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is the form sot forth' in tho Declaration of 'In
dependence. Our institutions rest upon that
conception of government that it is a thing
made by the people for themselves, that it is
theirs, that they are the sovereigns and that
the government is the instrument to work out
their destiny, to protect their rights and to
advance their interests.
Judge McCabe had taken a firm hold on this
conception of government and in his life it was
the controlling principle that guided him in the
discharge of the duties of citizenship. He
recognized tho responsibilities of citizenship and
he tried to live up to those responsibilities.
Reference has been made here to the fact that
when he came, a young man, into this community,
he announced a political faith that was not in
harmony with the prevailing sentiment, and I
suppose it might have been added that during
his long life here, he found himself constantly
and continuously at variance politically with the
majority of the people of this county.
He was not intolerant. He did not deny to
others the right to hold their opinion. He was
willing to concede to them the same rights that
he claimed for himself, but in his willingness to
stand, if necessary, alone in the defense of what
one believed to be right, we find the beginning
of progress. I know of no other tribute of
man that more clearly convinces one that he
wears the Divine image than the possession of
this moral courage. I care not where you find
it, I care not upon what side it is manifested,
and I will not aBk whether events prove the
man to be right or wrong; I affirm that the will
ingness of man to die for his conviction is the
foundation of all human progress. Without it,
civilization is impossible. Cowards cannot make
or move a world. It Is only brave men who push
it forward. It is only those who think, and,
thinking, dare to speak, and speaking, are, if
necessary, willing to die; they are the ones who
Achieve. Truth is always lonesome at first,
and it would be lonesome always but for the
courage of those who espouse it.
When a man sees a thing that he believes to
be true, he has. no right to conceal it. He must
give it to the world and then the world passes
judgment upon him. .At first they scoff at it,
-and .if the .man-who presents, it Mi as not the
if strength" that comes 'with the - conviction ' that
that which he has said is true, 'he may be
frightened but if he has that conviction, he re
peats tho statement,-' and each time more em
phatically and after a 'while that which only he
saw, some see, and that which some saw,- many
see, and then that which many -saw, all see dhd
.the -visions of the brave becomes the. law of
tho land. ' '
I. remember hearing a lady say once and I
-never heard the truth expressed more i'elici-
tously, that ' when one person sees a thing,
he is a fanatic, when quite a number see the
same thing, he is no longer a fanatic, he is
' simply an enthusiast, and when all see it, he "is
a hero.
Judge McCabe had that spirit of independence,
he had the moral courage that id so essential in
the making of a great nation, and then he took
hold upon a fundamental truth in all govern
ments, and that is, that the people not only
have the right to self-government, but that they
have the capacity for it. He was not afraid of
the people, not that he thought that they would
not make mistakes but he thought and thought
rightly, that the people have a right to make
their own mistakes and that no few people have
the God-given right to make mistakes for the
rest of the people. He recognized that, when the
people make mistakes they have the highest
possible interest in correcting them and will
correct their mistakes just as soon as they dis
cover, them.
Governments have been oppressive because a
few people have made mistakes at the expense
of the rest of the people and have had no in
terest in correcting them.
Judge McCabe believed -that the govern
ment was most secure when it was most respon
sive to the will of the people. He believed that
its foundation was most safe when the people
were the foundation. He believed in popular
government and he enjoyed life because he saw
the ideas of popular government taking pos
session of the world. He was in partnership
with the truth, and therefore his joy grew as
that truth was vindicated throughout all lands.
Let me conclude what I have to say with th
statement that his life was largo because the
foundation upon which he built it was large,
fie touched the people about him, because ho
was a natural and a normal man. His heart
- was big enough to take in all mankind. - He' felt
that he-was kin to the multitude, at every man
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was his brother and ho was willing to co-lnbor
with his brothers in all that made for tho advance
ment of his brother's good. Back of him and
before him was a God; around him was tjio
environment of a homo. Ho "was a part of
society, and a usoful part; he was a citizen in
a great government, and ho did his duty as a
citizen. His life was long, and, liko tho path
of the just, It was shining more and more unto
the perfect day. Ills friends loved him because
ho was lovable. Love begets love. Of all whom
the world has loved, it can bo said that they
loved him because ho first loved them. If Judgo
McCabe had lived a solflsh' life, ho would havo
diod as tho solflsh die. But ho did not Hvo a
selfish life. It was a life interwoven with tho
lives of many. He was a part of their life, and
when he died, every heart that know him felt
a pang of sorrow.
It is sad that such a one should be taken from
homo and friends, but God has given us a wealth
of things that comfort us. One Is gratitude for
the largeness of it; appreciation of tho wealth
of that life, the wealth shared by all who knew
him; and the other is tho hope of reunion be
yond the grave.
There is a lifo beyond. Tho plan of human
life is too largo to end in tho grave. The things
that attach us to thoso whom wo love are things
that cannot dio.
I am glad to have been counted among tho
friends of Judge McCabe. Ho was older by
many years than I. It encouraged mo when
his riper mind could endorse tho things that
my mind thought wise, and it encouraged mo in
the struggles through which we passed, to know
that his loyal heart was beating in sympathy
with everything which I had humbly tried to
assist my fellowmen in doing. He was my
friend. We feel helpless when age creeps on
when we see the powers of the body decline and
know that the day is not far distant when tho
. great enemy of us all, will win his final victory.
How gladly wo would do anything within our
power to prolong a human life, when that life
is a paTt of our own; how helpless we feel .when
we stand by tho body of a dead friend and feel
that it is beyond our power to extend, that life
or bring back tho spirit' from the grave. But
lAWs comforting to. -know- that- if this-spirit can
jjiotcome. backto us it-is... only ' matter iof
years when. our -spirits will go to be reunited
beyond the grayo with the spirits that havo
been congenial hero.
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SOME LUMBER-AND-LORIMER DEMOCRATS
The democratic national convention at Denver
in 1908 contained a platform promising the
people free lumber. In the following session of
congress, several amendments were offered, soma
providing for free lumber, and some, in tho
same spirit, for greatly reduced duties on lum
ber. Several democratic senators again and
again repudiated their platform pledge and voted
with Aldrlch against free lumber and reduced
rates on lumber. Again, nearly two years later,
when Lorimer was on trial before the senate, a
number of democratic senators voted in his
favor. The democratic senators who voted both
against free lumber and for Lorimer were these:
Bailey, Texas; Bankhead, Ala.1; Fletcher, Fla.;
Foster, La.; Tillman, S. C; Smith, Md.; Sim
mons, N. C; Johnston, Ala.
The democrat who led the fight against free
lumber was Bailey of Texas; the democrat who
led the fight in favor of Lorimer was Bailey of
Texas. Collier's.
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