The Large Banking Interests Were Deeply Interested

There Are Two Ideas Of Government. There Are Those Who Believe That, If You Will Only Legislate To Make The Well-to-do Prosperous, Their Prosperity Will Leak Through On Those Below. The Democratic Idea, However, Has Been That If You Legislate To Make The Masses Prosperous, Their Prosperity Will Find Its Way Up Through Every Class Which Rests Upon Them

If God Himself Was Not Willing To Use Coercion To Force Man To Accept Certain Religious Views, Man, Uninspired And Liable To Error, Ought Not To Use The Means That Jehovah Would Not Employ.

The Poor Man Who Takes Property By Force Is Called A Thief, But The Creditor Who Can By Legislation Make A Debtor Pay A Dollar Twice As Large As He Borrowed Is Lauded As The Friend Of A Sound Currency. The Man Who Wants The People To Destroy The Government Is An Anarchist, But The Man Who Wants The Government To Destroy The People Is A Patriot.

Behold A Republic Standing Erect While Empires All Around Are Bowed Beneath The Weight Of Their Own Armaments - A Republic Whose Flag Is Loved While Other Flags Are Only Feared.

In Commemoration Of The Fact That France Was Our Ally In Securing Independence The Citizens Of That Nation Joined With The Citizens Of The United States In Placing In New York Harbor An Heroic Statue Representing Liberty Enlightening The World. What Course Shall Our Nation Pursue? Send The Statue Of Liberty Back To France And Borrow From England A Statue Of William The Conqueror?