The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-03
TRUE AMERICANISM.

!
during the few months that have
passed since he won his single
handed victory for popular govern
ment in regenerated New Jerseys
memorable session of the State
Legislature.
Entirely apart from politics.
present and future, we count it
| no exaggeration to declare our
opinion that no other American has
| approached more nearly to Jeffer-
son and Lincoln in wonderful ia
cility and felicity of stating the
problems and their solutions. which
touch real Americanism from every
angle
The people will hear much priyi-
| lege-inspired censure of Woodrow
| Wilson as a demagogue. an ambl-
| tious self-seeker and all the like
worn-ont methods of attack, I'M
| varied from the days Of the Gracchi
to the present whenever a formi-
dable advocate of popular rights
end exponent of popular asplra-
tons has risen.
Tn advance of such certain mis-
representations we have taken the
/ liberty of depicting Woodrow Will
son the man and the ideals and
| purposes in his own words. We
have endeavored to do this by
groupinS scattered extracts from
fifteen of his public addresses as
| follows:
1--WE, the people, have not free
access enough to our own agents
or direct control over them. There
are barriers to break down and
processes to simplify, which We
| liberals believe we know how to get
at. We mean by one change or an
other, to make our government gem
timely popular and representative
again"
1--WE are cutting away anomalies,
not institutions. We are clearing
away the Jungle and letting in the
Dure light and air not destroying
The wholesome forest or creating
waste places where there was pro-
ductive growth
"Such tasks are typically Amerl-
| can. It has always been our privl-
lege and our happy capacity to
show how they can be done-Wltn-
| out revolution, without STRIFE or
hatred or injustice, without the
necessity of drawing, in De Toe
ouevilles' memorable phrase a
single tear or single drop OF
blood from mankind.
''The main object of what we are
attempting both in state and ma
ton is to establish a close con-
nection. a very sensitive connection,
between the people and their gov,
ernments BON in the states ana
in the nation, in order that we may
restore in such wise as will satisfy
us again the liberty and the oppor-
tlnity in whose interest our gov
ernments were conceived.
sBut some men put false inter-
pretation upon this. There IS a
certain unreasonable fear IN the
air. as if the process we nave gong
| through were, in some degree, VIM
dictive; as if there had been bitter
feeling in it and the intention to dis
credit those who opposed 1t.
THE crash Of political organlza..
tjon has been only the crash OF
those that did not comprehend, but
resisted when there was no right
reason for resisting, and forgot
! that their very reason for beng
wac that they might serve opinion
/ and the movements OF the people ;
will. IF any systems OF pollticai
practice have collapsed. only those
have collapsed which, were IN
/ suitable to the objects which they
professed to serve.
1--WE are no longer in the temper
| Of attack. We are ready Tor rem
edv and adjustment, and begn 70
see where to begin and in what Oh.
rection to move. A promise OF
craftsmanship follows a threat OF
revolution. There can be no mis-
| taking this. Programs are taxing
The place of philippines; and pro,
Grams can be soberly examined ana
assessed. as unqualified criticism
and accommodations cannot be-.
eve look beneath the label 10
tba man and his thought. Which
ever party proves most tit TO con-
ceive and put through a wise pro
eressive program will become the
liberal party of the nation. torres
will he welcome to resort TO Jhe
other and enjoy the privilege Of
| minority.
aWhat is necessary in order 70
rectifv the whole mass OF business
of this kind the trusts IS via.
those who control it should ent Ut,
change their point of view. They
are trustees. not masses. of private
orc property 6 not only because their r
hover is derived from q multitude
Of men. It determines because IN
its investments it affects 9 od mul, =,
liffinr or depressing the life OF the
whole country. They must regard
themselves as representatives OF 2
n SlI power. There can be no
reasonable paa jealousy of public regu-
|lafion in such matters, because the
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