The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-21
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that he will worthily stand for the United
States whenever he is I'm his embassy
and whenever he speaks as Ambassador,
but he does not agree that he VIII re-
frain from discussing the policy OF the
partv that chances TO be In control 81 TIC
United States Government as ali other
citizens OF tho United states may do.
when he IS out Of his embassy ana when
he has laid aside the robes and insignia
of Ambassador. When he has done that
ne mas every ght that any other Amefi-
can citizen has, and the most precious OF
all ,hose rights is the right to discuss the
measures that have been adopted or that
it Is proposed to adopt for his country
European rnonarchics viii not permit
their ambassadors 20 foreign courts TO
DO this. because they are all more or
less hawpored and spanceiled by customs
ana formulas that have descended from
the feudal age when the king was every
thing and tho people were little better
than slaves. But VIC have opened a great
quiz between ourselves ana everything
monarchical. ana our method for keeping
that gulf open is to allow every Ameri-
can TO discuss al the measures Of his
Government as freely as he discusses the
affairs Of his nclghborhood.
Instead Of governmental measure be-
ing too high and mighty and sacred TO be
discussed. the very thing which our Con-
suution expects every CITIZEN of the
-. i, ttt f4fff or
ONT OF Office, IS TO discuss every govern
mental measure proposed or adopted with
.r. most absolute freedom and 70 point
out any defect in it unsparingly end
without mercy.
And. instead Of the representatives, Of
the American people censuring Mr.. Bay
ard for what he said In that speech,
should not every American thank him for
his noble and patriotic utterances2 Take
this for instance, as the relation of capt.
tai to labor:
It is clear and indubitable that the in
forests Of capital and labor are united
by a common fate, they are copartneis,
not adversarics. and there should be 10
obscuratiuu OF this important truth. The
proceeds upon the false idea that the
interests of capital and labor are divisi-
bic and antagOnstic should alike be con-
demned for the prosperity of each Is
bound up with the other and the prn-
ciples of personal liberty are equally
necessary Tor the welfare OF both.
Autocracy. piutocacy oligarchy 60
cialism. or mob rule. each and all are
equally fatal to well-ordered government,
of which the end is the personal liberty
aud happiness of the Individual. a So
cicty iu which the essential unit Is a free
man.
Should any man be censured for that
uttcf0nce? Should he be censured for
the Glowing remarks upon the necessity
for the freedom of the Individual Hear
him:
The freedom Of the individual in human
society is and always must be, the essen
tiai and immutabie factor 70 meet and
obedicntly 10 recognize and carry out the
Developments OF the supreme will as II
shall be permitted TO become known to
the minds and cOnsciences Of men, If
progress or even permanence In civiiza-
ton is hoped for. For, as man Is
"heavCn born and destined TO the skies
again. tho laws that placed LIN Ire
will surely vindicato themse YES.
In the scrupulous safeguarding Of per-
s0nal liberty. independence 81 JUDGMENT.
thought. and lawful action. the uue seed
OF progress and pcrmanence can alone
be found.
Consider. then. his remarks upon the
outcome of freedom to the mind. lie
said.
Truth has been called the daughter of
al If
nineteen centuries which have passed
since the light of The Christian moral
order has been shed upon the world dis
closes the induhitable fact mat every dis
cOvery under which improvement in hu-
man relations has been accomplished. and
by which the civilization OF mankind has
progressed, has been brought into the
worlds use through the channel OF an
individual mind, and in no Instance by
the associated power of mankind. NO
great discovery can be named which has
opened new fields Of beneficence and use
ful industry, increased bencvJlsn,e.N iden-
60 and deepened sympathies. and elevated
human thought and action but a. due 10
the free conscience private judgment,
and mental exertion Of an individual.
is il for Americans TO censure their
Ambassador for placing tnem before a
great and intelligent foreign audience in
the following terms?
You will, / believe. agree with me in
holding the rapid growth ana develop
ment Of the United States to be the
most remarkable page in the history Of
civilized mankind. The echoes of the
faVage war-wh00p. the crack of the
rifle. the sound OF the settlers axe, and
crash Of the falling timber had scarcely
died away when. beholdl continental
civilization presented itsCf. one fag
waving from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
shores and from the Frozen Ocean and
the Canadian line TO the CULTS Of Cali
fornia and Mexico. over the homes Of
nearly seventy millions OF self-governing.
vigorous. and Intelligent people, sanguine
of the future and animated with the best
results OF the worlds progress in the
/ scale Of civilization. Yet little more than
/ century has rolled by since. breathless,
! bleeding. clad in ragged homespun. but
radiant with solemn triumph
/ Rough. poor. content. ungovernably bold;
! War in each breast. and freedom on each
/ brow!
/ their ancestors, emerging from IN un-
equal contest. gathered themselves to-
gether as a family OF repuDncs. united
under single. independen- governm-;.
stepped into the family Of nations. and
/ calmly took their place at the council
J table OF the worlds powers.
This marvellous progress can only lie
/ adequately accounted for by the freedom
| permitted 10 the units OF that population.
| 10 each individual citizen, without sur
] t.cufGr Of coincidence 70 enjoy the admit l.