The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-31

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audience It the auditorium Thursday
nigth. His address, "The Crisis" was
thoroughly enjoyed-every minute OF
it-from beginning to end. Mr.. Yard
aman considers the solution of the.
vexious race problem of greater no.
ment than tariff revision, t-s income
tax. standing armies, initiative and,
referendum, reciprocity or any of the
other great economic questions now
confronting the American. people.
After a brief and appropriate intro
duction by ex-Mayor Michael schenck,
he said, in part:
my friends. permit me in the outset
to make grateful acknowledgement of
your distinguished fellow townsman
for his most complimentary introduce
ton.
81 have come among you this even
ing for the purpose of discussing with
you some of the great problems that
confront the citizens of this country.
/ do not hug tc my heart the delusion
that you are all going to agree with
me. You know there is M 1attery
in the world SO sweet as that when
some man slaps you on the shoulder
and says "Old fellow you are dead
right" 1 have never had a man do
this, or a little woman look into my
eye and say 81 agree with you most
heartily but that I concluded at
once that they were people of good
sense. If you agree with me l want
you to understand that / will be DE
lighted" but if you do not 1 will have
to commiserate you. You will have
to go on and live in error. If 1 were
not right 1 would change. 1t is not
absolutely necessary that you should
agree with me, that it is not zee
sary to ME-. Whether you agree with
me or not. ! hope that / may say
something to you, that will prod your
mentality, which will make you think,
and that is the only hope for this re-
public. In the 'outset. we want to de-
termine one or two things. First,
You are the real rulers of this coun-
try. There are a lot of people in
this country, whose God is the dol
lar, and whose religion Is commerce,
and those; too, who look upon the Of
fee holders as the rulers of this coun-
try. / read an account in the news
papers of the meeting of the Cover
nors in Frankfort, KY, sometime ago,
and these papers referred to them as
a convention of rulers. That is a.
mistake and has no place in the minds
of a white American.
The only ruler, the only King, /
want to be able to say in a few years
is the white man who deposits his
ballot in the ballot box.
"If this country of ours is to be
saved it is going to be by n
grace Of the use OF your ballot.
''The Office of President of the Unit
ed States is the greatest Office with
in your gift. The Office of Governor
of the State is the highest in the
gift of the people. The Senator is
but the ambassador from State to the
Government. These are great offices
but / want to burn on your memory
this fact; that the Office you hold as
private citizens is of importance6**
more far reaching in influence that
that of President, Governor, OF Sena-
tor. The President may make mis-
takes, you can correct them, the Gov
ernor and Senator may max mis-
takes which you have the owe to
correct. 1t is possible, however, for
E.vc.u to make mistakes, which you,
Yourself, can not correct. This gov
eminent of yours is not past the ex-
detrimental stage. You have only
lived a little over a hundred years.
The only light shines out from the
experience of the past. What 10 the
rate OF every government similar to
Svours? Today they are hut indis-
met memories. Look back to the
pages of history and you will find that
every government dissimilar to yours
has written its skeleton on the page
of time.
what marked the down fall of
Greece? To have written upon his
tomb: "He lived and died for his
| country was an honor he valued
above all others, yet. the Greek today
lis but an indistinct memory.
"What marked the downfall of
Rome? Rome today is but a faint
recollection. What marked the down
fall of Greece? Demosthenes answer
ed this question. Envy of those who
sympathized with the Government and
hatred of those who denounced
crime
will your republic live? Hear
me when / say that the Congress and
Government may make mistakes. You
can correct them,Sbut it is possible
for you to make mistakes which ycq
cannot correct. You have heard the
story of the giant man of whom il
was said: He drew his strength
from Mother Earth" As long as his
feet were planted upon the soil his
strength was absolute. In an un.
guarded moment Hercules raised hin
from the earth and suspended hin