The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-09

how, although the constitution Is still
in force there is a sense of failing
power and growing disrespect which
makes us feel that the venerable old
men--so to speaks halt and blind
with years and burdens the strenuous
household of his grandchildren.
Feeling of Unrest.
Somehow, at times, there runs q
sort of shock right down to the foun-
dations of this Republic which makes
the structures tremble and all the
country pauses and listens and then
returns to work. Somehow. although
the future welcomes us. it does so
with q mailed hand; somehow, although
you cannot put your finger on the
cause. there Is universal fear; the
mother watching while her children
sleep; now and then she hears the
bugle call, the tramp of soldiers and
staring in the darkness of a dream,
she sees the rigid up-turned face"
The toiler. turning all his time and
sinew into gain which others get, be-
gins to doubt that the government is
just. The man of means. who put it
out In the active currents of the tide
and sees the peril of this doubt and
the governments compromise with
both, begins to feel that 1T is boarded
better than employed.
Antithesis of Lincoln.
North and South each wearing scars
that tell of war almost forgiven and
forgot. feel the fear again that a
problem which only time can settle
right. will be forced upon them wrong.
These fears and doubts and startled
dreams and vague misgivings in many
hidden cause. But over them is one
at least revealed. For Lincoln said in
the sadness of his great soul. with
malice toward none, with charity for
all. with faith in the right as God
gives us the wisdom to see it," and
Roosevelt said in the glory of his self
contemplation, tread softly and carry
a big stick"
And between these. the beginning
and the end of Republican growth, in
time and temper, is all their wild, de-
scending flight. With all they know
and feel of the country's question of
their course, the Republican party yet
claim every fruit of soil and sun, of
brain and soul. They say that by a
wise administration of natures laws
they brought abundant harvest from
the SOIL They say that by careful d.
rection of scientific search they added
untold volumes to the store of COM
mon knowledge.
Claim all that is Good.
They say that invention. under their
control, has lifted loads of labor from
mankind. They say that religions
long sleep was broken by the stimu-
lus of Republican virtue and they
point with pride to the churches all
over the land. They say that eduea-
ton was unpopular until they took 1t
up, and now almost everyone is will
ing to be educated. They say that
while population was increasing some
there was never any steady. advancing
general Increase until the Republicans
came into power. When attention is
called to the economic Industrial and
administrative vices resulting from
their incompetency. they say that after
all there are some things which the
An-wise Providence insists upon do
ing without giving any particular rea-
son for it, So, on the whole, we may
conclude that the Lord does in admin
istering this good universe that turns
out to be good they credit to them
selves; and whatever the Republicans
do in administering the government
turns out bad they charge up to the
Lord.
Meet in Rational Calm.
Gentlemen of the convention, beyond
the exciting passions of war and the
distracting panics of peace; beyond
the reach OF disasters dread appeal and
the dead past's dying wall, we meet
in the clear and rational calm of sea-
soned common sense, to reason to-
gether for the well-being of, our coun-
try and our party. No man here can
have his exact way. No leader can
take us along the narrow ledge of his
unquestioned logic. No section should
swerVe us from the course that lends
to union and fellowship. No faction
can divide us into weakened parts and
leave us on the field of battle in front
of the enemy. No man is greater than
his party and no party is greater than
its principles.
There is no principle which does not
rest upon condition and there is no
condition which may not change
There is no creed set down in black
and white to which we are forever
strapped, as to a corpse. There is no
platform which can last forever. un-
less 1t be made of abstract things
incapable of demonstration
The World Moves On.
The world is moving in its Majestic
course and every dreary detail Of ira
toll works out some mighty change
Civilization is night and day WORKING
with its countless hands, and its influ.
ence runs ahead to where we cannot
see or hear. A political party is an
agency In the hands of these material