The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-02

think most II US make that mistake.
Truth is mighty and must prevail Is
a w~atchworl that appeals TO US. Ii
took NE about five years To find out
that my standing VAS generally re
eardel n worse than that Of u liar.
The world wants Il little truth and L
S~eat eal o. deception. las like TAX
in- five drops Of medicine in half Z
glass Of wa-er. In sticking 10 the truth
/ ralsel III caemies o. every hand aud
s-lily III 10 know that | must make
: change.
am not seeking TO discourage YOU
from speak.-~ the truth now and then.
mr son. but YOU must understand that
truth i like q tiaxsecd poultice-tor
Use only on occasions. During the rest
OF the time you must either keep your
mouth shut - c!ilm thar you are a lit
tie deaf. N-SA we ask about 4 Ger
tn man We expect you to tell us tie
tr,.th. Wneu IL asks about Us we ex-
pcct you 10 r".'.:- that you haven't got
f-.:iy acquitted Yet.
have 10: Oaan able, with all my
reading and .Grstioning. 10 get what
may he called Tie law puzzle through
ny head. We send lawyers 10 the leg
is!aturc 60 = congress TO make laws
&c be emf, j. Those same lawyers
ONE hone u do their very best TO
break those laws. We print the laws in
Plain English Language. aud for twenty
years they stand Cnquestioned and in
force. Then arises n Judge who puts Il
different Interpretation on them and
uDSets the apple cart. \ law is made
to protect the people, and Yet the law
yer who has the acu1cu 10 find loop
holes in it is praised by the masses.
l hadn't seen Il great deal wrong with
politics when an old wheel horse sat
down with me and satisfied me that
the country was in danger and that I'M
less Il change was speedily effected the
republic OF America would be busted
hiGher'n GilderOy's kite and sixteen
different kinds Of anarchy prevail.
What he wanted, and what he wanted
me to want, was reform. 1t was about
the first time | had heard of it. My GU
cumbers had come along, and my pota-
toes had ripencl without any special
effort on. the part of reform, and l was
dwelling in blissful ignorance OF the
danger to the buiwarks of liberty
when this old Wheel horse opened my
eyes. | TOOK of my coat and got others
ID 90 the same. and we reformed poll
ties a.I save! America. That is, we
sCnt him I'd 10 Albany. and he w&s
such 4 hustler and such Il wise old
Wlae, horsa [ l., made $4,000 OCT
- Z an. G-r~- treated Il Of Us to Il
: - o. ',.-2-o {.
I1.ere int -. slightest doubt tina
tia country :; il tie greatest dG.@"
t0Gay and tlllt unless we have reiovn
in politics right away We are going to
bust N W.tn : roar that will be heard
I'll ever ElrJnc, but you can count LIE
out. Tn Eot going to do Il thing TO
check the Impending disaster. | shall
sit on my vcrIIda and on my chick
ems in the yard and hear my hogs grunt
il the PEN and sweat d hair. i
know that before it is too late some
Moses viii Use up. He will yell for
reform in pol:t.ts, AID he will set 9th
ers to yelling. anu Il great wave VIII
sweep over the country and purify and
save it.
And on the crest of that wave. with
their faces washed and their hair
cOmbed in order to disguise themselves.
will be the same old crowd, with the
same principles, and the Doodle will be
looked after with the same unfailing
care.
Don't get discouraged, my son, and
wish you had been born n horsehy in
stead of a human being. It's a good
world to live in, and there's heaps of
fun ahead for you, but you mustn't
start out laboring under any decisions
or Authorizations. Find out what's
what and who's who and then go
ahead. NJ. QUAD.