Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-07-07

commended by the Democratic part!
state and national. 1t is favored b
every other member of the Congress
from Tennessee. 1t is favored b
practically every other member of tn
Congress representing Souther
States and agricultural districts, an
is opposed by your present represen
tative in the Congress, Mr.. Garrett
When he asserts that he has build
ed his political career along broa
lines; that as national legislator h
has concerned himself about the grea
questions of national policies, i
sounds well, and it is true that tina
is a part of his duty as member O.
the Congress. As a member of tn,
Congress, he owes a duty to the ma
ton at large, but he also owes duty
to the District which he represents
in the Congress. If representative
government means anything, anC
and there are those of US who insist
that it does, it means that represen-
tation in the Congress is apportioned
to the several states and districts, to
the end that each section of the state,
and each industry, and each interest
be represented in the nations council.
1t is the very foundation stone of our
American institutions. Taxation
without representation has ever been
esteemed tyrannical by the American
people. 1t was the fundamental issue
that brought American independence,
and when we deny the soundness of
this principle, we deny the soundness
of the principle upon which our gov
eminent is founded.
But my friends, let me predict that
in spite of the occasional reactionary
member of the Congress, the South
shall come into it's own, and that
speedily. The people of the South
are demanding through their repre-
sentatives in the Congress more
equitable distributions of Federal
revenues, and the time is speedily
coming when the BUSINESS of this de-
mand shall be recognized. This de-
mand is predicated upon the rule of
common justice, and why should we
continue to be denied the benefits
for which we have paid so enormous
ly and which we so richly deserve?
We know that for all these years
the wealthy manufacturing states of
The East, and the large cities, have
more from the Federal Gov
than have the Suthern States
and agricultural districts, but the
time has now come when our people
are being awakened and aroused to
heir own interests, I know that in
spite of this discrimination, unwar-
canted and unjust as it has been, we
nave made some progress and have
but not as we should have
and would have. Little more than a
lalf century of time has been
yarnered to eternity; little more than
/ half century Of our country's his
;ory has been made and written, since
he trying period from 81 to '65. |
little more than fifty years ago, the
Southland was a stage upon which |
vas being enacted one of the greatest |
md most unfortunate tragedies
lnown to the civilized world. War
With all it's devastating and horrible
fleets, was then sweeping over the
arrest land under the shining sun,
md like some terrible blight, was lay
ng awful waste, wreck and ruin to
Ter once fertile fields and happy
ZONES. Sons of the South were de-
Gated in that great conflict at arms,
md returned after four long years of
trife to find their once happy homes
n ruins. Where once had stood the
lately ante-bellum mansion, was
low marked by blackened chimneys
md heaps of ashes. Where once
lad grazed the herds of cattle and
heep in pastures green, was now
'arren waste. Where once had
,rown the bountiful crops of cotton
nd corn and waving grain was now
n unfenced wilderness in ruin. A
erious problem confronted the people
f the South at that time, and seri-
us problem it WIS, indeed, the
most serious that ever confronted a
rave and chivalrous people. How to
ebuild their homes, retrieve their
acquire a new wealth, or
anize and establish stable govern
lent in the states, and all without
money and without sympathy, was
he problem with which they were
AS to how we'll they have
net and solved that problem, let the
rogress of the South in little more
hat half century attest. They set
bout the task with that same I'M
aunted courage that had made of
hem, as soldiers, the envy of the arm
IS of the nations Of the world. New
nd better homes were builded on the
shes of the old; the lands were again
lied, and made to Weld bountifu1