The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-09-29
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They know that your ancestors are the men VINO
fought eight long years, suffered and fought,
rather than submit to the tyranny of English
king across the waters Just a mere matter of
little stamp tax few goods such teas The
amounts involved ridiculousy small, but
from the same principle that assumes when
he fights over five cents. daughter and applause)
He don't fight over the nickle but over the prin-
cple Of the thing. applause and cheers)
Your ancestors noble and they fought
not for five times eight months but for eight years
under the most trying conditions that soldiers
suffered, with the exception possibly of the old
Confederate soldier. applause and cheers.)
Over frozen roads they dragged their bleeding and
weary feet they shivered with cold and suffered
from hunger at Valley Forge and other places,
but they would not give up. Whipped in one bat
te they were ready to fight again. There
such thing give up, such thing as surrender.
They were determined to have their freedom
die fighting for it. When three poor farmers cap
tured wealthy noble English spy, and he to
his freedom, appalled, at the plight that
stared him in the face, pulled out his bejeweled
watch and we'll filled purse and offered all
rich ransom, he knowing that rich relatives would
make it good to him, those three farmers, without
juggling hesitation guess-wOrk, poor men
as they were instantly replied, ''Sir, the king of
England has not gold enough to buy u.s. CAP
plause and cheers.) You descended from those
men; their blood flows in your veins. (Great ap
plause and cheers and cries of Tell it to them')
In the face and fame of your Revolutionary an
cestors say you won't dare to submit to des
pot no matter what you call him. (Appause and
cheers.)
You are going to make fight for your freedom
and you are going to get it, and you are going to
get it on the first Wednesday in October, Gap
plause and cheers.)
AS I said, in theory, you know everything that
is going You know beforehand who the candi-
dates to be- You know beforehand what the
platform is to be, because they have told you.
(Laughter.) You know beforehand what the law
is to be. AS a matter Of fact you didn't know
any Of those things until they came out of the
committee room, where they had been discussed
and decided on behind closed doors. The Execu-
tive Committee has become the whole thing 1t is
a "Star Chamber body. Usurping the functions
that belong to you sovereign people. Before the
convention meets the Executive Committee, meet
ing in secret, has prepared the shackles for the
sovereign convention of the people Over in the
district where Athens is see usurpatory
committee deciding in advance which members
shall sit in the convention and represent Ebert
county,-an outrageous usurpation of power. 1t
belongs to the convention itself to say what mem
bers shall sit within it; what delegations should
be seated and never before in the history of
American politics did Executive Committee in
advance of the meeting of the convention, decide
whose credentials should be respected by the con-
Yention of the sovereign people.
ALI that is the Executive Committee! On all
sides,-it is the Executive Committee, and what
they do you must submit to. daughter and
cheers.) There is no way out of it. At least,
you have not been told of one yet. You will be
told of one before you get up and get out of this
house. applause and cheers)
/ hear it reported around that we had a State
Convention in Atlanta not long ago. Naughter.)
But am reliably informed that there met in your
great city the representatives of $4,000 white
Democrats. daughter. voice, 81 don't think.O
M there met convention