; special priv
- ilegeS to none that is the founda
III ton of the Democratic platform
! Policies may change, but princi
=, pies never.
Whom the country Vra adore fror,