The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-07-08

I.a u.W Declaration oi lndepeh-
densa uII uat content itself with
rbr,-,- tlat sound well get mean little
d .s,- tlat all men are not created
eou.L. and Chat u each Individual are
difference Of capacity and of tendency
dine to Inheritance from bad or good
ancestry and due to tine benumhiug
Influence af "a previous condition Of
..rgifudc or of bad government To
..a- n thc varied forms of creation the
counterpart. of the myriads of men
vith nlcirmdui variations. Thenew
Declaration. therefore. by recognizing
these differences. Gains for All not
equality of character. but equal-or in
other words complete opportunity for
e,rb man to become DOB. best under the
government of the DuIted States.
This mess and growing idea of equal
it's wiI place uo boar iu auyone'- way
90 rise. and yet the absorption of ideas
by each according to his capacity will
throw au our thousand and One Jarring
elements of .ocial life into % harmon
ions whole When equal opportunity
il. given to al. there Will -tll be differ
ence- nit they shall be- as nothiug for
me- to whom much of capacity is given
shall have much of the social burden 20
hear. while he 90 whom little is given
will. out Of Ibis little. m~telligeuuy un-
der-tood. make even his contribution
to the happiness and welfare of his
fellow Under this broader view of
human rights. even the criminal and
fine defective GLASSES have their places
by i|uaieuaU.e rght--the criminals 90
the Wi.e-t of corrective laws, 500 that
the man down may by guidance of his
hand aud heart rise again tine incur
able and detectives t0 tender care and
isolation where no harm can reach
them and where. therefore they can
DO no social harm.
The Howerlaud OF Liberty we
might better describe DC as au expert
ment station of Liberty,-is where q
stupendou- trial of manhood rights is
slowly going forward and towards the
happy result OF which each can contri-
butte little of success. such a trial
ground i- NOT "a garden fenced around.
tits an open field out of which should
boz Kept only those elements that break
down and destroy. Hence, the United
States should welcome all who wish Ia
enter and honestly throw iu their LOT
with the workers already toillng.
Such an unuarred way for the right
eou--mnded VIII not prevent the
United States from restricting immi
grafton, keeping out those who seem t.
be- out of sympathy with our institq
tions and unable To- grasp fully th'
breadth and length and depth of free
dom whicn belongs to every citizen o
Tine United States. 10 will welcome al
who accept our strenuous life as TN.
price of individual liberty, IL will turn
back those who will not understand
that lhe highest individual libert.
comes from social obligations. Tn
new Dec arati0n will NOT say that th
absence OF money should deoar from
entry t0 the United States, but rathe
that tie cleavage should be made alon
lines of physical strength, ment'
activity and moral acceptance of Oh
principles of our government.
The new Declaration Will dehu
Liberty more clearly, SOD that 1t sha
not mean license or the right of Oh
individual to do as he chooses withol
REGARD Co the comfort of the rights
other- aud tine highest education tha
shall hereafter be given TO those
mature years shall be- social education
teaching that the man gains most Onl
by un-elf-hly regarding the gain
400 and tine bettermeut of his entil
community a- tine supreme good thi
cam come to him through his effort
such lessons are the greatest that GA
be- TAUGHT to those wanderers froI
affair. who have lived and toiled am
sorrowcd under oppression or undo
far Jess favorable opportunities tina
are hcr. given 90 every % who wi
take 400 honest. earnest part iu wor
and Boo social life.
THE maintenance of true liberty
tho triumph oftrue unseih-huess. III
greatest of human rights is the rlgl
to hclp forward human life and huma
accomplishment. and as the create
progress comes only from combine
effort. thc greatest liberty comes froI
the right to work with others toward
one commou emf.
The above Thought of combine
effort carries with 30 am approval
combinations of capital aud labor ye
al the same time. % looks toward
forms of adjustment which shou
control the-e seemingly adverse force
Dignity is mostly clothes and blu.
.HffI. Ff. may Doe sacrificed To