The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-03

party-the party of the people n OF
JefferSOnian principles.
have seen them and pleaded with
all recalcitrantS not to aic in running,
dispoiling, paralyzing the only party
could save North Carolina in hours o.
peril and calamity. | recall that at
that time Of peril to the real welfare
of the state, l not only urged ana
| struggled for unity, for harmony, but
[ resorteC to figures and facts 70
make good my contribution, and 70
show by mathematical calculation that
discord and division would easily de-
feat the Democracy, and pass over the
people into the keeping of another
party. In that year / urged with ex-
ceeding persistency and zeal that the
great work before the country then
was to fight the enormous Robber
Tariff. making it the chief reform on
! terms, meaning simply
one and the same thing. Now there
| are other very important issues to be
considered and urged by the sound.
! genuine democracy. Mr.. Bryan has
with his usual conSummafe clearneSS
and accuracy set forth those issues. L
do not consider them here. Let me
turn to an editorial | wrote ome fiji
teen years ago, for t fits now equally
as wei. as then. said then lust what
recent events Indicate and Roosevelt
and his tribe are ecloing: THAT mere
/ currency was nSeutd, put that ~
long as the unbearable. abOminable
Radical. high, grinding, pernicious
tariff was upon the country, that no
amount Of currency could relieve an
orpresse5 and outraged people. We
stand fast by that position"
1t was true then, it is true and
sound now. Let there be harmony,
forbearance. and let the war be WaSed
grimly and ruthlessly against the huge
robberies. the enormous taxes. the
prevailing scoundrellisrn the Roose-
Welt craze to destroy the constitutions
! al rights of the States ana to upbuild q
superior OliSarchy or to restore the
outrageous as~cendancy of a Monarchy
of the old informal kind. Let US save
the country, and the great preserva-
tive Constitutional principles and
Institutions Let there be a sincere.
wise plan of union of heart and
union of hands, and let freemen stand
III. resolutely and Loyalty with locked
shields n combined energies for
the conservation Of true liberty on
these shores, for the maintenance OF
| rights of the States and of COnstitu-
tional Government with precisely
stated limitations, for low taxes, an
abundant, wise, honest. we'll protected
currency. opposition to all scmblance
even of ~aternalism. Capitalization and
class ~rS1slation," n to quote from
whG'e wrote in 1892, and to demand
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laws, eteraal enmity to usurpation,
combines end corruption in office, and
for { pnr- untrammelled ballot hon
estly an$ fairly counted, and the re-
turns made according to the vote
cast
Let US stand by the laws. let US
protect the people of North Carolina,
let US be faithful to God, to truth, to
Justice and right and God will be on
our side and North Carolina Will con-
tinue to grow. to prosper, to be blest.
Let us nave wisdom, observation-disclosures,
sound Judgment and utmost fidelity
and all will be we'll. An old maxim
runs: AIS well hat ends we'll"
IF the end be well. all is Well"
we may learn something from the
PAST. Experience is q good, faithful
teacher, The building W Of char
acter is 4 great work. True educa-
ton educateS.'
l wrote the above two days before l
had the exceeding qualification Of
reading in the Fayetteville Observer a
most edifying, useful editorial taken
from the able Baltimore Sun, which
came to me on Wednesday. Its head
ing arrested my attention. 1t waas
this: "A limited monarchy with an
elected king-and judicial i~nterpreta-
ton largely responsible for that con-
dition in the United States"
What especially drew my attention
was what a member of the Canadian
Parliament. Hon. George Ross, said at
an after-dinner entertainment in New
York. 1t was 50 much in harmony
with my own reading, and What l
have said latterly now n then 70
personal friends. that l drop it IN with
rare delight. 1 copy the brief report
in the Sum:
Mr.. Ross, in comparing the Gov
eminent of the United States with
that of England, sail that England
is a republic with a hereditary presi-
dent, while the United States is a
limited monarchy with an elected