Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10

WEDNESDAY,, SEPTEM
snap ofshy fAger whether he comes from
the north or the south or the east or the
west we ~ ~ & g ssrstght and decent man 1
plause.)
The Lesson Of Brotherhood.
"Oh, my friends, the lesson of brother
hood, the LESSEN that is taught by such a
greeting ASH AIN receiving at this moment.
the lesson that Is taught whenever you see
valiant atd gtAle men who wore the blue
meet valiant and, true men who wore the
gray and strike hands with them, that les
son appfies though all our national life,
and 1t applies just as much in forming a
Judgment between class and class as be-
succeed in making this country what it
can ana ~shaf-be made until we work to-
getner not primarily as northerners and
southerners, fasteners or westerners, not
primarily as employees or employers towns
men or countrymen, capitalists or wage
workers, but primarily as American citi-
zenS tapplause1to whom the right of broth
erly friendship and comradeshfp with all
other decent American citizens comes as
the nrst and greatest OF privileges.
We need good laws, we need honest and
upright administration Of the laws. but we
need as the fundamental prerequisite for
good government q high average standard
OF citizenship in the men who make the
laws and stand back of them. Applause.)
citizenship. A bad law will do incalculable
harm, and no greater damage can be done
TO any community than INSTRUMENTATION,
dishonest or unfair administration of laws
A law badly administered can do great
harm and often most harm to those
who at any given moment may
think that it is to their interest to
have the law violated or to have it put
upon the statute books. Bad laws can do
harm Good laws can do measure of
good, but it is the man behind the law who
performs his duties, determine whether
this country is to go up or down CAP
plause)
Character the Great Thing.
Character is what counts. The men here
who fought in the Union army. the men
who fought in the confederate army, let
them look back. What did they care for
most in the men who were their comrades,
who fought on their right hand and their
left hand in time Of action? 1t was not as
to the mans antecedents; it was not as to
whether he was rich or poor, or what his
social position had been: 1t was to know
whether when the time Of crisis came he
would stay. daughter and applause0 II
the need came to go forward, you wanted to
be dead sure when he moved that he would
move in the right direction You wanted TO
know whether you could count on his being
there as a good friend or as a foe to look
out for. You wanted to have him devoted
to his country, devoted to his flag, loyal to
his regiment: but I don't care how fine his
feelings were. If he ran away he was no
good daughter.)
ut Is so in civil life. for If citizen is to
be worth his salt he needs character, and
into character many elements enter. If a
man isn't decent. then the ADLER he Is the
more dangerous he is to the community. In
the revolutionary war one Of the bravest
and most brilliant soldiers during the early
years Of the contest was the man who has
left his name q byword of infamy to the
nations for all time: the man who fought
with distinguished gallantry in Canada the
man who led all the American forces in the
great decisive battle at Saratoga and left
his leg on the field Of victory That man,
with all his courage, all his daring, all his
superb military genius turned because the
root of righteousness was not in him,
sought to betray his comrades for money.
and left the name of Benedict Arnold as
Missing forever more.
The Need of Manly Men.
I'm civn life the danger Is not so patent
but 1t Is just as great II ability Is not ac-
companied by rightful sense Of accounta-
billty to the moral law. In addition to hon.
esty and decency, you must have courage
I want to see every one a good man, and In
addition to that want to see him manly
deeply Embedded as part Of our national
characteristics! If we are to do our work
Alright in peace or In war. But honesty and
courage together are not enough. 1 care
not how brave and how honest a man is II
he was born foolish. you can do but little
with him. daughter and applause.)
We need honesty, we need courage, and
need in addition the saving grace of COM
mon sense. There Is no patent device by
which we can make this country prosper,
and there Is no patent device by which we
can make the average citizen credit to
the country; make him hold higher the
standard Of good government. The average
citizen must make himself a worthy citizen
Of the republic. The average citizen must
realize that it is upon his shoulders that
the entire governmental structure rests.
All Part Of the Government
I'VE get in the habit of speaking of the
government as If 1t were something apart
from us. Now, the government is US; we
are the government, you and l. Applause.)
And the government Is going to do well or
Ill accordingly as we, with sanity. with res
olution. with broad charity and sound COM
mon sense, make up our minds that the af-
fairs of the government shall be managed
No man can take the burden of government
off the shoulders of a people fitted for self
government No man can make it easy for
any people to govern themselves. They
have got to determine for themselves what
the government shall be- and in the long
run the government will represent their
wishes-their wishes for good or their wish
es for evil-or else they are Indifferent to
good or evil. (Applause)
And so my plea to you, my feIloW-Ameri-
cans, as to every citizen in every section of
the country, Is remember that in this coun-
try nothing, no law. no leadership, can pos
sibly take the place of the exercise nv the
average citizen of the fundamental virtues
OF good citizenship, the exercise of the fun
damental qualities of honesty, courage and
common sense
THE PoRTE'S PROMISES.