Evening journal., 1900-09-24

same They implied the cost OF the /
promotion which was ofiere them. was |
greater than they were vii ling to pay. /
They, in tho FIRST place. meant that /
government, as they under stood it, in |
volved one in much toll an Il care They |
clearly saw that he who reigwed over
the trees must go up and dowp for the
trees-give himself to bus inesj in the
wide and exacting sense.
They. in the second : lacf,, clearly
recognize that no one an enter a.
place of public trust ant rleet its re-
quirements without sub ort mating his
private interests and ad va ntages; that
If he would fill il as tn o voice out of
the eternities says he { ~ ght, he must
sacrifice individual conte rms to the
good Of the community.
In the third place they observed
that there was great p Til in honors
and dignities. What tn ey saw in the
conduct Of others convii iced them that
preferment often made men proud and
introduced them to te mptations that
ara largely avoided in the lower
spheres OF life. PlaW Iible and force
ful, however, as these. EXCUSES are, no
American citizen shea I'D urge them.
a Democracy said distinguished au-
thor is no more Sc cred than mon
archy. It is man W DO is sacred. It is
his duties and oppo rtunities, not his
, rights that nevada. rs need enforce
y ment
1T is our duties and our opportuni-
q ties that need enfo fcement; the ideg
n that one must give even his life wher
the exigency require it. No private ol
individual concernse no sense Of con
. tentment in the hu mbler walks Of life
q no aversion to the cares and exactionl
a of public place-n one Of these thing
= is an excuse He who urges them Il
:. not a patriot, but an American, wh'
= owes his country what his manhoo,
=, refuses to pay. Were it not for thi
Is fact; for the fact that thousands upol
m thousands in our own states, physi
~ clans, teachers. artists, merchants
ID manufacturers, farmers, and other
: shirk their DUTIES as citizens; sayin
70 by way Of eXtenuatiol that they can
not leave their fitness and their sweet
ofl ness, as the olive and the fig tree ex
4 81 pressed tiff it were not for that fac
there could not, and there would not b
~ the corruption in politics and the ma
Ne administration in office to which tn
~ comptroller of our greatest city call
- attention.
Il yesterday had the pleasure Of pal
- ticipating in exercises commemorative
'Ie Of the fact that our American flag wa
~, probably first unfurled at Cooch
~ Bridge. near Newark. The ceremoni,
~ were dignified and impressive Short
- after they ended e. prominent citizs.
~ in a private conference, spoke Of u
--r coming election ard deplored the IA
-, that our yeomanry must pay one do
4 lar in order to qualify themselves II
,is voting He said it actually was Il
cause OF much political knavery al
g., corruption. l thought 50 myself v
.ha talk about Old Glory and resolve
-, mark the spot where the heroes Of
H. first, perhaps, flung it to the breeze
~ while We with equinimity. tOlera
~, abuses that will inevitably lead to a
"a palling results. If we continue to fC
e. low our bramble leaders they will brii
49, us where God in righteous wrath W
80. 80 say TO lis that we, as a nation. ha
on been false to our duties and opportuI
% %aI ties"