The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-13
J. ID. BOUsHALL, General Agent,
Tucker Building Opposite Post Office, Raleigh, NJ c.

GEon.
I'VE do not object to the government
making Investigations of all facts bear
ing upon such disputes. and making it's
decision known both to the public and
to the parties involved in the disputes
1T would be a means Of settling dis
putes peacefully.
again it would be q means Of pr
venting popular excitement which so of
zen causes conflicts between capital au6
labor"
THE ORATTONS
The afternoon trains brought a large
increase of attendance, particularly of
Young ladies who came chiefly to attend
he reception held tonight
At $3.50 the audience re-assembled to
near the oratlons. They We're particularly
fne and deserved the applause given
hem. The orators were Mr.. J. w.
Whisnant, OF Catawba and Mr. B. 4.
Crltcher, OF Martin county. Both had
already won their spurs in previous de-
bates and orations.
MIR. WHTSNANT SPEAKS.
The following is a synopsis of the ora-
ton of MIR. John William Whisnant:
Evolution KS. Revolution
nature never STANDS Stlll, flUT souls
either. They ever go up or go down.
These words suggest a law which is
stamped on every page of nature. With
its dark brow overshadoWed at times bg
lazy drifting clouds, like a slaepless sen
tinel, overlooking the narrow straie which
separates two continents and connects
two mighty seas stands Gibraltar. the
synonym III all for strength, pelraneE-
cy, and durability. aud yet, the angry
waves, beating and flashing it's defiant
sides, are gradually but surely eating
their way into the very hear. OF this
Herculean fortress. Astronomers tell Us
that the SUM- the mythical enemy OF night,
before whom millions have bowed in sol
enn worship, is gradually consuming it
self, and that in the ceaseless ages to
come the whole universe, Of which it is
the center will be wrapt in gloom and
universal darkness. Through these and
similar experiences, the voice of nature
is calling to erring and thoughtless man
to remember that, ''All but God is chang
ing day by day.
As with nature so with human lastitu
tons. Without change there is no pro
gress. no Development. 1t is the essential
idea 10 growth SOCIAL customs, political
principles, the geographical boundaries of
all races are constantly changing. The
crumbling walls of the coliseum a Rome
carry the mind back to day when all
Rome assembled within its walls and
there looked down in fiendisa glce into
the bloody arena at scenes so horrible
that they beggar description. The gods
no longer revel on Mt Olympus. No
Homers sing to us of Trojan wars, and
wandering Ulysses. SO each new day
brings its own gift and delivers its own
message.
Our strong representative government
is not the result OF special creation, but
of evolution. In the deepest and widest
sense, our American history does not be-
gin with the Declaration of Independence
or even with the settlement OF Jamestown
and Plymouth. But it descends n I'm
broken continuity from the day when
stout Arminius in the forests of North
ern Germany defied the might of Imperial |
Rome. Here then was the birthplace of
individualism Here in this inhospitable |
land the Goddess of Liberty seized the |
torch of Freedom in old England she |
lighted it but in the purer atmosphere OF |
America she famed it into a flame and |
now holds it out triumphantly as Il bea- |
con light to enslaved humanity. The |
Revolution of 1875 may be regarded as
the final triumph in the evolutionary |
process which enthroned Freedom, and |
hurried despotism forever from our
shores.
Our policy of expansion is an inevitable |
one, the result of a long process of |
growth, and cannot be resisted We must |
either expand or contract. 1t is a law |
verified in history. that as soon as a peo- |
pie attain national character and are
conscious of their power they endeayor To |
impress their nationalism upon the weak |
.er peoples of the earth.
Is a revolution ever justifiable? Only |
in the event of new discovery, or inven- |
ton the logic truth forces us to revolu-
tionize our mode of thinking 1t is true
that sometimes the evolution of an idea |
precedess many years its practical enjoy |
ment. Such was the case prior to the |
American Revolution.
II you have new idea pregnant with |
truth, which as common property would |
make life easier and the world brighter |
create first proper environment, or
mental atmosphere, and then the world |
will receive its own gladly and with |
praise.
Nj Critcher, the Phi. orator spoke in
effect as follows:
ADDRESS OF MR.. CRICHTER.
The present decade is witnessing no
i1ae remarkable phenomenon than that
shown in the migration of population from
the country to the city Today there arc
ovei 10000 townships in the United States
that have decreased in population, while
many OF our cities have more than
doubled
This transplanting OF population has
far-reaching effects socially and polit;-
cclly. Why the cities of today are becom-
ing q menace to State and nation. be-
cause as they grow more powerful they
ara becoming less capable OF self-govern-
ment. There is peril for nation when
these conditions exist; for when the
Goddess of LIBERTY is compelled TO lean
VI on the point OF a bayonet for sunnort
sooner or later it will pierce her hand
The remedy to this problem is hotter
education, concentration of people in ham.
lets, better communications between conn.
try and city, and by making school-honso
and home more attractive. | believe tbo
time will come when country schools will
not be inferior to city schools, because