The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-28

the call of the nation. h. is doomed to
defeat
Men arc known by what they say and
do. They are known by those who
hate and oppose them. Many years
ago Woodrow Wilson said. NO man is
! great who thinks himself so. and no
nan is good who does not try to Sc
cure the happiness and comfort of 9TH
trs This is the secret CT his life.
Later. in his memorable effort to re-
tain good scholarship and democracy
in Princeton University, he declared.
The great voice of America does not
come from seats of learning. 1t comes in
murmer from the hills and woods. and
the farms and factories and the mill5,
rolling on and gaining volume until 1t
comes TO us from the homes of COM
mon mon. Do these mIrmurs echo In
the corridors of our universities? I
have not heard them" Il clarion call
to the spirit that now moves America
Later he shouted. Il will not cry
peace so LONG as there - sin and wrong
in the world" Here Is the very soul
Of the silent revolution now solidifying
sentiment and purpose in our common
country.
| The deeds of this moral and intel
lectual giant are known to all men.
they accord not with the shams and
T, false pretenses of politics. but make
national harmony with the millions
/ ~ patriots determined 10 correct the
| wrongs of plutocracy and re-establish
the maXims of American liberty in all
their rcgnant beauty and practical eff
! IcctiNeness. New Jersey loves Wood
row Wilson not fGt the enemies he has
| made. New Jersey loves him for what
| he is. All evil is his enemy. The in
fluences that have opposed him have
demonstrated his availability and tit
ross on the one hand. and exposed the
| n .NHEti loh At
others on the other hand. The inlu-
cree that has opposed him blish;s and
! blasts any cause and any person ii es-
pouses. That influence has appealed
u the sordid. low and criminal. That
| Influence fattcns on ignorance and
aNarice. The man that accepts its aid
so far as his public usefulness is con-
! ccrned. would I've more fortunate had
milestone been tied about his neck
and he had been cast into the depths
o! tho sea. New Jersey believes that
the opposition to Governor Wilson.
such as it has been. nocessitatcs and
secures his triumph.
| Similar necessities. motives and
| causes impel all men alike. Tho same
necessities, motives and causes which
draw. AS by omnpotence. substantially
| all New Jersey about this great and
good man. are idcntica!ly the sane
necessities. motives and causes that
are in resistlcss motion in every State
In the Union. Its solidarity cannot be
disntograted. False argument falls
| broken against il. \ revolution of m
tell'gent and patriotic millions is the
expression of these necessities. mo-
tives and causes. Therefore Now Jcr-
sey argues that Woodrow Wilson IS
tt" only certificate VINO can o.. only
make Democratic success a certainty.
tut secure the electoral vote II almost
| every State in the Union.
New Jersey will indorse his nomina-
ton by majority of 100000 of her
liberated citizens We are not hu"d-
| ing for day. or even a generation,
| but for all time. Let not the belief
that any candidate may succee! rob
us OF sound Judgment What would
II profit tho Democratic party to win
now, only 10 be cast out four years
hence: The Democratic party should
he commissioned to carry on great
constructive program having for its
end 81 complete restoration of the doc
trine of equal rights and equal op-
portunity-without injury and wrong
TO any one. Providence has given us.
in Woodrow Wilson. tho mental and
moral equipment TO accomplish this
reincarnation of Democracy
New Jersey believes that there is
| an omniscience in national instinct.
That instinct centres in Woodrow
Wilson. How can his power in every
State be explained? He has been IN
political life less than two years He
has had no organization. only prac-
teal ideal-thc establishment OF
equal opportunity. Not his deeds
alone. not his immortal words alone.
not his personality alone. not
his matchless powers alone. but MI
combined compel national faith and
confidence in him.
Every crisis evolves its master.
Time and circumstance have evolved
Woodrow Wilson. The North. the
in him. Deep calls to deep. Height
calls to height
From peak to peak. the rafting
clouds among,
Leaps the live thunder. Not from
one lone cloud,
But every mountain now hath found
And Jura answers through her mis-
ty shrounds.
Back to the joyous Alps. who call to
her aloud"
The lightning flash of his genius
know where We are. The thunder of
bis sincerity is shaking TIC very
foundations of wrong and corrup-
ton.
If Providence could spare Wash
inGton to lay the foundations of the
United States of America: if ProVI-
dcnce could spare a Jefferson 10 ma ke
Democracy a living reality; If Provi-
dence could spare Ltrtoln to OBJ
literate chattcl slavery and unite the
States in imprcgnahle unity and broth
erhood. New Jersey appeals to this
convention to EEe the nation Wood :
, row Wilson. that he may open the
: gates of opportunity to every man.
woman and child under our flag. by
reforming abuses. and thereby teach
/. ing them, In his matchlcss words, Ito
release their energies intelligently.
that peace. justice and prosperity may
reign"
New Jersey rejoices, through her
freely chosen representatives. to ma me