Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-10

| self, to his family, to his neighbor, 10
| the state; who is incapable OF the pase-
ness which manifests itself either IN
arrogance or in envy, but who Whiie ue-
manding justice for himself is no less
scrupulous to do justice to others. !. 10
because the average American cltlzeii'
rich OF poor, is of just this type that we
have cause for our profound 1altn III
the future of the Republic.
The man or woman who as bread
winner and nome maker, or as Wife
and mother has done all that he or she
can do patiently and uncomplainingly
is to ba honcred; and is to be enVied by
all those who have never had the good
fortune TO feel the need and duty of
doing such work The woman who has
borne and who has reared as they
should be reared, a family of children,
has in the most emphatic manner de-
served well of the Republic. Her
burden has been heavy, and she has
been able to bear it Worthily only by
the possession of resolution, of good
sense, of conscience. and of unselfish-
ness. But if she has borne it well,
then to her shall come the supreme
blessing, for in the words of the oldest
and greatest of books, Her children
shall rise up and call her blessed; and
among the benefactors Of the land her
place must be with those who have
done the best and the hardest work,
whether as law givers or as soldiers,
whether in public or in private life
The line of cleavage between good
and bad citizenship lies, not between
the man of wealth who acts suuarely
by his fellows and the man who seeks
each days wage by that days work,
Wronsing no one and doing his duty by
his neighbor: nor yet does this line of
cleavage divide the INSCRIPTIONS
wealthy man who exploits others in his
own interest, from the demagogue, or
from the sullen and envious being who
wishes to attack all men of property,
whether they do we'll or ill., On the
contrary, the line of cleavage between
good citizenship and bad citizenship
separates the rich man who does well
from the rich man who does ill, the
poor man of good conduct from the
poor man of bad conduct. This line of
cleavage lies at right angles to any
such arbitrary line of division as that
separating one class from another. one
locality from another, or man with Il
certain degree of property from those
of a less degree of property
I'VE must possess the qualities which
make us do our duty in our homes and
among our neighbors. and in addition
we must possess the qualities which
are Indispensable to the makeup of
every great and masterful nation-the
qualities OF courage and hardihood, of
individual initiative and yet OF power
to combine for a common end, and
above all. the resolute determination to
permit no man and no set OF men to
sunder us one from the other by lines
of caste or creed or Section. We must
act upon the motto of all for each and
each for all. There must be ever pres
ent in our minds the fundamental truth
thai in republic such as ours the only
safety is TO stand neither for nor
against any man because he is rich or
because he is poor, because he is en-
gagged in one occupation or another, be-
cause he works with his brains or be
cause he works with his hands We
mus treat each man on his worth and
merits as a man. We must see that
each is given q square deal, because he
is entitled to no more and should re-
ceive no less. Finally we must keep
ever in mind that a republic such as
ours can exist only in virtue of the or
derby liberty which comes through the
equal domination of the law over all
men alike, and through its Administered
ton in such resolute and fearless fash
ion rs shall teach all that no man is
above it and no man below it."