Arizona republican., 1905-02-23

upon him, the man who has not only
 the desire but the power to do his full duty by his neighbor and by the State.
 So, in the world at large, the nation which is of use in the progress of man. kind is that nation which combines strength of character, force of char acter, and insistence upon it's own rights, with a full acknowledgment of its own duties toward others. Just at
 present the best way in which We can
 show that our loyalty to the teachings of Washington is a loyalty of the heart and not of the lips only is to sec to it that the work of building up our navy goes steadily on, and that at the same time our stand for international righteousness is clear and emphatic
 THE NAVY'S MISSION.
 Never since the beginning Of our
 country's history has the navy been
 ;'. ed in an unjust wdr. Never has it
 failed to render great and sometimes
 vital service to the republic. It has not been too strong for our good. though often not strong enough to do all the good it should have done Our
 possession of tie Philippines mr in- tercst in thc trade of the Orient. our
 building ot the IsmithiaI canal, our in I demand that our navy shall be of ade- Iuate size and for it's size of unsur- passed efficiency. If it IS strong enough I believe it will minimize the chance Of our being drawn into a foreign war. If we let it run down it is certain as the day that sooner or later we shall haze | to choose between Q probably disas- trous foreign war or a peace kept on terms that imply humiliation. Our navy is the surest guaranty of peace
 and the cheapest insurance against l war, and those who, in whatever capa- | city, have helped to build it up during 1 the past twenty years have been in good faith observing and living up to one of the most important of the prin- ciples which Washington laid down for i the guidance of his countrymen. Nor
 was Washington the only one of our great presidents whC showed far
 sighted patriotism by support of the
 navy.
 JACKSON THE PATRIOT. | When Andrew Jackson was in con 1 gross he voted for the first warships
 we ever built as part of our regular navy; and he voted against the grant of money to pay our humiliating trib
 ute to the pirates of the Barbary states. l Old Hickory was a patriot through and ! through,
 of timidity in his nature, and of course he felt only indignant contempt for a
 policy which purchased an ignoble peace by cowardice instead Of exact
 ing a just peace by showing we were
 as little willing to submit to as to in nict aggression. Had a majority of Jackson's colleagues and successors felt as he did about the navy, had it been built up instead of being brought to a standstiIl, it would probably never
 have been necessary to fight the war Of 1872.
 Again Washington said: "Give to mankind the example of a people all
 ways guided by an exalted justice and
 benevolence." This feeling can be
 shown alike by our dealings within and
 without our own borders. Taft and
 Wright in the Philippines and Wood
 in Cuba have shown us exactly how to
 practice this justice and benovelence in
 dealing with other peoples-a justice
 and benevolence which can be shown.
 not by shirking our duty and abandon ing to self-destruction those unfit to govern themselves, but by doing our , duty by staying with them and teach ing them how to govern themselves, by uplifting them spiritually and ma teriaIly. Here at home we are obey ing this maxim of Washingtons just so far as we help in every movement, whether undertaken by the govern ment, or as is, and should be, more
 often the case. by voluntary action
 among private citizens, for the better
 ment of our own people. Observe that , Washington speaks both of justice and benevolence, and that he puts justice first We, must be generous, we must l help our poorer brother. but above all we must remember to be just; and the first step toward securing justice is tC ) treat every man on his worth as a 7 man, showing him no special favor
 but so far as may be holding open for him the door of opportunity so that re- 1 ward may wait upon honest and intel ligent endeavor.
 A PUBLIC CREDIT.
 l Again Washington said: "Cherist public credit" Just at the moment l there is no attack on public credit, but 5 if ever the temptation arises again lei !. our people at the outset remember that ? the worst because the most insidiOus . form of appeal that would make 8 r man a dishonest debtor is that . which would persuade him that il . is anything but dishonest for him tC repudiate his debts.
 2 Finally, 1t is peculiarly appropriate when I have come to this city as the guest of the University of Pennsyl- . vania, to quote another of Washing l tons maxims: Promote, as an object B of primary importance, institutions fol 5 the general diffusion of knowledge IT proportion as the structure of a gov 2 ernment gives force to public opinion 5 it is essential that public opinion - should be enlightened" Education may not make a man a good citizen, bu 3 most certainly ignorance tends to pre- vent his being a good citizen. Wash 2 ington was far too much of a patriot had far too much love for his fellow
 citizens, to try to teach them that they
 could govern themselves unless they l could develop a sound and enlightened g public opinion.
 I HIGH SCORE OF CITIZENSHIP. No nation can permanently retain