The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-23

or loss Of liberty. The lnscrupulous greed
OF some great corporations or some innl- .,...
1s unwholesomely developed. while the
higher and better qualities are completely
atrophied, may at times cause danger; out
the evil thus caused can always, unoer
system OF popular suffrage. be remedied by
the election or officers VINO are just anu
decent.
UPHELD THE LAWS.
Washington appreciated TO the full that
this government is a government OF law,
and that where the laws are defied with
impunity, or are corruptly administered,
or are nonadministered at the will or some
executive officer, it means that there has
been progress toward the overthrow of true
liberty. Mob government is incompatible
with personal freedom and anarchic vio-
lence is the hand-maiden and bond-servant
of irresponsible tyranny.
Finally. 1t is necessary. not only that
the true patriot shall war relentlessly
against the wrongdoer, fearless In the per-
formance of his ordinary civic duties, but.
further, that he shaQ possess that high
form OF love of country which shows itself
In readiness to support the country.s inter
ests against the interests OF other nations.
Washington was a soldier. He Won his
prominence blythe sword. 1t is true thai
IL he had not been man of the wisest
and pureSt character he never would have
attained his high position, and would have
been poweriess to do good TO the country;
but 1t is no less true that he would have
failed also If he had been lacking in the
splendid virile fighting qualities which he
showed in his youth. There Is an unhappy
tendency among certain OF our cultivated
people to lose sight of the great. manly
conquer, not only in time Of peace, but on
the field OF battle; exactly as there exists
tendency among our very wealthy people
to try all things by a monetary standard
and to count the honor of the Nation as
of little weight when compared to the
pecuniary loss which might be caused by
war.
Wealth is a good thing but il is i'll TO
acquire il at the cost of losing the power TO
see that there are other things which are
even better. Refinement and cultivation are
also good things. They are qualities which
We should strive in every way TO acquire,
and We feel nothing but contempt for the
fool who jeers at education, but this foo!
is partially justified by the worse folly of
the ma1 who really does strive to shape
education so that ii shall eliminate the
manly qualities. Cultivation and refinement
are too dearly purchased IL they are bought
at the cost of the loss OF the great fighting
virtues or at the cost Of the loss OF a spirit
of intense Americanism. Washington was
an American in every fibre of his body. His
bringing up was American; his instincts and
habits of thought were American, and he
was for the interests OF America as opposed
TO those or any and every foreign natios'
We can best show our appreciation OF his
character III we ourselves remember in all
our words and deeds 10 be Americans and
Americans only, and If we make our states
men and representatives feel that while We
wish honorable peace with all the world.
yet that there is no nation in the world
from whom we would shrink for a single
moment If, in controversy with her, IL be-
comes necessary to uphold our honor by an
appeal to the supreme arbitration of the
sword"
This evening a banquet was given at the
Union League Club, covers being laid for
400 persons. and was brilliant in the ex-
treme. President Kohlsaat presided. The
following were the toasts and responses;
The Enforcement OF Law" Theodore
Roosevelt. OF New York city: Washington
and TIE West, Edward c. Mason, of Cni-
cago; Washington and the American Idea,'
Rev A. H. Cleveland. of Mankato. MINI /;
"tJnion." Professor Barrett Wendell, Har-
ward University.