The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13

other prouns I'm n common enterprise,
which Is to release the spirits OF tho
world from bondage. j would be Will
ing to set that up ms the final test OF
an American. That IL the meaning Of
democracy. ~
have been very much distressed.
my fellow citizeQs, by some OF thu
things that have happened recently.
The mob spirit is displaying Itself here
and there in this country. l nave no
sympathy with what some men are
saying, but have no sympathy with
the men that take their pupishmeHt
into their own hands; and j want 70
say to every man who does Join sucn
a mob that 7 do not recognize him as
worthy of the free institutions OF tho
United States.
I There are some organizations In THIS
country whose object liz anarchy ana
destruction of law, and / would net
meet their efforts by making myself
a partner In destroying law. II de-
spise and hate their purposes az much
as any man, but respect the ancient
processes OF justice, and l would ne
too proud not to see them done JUS
tice. however wrong they are. And
SO | want TO utter my earnest priest
against any manifestation of the spirit
of lawiessness anywhere in any cause.
Why, gentlemen, look what 1t means.
We claim TO he the greatest demo-
! cratic people i'm the world, alin dc-
mocracy means, first OF nil, that VIZ
can govern ourselves. III our NEIL
have not self-cOntrol. then they are
not capahle of TINT great thing which
we call democratic government. a
man who takes the law into his own
. hands ia not the right man to CO.
operate in any form OF or develop
ment of law and free institutions
And some of the processes by wnicn
the struggle between capital ana labor
In carried on are processes thae come
very near to taking the law into your
own hands. / do not mean for mo-
ment to compare them with what
have just been speaking of. but ] want
YOU to see that they are mere Erada-
lions of the manifestations OF the un-
Willingness to cooperate, and the
fundamental lesson of the whole stu
alton is that we mrst not only take
/ common counsel but that we must
Yield to and obey common counsel
Not all of the instrumeatalities Tor
this are at hand. I am hopeful that
in the very near future new instru-
tmentauties may be organized by
which we can see to 1t that various
things that are now going on snail not
go on There are various processes OF
the diIution OF labor and the unnee-
eESary substitution or iapOT anu piu-
ding in different markets and unfairly
upsetting the whole competition or
labor which ought not to go on
mean on the part of employes---and
W. must interject into this some IN
strumentalities of cooperation by
which the fair thing can be done all
around am hopeful that some such
, instrumentalities may be devised, but
whether they are or not. we must use
. those that we have, and upon every
r occasion where it is necessary to have
such an instrumentality, originated
upon that occasion, IL necessary.s
And so. my feliowrcitizens. the rea-
| son that | came away from Washing
ton is that / sometimes get lonely
down there--there are so many pa
pie in Washington who know things
: that are not SO: and there are so few
: people in Washington who know any
. thing about what the people OF the
, United States are thinking about.
/ have to come away to get reminded
- of the rect of the country: have to
come away and talk to men who are
; iup against the real thing, and say
. 10 them: ~ am with YOU IL you arc
> with me-" And the only test OF being
with me is not to think about me per
! sanafly AT all, but merely TO think 81
!, me az the expression for the time he
/ ing of the power and dignity and hope
/ of the American people.