The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-07-11
tOCALA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY II, 1913

/ bA~ man VI lIlS uOuIs III The DSISOu OL
James Madison, is furnished by the
"Old Dominion" When the tocsin
of war sounded and the colonists
needed leader-a general to lead
them in battle. again one of Virgil
MAS sons came to the front, and aft
{ er seven years OF trial,, trouble and
! bloodshed, George / Washington led
them to victory.
After the war had ended. and a
strong, wise and safe statesman was
needed at the helm to guide the ship
of state safely on her journey, all
eyes looked toward the Southland,
and there was an unanimous call for
George Washington 20 become the
| first president of the young republic
In 1912, when England for the
second time sought TO try conclus-
ions with us on the field of battle.
Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, ed
the armies of the Union to victory.
John Marshall of Virginia builded
for us a system of Jurisprudence
which has challenged the admiration
of the bench and bar of other ma
tions.
When We became involved in war
with Mexico, Winfield Scott, Zachary
Taylor and Jefferson Davis, all
Southern men, carried "Old Glory
into the Halls OF the Montezumas. "
Only fifteen years ago, the call to
arms again resounded throughout
he land, and when Shafter OF the
North answered ready" that griz-
lied veteran Of the South. Fitzhugn
Lee said. Here am l." And when
Theodore Roosevelt of New York
answered the call of his country.
General Joe Wheeler Of Alabama
said, III go too" And when the
,alI for troops was issued the very
flower of the young manhood OF the
south. came rushing TO the defense
Of the flag. I am glad the Spanish
American war occurred II is true
that some lives were lost, and mill
.ons OF money was spent, but it 81
enced forever the voice of the
loody-shirt demagogue who for all
these years has been questioning the
good faith Of the South, and it dem
onstrated to all the world that this
Is an "indissoluble Union Of indie
structible states" Yes. this is our
country, my friends. and I thank God
that the South is again taking her
rightful stand in the affairs OF oar
government
Today. there sits in the executive
chair at Washington, son OF Vir-
sinia. and presiding over the White
House. as the first lady" Of the
land is a Georgia girl Woodrow
Wilson is bringing to his high office
Ia simplicity and integrity of purpose
which characterized the earlier ana
better days Of the republic. Sitting
around the cabinet table of the pres
ident, among his advisers, is Post
master General Albert S. Burleson Of
the state Of Texas with whom I serv-
ed eight years in the House of Rep
resentatives, and whose ability and
integrity is of the highest type. and
whose conduct of his high office is
refecting great credit on the admin
istration; Secretary Of the Navy Jo-
sephus Daniels of North Carolina;
Attorney General Jas. c. Mickey
holds of Tennessee; Secretary of the
Treasury McAdOo and Secretary of
Agriculture Houston, making in all
five Southern men, who are members
Of the presidents cabinet, and all OF
whom are able, clean and patriotic
Presiding over the House Of Repre-
sentatives. the greatest law-making
body in the world is one OF the
ablest. cleanest and best men who
ever occupied that exalted position.
Champ Clark is a Southern man who
is proud of the fact. and is as pa
rriotic an American citizen as lives
within the domain Of our great re-
public.
The gallant young leader of the
democratic hosts on the floor of the
House is Oscar Underwood of Alaba-
ma. Strong, able and sincere. his
leadership is without a flaw and his
integrity and patriotism are beyond
question.
Last but moi ieasr, there sits
upon the bench of the supreme court
Of the United States, the greatest
judicial tribunal on the earth, and as
chief justice of that body a southern
man, who was a Confederate soldier
Chief Justice White of Louisiana.
mention these facts, my friends.
not for the purpose of exalting the
men of one section of our common
country over those of another sec