The Penn's Grove record., 1903-11-13

for salY' fulfilling every r-elation-this, and
because it is ideal" is the fnality. In
i democracy and Christianity would
To conquer this ideal into actually is
TASK and travail Of time-to doubt
can b is to surrender the cause OF
There is now in some quarters a sickly
and sentimental dissent from the goal OF
democracy, and a coWardly 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 maDv Is ordinarily tracea-
bic to a selfish and absentee spirit. 1t
assumes to distTust what love OF ease dis
likes, and what comfortable and compla-
cent apathy would postpone. Its invest,
ments are all in the present, as 1t IS, and
it will take no stock in the future as it
should be. 1t interprets the major con-
alterations of life by the minor: The Of
Tense Of the cross is not ceased" But 1t
Is crucifixion that leads to resurrection.
Away with this droning and whining pes
simismi
And, on the other hand, there are those
who applaud democracy without reckoning
its principles and its foundations. Be
tween it and absolutism there is, in times
long run, no logical half way. Can man
learn that democracy brings 10 one down,
but every one up? Can man learn its
reciprocities and its emancipations? Will
man see the basilar doctrine Of the in
herent value and birthright-of each several
soul-valile tq to all others and to
III Ii 9 not, ' sReu mart and a society
not made up bubservienfs and
a few preferT pfs is a faulty and
q dream.Eap3 rene was aAreamer.
But thNe madness o anarchy.
strong, al IN ratio Is Of its people Tor
| parts) who believe in it and are ready to
back that belief. Ultimately it is as
strong as it has principles worthy to be
believed in. The bottom idea of DEM
ocracy ID the utmost diffusion of two
things: Cd authority, OBJ responsibility.
or can stand fast, alone. These balanced
centrifugal and centripetal forces main
tain the orbit. All the phases and hopes
of q genuine and rational democracy are
reducible 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. It's spirit is as
great as the number of spirits that share
it. and as good as the number of good
spirits that share it. Its division exactly
f<3o3@1 t4( 4LCAd3 0k0 th0 4aok&SA1 *
one.
Division Of labor" which is made to
mean you labor and I divide" is not
democracy. Since, in this long division
Of authority and responsibility every
man should be fitted to count one. Dem
ocracy menaces itself, denies its raison
d'etre, when it for a moment neglects to
seek this fitness of its merits. Represen-
tation is Of these fit merits. The proxy
is valid only In this. The ballot afirms
the Importance of each integer. It's quail
Eified intelligence and its unmolested free
dom is its safety, that always it shall be
counted as one, and never more or less.
Less or more is the suppression somewhere
of manhood; less, it were t~yrannized;
more, it were ~tyrannical. To corrupt, to
seduce, to intimidate or to suppress it is
to violate democracy. Democracy alone
causes the rights of a minority to fear a
u majesty Dno1 and bYan this recDg-
Meion 01g4lah declafgs that because every
man should count one he shall No other
method Of government declares this, or
attempts to realize It. Resting it's case
upon the right assessment of what con-
stitutes human value" it implies that
rights and duties are strictly correlative
and reciprocal. It studies its rules in the
daylight oil its principles. Our Supreme
Court Is governed BY this overruling equi-
ty. Democracy is its test and its dictum.
II is the ultimate national refuge Of the
people. It gives the higher law.
The distr1butlye assignment of govern
meut II the radical end of democracy. not
descendinQ 70 man. hut ascending with
him. e Is not paternal. but fratsrnal.
Human ethics rising from LOYALTY to
one mere tribe or clan Tshmaelitish,-
rises toward The COMPREHENSION Of man.
RIGHT. The history If This prowtb Of hu.
man ;nst;t,,t;ons maxine and remakino
thamsaIuas d;scoyars fbaf thew move viii
the instinct 81 8 generic human life, THE
imnulse sfrenathens as If nv hvdrostatie
pressure. That great democrat, Lincoln;
That snlend;d REPRESENTATIVE ~ the fns
nd ar3sfocrat,c fam;lv If man sa;d we'll
q le5e urbat has fka hroadsst noss;hle
nnI;osf;on. saThav wbo danv {roaJor
e nfhers xJaserve Il not for fbamselves
and Inder the rnle 81 = INST Cod eanno,
lonc retain itv The doctrine
AZ ennaI RIGHTS Is that each sonl has = al
r;obt - sfard m II b;s MaIsr,s ;,naoe
IL sboT what he can uSe Tts formative
nronos;f;on Is that ! inst society lies i
~ cood - III ;ts elements and that hi,
oood i;es IN the remnv;ng. nv nick d
Tie af;rmat;on II social nersonalitv. lie,
IN ;ts epahl;nc and ennohlinr ESQ far a,
- n9re,,5nstsncns canl aeen ,uifsrv be;ne +,
) = 4Le f,,i1as+ noss;hjs l;fa
All s1;bartvS has social limitations ana
/ ;ts nrobiem e "a reduce these Imitation
IL fbe iorest terms necessary 70 and con
sistent with its utmost diffusion
Ereedom aiso e law
n L Mi tbs Commercial The strategic
baar;ncs ~ The Monroe doctrine TIA,
/ makes S strong in onr American heart
! and determ;nafson but its ;mmens mora
n mean;ne Fiat denoepaev shall not have #
: n~royidentiai arena narrowed. nor it's scop,
/ fhwarted III the imposition Of anothe
America] IS the vantage ground and th,
J hnlwark az popular free government. AM
"a maintain this high theory Of man un
/ endanrered we win fight if need b
!. lfhongh Cad forbid The needl If all th
! seas ara to run red! II was this bremen
: dous instinct IN which, in one Of the nc
hest wars 81 time. we rose up to lift Cub;
rom mnder the bloody heel Of the line o
! Eph;l;n II. and of Alya. The peoples da,
!. E7dvanoes.
! Sc "a therefore. to assert that whicl
! IA SEED "a approach. and this it is
! rhaK The aim Of 8 true democracy Is ii
s fhe most complete accord with the aim
IL fhe cosneI Both are emancipatiye