Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-20

dence, we must cultivate the unSelhsh
desire to promote the public veal ev-
cry day and every week and not every
three or four wears. Now. 1t is in that
direction that We must turn our ma
tional spirit and must consume our
national energy.
II believe il is possible If we all
strive in the same spirit to make this
one common country for all OF us. to
make II so in every respect ! know
that a very sensible and patriotic
Northerner can sit and listen to the
tales of heroism of the Southerner In
the war between the states and feel
proud of the deeds that were done by
the men of the sunny South in that
contest And | know that the sensi-
bic men of the South can do the same
thing with respect TO. the recounting of
the glorious deeds of the Northern
army in the same contest.
Extremists Everywhere.
But. my dear friends, you will al
ways find in a community some ex
tremists who get as far apart from
each other as possible but they are
always willing to go to the same
means TO confute the sensible man be-
tween. You will always find some fool
at one end of the crowd saying some
thing that fool at the other end OF
the crowd takes as challenge, and
then they try to stir up the middle by
some altogether thoughtless statement
which sensible men would not pay
nff 80 nd rIrha
we have got to do among US all is
TO restrain the fools. We must elimi
nate as far as possible those people
on both sides with whom none of us
sympathize who think ii necessary 10
give themselves and their mouths an
airing bv extreme statements that the
sensible people of neither section SYM
pathize with tapplause).
Touches on Tariff.
Now, my friends, should like to
go on and talk about the future OF
this great South. am not going to
be mean enough to say that a tariff
for revenue is just the same as a tariff
for protection If it raises the same
amount. but what / am going 10 say
iSthat IL man in Alabama is in ia
vor of 81 on lumber for revenue. and
s~msn in Washington is in favor OF
81 on lumber for protection they have
no great amount of dispute between
them as 20 the duty to he put on lum-
Der. am not in favor of 81 on eth
er the Alabama or Oregon lumber. but
we are working together by a little
different road.
Il have read some criticism in some
OF your Southern newspapers OF al
failure to appreciate on the part OF
your Southern representatives the
grand old principle OF free trade.
Two Parties Getting Together.
Il am in favor Of upholding any
principle BY a representative that the
people he represents are in favor of.
but I assume that YOUR distinguished
representatives in Congress are as ia
miliar with what their people desire
as the leading newspapers of the
same territory. only refer TO these
things to point oct that We are get
ting together and that We are going
&c have ultimately two great parties.
a nucleus for each in every State to-
noic the o,hef in soTt OF proper
condition 70 do business properly and
that when we have reached a condi-
ton We shan 90 on 10 prosperity such
as VIC deserve " We uphold. as We
must. the standard Of political and on
cial integrity and insis; on thar snI
every respect whether u be in Wash
ington In the White House. in your
governors chair. IN Congress. in sc
senate. on the bench OF IN the STATE
legislature.
Nov ny friends. count this a
great dar not In the history of
Petersburg alone. not In the history
q Virginia and Pennsylvania. but IN
The history Of the country. for I be-
Hove Il can not but conduce to a
closer union Of Northern ard South
erh hearts in ? common love Tor the
country for which Ne are all willing
n necessary 70 die