Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-16
WE MUST WRITE MEDICATION
OF LOYALTY OF AMERICA.

High above every oIner issue Indl
this convention offers to the American
people we must therefore write a vim
dication Of American loyalty. Secure
in our conviction that America comes
first with every American, confident
that the great warm heart of the repub-
lie beats true and strong, convinced
that the stars of the heavens are not
more firmly fixed in the armament than
the stars of Americas flag are shrined
in the hearts of Americas citizens, we
must call upon our countrymen to show
their devotion and their loyalty not to
a Democratic president, but to the presi-
dent of the United States.
1t IS more than coincidence that an
administration which has steadfastly
maintained the peace and the honor of
the nation, should have sought with
equal energy and equal success the
internal progress and domestic prosper
ity which is the natural product OF
tranquility and fair dealing.
1t is not surprising that an admin
istration which has jealously guarded
the national rights of the United States
should have cherished with equal zeal
the individual rights of its citizens. 1t
is natural that an administration which
has stoutly asserted the ancient free
seas,
should have labored with equal sincerity
for the new freedom of opportunity on
Americas soil.
Four years ago the people of this
country entrusted their government to
a man and to a party who promised
that they would liberate the nation
from the chains of industrial tyranny.
who pledged themselves to break down
the barriers behind which special priv
ilege sat entrenched; who engaged them
selves TO emancipate business, to throw
wide the gates of lawful enterprise, to
restore to the men and women of Ameri-
ca the paths of progress which had been
choked and blocked by long years Of
invisible government.
That promise has been kept: that
pledge has been redeemed. Today the
prosperity which the nation enjoys
bears witness that Democracy has kept
the faith. Today the gates of oppor-
tunity are open; the hosts of special
privilege stand disarmed. Today the
forces of government are encouraging,
not blocking the full expression of the
nations progress. Today the business
man. the artisan and farmer find them
selves free to enjoy the fruits of their
labors, unhampered by the sinister pow
er Of special privilege or the selfish
oppression Of invisible government"
RESERVE ACT EMANCTPATED
THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA.
To attempt to describe the myriad
ways in which this new spirit of govern
ment has found expression would neces-
state a review OF every department of
the national government. We must con-
tent ourselves here with brief consid-
Grafton of the great landmarks which
chart the change from government for
the fortunate few to an evenhanded gov
eminent in the interest of all.
The first of these is the federal re-
serve act which freed the business man
and the farmer from the financial domi-
nation of the money changers and lifted
the menace of panic from our industrial
life.
Five times during the past thirty
years, at periods when industry was
aourishins and crops were abundant, the
purse strings Of the country have tight
ened without apparent reason and the