Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-03-05
BY WOODROW WILSON.

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future is that the world H. III; waning
upou the stupidity Of politi's. IN"
world has au awkward way Ot taH4hs
things into It's own hands The Iiie "a
the people must In the long run eA'
press Itself In its politics. aud II DOGS
not now express itself In this country
In the politics We have been accns'om'
I'd to in the last decade,
There are two or three theories q
government In this country. Don't ue
celve yourself by supposing all inc
peoule believe In democratic govern
men,. because they do not. You have
only to listen to the utterahceS "a
very distinguished Republican speak.
or. 70 see that they do not believe ana
do not pretend to believe In represent
s,ive government. They will tell you
they do not believe the Judgment o.
tb. peopie can be trusted And are
Won going TO take counsel from thrsP
gentlemen as to the preservation OF
our representative Institutions "nth
they don't want them to represent I1N
great body OF the peoplef
prsfors judgment of Rank and File
! don't know whether ! was born
# lsur"ad so or whit happened to me,
aut snow this. that the dcepest con
yictton | bave. arising ont of "'~erF"
hot and experience " this tna1
~ouId rather take the Judgment Of the
auk and tle than the Judgment ~ th'
men who have hs0ne absorbed huh
ruftessfui leaders IN great underfaN
mss
And ! want to ask these SS"tien""
thjs query: What SustainS business ~
rba United states: What Is II tl'dl
opGea the United States p:osieroHs
h. II TINT we have great c..ptlna .!
todi,stryp What would they do wjtn
M the cunning and skill the maS~'t'
qnti the indomitabie aspiring nope q
ne American people: II ;hese pe"i','
wsrp to lind hope dying car ~ ta'+.
ncortx they would l'ecorle sum dry
II, he,LStS. and your entFFP ~ W.
n for lack Ut the very b. ath ~.
!. >t,IAinS them
IL you Whit w ubb
ii IL prosperous ask the mhn
!, on the make whit The! hope H.
,hut they feAr Gu Ia the ''~'''':
.>:ricts aud ask anxious fathers
- ;ooklnr for openings for 'a,!r sous
where they expect 70 get th.-M
whrre they End doors open Aad va
lspy 6pd doors shut Go taH'n~n ~
t.."reS where men are nrlkint - -
~. and see whether they oreau -
onfdapHy look forward To ~" ruiz =
,,n, then you will find WIN hrr AM
IN IL waxing or waning re II ta""~
men mr.. confident. full ot hole; II ~"
know they are going to get faT tFea'
| ,upDt wherever they GO then Aultrn )
| ran coauuer the world OF enrerpr'Se 10
| .heir hope
Rnt II you lind what you do una
man every where asking themselves
whether the donrs Of opportunity nave
! moi been locked In their faces then
| You will have to take u new reckoning
u.s. IN the future of America
II only those who are chosen at the
| TOP have the right of way In. what I'd
going TO -appen to Americal Did you
ever h-ar Of nation that was renew
ed from the topl Did you ever hear
of n nation that was not made virils
that did not account for Ito youth BY
renewal from the bottomf DID you
ever hear of a tree that drew its sap
from les fowers7 Does 1t not draw u
from the dark and silent places OF the
notlf Does not q nation draw its pow
or Of renewal and enterprise and all
its future from the ranks Of the great
body of unnamed menf
Friend % American Business
n you are going to discourage these
men. II you are going to put the chill
of fear In their hearts. then American
eaptains of Industry cen whistle Tor
their future. and they viii whistle IN
q wilderness.
am the friend Of American busi
ness because know where Its founda'
lions are laid and where they are
weak. These foundations are So'''
only when laid In the confidence OF
the common people.
A Democrat1 Why. man does no.
understand history who isn't i'elno
crit man doesn't understand enter
prise who liant Democrat Ana ~
me say this. Democracy IL not mere',
a matter of programs: u iSn matter o.
sympathy and insight II 'erp''u'
upon whether your heart ~ In ronaP'
uon with The grept henrt of the pc"
nile. II does not depend upon wne't"
Won can cunpingly devise u phti""
TINT ,ooks just and good fon '"'
build a flmsy platform and 't"no o.
n successfully. provided MS basis " y
tho right kind Of spirit
II " y matter Of seeing. NJ" '''''
vour eyes ont, but from the eyes
other men In Getting the VISION ~"
n in the back Of the other mnn : nF''
IA the thing; getting tn" h"'~ '''n' =
the universal hope; rettinr th"' 'n'
mise that is the common human '"'