The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
.COUNTRYS UNITY
EDUCATORS SLOGAN
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differences Let what oeop E,s, fiat ia! n, may Y
believe in factories quite as much as In
quests and in school.honses more than
kh graves. A spent quarrel, not OF our
making and not Of yours. shall not be be
4Jthcr OF us. We will flally lofi25r the
shades Of our ancestors but we vii not (,
Spnor as children their parents. the sur
Sivors of the struggle between the states.
May their days and ours be stu long IN
gave to them -and to US The fullness
and the ter,vency, and the f2ith q that at
hat 10 s Tie men men Of each s a Tor be-
long the moiety OF the duties aud the
whole Of the destiny Of that genera,t,lon
which their forefathers left unsettled
we recognize and rejoice IN the settle s,
o en Of those But we are RE-
cal study nor the passions nor the pathos
q poetry. nor the pous exaltntion which .h
shall to-day hold back North and South
from the, new and noble obligations and
from the benign and brotherly compe,u-
tions OF this teemlng time. Better a de-
cadc OF love and of peace than h cycle
o The, mutila',iions and Of the memories
BECOME LIKE us.
Speaking Of northern people who come
They not only IKE you, but they , gr9 ~
affect their business their home inter
ests and their racial instinct In the South.
II with US they We're ,adhercnts to one
other. This does not necessarily involve
any change OF fundamental Views. lton-
yinvoves q question OF relationship. a
blanket could cover both parties in near
every state on any Questions w when
would not cover and 1t cannot be stretch
ed to cover which of the two parties IN
ali The clrcumstances is the better in.
be fostered and preserved In the interests
OF civilization ana the home sun with
plation party is becoming factor. not
n fetch; servant. not q, master: 2
means. not an end ANY other ,,, view NV. Oh ;,
d serf: not voter. but victim. How
soah WITH may Us in 9't the North only lie
politicians grievc over the disintcsrat l,,
between parties or within, either party.
Only those who have long lived and VINO
would longer live upon the public treas
ury mre sorry that the people arg M :,
tbeIr servants At ,he capital, either q the
nation or Of the state. That tendency
corrects the vicious habit inherent IN
and OF fearing their constituents instead
OF instracting them and leading them.
pl es devices sieea for doctrines bids for facts
promises for performance. diatribes. for
discussion and defamation for dstn M. -;
to the demands OF an organized few
instead Otto the interests, TO the honor
and to the duty Of all with . US the mia tiae
among the people than among the man
aging politicians. There mas ben mani 1aiIt
fest and an oysrwheinlng re nc in,eI
iigence by Beaten bosses. by misleading
leaders, by discounted demagogues and
Dy s RtrGREaM iTaSfSs IN MAJORITY
After speaking on party issues es ana t az
fa dne 4f B5Y On n nnn
them. he said: .'lf / have touched upon
public subjects. have tried TO o d Do }, SO S
can meet without thinking OF them. No
gathering called In the name and cause f.as
q eeucation can well keep i,s nq inei
he represen,auves. Of the great State te
the common needs OF a common nation
atty. From what ! have said have
nnrposey left out the party NJ nouns n ,n ana
otherwise sane. the incensng erect OF
red rags on the horned and believing
terrors Of field and OF, plainIM coun-
ont OF our contests or ont of our conten--
tons out e our spsGGhe IS a fn t 2nS 91
indng out that the things wherein we
agree vastly outnumber and immensely
outcass the things wherein We dlIer.
Take. for INSTANCE. the lapsed question
OF himetallism. That was q great and
mouth-hling word witt. US as well as with
who was against it. II internatonai ngree.
nent made It possible, or who could tell
low SUCH agreement ,y e., could Is be brought
IT alone the nobler metal rose 10 a
premium and its parity with the baser
Mpd r. 4 in cone Me
Junction with other nations they must
be nations OF our own class and that such
t could not undertake it OF ourselves we
could not propose 1t TO our peers among
Whou naf had
better. our lives had beer sweeter our
friendships had been finer, had VIC left
fa ugs '9 Coin CLIPPERS pr Piutocrats Boated
Bondholders nill Roaring Rcpudlators
out OF the contention. Take any other
with wind and tongue demagogues have
divided our people. Recur for a moment
TO the tariff. The concern Of It's must be
revenue for the government An auxiliary
consideration OF 1t must be the wage
of the people, The first must be enough
and the second must not be reduced, 1t
logically follows that duties must con-
lowed out would produce business tariff
which 1t would be satire to baptlze
with any party name; ms much of a satire
az 1t would be politically to christen
civil or a criminal code.
NEED OF CANDOR AND I1IBERALITY.
IT might run the gamut of all nues-
lions by which, since the war. South
and North have been at times divided
and by which they have been divided
within parties as we'll as between them.
MY object, however, will have been &C.
complished If have suggested to the
friends with whom ! came and to the
friends that we have made here, the
fact that we all really agree rather than
actually differ on matters OF vivid and
vital concern to our commonwealths and
to our republic Too little of our argyll
ment argues, Too little of our debate de-
bates. Too much of our contention IS
about names rather than about things:
700 much of our controversy Is around
terms rather than around truth. Too
much of our talk Is for victory rather
than for veracity. Reform In these re-
spects must be inductive rather than d.