Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-24
HARDWICK OUT
WITHPLATFORM
Formally Announces For
Governor, Giving His
Position
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fundamental principles upon which
rests our American system OF Tree
representative, constitutional gov
eminent.
The people, everywhere; are be-
ginning to realize at last thaI uhder
the stress of var excl '@ncnt we nave
wandered so lar from the great
democratic principles upon whlch
this government was founded that we
only hope to save the government
and preserve the liberties of the peoo-
nle bv returning to the great basic
principles we have abandoned,
For Curbing President.
''Thev are justly demanding the
autocratic and arbitrary powers with
which the president was clothed dur
ing the war be taken from that OF
fetal now that the war is actually
over. They know that this is an I'M
mediate and pressing necessity IN or
der that this may remain free coun-I
try. .. IN r
our country and of our party, there
is afforded to the real democrats of
Georgia a magnificent opportunity
for conspicuous public service, ard
TODAY | summon the real democrats
of Georgia, men who are firm in the
faith of Thomas jefferson and An
dvev Jackson. to that service. Let
us concentrate ourselves anew at the
affairs of our old-time principles and
do our part in the glorious work OF
restoring Amerlcanism to the ReplL-
lie and bringing the Democratic par
~ back to its true and ancient creed.
''As we renew our faith, brief
statement of its fundamentals may
net be amiss. 1t is simply restate-
1nert of the creed in which every
"a Democrat and every true Amer
iran believes; and yet the heresies
Of ,he times not only JUSTIFY but de
II nd such q restatem uJ, for If the
rights an Eberties OF the ndivldua
citizen are to be preserved, it Is alb
solutelv essential tlaJ we revert to
the fundamental principles upon
which these rights and Liberties rest.
what are these fundamental
principles?
Il. Freedom Of speech. Real
freedom of speech, of the
kind guaranteed to Us by the constl-
tuition, Not the kind that we have
had in recent years, not the freedom
of speech which means that a man
may speak his opinion freely II 1t
happens to agree with that of some
other man. and not at all, except
possibly IN whispers, if it does not,
but that freedom of speech that
means that the humblest and poorest
citizen of Georgia has exactly the
same right to freely express his opin-
ion, right or wrong, as has Mr.. Wood
row Wilson, OF Mr.. Pierpont Nor
gan.
Attacks Espionage Law.
-. Freedom of the press should
not be abridged. 1t has been shame
fully abridged in Georgia and
throughout the republic. In many in
stances, without the slightest justi-
fication, newspapers and magazines
that had the courage to express inde-
pendent opinions and views, opinions
that did not agree with the opinions
of those in authority, have been cen
sored and suppressed under the pro-
visions of a disgraceful espionage
law that insults the traditions and
endangers the liberties of a free peO-
pie. Even since the war has ended
the effort persists at Washington,
with increasing force and volume, to
muzzle the press and to limit its
freedom-to penalize opinion and to
stife its utterance This is intoler-
able and indefensible. 1t strikes at
the very roots of free institutions.
49, The right of the people peace
ably to assemble and to petition the
government for a redress of griev-
ances; that this great constitutional
guaranty has been a dead letter