The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-06
IIr us A DISHONEST CONCERN

depend upon others. The successful
business men that / have known are
men who study the problem how they
could do the most for the community.
The foundation-stone of success is
rendering service. The young man
who works hardest. who renders the
best service, rises. They are the men
who are at the head of business in
New York and elsewhere.
He then referred to two statements
in the Declaration of Independence,
and said one was false and one was
true. The first. Governments rests
on the consent of the governed" is
false. 1t is based on Rousseau's phil
osophy, that in the early times the
individuals gave up their rights to a
common government in order to es-
tablish order. No such surrender was
ever made.
Service is the law of the social or
ganism. We are knitted together
and the fundamental law of political
or social life is service.
There never was a state of nature
in which men were free. The further
we go back the more there is Of des-
potism.
the will of one man or all
gravity. heat, health and the
like. They are eternal and in the
will of the Almighty. Congress can
not make law. 1t can only conform
to divine law. God hasn't a few favo-
rites. His laws are for all.
The other declaration is Govern
ments exist for the benefit of the
governed This is immutable and
eternal and true. The government of
the family and school depends not
upon the vote of the children. The
government of God is for the benefit
of the children for whom He makes
his laws.
He then read from speech he
had made in the North last year to
the effect that the North was not in
terested in the negro suffrage prob
lem in the South because negro suf-
frage. meant bad government, or
words to that effect.
Now, fellow citizens" said the
speaker, as he continued. this
Christian problem of service must be
applied to all our social problems.
1t means that political power is an
endowment for political service. and
the men who administer the govern
ment must do it for the good Of all.
"ln the North it does not mean that
the incoming immigrant shall be al
wed to vote as soon as he lands
Native Americans have to live here
81 years before they can vote. and
would it be bad if immigrants were
required to wait the same length of
time.
I'm the South it does not mean that
the top shall 90 to the bottom. or the
bottom shall go to the top. but that
the strong are to serve those who
are under them.
There are great and little natures.
The Anglo-SaXon pride resents the
idea that Malay has all the ability
of self-government that an Anglo
Saxon who has had eight centuries
of civilization possesses. We that are
the strong nation might be the SER
want of the weaker nation. Spain
reversed this and impoverished both"
He Glorified England's foreign pol
icy.
'We must have leaders in politics
but we must not have a man who is
behind with whip to direct. What
we want in America is men who
will swear that government of Bosses
by bosses and for bosses shall perish
from the earth
'We know more of government by
bosses in New York city than YOU do
here" said the speaker.
SO. Those which affect industrial
characters. The greatest doctor is
he that serves us best. 1t is the most
f-sacrificing of all performances.
The cross of the minister is a light
cross compared to that of a true ply
stefan. He has no home life; he
deals with us in our worst estate, and
when we get well we begrudge the
doctor his bill.
''The journalist is the recorder of
current history. 1t is not an easy
thing for an honest man to do. The
enterprise of modern journalism is
air beyond belief. 1t reaches to
each quarter of the globe
Journalists are much scoffed at in
certain quarters. There are a few who
are inveterate liars; there are many
more of earnest. whole purpose. who
spare ma pains to ascertain the truth
'Papers are sometimes criticised be
cause they report crimes. 1t would
be better if they were not printed
in large type. but they must be print
ed. We want no cXpurgated paper.
We want the press to tell us what
has happened, just as it is. The press
is a mirror. We want to see the
blotches and stains on the mirror.
Sometimes the mirror is concave and
does not give a clear reflection, but
that is seldom.
''The teacher gives in the experience
of the past. Every child comes into
the world with nothing. external or
from experience. The world is only
60 years old. Is education worth
while? 1t depends upon what it is.
That education which learns the eN-
perience of the past and gives it to
the present is essential to human well
| fare.
Let me give these young men a
! warning and a piece of advice: You'll
| be sure to make blunders..D make
the plumbers your father made. Ed
ucation helps you to avoid that
| CourSe-this is education.
| "Ihere are men who business is
| to amuSe us. In this entire life we