The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-09-07

these men Is bound up with the wei
fare OF all the others; that each is
neighbor 20 the other. is actuated by
the same hopes and fears. and that
ali alike have the same virtues and
{ the same faults. Our average fellow.
citizen Is a zane and healthy man,
who believes in decency and has a
! wholesome mind. He therefore feels
an equal scorn alike for the man OF
wealth guilty Of the mean and base
spirit of arrogance toward those who
are less well OF. and for the mar OF
small means who in his turn either
feels, OF seeks to excite in others the
feeling Of mean and base envy for
those who are better OF.
courtier and oemsgosue the Same.
The two feelings. envy and AFRO
gance. are but opposite sides Of the
same shield. but different develop.
ments OF the same spirit. Funda.
mentally. the inscriptions rich man
who seeks to exploit and Cypress
those who are less well on is in spirit
not opposed to. but Identical with. the
INSCRIPTIONS poor man who desires
to plumber and Cypress those who are
better on. The courtier and the dem.
agogue are but developments Of the
same type under different conditions,
each manifesting the same servile
spirit. the same desire TO rise by pan.
dering TO base passions; though one
panders TO power in the shape OF a
single man and the other TO power in
the shape Of a multitude. so like.
wise the man who wishes 20 rise by
wronging others must by right be
contrasted, not with the mar who
likewise wishes to do wrong. though
TO a different set OF people, but with
the man who wishes to do Justice to
all people and TO wrong none.
The line OF cleavage between good
and bad citizenship lies. not between
the nan OF wealth who acts squarely
by his fellows and the man who seeks
each days wage by that days work.
wronging 40 one and doing his duty
by his nelghbor; nor yet does this
line OF cleavage divide the unscrupu.
lous wealthy man who exploits others :
In his own interest, from the dema. !
gogue. or from the sullen and envi. !
Gus being who wishes 10 attack all
men OF property. whether they do ;
we'll or III. 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 III. the poor man Of good :
conduct from the poor man Of bad y
conduct. This line OF cleavage lies at y
right angles to any such arbitrary
line Of division "A that separating one
class from another, one locality from 3
another. or men with a certain degree :
Of property from those OF a less de- :
OF property.
This ls a Good Citizen. !
The good citizen is the man who, =
whatever his wealth or his poverty. =
manfully TO do his duty to Il
himself, to his family, to his nelghbor, y
to the State; who is incapable OF the a
baseness which manifests itself either u
In arrogance or In envy, but who U
while demanding justice for himself .
is nc less serupulous 10 do Justice TO :
II is because the average .
American citizen. rich or poor. Is OF I
just this type that we have cause for =
our profound faith In the future OF the
Republic. q
Ours Is a government OF liberty. by.
through and under the law, Lawless-
ness and conniyanco at law.breaking :
whether the ~law.breaking take the :
form OF a crime OF greed and cunning :
or OF a crime OF violence-are destruc.
tive not only OF order, but OF the true
liberties which can only come through
order. II alive to their true interests
rich and poor alike will set their
faces like nlnt against the spirit
which seeks personal advantage by
overriding the laws, without regard
10 whether this spirit shows itself
in the form OF bodily violence by one
set OF men or in the form OF vulpine
cunning by another set OF men.
Let the watchwords Of all our PEG
Pile be the old familiar watohwords
OF honesty. decenoy, ~fairdealing and
common sens@ The qualities denoted
by these words are essential to all OF
MS as We deal with the complex In.
d%nstrial problems OF today. the prob
lens affecting not merely the accum.
ulation but even more the wise dis.
trieuuon OF wealth. We ask no mans
permission when We require him 10