The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-03

Of Florida, but / have found this, that
wherever have gone find the people
very much alike. / find that God Al
mighty made them all That they all
have warm hearts: that they have fair
minds, and that the love Of free peo-
pie exists in the breast of every one of
the citizens Of this great country, and
that there is much for each one to APP
preciate In the other. find by coming
up here, looking into the faces of q
rugged people, a people who are used
to endure hardships and do hard work,
each one individually striving to make
q living for himself and for his family,
and to build up this great country of
ours. / go to the South, to my own
home, and find people engaged in the
same occupation. 60 in the West and
] find them engaged in the same way.
! find them all shedding, tears over the
graves Of the dead. | find them ex-
pressing good will toward the living.
That being the case, there is no reason
for quarreling or division at any time
anywhere. All that is needed at any
time Is a common understanding, and
there will be no difference.
You should remember this much, that
although the intellects Of men may diff
fer very greatly, even as the high lands
and mountains and valleys in elevation
and depression, that the conscience Of
man, the love OF man Is like vast plain
without an undulatiOn anywhere; It Is
as level as the inland lake at dawn. The
proverbial pebble is thrown in the
lake disturbing il from shore to shore,
so whatever will disturb the conscience
Of one man will disturb the conscience Of
all men who have conscience, and most
of them have, althogh few have stab
bed and murdered their so that IL no lon
ger directs them ! will say this that Of
all the influences on this nation that tends
TO unite the people of all sections, that
the fraternal ordes have exerted the
greatest influence for good and that
they will continue to do 30. Applause
And that we are bound to be In future,
as we are ut present, a thoroughly uni
ted people. (Applause.
In looking back to the days when
Brother Boynton had musket on his
shoulder, and some of my relatives had
q musket on their shoulders, and had
them on both sides, some In New Hand
shire fighting one way, and Florida
fighting the other, and we should look
back TO that time as the natural conse-
quence Of the condition under which our
into biblical times, and you will find the
door posts and lntels were sprinkled
with blood, sheep and lambs slain as
sacrifice TO God. You find that the Sa-
vior was slain; that His blood was shed
for all Of US. You will find that every
great thing that was done for the good
of humanity has been "sprinkled with
blood" that II was blood-bought; that
there was shedding of innocent blood.
That Is the way all these great changes
were impressed upon the minds of the
people. II II was necessary to the good
understanding Of the people Of all this
country that they were brothers, and
that they should not quarrel about little
things, that they should not draw i'm
Rginary lines and fight each other; IL il
was necessary that blood should be shed,
and blood was shed, Il ought TO impress
all Of US with the futility Of strife, and
that Il should Danish from our thoughts
any sectional disposition on our part, and
that we should consider once for all that
the blood that was shed In that great
war was sufficient for all of the country
to look upon and see that we have q COM
mon interest In this country; that we
have united Il by the shedding of blood,
and that we all should stand up for the
one flag from one end Of Il to the other:
that we should all love each. We have
tested the mettle one of the other, and
we have found in every part Of the eonn- |
try like courage, like devotion and like |
adherance to what we deem 70 be right, |
and 80 long as our people have believed
they were right, they were willing In |
every section 10 lay down their lives for !
principles they believe in. (Applause.) |
For this reason our people rise up a. |
one man 10 repel the invader from our
shore; we would rise up "a one man 20 in |
wade another country II Il was absolute
" accessory 70 invade Il 70 presarve |
good order and upbuild the interests Of
mankind. II looks 20 me a. though che
people Of every section Of this country