“Such is Populism. Such is its glorious Gospel. As such, I have loved it with boundless reverence. As its disciples, I have loved you, fought for you, toiled for you, never for one moment doubting that you were right, and that your creed was the same immortal creed which in all ages has challenged wrong, and defied oppression.”
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Trample the Truth as rudely as you may, even in her death struggle her voice is heard to say:
“I will come again.”
In the darkest hours of the past, when all seemed lost and the weaklings, the timeservers, the fickle minded and the mercenaries were fleeing to cover, I used to say, constantly, confidently, “Courage, friends. Be firm. Don’t lose heart. It will all come right.
“Populism, as a party, may seem to be dead, but the Spirit is immortal. It cannot die. As sure as God lives,
“It will come again.”
And now, after many days, in God’s own time, it HAS come again. From the bottom of my heart and from yours, come thanks to the Lord of the Universe who spared our lives to see this day.
And the purpose to which every energy I possess shall be devoted, henceforth, is to help those whom the people commission to bring about Reform.
As to Reward, I seek none, expect none, save that of the Inner Voice which says,