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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1908)
EDUCATION CAN SAVE THE PEOPLE. Mr. Editor : The communication from Ly cnrgus Inst week contains many strong thoughts. Education can Bnve the people, if the people are educated ; and educating the peo ple does not mean the education of the children from six years to eighteen years of age. No, not by any means. If the school system of Georgia was no better today than it was fifty years ago, I would say people could not be educated. The peo ple of South Georgia, as a whole, are not an educated people • their eyes have not vet been opened to tharesponsibilities of life. What I mean by education is the proper use of a person’s culti vated energy. A young man may have a college diploma and be un yducated, but well informed. When we see parents let their children plav around home and go to school when they take a no tion, or let thefr notions be op tional, or plus or minus notions, then we can say those parents are following the example of their an cestors, handed down from sever al generations. I wish it was not this way, but it is. Notwithstand ing all this, children are better morally and intellectually than their parents. Teachers complain of corrupt morals in the school, and very often he is saying and doing just as his parents have him to do at home. My experience demonstrates the fact that it i.s impossible to im part into the minds of some chil dren nbove the primary school. Any man in the United States that is in good health can give his children a college education by the time they are twenty-one, and it does not matter whether or not lie has a foot of real estate. Georgia has proved to the world j that the poorer society is the less interest it would take in educa tion, politics and religion; and also, the poorer the people the more interest they would take in education. South Georgia is a great wide territory, open to all good people, and we have room for a good class of immigrants, and would like to see a goodly number of them in our section improving the thous ands of acres of fine, productive lands. Here is the finest opening for good industrious farmers to be found anvwhere in the south. The lands are cheap, beautiful, and no section of south Georgia can boast of better health or purer water. A u re voir, Dfvereux. MARRIED. At the residence of W. B. Hil ton, near Higgston, on last Sun day afternoon Mr. Anthony Cal houn and Miss Fannie Moxlev of Tarrytown, were united in marri age, \V. B. Hilton officiating. The groom is a young man ofj good moral standing, and is to be congratulated on having won for a lite companion such a fair and winsome bride. The many friends of the young couple will join The Monitor in : extending heartiest congratula tions. Cotton Seed For Sale. I am offering for sale Harding’s Prolific Cotton Seed at SI.OO per bushel. (From it I made a bale! and a-ltalf per acre.) Also have both kinds geound-pea seed. D. S. Williamson, No 4. Mt Vernon, Ga JOHNSON AT SHILOH, Minnesota Executive Makes Not able Address. QUESTION OF STATE RIGHTS. Does Not Approve of Commonwealths Being Made Subservient to Inferior Federal Courts—Would Uphold Con stitution. | Governor John A. Johnson of Mtnne | sota delivered at the dedication of t lie Minnesota monument ou Shiloh battle ; field an address that will rank as one i of the ablest public deliverances of re- j cent times. Spoken on a battlefield that may be taken as the symbol of the great war for the Union, tlie governor j took occasion to tell of the peril that j threatens our federal form of govern j ment. This peril was emphasized by the recent decision of the supreme ! | court iu the railway cases going up from Minnesota and North Carolina. ! which practically makes the state gov -1 emments subservient to tlie inferior J federal courts. The significance of these decisions is widely understood, and they have given rise to a general j discussion of the question of the rights j j >f the states, and Governor Johnson's ! | 'peed, will rank as an important con- j ; tribmion to that discussion. The tied! cator,v address in part follows: Representing the people of the com monwealth of Minnesota, we are as sembled on one of the historic battle fields of tiie civil war to pay our trib ute of respect and affection to tue memory of the sons of Minnesota who here yielded up their lives that this might continue to be a united nation Their sacrifice was not for personal gain, but was in response to duty and a contribution to the civilization of the age and for tlie purpose of perpetuat ing the institution of human liberty. I appreciate that nothing which I can say will add to or detract from the glory of their achievement, which ill itself is an enduring monument to the patriotism and heroism of the American soldier. Their sacrifice, how ever. was not different from that which lias been made throughout all of the j ages by those lovers of liberty who be lieve in a government which might give to all the people the right to •e. liberty and property. The love of j I liberty was not born in this country o' . ‘ ours. It was cradled along die Danube ! and about the shores of the iialtie. j : even when Rome had reached the limit |of her imperial grandeur. Increasing I in intensity with the passing of the centuries, it found its highest expres sion in the older countries In the great 1 English charter of civil rights, which j forever guaranteed to the people of | | that land immunity from the despotism j of those who claimed to rule by virtue | of Divine right. One hundred and thirty-two years i ago the great contest of humanity was i Itransferreif from the okl world to the new. and hero, because of die isola tion of lids country, because of the high character of the man who es poused the cause of liberty and lie cause of the signal victory achieved by tnem in that struggle, an opportu- I nity was afforded to crystallize into ! written law the aspirations of the pa triots of all the ages. The men who built the foundations of this govern ment were those who had submitted to the supreme test of patriotism, for those who inspired the constitution of die United States were the same who had pledged their lives, their proper ties and their sacred honor to the cause of independence. While the primary object of a writ j ten constitution is to define govern mental powers and to limit govern mental departments, the overwhelming necessity for such an instrument is to prevent insidious encroachments upon the rights of tne individual citizen, both from those In office nnd from those who by reason of ilielr wealth and f>ower have an inSueuce far great er than that possessed by the average citizen. And so the constitution of the [idled States was regarded by its framers as an instrument of the most sacred import, an alteration of which could only lie made by die people them selves. in whom at! ultimate power is vested, and then ouiy after the fuliest discussion and widest publicity. Under tbe beneficent government so established the nation has prospered and the people are happy One great cloud came upon the nation in the j form of an awful civil war, in which two sections of tbe country were iu ! coutiict with each other. The heroes who rest here gave their lives that this j nation might be maintained as it came from our forefathein On another but- i j tielield of that war Abraharu Lincoln | i 3aid: "it is for us, tbe living, rather to j lie dedicated to tbe imfireshed work they have thus far so nobly carried on j It Is rather for us to Is- here dedicated | to the great task remaining liefore us; ! that from these honored dead we take ( increased devotion for that cause for ! which they here gave the last full measure of devotion: that we highly re solve that these dead shali not have ’ i died in vain: that the uation shall nn i der God have a new birth of freedom, and that the government of the jieofile, by the people and for tbe people shall not perish from tbe earth." Our concern Is not of the past nor | THE MONTGOMERY MOMTOU —Till USD AY, Al'KI 1, I!ms. wholly with the present, but much with the future If the destiny of tin* ! .vpublic is in the hands of the Amcri ■an of today, then ii becomes him to s> guiihsl and governed only by patri >tic impulse and the desire to do tha! , which will most largely contribute to he permanency of republican institu lions. Advancing our civiliv.ati at so j that we will not. by recognizing the ! false claims of selfish interests and for ; getting the American maxim that our •bject should lie to attain the greatest good for tlie greatest number, incur the ! penalty which oilier people have paid, rather let us hold ever in mind that 'hose who framed our government be deved in tbe equality of the people and that tin' chief aim of government is to maintain that equality Under our system of government the | nation lias reached a material develop j ment hitherto unknown. The people have prospered beyond the dreams of i those who lived a century ago. Hut ! with the development of the country and changes in economic conditions, j and particularly with the growth of 'great private corporations performing tuan.v of tlie functions of government. I has come the necessity for the exercise >f strict governmental control and a i rigid enforcement of all the laws on - | acted to restrain the rich and powerful I front encroaching upon the natural and ! legal rights of the poor and weak. The constitution of the ancient re j public of Rome, which for oini years i had recognized the voice of the people | as supreme, was expanded by execu j live interpretation and eontraeted by .executive administration until Rome had so completely outgrown ils demo era tic eomlitious as to heroine only a tragedy anil a tradition. Lor us im plore the aid of him on high to pre serve us from the errors which ruined Home, by the avoidance of which America ma.v travel on In that destiny and realize that fulfillment which will lie the inspiration of right thinking men of all ages yet to come. Our government Is divided into three separate and distinct co-ordinate branches—the legislative, the executive and the judicial. Danger will surely j come to this republic when any of these departments of government at tempt in the slightest degree to usurp the functions of the other. And. while now and then it may lie that a court of the land in construing the cotistitu lion may nullify a section of It, I have the faith to feel that the people of the country will rise above llu* fallibility of judicial tribunals nnd assert and pre | serve I heir own rights. Our duly is ! not to criticise the executive. Hie legis latino or the judiciary. Very recently there has conic from I tic highest judicial tribunal In the hind i a decision of v ital interest and con j cent to the American people, because it has established a principle, as slated i by one member of Hie court, which "would work a radical change in our | governmental system anil would iiiau gurnte a new era in the American Jndl eial system and iu the relations of the j national anti stale governments. it would enable the subordinate federal courts to supervise and control (lie odi ! dal action of file stales as though they j were dependencies or provinces. It ! would place the states of the Union in ■i condition of inferiority never dream j ed of when the eonsilljilinn was adopt 1 ed or when the eleventh amendment was made it part, of the supreme law of 'the tout!?’ if this is the result of this decision, it is, to my mind, one of the unhappy incidents in the history of our republic, because the very theory of our government is based upon the right of the states to control absolutely ! their own domestic affairs. I if. then, our whole system of gov eminent is changed, have we not only retarded the progress of the republic, but have we not gone back a century toward a centralized form of govern ment which is not to the advantage of the people? What this government needs is not more power. What it needs today is to so distribute the privileges under the government that till citizens will have equal opportunity. America has been called the land of opportunity, hut American opportunity should uot mean a granting of special privileges to any class, but should at ford ail alike tbe means for culture, ed uealion, prosperity ami contentment. For nearly a century and a half America has presented to the world the spectacle of a happy, properotts and intelligent people maintaining a pure democracy founded upon I heir su preme will. The hallmark of a de mocracy Is that the powers of gov ernment are close to the people. Throughout the world wherever de mocracy Is advancing its progress is marked by a greater measure of self government to each community. Will the American people turn to the set ling rather than the rising sun? Shall we now because some laws are found Irksome by a class and Interfere with | their selfish aims commence to do prive our sovereign suites of that meas ure of home rule which until now they j have seen fit to reserve to themselves? i 1 cannot believe it. Upon the contrary, i i believe that the limitations upon state and federal governments, the nice bal ancing of the powers of each and of J rhe different departments iu each. which have been so efficacious in the ! fiast, will be maintained In their full ; vigor in the future. Therefore, discharging all of our re ! sponsibilities as citizens of a country. ; refusing to surrender our rights of chi zenship in any degree, let us so live that, the heroism exemplified on this j and other American battlefields may not be sirnpiy a tradition and the tin r lona I wisdom of our forefathers n mere legend, but that through us and ! those to come America will reach her full destiny in Hie permanent estflb lls Ii merit of a perfect union which shall la- not for today or fur tone rrovt but forever, and be so established that ; it will l»e for all of tbe people and that their government shall not ;.eri h * # f Your Every Need I § FOR THE FARM AND HOME * * * * \\ ill be ably eared tor at my plaee, and in prompt manner J J My lino of Staple' (Hoods is Always Complete, but at present J a Spring Fresh nos* pervades the entire establishment, and g- tbe Seasons Speeiaities a re* on Display, I > 11 1 («oint»’ Rapidly t * * i SPECIALTIES: I Jj)g © © • ’©' © d£- * ®| HARVARD BRAND CLOTHING ®® % IS © . 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