Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-05

pearance Of the people who make ur
this great audience, then look back and
contrast this crowd, with the anxious
faces, and the generally poverty strick-
en- appearance In the campaigns about
$780, They told you then that the
practical realization of that revolution
meant ruin to all. ask you today
who has been hurt? @s 1!'f '
Such prosperity, as has come to the
farmers of the west and south, has
been shared by all other classes Of peo-
pie. And want to tell you. that this
is only the beginning, for II we con-
tinue steadfast and faithful the re-
wards for productive labor are greater
than any yet received. Those who
cIothe and feed this world are entitled
to the greater share Of its comforts
and luxuries, and they receive less.
1t is common thing to hear this
man or that lay claim to being the
discoverer Of progressive principles
but want to say to you my friends
that progressive principles are as old
as the history Of man. You will find
the fundamentals laid down in the
book Of Genesis. II you will read your
Bible and then profane history, you
will see that the question through all
the ages has been the vain and ruinous
struggle Of man made government to
ha or =
ment framed and perfected by AL
mighty God.
The difference between these con-
tending ideas has overthrown empires
and built civilization. Man made gov
ernment has ever been arrogant, selfish
and cruel, while the theocracy which
God established for Israel Is the per-
fection of charity and justice, contrib
uting to the peace. comfort and hap
piness Of each Individual in exact pro-
portion to his or her capacity for en-
joyment The only perfect government
that the world has ever seen was es-
tablished by God four thousand years
ago, It's force and power Is evidenced
by the fact, that the Hebrews, though
scattered for 1000 years over all the
world, are as distinctly a nation today
as they were then. On the other hand
every strictly man made government
that has ever existed has been based
upon the idea Of the domination of the
few over the many. They have either
fallen into decay and perished, or saw
ed themselves as We are doing, by the
gradual adoption Of the cardinal prin-
ciples of the old Israelitish theocracy,
And am here to tell you that what
we call "Progressivism" in American
politics, elected Woodrow Wilson pres
ident, and Is nothing more or less than
q revolt against selfish man made gov
ernment, back to original principles as
comprehended in our Declaration OF
independence.
The American revolution was the
grandest and most important event In
the worlds history since the birth OF
Christ, and on yonder little mountain
only ten miles from here. your fore
fathers fought the battle. which made
that revolution an actual reality. That
battle was for God and Right; but you
and know that after it was won, our
leaders could not resist the subtle
temptation Of ambition. and set up
anew. the old principles of privileges
for the destruction Of which our faith
ers have poured out their blood. But
the eternal principle which God had
laid down at the beginning. was def
nitely and finally unshackled, and to-
day we can see that the world Is COM
ing more and more under its domina-
tion.
Every intelligent man has noted
within the past few years the mighty
crystalization Of this sentiment. What
a similarity there Is between the Roos-