Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-09-26
Square Deal for Mr.. Linney.
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Of the eighth North Carolina dis J
trict from 1895--'01, il entitled
to better accommodations than
he gets in the current edition Of
Who's Who in America."
"Linney, Romulus zaehariah. I
Congressman; see who's Who
in America" 1903--'05. +
lnbuendo that Mr.. Linney be-
longs to the past and towers no
more over the living present.
With no disrespect to a useful
work, its editors would do well
to tear from its pages many OBJ
scure "highbrows" moulting So
biologists and the whole brood of
assistant professors, and find am
pie room for the Hon. Romulus
Znchariah Linney, His voice still
thundersin the valleys and smites
the mountain sides. His speech |
lat Cove Creek Academy last week |
Was worthy OF the proudest
days of ancient eloguence.
Mr.. Linuey is theunsparingfoe
Of national parks and forest re-
serves. Every onestman knows,
he told the Cove Creekers, "that
parks in all ages of the world
have been unfriendly to liberty"
"Judge Wilson was chairman
of the committee that reported
to the national convention our
Federal constitution. | have reli-
able history for the statement
that George Washington consid-
cred James Wilson greater law
yer than John Marshall. l have
studied Wilson's commentaries
for twelve months past. Wilson
and Joe Cannon are OF the same
| Intellectual mould. Their loyalty
to the spirit of 1776 is a benedlc-
ton to theireountry. Let us.haYe
Cannon for president. At page
t346, Volume |. OF Judge Wilson's
} commentaries you will find this
} recorded: "Mr. Pope in his pic
J turesgue and interesting retro
! spect OF the barbarous reigus
; OF the conqueror and hls s o n
| asks, alluding to the laws OF for
est:
What wonder then il beasts and
subjects slain
Were equal crimes in q, despotic
reign,
Both doomed alike for sportivt
tyrants bled,
But while the subject starved the
beast was led"
: "Many, | dare say, considered
: this fanciful description Of the
/ poet. 1t has, however, been ex
1 ceeded by the strict severity o
| the fact. We are. in the lileoi Mr.
: Turgot, told in plain and sobe
I words that so rigorous were th
4 forest laws Of France that ap"a
> ant charged with having killed {
? wild boar, alleged az an allevia
, tion to the charge that he thou
Y it was man."
y. And now the free and indepen
d dent citizen is to be thrown ou
e OF his home to make Appalachi
3 an parks and plaisances; and Wa
,. tauga county, rich in sugar beet
o and oil options; Watauga. who's
1t "mountains can be made on
is great orchard or vineyard" "Ws
n tauga, which has mere flower
G than Florida; Watauga,in in whic
y "everything from a cranes bea
r to the mountain lion" will grow
d Watauga is to be despoiled. II
1T citizens, some Of whom are "a
c. intelligent as our Secretary {
Agriculture; and would add tt
President himself ii it were Ii o
ca treason to dream of the King.
IN are to be ousted. Are the Watal
i. gan's tired of liberty? For mo
er ey win they deliver their hom'
to tyranny and robbery WI
Dis they turn their backs on grass
no valleys aud towering hills yhit
is. hold the ashes Of their heroic a
cestors2"
Watauga may not obey tn
pi-i igrand appeal. For a consider
il tion she may prefer 1.-THE seIea