La Junta tribune., 1915-04-24
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and during that time have heard
many false principles enuneiatsd--
popular faliicies. call them.
III you are . friend Of mine" said
= man to me one day. you will do
anything l want you 70 do. even TO
swearing to . falsehood."
II fail to zee II in that light"
replied. 'I1l swear to = lie for NO
body; so, good day"
A young man. . smart aleck. some
| ysars ago said to me. Don't Tie
cosstituttion say that all mss are
cssated free and equai?"
mot II the court knows herself.
and she thinks she does" replied.
1T does not say any thing on the
subject either. one way or the
other"
swell. then Abraham Lincoln said
IT,"
wrons again young man. Mr..
Lincoln was never fool enough to
| make such a statement. In Lin
coin's day millions OF people we're
born into slavery and were not free
and equal with their fellow man.
swell. somebody said IT," he re-
piled.
''Now. y)u have hit the nail on
the head. Somebody said Il. and
that somebody is you. and you are
probably the only one who ever did
say. II. You have heard OF the con-
stitution. but did you ever hear OF
the Declaration Of Independence?"
well. l think ] have" he replied.
''very well. II says. We hold
these truths to be self-evident. that
all men are created equal-that
they are endowed BY their creator
With certain inalienable rights: that
among these are life. liberty and the
pursui, Of happiness. You will mo-
tice the word free IL not in IT,
Mr.. Lincoln In his Gettysburg
speech said. Our fathers brought
forth on this continent . new M.
tioa. conceived in liberty and dedi.
Gated to the proposition that all men
are created equal
You'll notice that the word free
II not there either. but the word
equal is. But how are they equal?
ne Declaration Of Independence
has already explained. viz: equal In
rsppeet to life. liberty and the pur-
ssis Of happsnsss. and that y The
cniy respect In which they are equal.
All men are not equal In respect
10 their weight. height. ability To
work. or other natural endowments.
In this respect they are unequal.
Again. "Didn't Lincoln say that
the people were always risht!"
No. he never said It, What Lin
coin said was that II subject was
kept before the people. and aEitated.
their final vote or decision would
be- about right. The question Of
slavery vas aKitated for more than
twenty years before the people got
right on the subject.
Some years ago an ablc-bodied
young man went through La Junta.
pasting on doors and window sills.
stickefs. upon which were printed
these words: IT'S better 10 steal
than 70 starve.''
Nov that IL not seif-evident
truth. Tens Of Thousands Of peo-
pie cali Il In question. The people
who starve. except In time Of var.
p.stiience or famine. are generally
lazy people. but people who steal are
iaS breakers. and most everybody 10
after them with brickbats. shooeine
irons and iariats. The small boys
hoot and hoiler NJ them and the dogs
bark at them. Then the officers Of
the lav grab them sad drag them
into coest. and when the evidence is
all In. aad Il 10 proven that the suit
OF old clothes which they stole vas
no, worth two dollars. the Judge
says. "TAis 10 . case Of burglary.
Stand - young man. I senteacs you
and sacA Of yos 70 he psaitsatiasy
for tee ysars aad may The Lord have
mercy - tve fools."
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