Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-14
MIGHTY GENIUS
or LABOR
Editor News:

stubborn facts and we hope to be able
to place them SO plainly before the
public that they may thoroughly un-
der tand what we mean. In the first
place, we desire to ask where the
/ brains and Drawn of this country
comes from. Does it spring from the
/ lap of luxury" Have the cradles of
! the millionaires rocked the noblest
men and women of this countryr Have
the wives of the millionaires been the
happy mothers of the great inventors
or the great educators of this landf
Have the tender hands of wealth gone
out into the wild forests of America
and caused her to blossom as the rose :
Have the daughters of the multim mil
lionaires made the sweet faced wives
and lovahle mothers of this country
Have toe sons of wealth been found
foremost in the ranks of our armies,
fighting the battles of this beloved
country, Go gather around you from
every quarter of the earth the rich
who are found foremost in any of
these glorious undertakings, and you
will find but a small number of ttis
class. But on the other hand, if you
please, knock at the door of fame and
ask the keeper of her records to bring
out his old, musty journals of time,
wherein is recorded the names of the
common people who have made AM
they are legions. March out from the
cities of this county and you will
find humble homes with proud occu
pants because Of the glorious memory
of deeds of greatness performed by the
children of the common people, Go
to the humble cottages where wealth
is unknown and where privation is
familiar caller and there inquire for
the inventive geniuses of this country
and they will march before you like a
never ending army of soldiers Go to
the humble, vine clad cottages of this
land and knock at th cir doors and in
quire from whence comes the states
men of this land, and the valleys and
hill tops will reverberate with oratory
that cannot be surpassed by any coun'
try under the shining canopy of heav-
en-. Go to the country farm houses,
which are surrounded with virgin
forest and green meadows and inquire
from whence do the majority of our
great inventors come, and the air will
tremble with the mighty rattle of
ponderous machinery, conceived by
the fertile brain of toll Stand upon
the mountain tops and shout to the |
four Winds of tue earth the interroga
tion, where have tue great divines of
this country come from. who have en-
tranced the nations of the eartu with |
their eloQuence, and the answer will |
come from millions of souls saved by |
their influence, and the answer will he
from the homes of the common peo- |
pie,
Take the wings of the morning and |
fiy from the eternal ice bound shores |
of the north to the tropical seas of the
south, and from where the sun first |
turns night into day to where be
sinks to rest within the busom of the
Pacific, and make the inquiry, from
whence has America derived her great
ne.s ans every star will twinkle her
answer, every bird will trill her rsply |
aud every mountain will rumble mis-
answer that America could never have
been what she is today had it not
been for the common people. Earthly
causes men to forget
God anu to forget God turns men into
ami fends. Take the man of
wealth and all Ne has TO do is to wish
and that wish is reality as far as
earthly things are concerned. He
knocks at the door of commerce and il
she is stubborn be batters her down
with his cudgel of gold He desires
that which be has not and by his
mighty treasures of wealth it is his.
He has been so accustomed to having
his desires gratifed that h9 loses
sight of the Great Giver, who is the
giver of all things
Wealth has frowned and the world
bas trembled, therefore she has learn
sd to believe that no demand of his
should be disobeyed Who is to blame
for this arrogance OF wealth You
are the salt of the earth are to
blame as you meekly permit her to
.haCkle you hand and foot and lead
you to the polls and cast your vote to
make laws that govern you and per-
nit her to fill the offices of the land
md make injunctions so binding that
you dale not tramble upon her unholy
mandates for fear of being shot down
ike dogs, you the common people who
rave filled the lap of wealth with all
be good things of life, sit idly by and
yait to perform her hellish mission
which III ans servitude for you and
our children AS you make your bed
o shall you lie. Then do not whine
It the laws of your land when they !
ang a mill stone about your neck and
rusn your ambition and paralyze your 4
rm when you try to raise it in your
wn behalf, as you yourself are re-
ponsble for your conditions. Ye
ools, By your own hands you are de-
troyed. You or your next door neigh
'or are competent to fill the Office you
lect wealth to fill You, the common
eople that society Delights to call =
on, are the voters, but fail to vote
or your own kind. You persist in
ursing your fate but were it not for
ou, the common people, want would
talk thru the land with CHASTITY tread,
ho rivers of commerce would dry up,
he ocean greyhound would put out
heir fires, the rumble of the mighty
would cease her rambling,
he buzz of the saw and the clang of
he hammer would not be beard, the
arth would yawn for the lack of plow
nd misery wonld take possession of
be mansions of wealth. Oh, man
ood, where art thou, Well you know
he slurs and insults that are hui led