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| HIGH POINT, July 4.—The North
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rwill meet in annual convention here
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•ion Friday morning officers will be
elected. ' The other sessions will be
{devoted to discussion.
f Vatriotlc Spirit of ’76”
There of A. W. McLean at
Rutherfordton’s Fourth
(Continued from Page On*.
' world there were rulers born within a
select circle who regarded government
.• m the exclusive prerogative of royalty.
The scepter was the arbiter of the des
j tinles of men, and war was fought
merely that a change of masters might
take place, rather than to abolish the
‘■arbitrary power exercised over the
people by their kings.
"Ancient Egypt was ruled by its
Fharoahs who wielded unlimited power,
and the . great pyramids that remain
the wonder of the world today, were
huilt by the musole and brawn of
i slaves because the king had complete
. ^control, over the life and the labor of
; his»subjects. One great nation after
; amnher oonquered the world and for a
time treated all other people as vas
x sale. Rome at the zenith of her .power
ruled the known world and oonsidered
f all other people as her slaves.
Jesus First Liberator
, "The Jews believed that one Israel
-ite was worthy more in the sight of
God than all the people o fthe world.
To this atmosphere of selfishness and
lnequlaity, came Jeeus of Nazareth,
" declaring the new and strange doctrine
of universal brotherhood—the-equality
: of men, for proclaiming and maintain
ing which he was crucified, on the
- Cross of Calvary.
"While this great principle of human
' equality had Its origin In the religion
f established by Christ, no successful at
tempt had been made to apply It to the
• ' conduct of nations until the American
Declaration of Independence was pro
claimed. S\>r centuries, the down-trod
den and the oppressed had bewailed
their helpless condition hut the thought
that all men are created equal liras be
yond their comprehension.
"While the proposition that all men
are oreated equal was new and unbe
lived by many at the time it was first
declared, even more remarkable was
the second great proposition that 'all
men are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights.’
"The unalienable rights thus referred
to are those rights which the citizen
oan neither give away, waive or have
taken away from him by force; and
Which exist even where there is lack
of capacity to enjoy them. 'Among
these rights are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.’ The conception
is dear, therefore, that these unalien
able rights are the gift of the Creator
and not of the king; that they are or
dained by the 'laws of nature and na
ture’s own God,’ referred to by Jeffer
son in another part 'of the great
Declaration.
“The finite mind as it existed at that
time found difficulty in understanding
■that all men are created equal.’ But
in considering the second proposition
which recognised ‘certain unalienable
rights’ and when the right to liberty
-and the pursuit of happiness was pnt
in the same sacred category as the
right to life Itself, it was clear to
everyone, even the ignorant vassal,
that all these rights were a gift from
the Creator of every good and perfect
gift. And so It was that millions of
the human race obtained a new concep
tion of their relation to government
and of their rights under government.
Jefferson Interpret* Power
“The third proposition of the Declar
ation, ‘that to secure these rights, gov
ernments are instituted among men,
deriving their Just powers from the
consent of the governed,’ recognised
the inherent right of the people to
choose their own rulers to make their
own laws, and to voluntarily assume
and bear allegiance to those they had.
selected to govern them."
“In the Declaration of Independence
the right of autocratic government
throughout the world was challenged
as contrary to the God-given princi
ples of freedom and liberty. This chal
lenge exploded the old heresy con
tained In the doctrine of the “divine
right of kings" that rulers govern by
right of inheritance only. It voiced
the fundamental truth that the state
is but a collection of Individuals, each
a sovereign in his own sphere, subject
only to the right of the people to place
such limitations upon his personal
liberty by written laws, as may seem
best .for the common good of all. It
also vested the law making power in
the selfsame people who were bound
by the law which they themselves en
acted. The demand that popular gov
ernment be substituted in the place
of monarchy—absolute or limited—
made Instant appeal to Intelligent men j
throughout the civilised world.’ And
so, there wm ‘a new birth of freedom’
offering hope to the oppressed of every
race and clime.
“It requires a far reach of the Imag
ination to visualize the contempt with
•which the language of the Declaration
of Independence was reoelved In the
royal otrclea of England. The words
were not only regarded as treasona
ble, but those who uttered them were
looked upon as mad men. Yet so far
reaching was the Influence of those
Immortal principles of freedom and
liberty given to the world in that
great document, .that within a short
period after they' were proclaimed by
the representatives of the weak arid
insignificant colonies, they had over
turned nearly every throne on the con
tinent of Europe and had sown the
seed which made England herself free
and thus paved the way for the advent
of that great commonwealth of na
tions new known as the British empire.
America Free* England
"It Is a strange paradox, lnueed, but
nevertheless true, that England her
self caught the true spirit of demo
cratic government from our own Dec
laration against her. And soon, there
after, the Influence of the same great
Instrument laid the foundation for
the freedom ef another great English
speaking nation. I refer, of course, to
our friendly neighbor on the north,
the Dominion of Canada.
"I shall never forget the beautiful
sentiment expressed by the late Dr.
James A. McDonald, edlter of the To
ronto Globe, In his address before the
Scottish Society of America, at Its
meeting at Fayetteville, when he ac
olalmed America as the author of Can
ada’s freedom, referring to the fact
that the first rights ef self-government
wbloh England accorded Canada fol
lowed closely upon the adoption of
our federal constitution. The free
governments of Australia, South Af
rica and finally the traglo pathway of
fighting Ireland to the sacred pre
cincts of freedom, may all be attrib
uted to America's declaration that
governments derive their Just powers
from the consent of the governed.
Within a half century after Its adop
tion, our Declaration of Independence
had made nearly the entire western
hemisphere into free and self-govern
ing nations. Within a little over one
hundred years It had wrested from au
‘tooratlc control practically every na
tion in Europe except Germany, Rus
sia and Turkey.
"On the 14th' day of this month,
France will celebrate Bastile day, be
cause LaFayette,- as the result of his
intlmaoy with Thomas Jefferson,
| drafted for her a bill of rights, mod
i eled upon the great American idea of
free and representative government.
On the 14th of July, 1790, LaFayette
presided over the most imposing spec
tacle ever beheld by a free people up
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established in France, and all work
was suspended. All classes of the oiu
senShlp from the highest to the lowest
assembled and took the oath of alle
glanoe to be loyal to the governmnt
and to uphold the law. Lafayette, him
self pronounced the oath which was
then repeated by the assembled multi
tude and then the ohief executive arose
and took his oath of allegiance to the
people of Franoe, acknowledging his
allegiance to the constitution and laws
and that he held his position subject
to the will of the people. . This cere
mony has ever since been repeated an
nually.
Key •* Bpstlle at Kt "wan* , ,
"It is a significant faot that the key
of the Bastile as the emblem of the
departed power of the kings of Prance
now hangs upon the wall at Mt. Ver
non, a gift from Lafayette to Wash
ington, and an emblem of gratitude to
Amerioa for having pointed the way to
liberty. ,
"Free government now exists in prao*
tloally every nation of the world as
well as In the isles of the seven seas.
But let it never be forgotten that the
ideas thus enunciated were only the
adaptation to the government of na
tions of the truths proclaimed in' the
jSermon on the Mount.
"Thus it was that independence in
America became the beaoon light of
freedom and liberty throughout the
world. ’ '
‘It is true that the processes thus
begun are not yet complete because
there are still a few nations which
have not yet embraced the great prin
ciples we have been discussing. We
need not be discouraged, however, for
we must remember that the transition
from serfdom to complete independ
ence is bound to be retarded here and
there by the . exigencies imposed by
human limitations. Some times there
are difficulties growing oat of the un
preparedness of a people for liberty,
as is the case in the Philippines, and
this naturally retards Its final con
summation. But notwithstanding these
temporary drawbacks, the truths em
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bodied In that great document will
continue to give forth thelx leaven
until the wfhole world Is brought with
in their Influence. It has . long beeri
admitted by the ablest statesmen of
the world that no equal number of
words ever penned by the hand of man
have so Influenced the course of hu
man destiny as those whloh I have
quoted. The declaration in Its entirety
Is without equal In the annals of law
or literature. No other document ever
had a more Inspiring text, none ever
conveyed a meaning, and because .of Its
continuing Inspiration and Influence, It
will endure “until the " floodgate* of
time shut In eternal, rest." . . ’
The Destiny of America "*■.
America was chosen, perhaps by the
hand of Providence, to first hold aloft
the torch of liberty and therefore, the
manifest destiny of America is to In
sure the blessings, of liberty , to man
kind everywhere.
“fiVhen we look around us and visu
alise oar magnificent country, with Its
hundred millions of prosperous and
oontented people, Its limitless domain.
Its unparalleled resources, its magnifl
oent religious, educational and erle
mosynary institutions, its traditions
and its glorious history, we must not
forget that all of this has been pur
chased by the blood of our ancestors,
whose patrlotlo sacrifices wrought the
freedom we enjoy today.
We must not- forget that the very
essence of liberty Is the protection of
the poor and the work from,the selfish
impositions of the rioh and the strong;
and so the great; principles of the
declaration of independence, to which
I have called attention today, have
always been, and wfll-montlnue to £>e,
the bulwark of those .who need protec
tion from Injustice and oppression.
"It is proper, therefore, that respect
for law should be the first concern
of every good cltisen and particularly
the cltisen who on account of eviron
ment or circumstances may most need
proteotion.
Patriotism, Should Be Exalted.
"One of the safe-guards of free gov
ernment Is to exalt patriotisms and in
culcate respect fQti’ law. Scattered
throughout our great country will' be
found what may well be called the
shrines of the nation because It was
the home and burial place of Washing
ton. the Father of his Country, "who
contributed more than anyother to the
cause of American freedom, monticello
is & magnificent specimen of colonial
architecture but not on that account
la it a ehrine for the American people
but beoause it was the home of that
great patriot, Thomson Jefferson, the
author of the declaration of independ
ence, in which was embodied the Im
mortal principles of democracy which
we discussed todgy.
"Of all the soldiers of whatever rank
•who gave their lives in the world war,
America partd greatest honor to the
unknown eoMier. His remains were
conveyed from the battle-field In
France to the shores of America by
one of the greatest battleships of the
American navy. He lay in state in the
rotunda of the capitol at Washington.;
His body was transported through the
principal streets of the oapttal, follow
ed by the greatest funeral prooesston
that has ever honored' any nation’s
hero, and greater by far than that
which followed the great Napoleon to
his lasting place in the InValldes'at
Paris. The president of the United
Stated the great ex-president, who
was his former commander-in-chief,
the cabinet, the ambassadors of many
nation®, the ranking officers of the
army and navy and hundreds of thou
sands of the citizens of America paid
their last tribute of honor to thiB
fallen hero.
“He now sleeps under the beautiful
marble edifioe erected in his honor
by a grateful nation, in front of the
magnificent memorial amphi-theq»tre
at Aldington. Only God; and the angels
know'who he was in life. He may have
been an pbscure laborer from the^ most
remhte ®atrict of the -republic. And
wh'i\’>|>Vlw, was he thus .^honored above
all who fought and died for America
in that great war? It was because he
was the true representative of a na
tion which had dedicated itself to the
Ideals that ‘all men are created equal,’
and for that reason he was chosen as
the worthy typo of that democratic
army which America sent across three
thousand! miles of sea to fight for free
dom and liberty. He. truly exemplified
the principles whloh our forefathers
pledged themselves to uphold, when
they adopted the declaration of inde
pendence, 147 years ago today.
Th* Spirit of *re.
"Perhaps the hast knpwn war paint
ing: in America is that of the war I
stained trio, a drummer boy, a standard |
bearar and a fifer, roarohlng at the 1
head of the continental forces in the I
war of'the revelution. The painting: is
entitled the 'Spirit of ’76.’ There is
inspiration, noble courage, grim de
termination and the confidence of vic
tory in the expression or tnelr faces
in this painting: where the Ideals of
Amerioa have taken up their fixed
abode upon the canvass. ?o universal
is the appreciation of this picture that
it is regularly produced In living: colors
Whatever patrlotlo exerolses are held,
for it breathes the spirit and the. de
termination which characterised the
army of America in 1778.
- “There'is no occasion to-doubt that
this same spirit exists today and that
it is still the main spring behind
America’s service in the cause of
liberty throughout the world, it was
that spirit that inspired our beloved
war President, Woodrow Wilson,
through those trying years of the
world war: that encouraged him to do
his utmost to aovid w^r and that
finally brought, him reluctantly to the
conviction that the cause of freedom
demanded America’s intervention in
the conflict. It was that same spirit
that heartened and strengthened the
American soldier when he iett «u* own
shores and traveled thousand* of miles
to a foreigT^land that he\ might do his
part in souring the death knell of
world"41 0 ffover?m6nt throughout the
It is proper, therefore, that we should
call to mind the'glorious deeds of our
forefathers In building the great nation
whose protection and privileges we en
joy today. ; \
We should follow the example of the
•people of France and annually renew
our pledge of allegiancb to our country
and its laws. We should learn-to be
more reverent of our opuntry*s flag and
we should teach others their duty in
this regard. We should try to under
stand the true conception of liberty and
to make plain this conception to those
'who are ignorant of it. We should re
alize, that patriotism is spiritual and
that it has its roots deep down in a
man's nature; that the true test oi
patriotism is loyalty to our flag and
reserved respect for law and constituted
authority.
In other parts of the world there is
unrest, suspicion and broken pledge^.
There is also a lack of leadership of the
kind that compels unity of action and
confidence^ It is time for patience and
the helpin'? hand; a time when true
patriotism should be tite guide for the
consciences of men.
Having blazed the trial so that others
might follow us, we must assume the
obligations of the pioneer. This. I think
may be best achieved by endeavoring
to oarry the principles of our govern
ment to the peoples of all nations. Let
us never forget that while the Ameri
can flag is saluted with admiration by
men of every race and of every clime,
that the only way in which we can keep
it true and unsullied, is to see to it that
the great principles of liberty, equality
faithfully practiced in our personal nad
and justice which it represents are
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