Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23
willianns' View of 1t.

remarks IN the course OF sp>eCns
let me state what understand by
corruption. because your superstition
involves necessarily presumption OF
corruption controlling or snuulling gov
eminent OF the people. Il presunes the
case Of one man. or q few men. who had
immense amounts Of money Noush |
10 buy everything, that tn ropie |
themselves had lost their vote ano their |
voting power because that one man or |
that one corporation controlled every |
! thing and voted everybody by inauen-
eng or buying the voters, or else BY IN |
auencing or buyins legislators. judges. |
or lures. That would undoubtedly be /
/ corruption. but il would be corruption |
nader a Republican foru, OF govern |
sneut." The republican governmental |
spirit might have departed. trueenOugh- |
II there were any law that gave that !
man or corporation the sole power. |
| that would not he republican form Of
| Government. that would simply be a
| corrupt nonarchicai form Of govern
ucut. II YOU let the State OF New York
alone; If you leave II TO itseli; II you
carry the government night TO the door
OF the people and let theR alone, they
vii root Up and eradicate evil They
| Won't have il long. Where you carry
| responsibility you give experience, and
| where experience is gained you and
ability. and with both you have watch
fuiuess. with wlthiulness virtue. courage
and honesty. This has always been the
case.
have forgotten who Il was, perhaps
Il was Lord MacsulaY. who said you
cannot teach your child by never allow
az II TO walk; you came. teach II 70
walk bv always making il crawl. and
| vou cannot teach q State government
fuuv 10 grappls with vios and fraud and
/ cunning greed unless you allow 81 &C
eregcis< ths power o. attacking and
sighting them. They have got II now
Do not deceive them into the belief that
the Federal Government alone has il or
ever concurrcutly hss IL / wish 20
God they were unbranded BY Federal
rower 20 attack and uprCot al these
trusts. IL regard 20 all these trusts.
would that We could let the States at
I them. II you could let the State at the
trusts they would not long exist What
protects the trusts - the shield Of the
interstate clause OF the FenerAi Cousti-
tuition and consequent judicial inJuuc-
5 ! ton. They would not have undertaken
= | 70 do the things thry do II II were not
Tor the fact they are protected by the
existence Of the Interstate ooumercS
clause OF The Constitution Of the United
States. There would At be one II
Teas. IN Arkansas, in Mississippi br
for The constitutiouRl inhibition on tn
action OF the State. thank God tina
there = no constitutional power now II
2 toe Federal Government dealing witt
& Insurance iuiquities, because Il tber
r were know the iniquities would las
3, forever.
Let the State governments loose q
insurance oficials. let Jerome begin
prosecution against them ia New H0r
and put them IN the peniteutiary-
". believe he VIII DO IT. ! know he can q
4, IL. He could put them 10 the penite
uary for r1Alversatiou Of trust fun'
or en- bezzleuleut 81 what did not belOr
~ 20 them. The single act OF contEibuti
is So. 900 10 the Republican canpais
u fund. not Of their OWE money, b
= money Of the widows and orphans. q
trustees Tor whom they act. would Il
thru Eabie 20 crimiual indictment a.
send them 10 the PeuiteutiAry IN mo
States. and ] suppose would IN Z
20 State Of New ork viii tel you VII
II IL toe matter. II - not law. 1t 10 pu
Of lic opiuion eommerciaiized and pregna
with condo-ation Of the crimes Of ''hil
finance" II Tom ZONES - a CORFU
State examiner. be would still be a CO
alc rurt Federal examiner, an q
- Ton tones Is an ineOuuptable man al
Federal examiner be would stil be
honest man as State examiner.
The nearer Tom Jones is 10 the p
pie The nearer their knowledge Of hi
whether he be honest or disboue
~ bought or Enbought. The more indin
their control OF his getting il or q
ping out the more apt is he 10 sure
e 70 the temptations Of those &
N ready 20 offer temptation
"As the gentleman from TenDes
80, fMr- Gaines1 said yesterday. and
said Il wei, law does not make hon
men; God makes honest rnen. And w
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