The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-07

BEFORE the fGeSlCeHt GOT Dis speech
we'll under way the crowd surged for
in such confusion that a panic
was threatened. Two compaIies Of
marines and sailors stood before the
speakers stand and the President was
forced To stop several times i0t final
" got the crowd under control.
Definition of Liberty.
THE declaration Of declarations"
said the President. does not mean
ANYTHING TO US merely in its general
statements unless we can append to
it Il similarly specific body Of particu-
lars as to what we consider u lib
erty TO consist Of
Liberty" he declared. consists in
the translation in the general deciara-
'tions as to the rights of man into
definite action"
Some Everyday Patriots.
Patriotism. he said, consist of some
very practical things, among which
the President enumerated the stay of
members Of the House and Senate ii
Washington on the Fourth of July to
maintain a quorum Of the House and
senate and attend to public business.
Il honor them for it," he said, and
| am mighty glad > stay n stick
ty them until it is all over.
1T is patriotic also to know what
the facts are and to face them with
candor,' the President continued. II
have heard Il great many facts stated
about the present business conditions
in this country, for example, great
many allegations Of facts, ct any rate,
and it is strange h a the:+ facts as
stated do rot tally with each other.
Truth Matches Truth.
Now the truth always matches the
truth, and when l find gentlemen in
sisting that everything is going wrong,
when it is demOnStrable that most
things are going right, l wonder what
they are trying 10 do. Are they try
ing to serve the country or are they
trying to serve something smaller
than the country? Are they trying
to put hope into the hearts of men
who work and toll every day, or rather
are they putting encouragement and
despair into these hearts? If they
love America and anything is wrong
it is their duty to put their hands IL
the task of setting it right"
Experience Not Refreshing.
Il have had some experience in the
last fourteen months which have no,
been entirely refreshing. 1t was uni
~versally admitted that the banking
system Of this country needed re.
organization.
I'VE set the best minds we conl6
find to the task of discovering the
DcSt II1olIlCU OIL w
met with hardly anything but resist.
ance from the bankers Of this coun.
try or at least from the majority o.
those who aid anything. And We
the very next day after that act wa!
passed there was an universal choru:
of applause from the bankers of tn
United States. Now, if it was wron:
the day before it was passed, VIII.
was it right the day after it wa
passed?
Oath Of Our Youth.
I'VE cannot with that oath taken i
our youth, We cannot with that grea
idea set before as when we were
young people and practically only
scant three million people, take upol
ourselves now that we are a hundre'
million, any conception Of duty tina
what we entertained at that time. S
if American enterprise in foreig,
countries, particularly in those for
eign countries which are not stron
enough to resist us, k the shap
of imposing upon and exploiting tn
mass of the people in that country,
ought to be stopped.
The Hear of Mexico.
II am willing to get anything fo
!, any American hat money can bu
> except the rights Of other men.
will not help any man buy a powe
he should not have over his fellow be
ing. You know what a big questio
, there is in Mexico. Eighty-fve pc
cent of the Mexican people have neve
been allowed to have a look in in RI
gard to their government and til
: rights which have been enjoyed t
the other fifteen per cent. Do 20
suppose that circumstance is N
: sometimes in my thoughts? l kno
4 the American people have a hea
that will peat for those millions
+ Mexico and when they once kno
7 what is at stake in Mexico City the
o will know what ought to be done
Mexico.
o you hear a great deal stated abo'
r the property loss in Mexico and
q deplore it with all my heart. Upt
r the conclusion of the present dl
turbed condition in Mexico, undoub
eddy those who ave lost prOperti
J. ought to be compensated. Mans j
dividual rights q met with mar
Al deplorable accidents, but back of
n all is the struggle Of the people, al
while we think of the one in the for