CHAPTER XXIV 



Let justice reign o'er our mighty band; 



Let our hearts with triumph fill ; 

 Let all awake, ere 'tis too late, 



And every foe we'll still. 

 In unity we'll conquer all — 



Oh, may the day be near 

 When with God and right we will reign as might, 



With conscience bright and clear! 



Oh, why should we, to whom life depends, 



Be trampled in the dust? 

 While others gain, we writhe in pain, 



For want of right and just. 

 If one and all would for duty strive, 



Then sorrow soon would end; 

 We supreme would reign and our rights we'd gain — 



On no one we'd depend. 



As a final word, it seems to be necessary to urge 

 the thought that success would not involve the en- 

 slavement or control of any one class, but the free- 

 dom of all the people. It has been said that the 

 struggle to which the farmer is invited is one for 

 emancipation. What is sought is as little govern- 

 ment regulation as possible, and the widest possible 

 opportunity for each one to work out his own des- 

 tiny. The removal of obstacles rather than the im- 

 position of new restrictions is the end sought. 



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