New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-14
PATRIOTISM IN PEACE.
49, .nnpEss BY PRESIDENT GATES. OF
AMHERST COLLEGE.
,xrr,rs OF POPULAR GOVERNMENTAL
rr,,JGENr MORALITY THE SAFEGUARD

,,-xrr1rs OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT-lN-
,,crSr MORALITY THE SAFEGUARD
OF FREE PEOPLE.
,. C,ub and their friends assembled in
,r,hsrc at Shcrry's last evening TO listen 10
aaarass by DR. Merrill Edward Gates now presi.
49,. ~ Amherst College. and formerly presideh' Oh
Rutgers. a., uhi.., "patriotisn
{, Tins of Peace" and after being introduced oy
r, IT Rober,s presden; OF the club. spoke IN part
M. succession OF centennial celebrations through
which we nae nsT tho historic Consciousness OF
eonle as well as their love OF country anu We tta
6 5na' Natcns rs; century period of
time quite by Itself UNI nattons Of The world we
are are no longer isolated by ins'sn''ca"'e u "
bs great problem in the internal SOCIAL life Of
tho nations Of civilized world at fne e san live
the century is site, 70 ea." n m9T life physically
tosetdne1 nd Clean lfe morally This problem presses
upon Us 81, 10Y pa,pio; %ho loves his land find him,
self BY oye he bears MS ,S%ard ohe
Does The love of ones own nation nHcve natriotism
s. ohsF n SnS s. he ne es %
intense love country needed ons tr whsn not
threatens the Ma MaSns he no. Or ons called for
Ssnehssenily prevalent IN our aeaf '"'0' '''''|
peace?
ADVANTAGES OF sELF-RCLE.
After declaring that a States healthy growth IS
colncident only with It's ability to assim'ia'e """'
% ACQUIRES President Gates SAID:
sometimes men say with sigh; .di we , ro" 81
U UnSl We Want to be free from anxiety about
,,inns and bosses we want TO let alone mat'e rs
~ Government local and general; we wan. 10 Oe
Serfecy free to attend 10 our own Far beiter
IN its power to develop manhood Is the systs" IN
which believe the syseT wh iSe
mon the entire body of citizens. and demands Of
them thought and action. thus deveIophe , inaS
sc ,Na cost of occasional failures to attain the
hest results BY the best methods
DESPOTIC MAJORITIES.
There Is such a thing the absolute despotism
Of the majority-a despotism emphasized by NOISY
nress which merely reflects the VIII OF the ma
tor;ty-a despotism which 10 utterly fatal 10 I'D
erty as Is the autocratic rule OF the Car Inc
only safeguard OF free people against such a
tyranny lies in popular intelligence and popular
morallty-in popular morality. because the majority
has right 10 do what II pleases ohIy Wheh II
nisases 10 do what right Our salvation as
prople lies in intelligent morality. II is not some
What we need is clearer. stead.er examples of I'M
Ninchng morality in political life. No man can
separate his acts a politician from his acts ana
his character as a man. The politician who Is
Known iiiH as clever manipulation Of men debases
manhood for he does not appeal to reason or
respect character in moral agents;
The Monroe Doctrine Is TO be Endorsed IN It's Woe
sleeves at every nation on earth, for it is only
one principle in policy That policy means ina, ina,
develops the men and the society where It pre-
walls. The ideal government is not pertectiy wise
best OF all possible codes but an active Intelligent
upward striving people. ruling themselves at me
COST OF occasional failures and with a conscious
eTort that strengthens and develops those who
put into it thought and purpose This Is the Ameri-
t es1 of another man This principle Of the
government our forefathers founded. And this Is
The government which most surely makes manly