The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04

ing elbows with the ounger 49,
are already bearing much ~ ia
sponsdbilities of goyernment-,-N>
ting those things that are beh,nt ose>
forward 10 the goal-,he goa c.1'Ns
ing the people, through our
the best government that staeAHs
ship can devise? h man scr.
party best who serves ms CONS
best, and this~is particularly tr1I
his day when She people go -" .
longer permit new win. T. h. m
old bottles. Fer we all mas -
that
we ere living. We are mo>4n.
In a grand and awful time
In an aRe on ages telling
To DC living is sublime.
It is good 70 live III this -
searching after b Coo Of hin.
as they are" this day of Frorr,N
This honr OF Opportunity Old truth.
will never change-Old princinlaNs
must ever be the rule applied - raSs
conditions. Grounded upon the ny
sill of the political faith formnE,a,
by JEFFERSON, emphasized by Iackeo,
reVitalized by Bryan, and brought ip,S
glory and dominion by Wilson -.
duty OF the Democracy ot this d.,
plain and easy. The first duty il -
follow the ~admonition Of E,sa 49,
Look not mOurnfully upon thu nae,
That means we are 10 live in The fn.
ture. A few days ago someone vrots
and offered TO give Andrew Carn.gs
the house in which he lived
boy. He declined the proffered 90
saying that he was living in tho mrs.
ent a expected to live III the future
but he never expected To live il he
past and therefore did not need ne
old house.
Democracy has moved out Of n,
OLD house. Our faces are to the sun.
rise We have movcd into i lare,,
house. Build me new palaces. q nv
soul!' is III creed. We are upon
the threshold Of a day when disrus,
Of the capacity OF the people for SELF
government is becoming as ANTICIPATES
and as out-worn as the adyooacy o,
slavery. Not only have the people
found out hat they are fitted to GOV
ern themselves, but they have learned
that nobody was born booted abd
spurred to ride over them. They have
learned that this is true, whether il re-
q king claiming the divine right. or q
president interposing Netoes 10 meas
ures the people demand and have >
right to demand; or a Congress vast.
ing their money or S:lcri1iclng Their
interests; or a Legislature deaf To their
petitions and demands: or Judicial OIL
GERS dragging in the o~verworked eX-
cuse of "unconstitutional' 70 prevent
reforms hat will help labor or end
ancient and entrenched wrong; q lap-
yers making merchandise OF tiicir 9hil-
lty and influence when great pubic
questions are at stake; or editors sell
ing their columns or remaining silent
when wrong f1ourishcs 81 right is ont
ragged; or teachers defending long
hours in combining labor tor uomcD
and children, When they should he the
first 10 demand Gods sunshine and ak
and playtime for the children ~ ;hs
pits instead of crying aloud and spar
ing not While their members deYour
WIDOWS houses and OppreSS the poar.
Or politicians too busy f1ins their
fences and manipulating for theiT snc.
cess to make cas- the methods 90 &C.
isteFinG and enforcing the popUl@r To-
crees;-whether it be one or al hose
powerful agencies in u modern l.e
blind to the vital changes going o.
about us and calling whoa" To the
cam drawing the a OF Progress
whoever stands against Equality and
Justice for all-the days Of their i"td'
ership are numbered. The hancwr,t
ing for all such is on the wall: ""ene
meme. tekel upharsin."
"Forward:" is the battle cry. III
opening Of new doors 70 thost e
penned UP in narrow confines and IL
MED a fair chance, is the imperatN'
duty OF every man who leads. open
ing doors Of opportunity TO all in M
day is the answer to the prayer: -
ME be q doorkeeper. I'd ratEer 10
doorkeeper in the house Of Cod thal
to dwell in the tents OF wickedDeeS-
The tents OF wickednees' in the tvcn
t,eth century are the ci,adeis OF no
, nopoiy; the "houso Of Coo" Is efsr
place where men do His Will ano lo'
Justice. We are at last able 10 pa
Tor the coming OF the day when VI
actonS will be in cOnsnllance witt =
: words: For Justice, all se;srns ~0ii
ner and every place a temple TIP
man who would shut the door II 81
S portunity or Open only q cracs e.
Q tne lew to enter, or who is % I'm
as not to see that the average In"'
VINO has been repressed and beer ~
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