The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16

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( patti al gngul-e 20 Southern life OF in
ca!'O3rbla EaiUe: f.. eg@rE community
i, 50 organized Is capable of achieving
: noble cIEie purpose j,u possible other
: wise. Such = cours- fhEpD< with the
; spirit ~ democracy. a. a. appeals to
: All The people I'm the most vital way Il
= touches irue srlf-iutore-t and begats
/, self service; roots itself in tn locality,
: according II h genius Of democracy.
: Il adQrc@ECS Itself - the will aud con
: science Of he community and thus
fulfH1s II ITSELF IN sducatiz- p~Crsoso.
Ib+se school improvement Iea ucs put
back II tn. States official machinery
ali the affection ana constructive en-
ereE 81 the people,
In undertaking the t3et u the
, ncigLborhpod. ,Ee shall COM - 4l4e--
{ staH1 tn. u-ue ethics Of democracy.
II supremacy pf reason aud the sens.
Of brotherhood Democracy means
government ~ discussion. The =over-
eighty ~ the peopl. eDHt.f8DIatcS the
suprcT:dcy y reason. Politics y the
servant II public opinion. Every
question. lis 10 IL settled. not Uy fla
of . despot. but DE combining the
Judgment Dl q majority. Hence. de-
mDcracg - primarily cauc@tive, II
challenge ia. intellect. II gaicEcu- the
conscience. III energies tho VIII. From
this j. follows thet tho universal cu-
figntel1ncHt ~ SIS C-JI,n5 Is thc first
duty u demp"racy. This obligation
ever t1Ttusceuds GUtr. II g. q ma
ces-it,. Thc right t. develop the ca
pacfS II every cHild ranupt d. called
IN question. and the duty IL do SO is
the primal instinct "f democracy.
u 2 Democrat - f." hold office,
but al may h4N" influence Dftcu
men without office arc more potent
through Influence 'HertcG utpn public
opinion than those who enjoy Inc Of
iics- 70 tho youth o. America there
A. EgHd.riUI Indictment 70 Ii@acS. cf-
fort is q r-sUit ii This universal IL
Eit3tlpn - power. il q monarchy rue
- Iil=c>tcd in i single king: in an
dr3siocrac%. AUTHORITY Is lodged in an
~otsGarchy of mobiles. +ut in q GeInoc
ra'y ever man has the right 10 ru!c.
through tho ballot. through office. ard
through Influence upon public opin-
ion. rIe Grief asset OF the citizen i.
however neither thu ballot nor office.
but influence. At the poll. ali men are
u ttlc SANE height and each counts
only ono. Office often f~ctterS. put to
influence no limit can be put. some
mes office = the result Of I~nanipu-
Iation. But creative Influence is the
uan Of your own inner worth. y
man Of influence can usually have Of
icc. II ne wishes it. II is not always
tue that n man in 0ffic- has creative
Influence. though oTj@@. like marriage.
n honorable IL an. DoBocracv.
t'i"n. appeals. to tn Initiative Of cN-
cry citizen and be5toWs prizes upou
&il.fucrlt. 1t means u chance for every
man and power in proportion TO per
Spna!ty. tacer democracy. greatness
i neithcF exclusive no. prccarious.
LVciE man counts according to his
Civic ability.
II is u fortunate circumstance that
we have been governed not by priests
Tor ~ soldiers. but by lawyers. men
teepcd in the spirit of justice. Our
fathers thought. however. that they
vrre establishing Il government not vi
1neE. bur Of laws. The fact IS. v:e
arc governed not by law. but by re-
Spcct for law. Whatever impairs this
sensitive respect for law. strikes II
the heart Of all u institutions. X i
rom this standpoint that we sec t.,
2 CnOrIiity OF the crime Of 1ynching
y hich staVs fatally tho majesty OF
The las. Lynchiug Is the greatest
rlcnaee 70 STATE integrity in the South
f3las.
Democracy implies more than lib.
'rtN. more than equality. It involve;
. sense of brotherhood. kingship is
c"ulpe.iLive. Democracy is cooper.
cfivc. it is the naturalization Of gov.
"snulcnt. The initial impulse Of DC.
a'or7acH Is Il am my brothers keep.
~" Monarchy is p~aternalism. Democ.
tl"y is f~raternalism. Tt has faith il
10 average man. God has shown
ne tnat | should call no mar com
,t"u." In Democracy there are three
.nuicnt<-right. reason and sympathy
IN. tie greatest Of these is sympathy
Z is. therefore. in keeping with tn
ethics of Democracy that the Soutl
- advancing III education along tire
Iifrereut lines. First III the education
u the neglected Hltite child. Til
.aoor mites are an unexpected as
sci Of the South. Unde tue old or
Der these people had no place. Il
were ground between the Upper an
pef1er milestone. between a~ristocrac
and slavery. Yet these hardy peopl
lacked neither capacity nor courage
They have lacked aspiration and OF