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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
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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
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