The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-08-18

William Wallace fOully executed In
London for fighting for the freedom OF
Scotland or an Oliver Cromwell endan.
gering his life by denounclng the tyr.
ennies OF King Charles Is TO be hon.
ored Infinitely above the apostates who
for wealth or fame or position sold
their honor and their principles and be
trayed their cOuntry's rights. And yet.
strange to say. often does a country
estimate statesman's successes not
by the fealty with which he guards heI
rights. but by his ability TO force him
self into Office. no matter what means
be may use TO attain IT,
IL not this fact absolutely true In
reference TO Napoleon Bonapartei He
was not only hOnored when he was
alive. but he was and Is hOnored by
the French people and by the world
when he ls dead Never was there a
funeral procession like that which
brought his dust back from ST Helena
10 sleep its last sleep upon the banks
OF tho river Seine. The son Of the king
whom Napoleon had dethrOned went
forth in ship to bring this treasured
burden from British soil England
took the eagle and Austria the eaglet,"
were the words Victor Hugo wrote 10
POLITICALLY describe the English impris
onment OF Napoleon !. and the Aus
trian appropriation Of the little king Of
Rome. Yet In what way did Napoleon
benedt France2 Did he live for her
peace or her strength or her hOnOrf
No. He was simply great as muir
derer, great as robber. great AS
merciless tyrant He made wars; he
lovied taxes; he led his people to the
slaughter merely for his own aggran-
dizement He crushed the members of
his own home under his iron heel for
his own convenience when il suited
him. He banquetcd year after year up
on the sufferings and agOnles Of France
and cared not how many hearts ached
and bled as long az NapoleOns stand
ards were 10 the fore and Napoleons
throne was lifted higher. even though
II was remorselessly raised upon a pile
Of corpses.
Shall Napoleon Bonaparte he honor
ed above Stephen Langton, who wrest-
ed from King John Of England the
Magma Charta and made the English
people n nation OF kingsi Shall he be
hOnOred above Martin Luther, who,
single handed aud alone deled the
temporal authority OF the church Of
Rome and drove IN the opening wedge
which will ultimately everywhere
separate church from state1 Shall he
be hOnored above that wonderful as
semblage of men who, under the lead
ership OF Thomas Jefferson, penned the
Declaration OF Independence and Of
james Madison who penned the con-
stltution of the United States, whereby
man In a republican form Of govern
ment is compelled TO respect the rights
Of man7 Shall his name be honored
above that Of Abraham lincoln, who
was born In a hut, lived for the most
part Of his life upon a western prairie
and yet by the proclamation Of eman-
cipation taught the world that all men
upon this North American continent
are free and equnl1
Civil war inevitably, 10 a greater or
less extent, is the result of one man
OF one class Of men tyranniEing over
the rights Of others. What was the
cause OF the overthrow Of the Mar
grave Of Anspach7 1t was the merci-
less tyranny Of the last great duke.
One day this ruler was seated by an
open window Of his palace with the
Infamous Lady Craven by his side.
on In the distance a chimney sweeper
was working upon the roof Of q tall
building. Would II not he amusing
10 see that man fall to the sroundT
said this Infamous woman. With that
the margrave called one Of his soldiers
to bring q gun. He lifted the musket
and took deadly aim. He fred and
the body rolled 10 the ground a bleed
Ing corpse. A short time after this the
duke and his Infamous fomale com
panion were out riding and the widow
OF the murdered man approached his
carriage and begged for help. The
duke gave 70 her forms, or 81.
When he gave It 10 her however, he
said: woman, DO not give 20 you
this money as a compensation for the
death Of your husband, but as a royal
charity, for l, as ruler have a hight
TO do as will with my subjects
can reward them or kill them, and
there is no redress" DO you wonder
that such a tyrannlcal government as
that was 0verthTown7
All wars, both civil and information
al, are caused by injustice. The states
man who works to make right might,
who labors 10 have no law press more
heavily upon one class than upon an
other class, who struggles 10 give "a
square deal" 10 the poor man as well
as to the rich-that man " a public
benefactor. That man II a preventer
OF future carnage That man II teach
ing the world that each nation must
respect the rights OF other nations, tnht
one social class must respect the rights
OF other social classes and that ell peo-
ples are independent only as they re-
rpect the independence Of others. May
God bless today the Christian states
men who are not serving one people,
but all peoples. In their own and other
lands!
The Just ruler or statesman is a pre-
venter OF future war. Yes, but In this
eulogy OF the heroes Of peace" the
schoOlhOuse must be built alongside
Of the legislative halls. No people IL
any land are safe against the crime OF
making unjust wars unless at The
schOolhouse desk their eyes have be
come Intelligent eyes, unless their eart
have become deaf TO the calls Of tht
demagogue and their minds have beer
developed TO DO their own thinking
A safe nation Is not built upon the
autoeracy Of throne. II is not an