The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-04

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should still welcome those who are fit
and who love liberty, l believe the time
has come to cry halt to EUrOpeS
bafiied and beaten millions. and to
set watch and ward at every gateway
Of tn Republic. The fathers did not
hallow this soil with their blood TO
make it a spaWning-pla for the
Malta and the Black Hand.
The Negro
The most perilous problem ever
faced by a white race we Of the South
must solve. The white mans burden
we must bear to the end. The rela-
ton between the races should De the
relation of guardian and ward. That
duty which the strong everywhere 1--WE
the weak. which the progressive
everywhere owe the backward races
that duty the South owes the negro.
In her treatment Of the negro the
South is more and more living the
high saying Of her imperial son:
Duty is the sublimest word in the
English language
Equal Rights and Opportunity
Absolute equality before the law.
perfect security in the rights Of per-
son and property. untrammelled OPP
Dortunity for all. government Of and
for and by the people-for these the
fathers fought, for these the fathers
IL Lax 1rSAidA o(AoA CAAo Ih0 "
stitution mean anything. they mean
equality before the law. We must
mete out the same justice to hut and
hall: to the picanniny who shoots
Straps on the sunny side OF a log and
to the magnate who steals millions. II
we prove incapable Of coping alike
with grand Inc petty larceny we shall
have been destroyed by the capker OF
wealth.
The Real Rulers of America
Gripping this nation by the throat
to-day is the most odious form of mis-
government. a plutocracy. It denies
to our III men the equal oppQr-
tunity promised by the Declaration:
its principle Of monopoly brings the
path of honest ambition to it's end in
a blind alley. It writes tariffs, throt-
ties reforms. demands ever increasing
favOrs Of government whereby the
rich are made richer and the poor
poorer.
My friends. this country is not rul-
ed by its people; it is not even ruled
by an ~aristocracy Of blood or of
brains The cold and bitter fact Of
our time is that this nation is ruled
by money and the money kings.
A Great Conspiracy and its Object
Let no man deceive himself. The
battle against this mammoth power is
not yet half won; it is only well begun.
A colossal conspiracy, centering in
Wall Street and ramifying therefrom
through every hamlet in America-a
conspiracy backed by untold millions
OF tainted wealth and hound to-
gether by the communism Of pelf"-
is striving to control the national con-
ventons and name the candidates OF
both the great political parties.
Standing in the forefront of this
conflict receiving all the Bullets OF
the enemy. alike the open warfare and
the knife thrusts from the rear. is
that man upon whose destruction the
special interests hat rule America
are above all else resolved. He is that
leader who can lead to victory, tina
man OF courage n wisdom. that man
with Andrew Jackson's lion heart
that man with Abraham Lincoln
IMPERIAL brain. He is that great Amer.
lean Governor whom Watterson could
not Ryanize. whom the devil coulG
not tempt. whom the Interests car
neither bully O bride. He is tht
cente of a peoples hope to-day.
An Awakening Nation
Let me say here l am not one O.
those who hav desDaired Of the Re
public. The real America. untouch
ed by despair. interrupted by gold
drawing it's life-blood from the grea
heart Of the people. Is. rousing itsel
l from sleep. The time is ripe for a re
turn to the standard OF ommon hon
eSty and common sense set by Jefer
son When he said: The art of gov
eminent Is the art OF being honest
The hour has struck for a peaceful re
%volutiOn that shall restore the govern
ment to the people.
: We have scotched the snake o
I Cannonism. We shall yet live to Sc
! the last OF the great mOney-changer
driven from the temple Of our fathers
A great privilege, a high and redeem
ing mission belong to us as American!
We think the ages master thought
e We speak the ages master word.
This continent is a vast theatre dedi
n Gated by God for the drama of farth
1. est manhood. and we are the actors
l. historys white light.
l. 1t Is ours to make or to mar th
ideal government. he ideal American
Oh, let US free that name from tn
e stain of graft and make it the prouC