The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-10

.L.. @tlldlDi L-Bb5'- IN tiil-
.,..a Of addressing a few blunt
...- ID, vou i'm answer to your re-
,... senatorial speech in which you
.... tD the defence OF your aSSo-
. upoetrophized the judiciary
r<-urilteu our irresponsible
..zluc writer's and other modern
r.tols Of Titus Oates"
...Imit me 10 begin with the fitting
..v IF your GRAFTON in which you
..rta 1t is the duty of every one
.e rD see that the great heritage
.u. past, which mas given US free
.uj everything We love and have
..t for. is handed on untainted
l.broken TO the generations
ID come after US
A. accorded in the press dispatch
..aJ the galleries applauded loud
vou concluded. 1t is the habit
..!lcric@ to applaud solemn nlati-
Age. and W~ell-phrased buncombe,
shat ypu said was that, and moth
... .uuLc.
f. what You said means anything
-.,uns that ii is our duty to fol
bliudIY III the footsteps of our
~. t-tol., and 10 respect institutions
. On account Of their worth, but
...sue" Of their antiquity. You
..H|I have us defy bOurbOnism. and
.u.-hjp ut the shrine II an immacu-
.. ulNt. You would have US sub
...IHu to the theory that all wisdom
..l patriotism died with the founders
.. rNr Constitution, and you proclaim
rI. dp2fnJ that 1t is SacrileGe to hint
-a.f 81 designed for the
..turnmont OF the fOur million DeO-
f.. of 1857 can be improved or just
j.. .litiniZed by the eighty millions OF
.u...t- of 1906.
uInt", senator: pime and cheap
,~.a9Eauistic cant. We expect such
>H. from the lips of q vaDid and
ar.a3-oGiC after-dinner speaker. but
#r bad hoped to be spared it from
".u- scholar in politics."
There are homes n intelligent
usu i'm this republic who hold, and
Hut have 4 right to hOld, that many
of tur ills from which we suffer can
DE. t.lroG to defects in the written
t.au-cs Of our national Constitution,
gnd tj,ey are urging the amendment
,G mat document through the
methods incorporated in it. None of
tao irresponsible magazine writer's
aam You would pillOry-had yOu n
gHau'c-nO political party. not ever
.a, socialists: no rcformer With ever
so Insignificant following proposes
other than Lawful and constitutional
u.rth"ds in occurring redress for real
tod lancicd wrongs.
Name to me one man or combina-
ZION of men that advocates other han
peaceful and prescribed methods.
What is your attitude, on the contra
~" You stand as h alleged guar
3lili Oh TIE uIldSSd lieu CONSTITUTION
and launch your inVectiVe against
men who are taking advantage of
THAT great heritage of the past which
IUS given IL freedom of speech and
q freedom of press. Let me tell YOU
that our issue is not with the writ !
gs who are exposing the Wickedness
which has brought Worldwide re-
1Foach on the nation; your issue is
with that clause of III Constitution
which prOc!aims that Congress shall
aak" no law a~bridging the freedom
ID speech or press: or the right of the
people Deaceably to assemble for a
redress of grievances.
There is a legal way in which that
hight can be Withdrawn, and that is
By an amendment to the Constitution.
I have no doubt that you are honestly
opposed to a free press, but so long
ais It remain a port of the legacy
handed down by the forefathers it i'll
becomes yOu TO attack men Who have
been stripped of all other In
Your opinion you said. Men are evan
eSccut. We strut and fret our hour
on the stage, and then are heard no
more. But wise Institutions should
ehjure.., etc. Therefore You waste
Your words in attacking the mere
men, h are holding our imperfec-
IONS up to the public gaze. You
should turn your craftsmanship to
The repeal of the clause which per
49, ~ I'm ~
EouT DCDeWs, Platts, Aldriches and
others, who now are glbbetted, or are
Waiting their inevitable turn.
senator Lodge let us make a test Of
iiS matter. 1t may be that p ma
5"IItT of the people CT this country
Are in favor of your demand that the
senate should not be criticised as q
.'o} or in its personnel. Surely the
IL3~k artillery fire Of the JfromeS, Il
Iael"n Of the clergy, 4 larger section
> L4. g,,-,- - vi rlnN ~ I,n. no. ,,f -
'r sources indicate Il powerful ppo
.""o To- the continued activities of
uH alleged 'profeSsiona eXpOSerS of
to.fHn1ion.' 1t may be that it is
1''4 public policy to suppress them,
.Rl hone there is no disposition to
'' $40 by force.
Since the victims of their paid pens
-Ae To dignity or resist their as
.'~ by an appeal to the courts,
"'"" remains no method other than
.''eal OF h section of the Con-
.la.'un of which they take advant-
Why do YOU not come out old
t|l such a remedy? If you will do
".s, Senator. ! viii use what intlu-
have towards submitting Il
'~.0.t constitutional amendment
''"..1nln@ the United States Senate.
'.'l would give us an issue worth
-".'t- tor. Let those who believe
'" dp vote for the repeal of the
'i free speech and q free press,
'. the continued perpetuation OF
senate, and permit those who still
III free speech and a free press
"r" vote for the abolition Of the
may be in lrOr, but | be-
IN" latter proposition would
Ih" support of eighty per cent.
people OF the United states.
imam half of the States have
A bcliti0ned for a chance to elect
senators by direct vote, but your
.'. tiStS to listen to them. | pre-
'Iui COnStrue his demand
counter to the sacred policy OF
down all Institutions "un-
amt unbrcken to the genera
80. winch come after us" You mis- !
-' temper of the American
IAcy are eager to find some
''ot your Senate out of exist