The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
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 should be politician enough to bring him self within the true meaning of the | term. as one who concerns himself with | The regulation or government of a na- | tion or state for the preservation of it's | safety, peace and prosperity" This is |. politics in its best sense. and this is good | citizenship. If good men are to interfere to makes political action what 1t should be, they | must not suppose they will como upon an | open field unoccupied by an opposing | force. On the ground they have neglect | ed they will find q host of those who | engage in politics for personal ends and | selfish purposes, and this ground cannot ! be taken without a hand to hand con- fiict. The attack must be made under the banner of disinterested good citizen ship. by soldiers drilled in lessons of pa- triotism. They must be enlisted for life and constantly on duty. As the Crusad- CTS fought centuries ago for the recovery of the Holy Land from infidel possession, so with the same stubborn zeal must to- days Crusaders in the cause of good government, fight to recover their Holy Land from the infdels who would de- grade and defile it.
 Creed Should Bind Together. Their creed should bind together in gen. erous co-dperation all who are willing to , fight to make our Government what the fathers intended it to be--a depository of benefits which. in equal current and vol- ume, should flow out to all the people. This creed should teach the wickedness of attempting to make fires opportunity the occasion for seizing especial advant- ages, and should warn against the dam ger of ruthless rapacity. It should dep recate ostentation and extravaganza in the life of our people, and demand in the management of public affairs, simplicity and strict economy. It should teach tol- eration In all things, save dishonesty and infidelity to public trusts It should up- hold the interests of labor and advocate its fair treatment, but should sternly for bid its interference with those contented with their toll. and It's attempt to force compliance with it's demands by violent disturbances of peace and good order. It should recognize in the wide distribution of capital and industrial enterprises the best assurance of intelligent, wholesomely interested, political conduct, and should | condemn unnecessary unnatural and speculative combinations in trade or en- terprise, as teaching false business les- sons and putting our consumers at their mercy. It should insist that our finances and currency concern rot alone the large tradsis,. merehants and bankers of our land, but that they are intimately and every day reiated to the weif-oeing of OUT people in all conditions of life; and that therefore. if any adjustments are neces- ner as shalt certainly maintain the soupd- | ness of our peoples earnings and the | security of their savings. It should en- | join respec. for the law as the quality that cements the fabric of organised so- | ciety and makes possible Government | by the people. And in every sentence and every line of this creed of good citizen ship, the lesson should be taught that our country is a beautiful and product | i've field to be cultivated by loyal Amer | jeans. who with weapons near at hand, | whether they SOW and reap or whether l they rest, will always be prepared to re- sist those who attempt to despoil by day l or pilfer by night.
 l I am by no means unmindful of the ex- tent to which the American people are in a certain sense. governed by parties; and l am quite willing to confess strong l party allegiance. I speak tonight of something broader and loftier than party --of higher law under whose sanction all parties should exist and by whose decrees al parties should be judged. l | would have the mass of our voters so constantly impressed by this law, and so inslstant upon It's observance, as to force upon the managers of party organizations the necessity and expediency of it's re-
 
 of patriotic American good citizenship there is abundant room for intelligent &C., tivity; but this activity must be clean and uncorrupted sincere in its intentions, l frank in the declaration of its purposes and honest in the affairs of the people.
 Good Men Must Arouse.
 It Is as clear as monday that, if the patriotism of our people is to be aggress- lively vigorous, and equal to our national | lon VrA ta serve high purpose instead of degener- atlng to the level of a cunning 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 service in the field of good cit- izenship. they not only do patriotic duty, but in a direct way save for themselves the share of benefits due them from our free institutions. If our business men in 1 their hard struggles for accumulation will remember these things and admit their countrys veal to a share in their struggles; if our scholars and educators will not only teach patriotism but win emerge from theoretical contemplation, and give proof by their example that their lessons mean practical care for their country; and if in every way pos- sible our people are reminded of the value of the Government they hold for themselves and in trust for their chill dren, and are stimulated to intelligent | activity in its protection, we may confi- dently look for the conditions and results treasured up in Divine purpose, and prophesied through faith in God, at our nations birth.
 In the day when all shadows shall have passed away and when good citizenship shall have made sure the safety, perma- hence and happiness of our Nation, how small will appear the strifes of selfsh- ness in our civic life, and how petty will seem the machinations of degraded poli- tics? There shall be set over against them in that time a reverent sense of cooperation in Heavens plans for our peoples greatness, and the joyous pride of standing among those who in the comradeship of American good citizen ] ship. have so protected and defended our heritage of seif-government, that our treasures are safe in the citadel of Pa triotIsm, where neither moth nor dust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not 1 break through nor steal.
 | MT. Cleveland arrived at Chicago carly this morning and went direct to the Au- ditorium Hotel, where he greeted a num- ber of friends who were waiting to inset him.
 At o'clock this afternoon he was the guest of Cyrus H. Mccormick and David B. Jones at a luncheon given in his honor %l,,A