The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15

polincNhberty. the triumph Of whichin America
would be the presase Of It's triumph In the world.
upon M.' the Se4' e St,RSaeiS 'n ~ sase s,asai1 America siGcs
rose In rebellion against arbitrary and absolute
g~overnment; abe unsheathed the sword In the
name OF the rights OF man and Of the citizen.
There Is but one who In His own right has
power 70 rule over men-Almighty God, and
from Him Is derived whatever authority e
y not, however. directly. given to the one Of the
lew; u is communicatcd by him to the people
by those whom they designate. And the men
In whom this authority Is invested by delegations
OF the people are to use It not for the benent
people, All this is the plain teaching Of reason
and religion, and yet not seldom were such simple
truths forgotten, not seldom in practice was
classes. and exercised ~ If the human race
lived for the few The rebellion Of a people
on so large a scale as was the uprising Of The
universal attention, and the triumph of such
a rebellion could not but stir other peoples 10
a sense Of their rights and to a stern resolve to
1T will not. assuredly. be said that the repub-
ncan form OF government. Ia vital to q. veil.
ordered State nor that without II the right. e
Is the best and proper rolty for every people.
The form Of a government $ a question thatmusi
m rsn, S's sol ,as RSs S the% 11 sscor nnn9e To- & sS. Hs . asts:i
needs and their dispositions Of character. u
is, nevertheless, true that the republican form
Of he limitations and If rraPonsibiiities 81 powsr'
and consequently the founding Of a republic
such as that Of the United. States was ? momen-
world. In every. commonwealth the peoples
sense OF their rights and power was quickened.
and there sprung up In the conscienoes Of the
r rSst. aHof toward al The 'P peopIe's w 81 s"esr
to-day In any country the particular form OF
government, democracy IL there In some de-
Dvaa md 10 10 thara hnoouoA ~ a.. vJa~ory 81
umph In America. whence went forth Ia
charmed spell that reached, were II but In weak.
ened waves, the uttermost bounds OF civilized
The creation Of the Republic Of the United
states was the inauguration OF q ney era n
Of the people. Such is the true meaning Of
the American Revolution, the full signifcsnce
OF the work done In America by Lafayette
srSi: q he as. Of n. people. Every d.e.d,
march Of, democracy Political movements
sSeeps Under aSrs:.. an and them eeS o only 1o Tor a0 : si%e
Is. power Witch sS.y. Ssvs 20 ong s'' Welded p p
for arsuments against democracy in its ap-
parent perils Is z waste Of time. The pat
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rule through the people. through the individual
men who constitute tho people. 70 obtain
results in the civil and political world he must
80 to the individual, enlighten biz mind, form
his conscience and thus enlist his sympathies
and win his intelligent cooperation. He who
methods fail, Tho task for those who would
rule men is made moro dif1c,ilt. The time 10
long gone BY when men can be swayed BY
sword or proclamation. But. manhood IN
men has meanwhile grown and they who love
manhood In men should rejoice.
Why should we be asked to regret the com.
Ing Of democracy What is IL In its ultimate
analysis but the practical assertion Of the
dignity Of man, indelibly impressed upon him
when he was fashioned TO the image Of the
Creator? What is II but truet in the power Of
truth and righteousness, and in the readiness
OF the una soul to respond in the proper
conditions TO such inhuences? The growth
OF mind and will In the individual Ia what all
must hail who believe in human progress, or
In the strength OF Christian civilization. And
as mind and will grow in men. so grow in him
the consciousness Of his rights and power, and
the resolve TO uphold rights, to put power INTO
act, and TO resist all irrational or unnecessary
restraint upon either rights or power-and
thus is begotten democracy. The new age
has dawned for all humanity. but. where men
have the more quickly and Tie more thoroughly
understood their dignity, there its golden rays
have risen higher above the horizon and she'd
more richly their light upon human thought
and action"