The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-17
WILLIAMS LASHES
THE REPUBLICANS
His Address to Mr.. Davis
at White Sulphur Springs.
MISTAKES OF THE FATHERS
Diatribe Against the G. o. P. and
Statesmen Who Have Embraced
The Strenuous Life.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W.
Va, Aug. lin behalf Of the commit
tee appointed by the Democratic Ma
tlonal Convention i'm St. Louis. the Hon.
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi in
his speech notifying the Hon. Heury G.
Davis OF his nomination as Vice Presi-
dent here today, said in part:
Mr. Davis.
Sir: We have been appointed by a
most notable convention as a commit
tee 10 notify you OF your nomination
by the Democracy as their choice for
Vice President OF the United States.
I'VE desire TO express the pleasure we
fe6l in having been selected to perform
this duty and our confidence in you,
your faithfulness. honesty, and wisdom
The people see I'm you one Of the best
products of the best period of AmeTi-
can Institutions. a period whose salient
characteristics were local self-govern-
ment. individuality. equal opportunity,
and freedom-freedOm TO work, freedom
TO buy and sell. freedom TO compete in
the Industrial world. self-dependence.
free development under equal opportunity
as ones own master and not merely as
the well-trained and weIl-managed in
dustrial servant of another.
They see in you what Oliver Wendell
Holmes says is a rare thing-a self
made man who is yet not too proud of
his maker,
The Historical Essay.
we have found from recent examples
of a similar character in the Republi-
can camp that for a notification speech
historical essay is altogether the
proper thing. absolutely necessary for
the emergency. We shall. therefore. en-
title our notification address
A brief hi loricsl disouisition upon
some Of the blunders Of our ancestors
as viewed from the standpoint OF the
wisdom of Republican statesmen who
have embrace. the enuous life
The first or these consisted in dis
eliminating agains. the red man. the
image of God in cherry. on account Of
his race. colo. and previous condition
Our ancestors said 1t was on account
OF the inherent or Inherited ia p traits
tend ncies and suppos II .nCa pacsties
OF which mis- color was but the outward
sign Be that claim preten3e sin
Cerlty, we found TO our astoni hment
that the door Of hope and opportunity
IN the way Of office-holding and voting
had been closed to Lo. the poor In
dian.
Z This first violation in America Of the
divine right Of manhood suffrage ana
OF the cherished fundamental dogma
: capacitated tu govern themselves and
especially 70 govern others has doubt
. less been the HAD Of all our woes"
Fight Against King.
The next great blunder in the early
history OF our people consisted in their
taking up arms against King George
and mis- forces when the latter was ac-
centuated, as they themselves confess
cd, only by the kindest designs Of the
benevolently assimilating' to them
selves our resources and our oDportuni-
Ties.
We know now. Of course that all
our ancestors talk about inalienabIe
rights Of self-governmeut' no taxation
without representation. habeas corpus
ana right OF trial by jury. freedom OF
the press, freedom of speech. and free
dom Of assembly was only a pretext re-
sorted TO By ranting insurgents in order
70 throw on the Ciyilizing Influences OF
the best government that the world had
that FAR witnessed.
We have rot been stupid enough TO
CONNIE to mere words our apology for
the mistakes IN our history. we hav.
apologized BY deeds Of confession Ii
seems strange that we could. as a peO-
pie. have prospered lndustrially and
otherwise as we have prospered. 80 mar
Felously. sir. In all our history. both as
colonies and States, I'm spite Of this
monstrous error-this unholy rebellion"
The Boston Tea Party"
Mr.. Williams referred at some length
TO the Boston tea party" and said.
You will remember that all the wis
dom Of King Georges cabinet could not
put an end TO this wanton fury. even
though the cabinet answered this con
Germs nobody but the town Of Boston.
Our ancestors could not be Quoted.
but got worse and worse until their
misguided councils led TO the foolish
result IN resurrection and a free and
independent American Government
our ancestors. incOmprehensibly. even
after they had had the wisdom of the
Boston port dill fully explained, persist
81 IN their madness and folly. refusing
10 De enlightened. and still hung on with
miraculous fanaticism 70 the belief that
only the guilty ought 10 be punished.
ana even the guilty only after n fair
trial. Again, i wonder how We man
aged 20 prosper as We have prospered
50 fniraculously I'm all our history, IL
spite Of historical folly like this. un-
confessed even until a very recent date
6ll ROXY which We have now, thank
God, nobly shaken on.
The next great Industrial bIunder in
spite OF which We have prospered night
along In every step OF our history was
the lmmOlation by our ancestors Of the
the nations industrialisn and Of them
selves and Of their children upon the
altar or free trade within the common
domain. Notwithstanding already exist
Ing state lines furnished convenient
place. opportunity and temptation to es-
tablish custom houses. those potent en-
cOuragers Of commerce.
Fallacy Of Free Trade.
Republican statesmen have now made
Il too plain for any reasonable man to
doubt il, that this was a great mistake
What We ought % have fought for dur
ing colonial days was a high protective
tariff 10 keep British products out Of the
American market: and another high pro-
tective tariff TO keep American products
out Of the British market, thus enrich
ing both Britain and America. Then.
after We had accomplished our indie
pendence. and each State --ad been rec
ognized as q separate sovereignty on
the surface Of the earth. South Carolina
ought to have protected herself against
Pennsylvania and New England; Penn
sylVania ought TO have seen TO il that
a line OF custom houses nreveuted the