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Show . THE "VALUE GIV- ING" STORE. M THE TOGGERY M I was rigty, and thon loyally and In ftlfl good faith to accept their decision. I Igj will do anything for the people ex- Ml cept what my conscience tells me s Wt wrong, and that I can do for no man K It and no set of men; I hold that a M man cannot serve the people well un- fl ' less he serves his conscience: but I 9 j' hold also that whero his conscience r bids him refuse to do what the peo- pie desire, he should not try to con- timio in office against their will. Our W ' government system should be so B shaped that the public servant, when m ' be cannot conscientiously carry out j the wishes of the people, shall at their desire leave his office and not If misrepresent them in ofTlce ;and I rjvg hold that the public servant can by tiBj so doing, belter than in any other M way, serve both them and his con- ' fj science. ) 1 "Surely there- never was a fight bet- ffl 1 ter worth making than the one in M which we are engaged. It little mat- J ters what befalls any one of us who 4 for the time being stand in the fore- . front of the battle. I hope we shall M win, and I believe that if we can 1 wake tho peoplo to what tho .flgh; Sh really means we shall win. But, wm or lose, we shall not falter. Whatever Ir fato mav at the moment overtake any X of us, the movement ltsolf will not sjg stop. Our cause Is based on the etor- W- nal principles of righteousness: and "- M even though we who now lead may & for the timo fail, in the end tho P- cause Jtself shall triumph Six weeks f. ago, hero In Chicago, I spoke to the t honest representatives of a conven- iMj Kf tion which was not dominated by I? E honest men; a convention wherein M7 m sat alas! a majority of men who, ;" M with sneering Indlfforenco to every ; principle of right, so acted as to bring -m to a shameful ond a party which had K been founded over half a century ago H by men in whose souls burned the fire JBJ of lofty endeavor. Now to you men. fm who in your turn, have come together 2siS to spend and be spent In tho endlesB A Jg crusade against wrong, to you who J.'M face the future resolute and confident, & to you who strive In a spirit of broth- (&B1 orhood for the betterment of ur na- & tion, to you who. gird yourselves for this great now fight in the nover- t;H ending warfare for the good of nu- If mankind. I say in closing what In T that speech I said Jn closing:- Wo 6 ;BB sUind at Armageddon, and we battle ; .'H for tho Lord." ,BM |