The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-23
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world over and that justic and lib
erty in their truest and best accept
ance will reign among the people Of
the earth.
I am always proud to be in Virginia:
its HISTORY is SO interesting, it's influ-
ence is so great, and it's men have
done so much. They have coined
language that has had a magnical ef-
feet. upon the destinies of mankind.
No man can read with unmoved emo
lions the declaration 81 the immortal
Patrick Henry, who preferred, in the
last analysis, death rather than the
loss Of freedom. (Applause.) No man
can read the declaration Of Thomas
Jefferson without feeling that he liv-
ed for his fellowinen. No man can
read and study and think over the
wonderful declarations made In the
three conventions In. which was done
the foundation work for the principles
enunciated in that famous document
the Declaration of Independence. We
know Virginia as the mother of
presidents, the mother of statesmen.
and the mother of states. Virginia
has given us glorious men and glorl-
Gus people, and when the time came
for a contest for that which her peo-
pie believed to be right, no matter
now much we may differ with them
as to the merits Of 1T, no one will
dispute either the mental capacity or
the physical courage Of any of them.
(Applause.) And I venture this pre-
diction that when any grave crisis
shall arise in the affairs of our coun-
try or our people, Virginia will make
good her quota Of all that may be es-
sential to- the progress Or the protec-
ton Of our rights. And I want to say
that this does not apply to Virginia
alone, nor are my words intended to
be flattery; they are simply fair Just
estimation of the makeup of Virginia's
people, but apply also to all our peo-
pie.
Now. word In reference to this
great exposition. I very we'll remem-
Der one Of the earliest expositions of
the whole world, somewhere in the
neighborhood of 1860, held in Eng
land. Working men were permitted to
go to that exposition occasionally, and
working mems children were allowed
to go enthusiastically 1 remember
the growth Of the several expositions
held in various places, and they show
a continued and marked progress. In
one place I saw an exposition being
arranged in which contract convict la
Dor entered and because I criticised
that I do not think my stay in the
town was prolonged with the consent
or encouragement of those who were
in charge of the management Of the
exposition. We saw a large measure
Of recognition in the exposition in Chi
cago, little better recognition in San
Francisco, in Omaha, in Buffalo, in
st. Louis but it remained for the great
Jamestown Exposition management to
have all this grand: work of genius
that existed in the minds CT the pro-
jectors transformed into actualities by
the brain and Drawn ofAmerican or
ganized labor. (Applause.) And it
was the great concern both of the
management of the@expos1tion and Of
organized labor, that there should not
occur one mitch on (which opponents
and critics might find a peg on which
to hang their criticism. You may go
through the grounds and view the.
buildings from the extenrior and the
interior, and you will see that they
are so artisticallyx constructed as to
make a. deep impression upon the
minds Of all who Visit the exposition.
They are a credit to everyone who had
anything to do with their designing
and construction, and the pity Of it all
is that the exposition will soon have
to be closed, perhaps not to be re-
opened.
Today the only people, if there be
any, deprived of any rights; the only
people, if there be any, upon whom
tyranny and wrong and injustice are
imposed, are the men and women of
labor. 1t is the last estate in the de-
velopment Of human progress upon
which injustice will be practiced. But
we have made great progress, and We
propose to make still more. If ever