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! salvation oi the peopies i IN divine hu.
l man society which az last shah realize the
/ Who,e purpose oi -,lesus Christ IL has
] not Vet been seen; b0t to this bear AL
] the prophets witness "A society feeling
al - common responsibilities. and each
7 Tor all fulfilling every relation-this, aud
4 because ~ ls ideal, j. the hnaity. In
/ 10 democracy and Christianity would
meet, and righteousness we'd peace,
To conquer this ideal into actuallty Is
that " can be Is 10 surrender the cause OF
! mankind.
There Is now IN some quarters q sickly
! and sentimental dissent from the Goa! oi
/ democracy, and a cowardv whispered
/ preference against the substantive claim
! OF man as man This reluctancy from the
/ burden OF the problem and disregard OF
/ the good OF the many Is ordinarily tracea-
/ be 10 a seihsh and absentee spirit lt
assumes 10 d,slrust what love of case dis
/ likes. and what comfortable and compla-
] cent apathy would postpone. Its invest.
ments are all IN the present. as II Is. and
/ u VIII take no stock IN the future as II
! should be, IL interprets the major con.
! slderatlons OF life by the minor The Of
! tense of the cross ls not ceased But II
/ y crucitiNIon that leads 20 resurrection.
Away with this dronlng and whining pes
\ slmlsm
And, on the other hand. there are those
|
| ITS principles and ITS foundations Be
| tween II and absolutism there Is, in time 5
! long rln, no logical half way Can man
! learn that democracy brings no one down.
/ but every one up Can man learn its
| reclprocitlcs and its cmanCipatloust Will
/ man see the basilar doctrine of the in
! hcrent value and birthright of each several
! Soul-value TO itself. 10 all others and TO
! the one God of ally
Ii not. then all falls apart and a society
| not made M of a bulk of subservicnts and
few preferred creditors i a fatuity and
! a dream, and the Nazarene was a dreamer.
! But that way hes the madness of anarchy.
! Any government l., az given time,
! strong, as the ratio is of its people tor
| parts VII believe in II and are ready to
! back that belief. Ultimately il is as
| strong As II has principles worthy 10 be
! believed IN. The bottom idea of dem
! ocracy Is the utmost diffusion of two
things; (al authority. (b) responsibility.
| Both of these Neither goes well or far.
or can stand fast, alone These balanced
| centrifugal and centripetal forces main
! tam the orbit. All the phases and hopes
| OF genuine and rational democracy are
! rcducible TO the balance OF this double
| idea. The duality Is critical
BY this as a definition | will stand
| that true democracy is a government in
which every whole man, ana because a
man, counts one. Persons are the units,
! and government Of, by and for these is
the sum of all its parts. Its spirit is as
! great as the number of spirits that share
! It, and as good as the number OF good
| spirits that share II. Its division exactly
! equals the dividend, and the quotlent is
/ one.
Division Of labor which is made TO
| mean you labor and | divide" is not
| democracy. Since IN this long division
! OF authority and responsibility every
man should be fitted TO count one Dem
! ocracy menacos itself, denies its raison
detre., when 1t for moment neglccts to
! seek tins htness OF Its merits. Reprcsen.
| taton IS OF these tit merits. The proxy
/ IS valid only IN this. The ballot afiirms
! the importance OF each lnteger It's quail.
! flied intelligence and its unmo'ested free
! dom y It's safety, that always it shall be
! counted as one. and never more or less.
| Less or more Is the suppression somewhere
| OF manhood, less, 1t were tyrannized I;
/ more, II were tyrannical. To corrupt, to
! scduce, TO lntmidate or TO suppress II is
| 10 violate democracy. Democracy alone
/ causes the rights of minority TO fear a
majority. For all and by all this recog-
| nluon OF man declares that because every
/ man should count one he shall No other
! method OF government declares this, or
! attempts TO realize IT. Resting ITS case
! upon the right assessment of what con
/ stitutes human value IT implies that
! rights and duties are strictly correlative
! and reciprocal. II studies its rules IN the
! daylight OF its principles. Our Supreme
| Court Is governed by this overriding equi-
! ~. Democracy is It's test and it's dictum.
| 1t is the ultimate national refuge OF the
! people. II gives the higher law.
| The dlstrlbutlve assignment Of govern
| mcat is the radical end OF democracy, not
! descending TO man, but ascending with
/ hlm. IL IS not paternal, but iratcrnal
] .f l.. - ft.v a.
! one mere tribe or clan -- Ishmacitish -
! rises toward the comprehension of man
! right. The history OF this growth of hu-
\ man Institutions, making and remaking
/ themselves, discovers that they move with
/ the instinct OF a generic human lfc The
| impulse strengthens as if by hydrostatic
! pressure. That great democrat, Lincoln
! that splendid representative of the fine
! cd aristocrauc family of man, said well.
/ 30 1856. what has the broadest possible
! application: They who dcnv freedom
! 90 others deserve it not for themselves,
| and under the rule OF a just God cannot
! long retain it, The paramount doctrine
| OF equal rights is that each soul has a dI-
| vine right, a kngiy and knghty right,
! 10 all the liberty he can use. and has the
! right 20 stand un IN his Makers image,
| TO show what he caa use. It's formative
! proposition ls that Just society Iies IN
! the good of all It's elements, and that this
| E''u It7 III lHe removing, bE pick OF
| powder. Oi all avoldabIC hudraucCs 20
| the affirmation Of social personality, lies
! in It's enabling and cnnobhng go far as
/ circumstances cam oacn unItary being 70
ave the fullest possible life.
! All liberty has social limitations. and
! rs problem is 90 reduce these limitations
/ 90 the lowest terms necessary 20 and con
sstcnt with It's own utmost diffusion.
/ Freedom also is law.
j. IS not the commercial, the strategic,
! bearings of the Monroe doctrine that
makes u strong IN our American hearts
! and determination. but Its immense moral
meaning that democracy shall not have It's
! proyldentIai arena narrowed, nor ITS scope
| thwarted by the imposition OF another
| theory OF the people. America mobile
! AmeTlCaJ ~ the vantage ground and the
/ uulwark OF popular free government, and
! 20 maintain this high theory of man un-
! endangered. We viii fight il need be
! Though God FORBID the needl If all the
! seas are 20 run red, Il was this tremen-
! dous instinct IN which, IN one OF the no.
! blest wars Of time. we rose up % lift Cuba
! from under the bloody heel Of the line Of
| Philip II. and OF Alya. The peoples day
! advances.
come. therefore 70 assert that which
! / have tired 90 approach and this % is:
| That the aim of a true democracy - IN
| the most complete accord with the aims
| ~ the gospel. Both are emancipatIve.
| Their implications are mutual They alike
s,dnd or fall upon the proposition Of the
universal spiritual rights OF al men as men
Zach breaks down al middle wall Of
bondage opens the gates Of day %
| every creature under heaven Each
| seeks the creates quantity oi the highest
| quality. Christianity. truly neaFurCd