The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-09-25
sss that have existed in Kentucky.

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through all its literature, that every
man who belongs to the organization
must remember that his highest duty
as a citizen is to help to uphold the
statute lawof the State and Of the Ma
ton; that he cannot afford to do
anything save that which would reflect
credit upon him as a citizen OF the
State and We appeal here to-day, as
we have done everywhere and upon all
occasions in the passive appeal for
renewed allegiance and for strong sup
port of the arm Of the Government
that undertakes TO crush out lawless-
ness in this State and in the Ma
ton.
We know that these outbreaks hamp
cred us; We know that in the minds
Of people that they have degraded us;
but want to say to you in behalf of
the American Society of Equity of
Kentucky that no truer type
Of citizenship exists in this Common
weisth than is to be found in the
men who are members ofthis organiza-
ton, and they are entitled to the
support and to the respect of every
man in Kentucky who loves law and
order and who loves the fair name of
the old Kentucky home.
My friends. want to say to you,
for one, that our organization, takes
determined stand for law and order
in Kentucky; We do believe that in
the enforcement of the law there
should be no Partially. We believe
that the great trust magnates OF this
country undertake to starve the chill
dren in the home of the farmers on
the farms in this county, that under
takes to overturn the statute law of
our State. We believe that those men
should be made TO feel the stern hand
of the law just as well as the poor
and ignorant lawbreaker. We want no
Partially in the enforcement Of the
law, but We do demand and we do in
sist that every man whether he be rich
or poor, who violates the statute law
of Kentucky, should be brought before
the same bar of justice and judgment
melted out to him accordingly. That
is what we believe in and that is
what we demand.
My fel'ow-citizens, do hope and
trust that over this great State of ours
this bitterness that has existed be-
tween our people shall be a thing of
the past. want to see the time
speedily come in Kentucky when a
feeling of fraternity shall bind us to-
gether; where the bitterness of the
past shall be forgotten; where we will
turn our backs upon the past and
stand shoulder TO shoulder looking into
the great future that is ahead of Ken
lucky and doing those things that will
reflect honor andcredit upon the Com
monwealth.
by denunciation ofthepeople who are
against us. ! do appeal TO the finer
sensibilities of Kentuckians; | appeal
to their hearts and their judgment; I
appeal TO them wherever they may be,
to come over and join us and help us
win this battle for the freedom and
the liberty of the Kentucky farmer.
You dare not chain the eagle.
You dare not chain the dove;
But many gate that is closed by
hate
Can be opened wide by love-"
That is the doctrine we want to
preach in Kentucky. That is the doc
trine that the American Society of
Equity has always believed in, and
that is its mission. and we carry that
gospel to-day to all the people of Ken
lucky urging them to bury the bitterne
of the past TO come over into the new
fraternity for the honor and the
glory of Kentucky inthe future.
My friends, want to give you, in
conclusion a few statements to show
to you that there is on absolute de-
mand for the organization of
the Kentucky farmer. care
not how many men of you
mere in this audience differ with
Inc upon the question of the organi-
cation of the farmer. stand here
and make the statement, without fear
of contradiction, that there is not q
man in this vast auditorium that will
disagree with me when say that a
good education is the greatest blessing
that can fall upon the shoulders, of
Kentucky's children. My friends, |
want TO show to you In the past
without the organization of the far
mer, how the boys and girls upon the
farms have suffered for lack of edu-
cation in Kentucky.
You come here to this magnificent
fair to see the resources of the State
We are proud ofour State and God
knows we have right to he and first
of all is because of the great and