Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-23

"wc. the people" with a club. |,
MAS really debated in but one Stat,
and that WAS Virginia and ii was
pulled over there by Il large ma.
JorltN of ten votes in the convention
against the wishes of ut least three
fourthS Of the people. Ii is CON
coded now that in no one of the
thirteen colonies did Il majority
of the people favor it. But wise
men worked at that job. Had the
Constitution Of the United States
not been rooted in wisdom and com
mon sense il would have been Il
failure though every man had fav-
orcd il. We can no more make
those laws that govern human So
ClctN than VIC can make those laws
that govern the Universe.
We are beginning to learn this.
And we are further beginning to
learn that we cannot make Senators
and Congressman and Judges out
OF wind bags any more than the
Hindoo can make gods out of bronze
and ivory. All we can do is to
make asses Of ourselves in the at
tempt. That is all the Hindoo does
with his idolatry. This generation
has been characterized by its hug
ging and tugsing, its addressing
and carrSSing, its notwithstanding
~ Ill e
gaws and other wrctchcd trumpcry
of SANS CULOTTE foolcry as Il pa,
triOt said Years ago.
The best way known to man to
make people. sober and honest. con
tented and happy. is to give them
plenty Of work. China is the oldest
nation because the Chinese are the
most industrious people in the
world. do not care what sort of
troubles people may have or may
imagine they have if you can get
them to work and Interested in their
work they will forget their troubles
Man seems to be Il harmony of in
congruous inconSruitics, hopeless
contradiction. The man who made
America possible was King Louis
WI of France, and yet when he was
bchcadcd bonfircS were built all
over this country to celebrate the
GLORIOUS event" The best friend
America ever had in England was
Lord Chatham and yet the people
of Charleston, South Carolina hung
his stone statue in dcriSion because
he was 4 mobile and lord" and the
man whose genius did so much to
put across our Constitution. viz
james Madison, Hoped completely
over i'll 4 few Years and was twice
elected President rs the "truc Re.
Erblican.' the Republican in those
days being considered largely al
anarchist opposed TO the Federal
Government. Up to 1927 we were
The most drunken people that evccl
existed. We were nation of pio
J nccrS and in the loneliness of tho
vast American wilderness man.
only diversion was to fight Indians
Kill rattlcSnakcs and get drunk. The
lawyers drank, the preachers drank
and everybody drank. DO you blame
them There were no roads, rail
roads, flying machines, automobile.
tclcSraphs, telephones, newspapers
nothing and it took six months fol-
a letter to so from Richmond tc
New York, and all were as poor a.
Jobs turkey. But now Lord how
dry we are! We refuse to obey
even Thee. o Lord, who said TO give
strong drink to those who are read,
to perish and wine TO those of :
heavy heart. And We send ever
the doctors to the pcnitcntiary i
they do ii in obedience TO TIL,
command. Our present aridity i.
but reaction from cur former
Drunkenness and so the boat rock.
forever and so the world wags on
Just now there is considerable eX.
citemcnt over rewriting our history
About ninety per cent of the sol
dicrS of the American Revolution
and practically all the officers save
cne or two were Of British descent
For political reasons this must be
changed to show that all the officers
and nincty-ninc per cent Of the sol,
dierS were of other descent save
British. Then again General Wash.
inSton. Mad Anthony Wayne, and
other Generals wrote very bitter
letters about The Continental Con
grcSs ncGIccting to furnish our sol
dicrS with "rlrn," and the account
books Of Patrick Henry, John Mar