Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30

- " pCAi6 RORoiC0tf SBAN
being either populous or a wealthy
State, has always had a position of lead
ership in the country, because her sons
and daughters have been Independent
and enterprising; have ventured to
think for themselves and to act for
themselves.
ROOSEVELT DRAWS LESSON FROM THE
CIVIL WAR.
"When the Civil war came on, YER
mont sent more than her share of men
to the front. | want you in the present
day to draw a lesson from the men who
took part in the great struggle for
righteousness so years ago. Our task
is not as great as theirs. The crisis with
us isn't as great, but it is the greatest
since the Civil war, and we are having
substantially the same battle for liberty
and social justice, for equal treatment
of all men that you, my comrades,
fought for in those days; and the anal
ogy is more complete than you think,
and | want to point it out to you.
when the Republican party was
founded it was founded as a protest
against the fact that the then two old
machines had become hopelessly cor
rupt; hopelessly unable to represent the
needs of the American people of that
time. The old parties had been good in
their day; the democracy in the day of
Thomas Jefferson stood for liberty, for
social and industrial advancement and
justice; the Wings in the day of Henry
Clay, to whom Lincoln was so devoted,
stood for social and industrial advance
ment and justice, for liberty for all that
were oppressed in our government.
Gradually these two parties had changed
until the democracy of Jefferson be-
came the democracy of Buchanan, and
later that of Fillmore, and then the
time came when the old parties were no
longer of use to the American people,
and the new party, the republican party
the then progressive ~party-sprang
up.
PAYS RESPECT TO MEN WHO APPEAR AT
ELEVENTH HOUR.
"Among the older men present there
is perhaps a man who will tell me proud
ly that he voted for the earliest Repub-
lican leaders; but l never met one yet
who is proud of having voted against
these earliest Republican leaders; l
never met anyone who mentioned with
pride that he voted for Buchanan,
against Lincoln or for Fillmore, against
Fremont.
"Such a man will say, 4 was one of
wide-awakes-I did my share in the
work to bring about the Progressive
party but | don't meet anyone who is
proud of the fact that he voted for the
last supporters of the old reationaries.
With you younger men it is going
to be just the same way 80, 40, so years
hence if you vote with either of the old
rea%ctionary parties.
POINTS BY THE BULL MOOSE.
Present political crisis is greatest
since the Civil War.
Don't tag on behind, bet get into the
lead with the Progressives.
The eleventh hour man is good, but
one cannot respect overmuch.
Vermonters helped Penrose, Guggen-
helm, ct al, to steal the Republican
party organization from the party it.
self. 1t all happened at Chicago.
The people who stole the Republican
party organization, at Chicago, will re-
ceive their just dues in November.
eff you don't trust yourself and want
a boss to govern you, go somewhere
else"
It's a pity newspapers are not more
careful about printing the truth.
Progressives will institute needed
labor reforms.
1--WE will measurably improve the
the chances of the average man and the
average woman"