Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-19
LOGICAL REPRIMAND.
Texas Congressman Tells the House
Soma Wholesome Truths.

, The following speech from Congress
man Dies, of Texas, on his retirement
from that BODY, is so full of wholesome
truth that no one, be he democrat oil
republican, can seriously take issue
will him. The only persons we know
whom would not approve of this speech
are socialists of bolchevists, which are
very much the same in action and gen
eral principles of action. The speech
of Mr.. Dies follows:
Mr.. Chairman, when members talk
about loaping money to the farmers of
this country. and talk about Democrats
and Republicans, it makes an honest
nonpartisan man laugh. The best
thing you can do for the farmers of
TINS country is to let them alone and
quit spending their money and taxing
the eternal lite out of them. (Laugh-
ter and applause.)
wish the farmers of this country
and the taxpayers of our land light
have return of the old democratic
and republican theory that government
not created to support the people,
but that it is a creature to be sup
ported by the people.
The great mistake we are making,
my friends, here now Is that we are
practicing hypocrisy upon the people.
We are leading them to believe that
the governmnt can support them and
lift them by their boot straps out of
their financial difficulties when, as
honest men. we should say to then,
that all that the government can do is
to pre- tect their life and their liberty
and tax them to support the govern
ment.
have been here ten years. and
am going out now
A member. And voluntarily, too.
Mr.. Dies. Yes; and / will tell you
what you have done, and hope you
will take 1t in good part: You have
taken the fairest and best government |
ever known among men and you are
making 1t into the most despicabIe
socialism. You took the American
people at time when they believed
they could support themselves and
their government, and you are teach
ing them hour by hour and day by day
to expect that their government shall
0f tnl
army, when the boys are
coming back from France and are be-
ing demobilized, to go back to their
jobs and engage in their former indus
tries. you are leading them to believe
that the government shall take it upon
Itself as outy to support them.
TEARING DOWN
My friends, you are tearing down
the greatest government, the greatest
democracy, the world has ever seen,
and you are building in its stead the
poorest fabric of socialism that history |
IAN recorl.
Is it your intention to help the peo-
,le' No. You will not help the people ,
,nless you tell them that the govern
nent has but one duty to the citizen.
md that is to protect his life and prop
,rty and give him an equal and far 9
ace in this world. (Applause.) And {
'ou are teaching him that the duty of
he government is to keep him. Ny
'eloved country! do net know; we :
re losing the greatest republic the 3
world has ever seen. Talk about in \
ernationsl democrcy! It is being
wamped amidst ebulous phrases ard 4
jargon. Would to God O
he President of the United States :
,ould get on the Tennessee and come
ONE and preserve this republic Zap q
lause) rather than NEEDLE longer l
Nth the politics Of Europe. We are
asting the lot of the people of Ameri- q
q, the peace and destinies of our coun- I
ry into what? Into the hotchpotch OF +
he querrels and poverty and woe and . =
of Europe.
You know, when this Is all over. my r
liends. will be out home farming. /,
nd you who a'e left here will read c
Farewell Address with d
ore respect than you have ever read \
before. (Applsuse.) 3
There is not anything new to be saio. B
uman nature is just the same as it z
as when our fathers made this repub- - :,
c. The President OF the United ii
tates, representing what has been the c,