The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-09-29
Fl FuN Report Of the Speech Deferred BY W,".
Thos. E. Watson, IN Atlanta, Sept. Fl, 1910

exploit China. She no longer knows how to fight;
therefore even little Japan jump on her ana
make her beg for mercy, although Japan, in COM
parison to China, is not more than drop in a
bucket
Likewise there is the Empire of Morocco; for
more than three hundred years it has en-
joyed profound peace; Morocco has re-
manned quiet; gradually putrefying, gradually
becoming the scorn and contempt of nations,
ready to be pOunced upon and devoured by the
strong nations. Within her own coasts even the
small countries of Europe, where know war,
men believed there were things worth fighting for.
CAT this point, account of confusion and
noise, the words of the speaker were not heard
distinctly
But the men who fight for higher ideals, fight
for better laws fight for religious liberty, fight
for freedom of speech, until have these spen-
did institutions which surround today. CAP
plause and cheers)
The philosopher dreams of peace; the his
toran writes of wars. You take the individual
who won't fight; you take the individual who
won't stand up for his rights; you take the in
dividual who won't sacrifice life if necessary to
maintain his liberties and his self-respect, and
you have got man of whom, when you go into
his community and inquire about him, there will
be half scorn, and half Indifferent statement
ooh, well, he is good easy-going good-for-noth-
ing sort of fellow G4aughter.)
Such man the poet must have had in mind
when he wrote the famous epitaph which appears
in one of the English cemeteries:
Here lies the body of Sir John Grce
Nobody laughs and nobody cries,
(Laughter.)
Where his soul is and how it fares
Nobody knows and nobody cares"
The men who worth anything to their fami-
lies, to their communities and to their country
are the men who, on proper provocation and for
proper cause, will assert their manhood against
the wrong and wrong-doer and sacrifice life if
necessary to maintain the right applause and
cheers) GA voice, II voted for Hoke Smith three
times, and am mad as the devil about it now.")
We are supposed to be sovereigns; we are
kings; we rule everything; won't submit to
any boss! No. (Great applause and cheers All
men are created free and equal, and in the hands
OF our people are given the reins of power and
everybody-in theory-consults you about every
thing, and nobody-in theory-dares to do a
thing without letting you know beforehand and
getting your consent. Laughter) No inside
clique would dare to arrogate to itself the right
to govern Atlanta behind closed doors in some
body's office. They would not dare to do it,
daughter and applause) No inner clique in any
county of this State would dare to make states in
private rooms of attorneys and then tell the peo-
pie you must take this slate we made it, or YOU
will injure the party! No. They would not dare
to do it that way. They might treat the Chinese
that way, because they won't fight but everybody
knows that you will fight. They would not dare
treat you that way and they would not dare to
hold State Convention and prepare in advance
to gag you, SO that neither the majority or mi
nority could open it's mouth (Great and con-
tinued laughter, applause and cheers) (Cries of
"Hurrah for Watson and "Give it to them')