The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-06-04

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Here It was where great men were
graphing with the great problem of
self government. Here it was
where George Washington made this
appealing statement: Gentlemen,
if we do not here frame the best
government possible how can we
ever go back and face our constitu-
ents?' To such spirit any Office
could be entrusted.
Farmers Had Confidence
The pioneer in the field must have
felt sense of satisfaction, for he
knew he would be properly repre-
sented at this convention. The hon
est Woodworking farmer could sing
as he plowed:
My country it's of thee
Sweet land of liberty
He could cultivate faith in the seed
that ne scattered broadcast; know
ing that of the sheayes he garnered
in, that portion Of his income spent
for governmental purposes would
not be cast into the jack-potter's
He'll, but instead intrusted with hon.
est and noble men.
Practically the whole civilized
world was amazed at the outcome
of this convention. Its members
could scarcely haverealized the mar
vicious task they had accomplished.
England's impossible had come to
pass in America. Gladstone, the
father of all English law, said of
this new Magma Charta: 1t is one
OF the most marvellous pieces Of work
ever shot off from the mind of man."
Thus at the flaming forge of our ma
ton were heated and hammered out
the democratic links that bind
her together. What relation must
have existed between servant and
sovereign at this convention? Who
was Lord and who Plebian? eve
the people" was inscribed in the very
FIRST lines of the constitution. What
would become of our modern states
men if they too should feel. such a
relationship? You would find them
in the closets of serious meditation.
What if that vitalizing sacredness
should pulsate the veins of the pre-
sent political machines? What if
that overwhelming sense of sacred
ness should spread over this state,
what if the very legislative halls Of
our own free land should be repos-
sessed by Washington, Madison,
a Webster. Lincoln, Mckinley
what then, my friends? You would
hear the frightened corruptionists
shouting and the scattered jackpot
terscrying: I'VE mountains cover
US, We hills fall upon u.s."
Greed For Wealth
What has caused this retrogres-
sion? Northumberland or what single
institution is to blame for the stigma
upon that sacred trust? All! the
scramble for the Almighty Dollar.
Inappreciation Of Gods Paradise in
America brought such ungrateful
servants of the people. Worse still,
the Almighty Dollar itself actually
began to grow sacred. Worse than
that, this American eagle was cast
into the wretched Jackpot, there to
be cursed with bribery and shame,
there to test its ringing sound, the
clinking of the silver. That jack
potter's eagle has cost this nation
true citizenship, true manhood, true
American loyalty. Yet that eagle
who proudly lowered over us during
the Revolutionary and Civil war shall
triumph once again. But before
that true American eagle comes back
it will mean a political reformation.
A rebellion in which the people shall
strike the Gideon blow. Strike SO
hard for the captured eagle, that
from the rear of the enemies line a
rushing and brushing of wings
shall be heard and scrambling for
purer air, back to the victorious
ones shall come the tried American
eagle, taught and proved in the
school of experience. henceforth to
serve this nation as a more perfect
model.
War Against Unfaithful Servants
History shows that no nation which
substitutes reveIry and social luxury
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