The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-22
Vv's PLEA FOR China
...o,er ENJOYS Son Argues Fol
conservatism In Nations

xear-old Chimes" Ho"tn
Ssven''' - n yaledictOry Address
De'i"' 40 East, Though Slow Is
Thai nb and Not suDerhci"i-SaS'
s sn% Energy Cannot Be lasting La ting
Ne' More Than Motion Can ne Fer-
petual' ,,o+o,,on IN
81. school in New Jersey tS. w otSe tine n Ssn
trSI n.y. announcement exercises OF the
in 'uV CITY High school, says the
Atlnn Work Herald. He was WI Chaou-
Ne" t tho seventeen year-old son OF tne
Gnu 'nv minister plenipotentiary OF the
forlns .or Of china to the United States
empI rtng Fang. In his essay he TOOK
WI =, l.l tonIc The Conservatism OF the
I East f. and said in part .,o,, >
ha n.pottor fifty years of Europe than a
- nf Cathay.' Such was the com
Gs% If Tennyson on the conservatism
ll'I Mo oost and such is the voice OF
u wv ,rost today. That eastern conserva-
". ,nnpdes western progress, hinders
uo 41orn ' civilization, blocks Christian
rsoovors are facts to be lamented
s CIV .bo cause of eastern development,
~. conservatism is by no means a
. pst enemy to progress. On the con-
p II "a IN element which helps 1t
: In the end o,oruo
.,sro is Of course easily changed from
to ancient customs and manners to the
now Yes but that which can be
changed easily once can be changed
1rst as easily again and again. 1t can
oIoo return to its old ways. 1t ftckers
With every wind. It's very progressive
noes ts In the end the arch enemy to
rrogress Note, for instance, the diff
forpnca between the revolutions In
France and in England. From the lat
fer part of the eighteenth century for
almost a hundred years the French
have had innumerable revolutions, va
rvipg in bloodshed and horror. Yet the
result Is not as radical or as effectual
as that accomplished in England by
one rebellion.
1.-THE east, though slow to begin, car
ries out the work once begun to the
end; though slow to change, when once
changed produces effectual results.
This Is because the east is not impul-
sive. The Japanese are known to be
progressive, like the occident, and the
Chinese are known to be conservative,
typical Of the orient. Missionaries re-
port that the former are easy prose
lytes, while the latter are hard to con-
vert, but that some Japanese converts
have returned to their old faith, where
as there are few such Chinese cases.
Conservatism is also a great benefit
to a nation in that 1t prolongs the life
Of q nation. Is not the oldest nation in
the world the one most conspicuous for
this trait2 Why? Because cOnserva-
tiSm is the result of experience. Is it
not better to pursue a course which
has been previously successful than to
venture on some new rash scheme?
Edmund Burke thought so when he
objected to Lord North's plan of treat
ment of the American colonies. Fran
els Bacon thought so when he said in
one Of his essays that 1t is not good to
try experiments in states.
. Conservatism is advantageous to a
nation also because 1t preserves the
foundation. When the nation is con-
sentative it adheres not only to the old
CIVILIZATION but also to the old stand
ards of morality. The one is but SUI
pernciaI defect, while the other is Of
intrinsic value. Culture may revolu-
uonlze with time; virtue is immutable
forever, Thus saith the Lord, Stand
Fe III the ways and see and ask for the
oid paths where Is the good way, and
walk therein, and We shall find rest for
your SOULS
4Here Is yet another reason for con-
serVatlsm prolonging nations-namely,
III conservatism there is a reserve of
energy. The nation that is burning
WIN activity, nervous energy, rs it ac-
cofd!ns to nature that that nation
SHOULD last as long as another which is
frugal of its strength?
Nervous energy cannot be lasting
any more than motion can be perpet-
u@I' Progresslveness is mark of
loo'h' and since nations have to grow
VII a l4ey have to adopt conservatism,
mHlcA Is a mark Of age. The youth
t Ioy FidlcuIe the aged for his conserva.
"sul, but when the youth enters old
Ne TOO, shall be ridiculed in turn
~, Tue rising generation. An American
,pa aIlySon today is justified in saying,
cycle Of Euro,,o,n =