The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-10-22
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Is Set Forth from Viewpoint
of Ex-President Cleveland.
MAKES BANQUET SPEECH
Dirty Politics and Perverted Patriot
Ism Tersely Handled and Remedy
Sugeested-Enthusiastie
Reception.

"Give to our people something that
will concentrate their common affec-
! ton and soicitous care, and let that
be the country's good; give them a
purpose that stimulates them to unite
In lofty endeavor, and let that purpose
be a demonstration of the efficiency
and benefcence of our popular rule"
This was the solution offered by
former President Grover Cleveland, -
q remedy for corrupt politics, in a
speech before the memberS Of the
Commercial Club Of Chicago at their
annual banquet given Wednesday
night.
He received an enthusiastic recep-
ton By the two hundred banqueters
when he appeared at the speakers ta-
BILE.
Mr.. Cleveland took as his topic,
"Good Citizenship" prefacing his re-
marks by saying that he understood
himself to be under bond 'to keep the
peace, if possible, by eschewiDg poll
tics" He likened the too prevalent in
difference OF citizens to their politt-
cal duties to the disposition often man
3 ifested by the members Of our church
es. WHO, S'having made profession OF
their faith and joined the church, ap-
pear te think their duty done when
they Hyeshonestly, attend worship reg
ularlys and contribute literally to
church support"
OF thes odious and detestable evils.
that are Threatening our national life
-the open and notorious corruption OF
the suffrage, the buying and selling OF
political places for money, the pur-
chase ssof political favors and privs-
leges, and the traffic in Official duty for
personal sain-Mr. Cleveland spoke at
come Rngth, saying in part:
These things are confessedly COM
mon. Every intelligent man knows
that tAey have grown from small be-
ginnings until they have reached
Z frightfpl proportions OF malevolenco;
and vet respectable citizens by the
thousands and hundreds of thousands
have boxed on with perfect calmness,.
and With hypoeriticai can't have de-
elared they ar enot politicians, or with
silly Spretensions of faith in our
strength and luck, have languidly
claimed that the country was prosper
Gus. equal to any emergency, and
proof against all danger.
sResulting from these conditions N
a manner not difficult to trace, whole
some national sentiment is threatened
with utter peryersion."
In touching upon the relations OF
labor and capital, he said:
eve now see its worst manifesto
tion in the apparently incorrigible dis
location of the proper relation be-
tween labor and capital. This OF It.
: self is sufficiently distressing; but
thoughtful men are not without dread
OF sadder developments yet to come.
There has also grown up among our
people. disregard for the restraints
OF law, and a disposition to eyade its
limitations, while querulous structures
concerning the action of our courts
tend to undermine popular faith In the
course of justice; and last. but by no
means least, complaints OF imaginary
or exaggerated shortcomings in our
financial policies, furnish an excuse
for the hippant exploitation of all
sorts of monetary nostrums.
81 hasten to give assurance that l
have not spoken in spirit of gloomy
pessimism. shall be the last of all
our people to believe that the saving
grace of patriotism among my coun-
trymen Is dead or will always sleep. I
know that its timely revival and activ-
ity means the realization of the lof-
tiest hopessof a free nation.
Good Men Must Arouse.
'It is as clear as MONDAY that II
the patriotism of our people is to be
aggressively vigorous and equal to our
national preservation, and If politics
Is to subserve a high purpose instead
Of degenerating to the level Of cum
ming game, our good men in every
walk of life must arouse themselves
to consciousness that the safety and
best interests of their country involve
every other interest: and that by ser
vice in the field Of good citizenship
they not only do patriotic duty, but
in a direct way save for themselves
the share of benefits due them from
our free institutions.