Editor’s Note: This speech was delivered in 1917 and was published in the September issue of Watson’s Magazine.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: Deeply impressed with the gravity of this occasion, and an earnest desire to preserve the liberties of my people and our common country, I beg to submit, that —
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says:
“Congress shall make no law abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
In pursuance of our rights, we who are here assembled, declare.
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