The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-02

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! or community; OF ali this vs{3cus
modes and FORMS Of goyeFnahen.
| that Is the best which Is capable
or producing the greatest de
| gree Of happiness and SAfety ane
1 Ii tha most effectuaily secureo
against the danger OF NAL admin
| isti alton; and, when any govern.
menl shall Aha found lnRQellAl1
or contrary to- these purposes, 9
majority OF the community hath
an tndupitabie, inalienabie ana m
defeasible right to reform, alter
! or abolish II, in such manner AZ
shall be judged most conducive
/ to the pubic veal.
I have heard that read score O
/ times on the Fourth Of July, but
never heard II read where .actua
| measures were being debated. Now
am willing to come back to vir3
/ ginia and stand with George Mason
on the Bill OF Rights When az
that, | have got native soil under ms
| feet, soil more fertile for the growth
/ OF liberty than any soil that can ID
! compounded. AND l say that IL ws|
/ cannot get constructive le0dershtp{
and we can II we wifi. then We havt|
our solution in the Bill Of Rights.
| majority Of the community hath an
indubitabie, inalienable and fnfeas4
lille right to reform. alter or abolish,
it as may be judged most copducivt
10 the public veal" do not preposs|
anything Of that sort.
| Get Your Gun.
| do not believe II IL necessary. buq
| | do like gun behind the door. u
do like to- say to people. We'll. ~
you can't bring the game dawn any1
other way, go and get your gun.
| There are wise and unwise ways Of
| shooting. / had rather pepper the|
! animal than kill him. had srather1
touch him once than deprive him %
vitality, But you can load yopr gurd
! according to your own taste you dll
| not have to put buckshot IN. IT. you'd
| can put the smallest birdshot In "
/ that You can find. and then at your
| leisure afterwards pick 1t out Of tiis|
/ hide. But always remember that he \
/ mind you like buiwark Ii that Hin
VI Rights. that YOU have the righd
| to any kind Of government you blank
| please to have. That is the Kind %
/ .nsurgent ! am. because all the wniie|
! remember the temper Of America
honestly believe that better ma
ion. more lony-enduring. more pa1
tiently suffering, more ccnservatrs
! people. does not exist upot, 1sod's
| planet. am not afi AID OF the Amer !
ican people getting ap ana humpshsI
! themselves; l am only afraid theyI
will not; and when / hear OF popd i
/ lar votes spoken OF as mob gov
eminent. l feel Ike telling the mari
who utters that that he has no risbd
80 CAL nirIise.f an American. Jusp
| picture to yourselves, lauies and gem
| tlcnen, the great voting popuIaaon|
| of virginia. II ON the sea TO the farj
norders In the mountains. gong caial-I
L.. man ty man. TO the Polls. ex-
affairs. and ask yourselves II tnaf is|
| pressing their judgment ABOUT pdoiicl
your image of mob.
! What is u mob? A mob Is a body
F.. OF men In nor contact with one am
! other. moved by q single, unGos 81 Ian !.
| Ole Lassion upon doing hassy thing
! that they viii regret the next Gay. Lss
you see anything resembling mob
In that Young population OF The cnun-
trysiae. Aaen tramping over the noun
| tainaide, men going TO the general
store up In the village. men gong
| in little conyersing groups to cast their
ballots--is that your motion et a mcc.
+ or is Ahat samr picture of free self
| governing people.
| l am not afraid OF the Judgments
/ 50 expressed. II you give men TING
| 10 think. II you give them a clear
!, conception of the things they are -
vote for. because the deepest eonvic-
: ton and passion OF my heart is that
| the common people, by which | mean
/ all of US, are TO be absolutely truated.'
] The peculiarly of some r,t,resenia-
/ lives. particularly ef the Republican
! party, is that Nhen they talk about
/ the people. they obviously do not in
I clude themselves. Now II, when you
think of the people, you are not think
! ing about yourself. then YOU do NOT
| belong In America. /, on the other
/ hand. am liberal and generous enough.
| when speak of the people. To M
| ciude them. They do not deserve 1t.
/ but then cannot, If l am true to
! my principles. exclude them, they have
! got TO come in. You know that dee
, Hghtful expression Horace Greeiey.
/ who was one of the general advocates
Of a general amnesty To the South
! ern people. made use OF in an eager
! argument one day. He said. "Ye
know, we have got to forgive thefl,
(! damn them. That Is the only work
| ing program. You cannot have tho
| people unless you include every body.
and therefore l am ready to admit
| everybody.
Genius From Ranks.
| When Nook back at the processes
Of history. when l look back at the
genesis OF America. l see this written
over every page, that the nations ara
J renewed from the bottom. not from
! the top: that the genius which
springs up from the ranks OF unknown
/ men 's the genius which renews the
youth and energy OF the people: and
in every age of the world. where Won
stop the courses OF the blood from
the roots. YOU injure the great. uses
full structure to the extent that atrp-
ply. death and decay are sure to Ell
Sue. That Is the reason that IN here-
ditary n,..narchy does not work: that
il the reason that an hereditary arise
/ tocracy does not work. tat Ii the rea-
son that everything Of that sort lie full
/ of corruption and ready 10 decay.
So t say that our CHALLENGE of 10.
day Ii to include In the partperphip all
those great bodies OF unnamed men
fCortinueA on third -AgN.l