Sometimes it is so deep and silent!
Once when It broke in on Lincoln in this way and said, "Who are we?" he prayed.
CHAPTER IX
NEWS-MEN
It seems very difficult to get news through as to who we really are to a President. When I look about me and see what the President's ways are of telling news about himself to us, I see that he is not without his advantages. But when I look about to see what conveniences we have as a people for telling our President news about us, I note some curious things. The fears of the American people, the fears and threats of labour and capital are organized and expressed, but their faiths, their wills, the things in them that make them go and that make them American, are not organized and are not expressed.
The labour unions are afraid and say, "We will not work," to their employers, "You cannot make us work." The President hears this. It is about all they say.
The capitalists and employers are afraid and they say, "We will not pay," "You cannot make us pay."
Shall the President act as if these men represent Labor and Capital?
We say, "No."