The sun., 1905-10-19

tuously to those who purchase II by SUR
rendering the right. No Our voice mus,
be effective for peace because II is raised
for righteousness first, and for peace only
as the handmaiden Of righteousness. W.
must be scrupulous In respecting the rights
OF the weak, and no less careful TO make
II evident that we do not act through fear
! OF the strong. We must be scrupulous
In doing Justice to others and scr,lpulous
in exacting justice for ourselves. We
must beware equally Of that sinister and
cynical teaching which would persuade
us to disregard ethical standards in inter
national relations. and of the no less
hurtful folly which would stop the whole
work Of civilization by a well-meant but
silly persistenoy in trying to apply to peo-
Piles untitled for them those theories of
government and Of national action which
are only suited for the most advanced
races.
In particular we must remember that
in undertaking to build the Panama
Canal we have necessarily undertaken to
police the seas at either end Of it, and this
means that we have a peculiar interest In
the, preservation of order in the coasts
believe that by a little wise and generous
aid we can help even the most backward
Of the peoples In these coasts and islands
forward along the path Of orderly liberty
so that they can stand alone. If we decline
bad both for them and for us. and will in
the end in all probability cause us to face
humiliation or bloodshed.
HOME PROBLEMS MORE IMPORTANT.
The problems that face us abroad are
important, but the problems that face us
at home are even more important. The
extraordinary growth Of industrialism dur
ing the last half century brings every civil
lied people face to face with the gravest
social and economic Questions. This is an
age of combination among capitalists and
combination among wage-workers. 1t is
idle to try to prevent such combina-
they. work for, the good and not for
the harm Of the body polite. New de-
vices OF law are necessary from time
to time in order to meet the changed and
changing conditions. But after all we
will do we'll to remember that although
the problems to be solved change from
generation to generation, the spirit, in
which their solution must be attempted
remains forever the same. 1t is In peace
as it is in war. Tactics change and weapons
change.
The Continental troops in their blue and
bun who fought under Washington and
Greene and Wayne differed entirely in arms
and in training from those who in blue
or gray faced one another in the armies
of Grant and of Lee, Of Sherman and of
Johnston. And now the sons of these same
Union and Confederate veterans who serve
in our gallant little army of to-day wear a
different uniform. carry different weapon
and practise different tactics, But the
throughout, and the qualities which drove
forward to victory or to death the men of
70 and the men Of '6l are the very quail
ties which the men Of to-day must keep
unchanged If in the hour Of need the honor
of the nation is to be kept untanished
was formed with as its basic idea the prn-
ciple Of treating each man on his worth az
man, of paying no heed to whether he
was rich or Door, no heed to his creed or
his social standing but only to the wav
in which he performed his duty to himself
to his neighbor, to the State From this
principle we cannot afford to vary by so
much as a hands breadth.
Many republics have risen in the past
and some OF them fourished long, but
most potent in bringing about their
fall was in almost all cases the fact that
they grew to be governments in the interest
of a class instead Of governments in the
interest of all. 1t made no difference as
to which class it was that thus wrested to
chinery. 1t was ultimately as fatal to
the cause Of freedom whether it was the
rich who oppressed the poor or the poor
who plundered the rich, The crime of
brutal disregard Of the rights Of Others is
as much crime when it, manifests itself
in the shape Of greed and brutal arrogance
on the one side, as when it manifests itself
in the shape of envy and lawess violence
on the other Our aim must be to deal
Justice to each man: no moro and no less.
This purpose must find its expression and
support not merely in our collective action
through the agencies Of the Government,
but in our social attitude. Rich man and
poor man must alike feel that on the one
hand they are protected by law and that on
the other hand they are responsible to the
law; for each is entitled to be fairly dealt
with by his neighbor. and by. the State;
and II we as citizens Of this nation are true
to ourselves and to the traditions Of our
such fair measure of justice
as far as we can bring it about each shall
receive his dues, each shall be given the
chance to show the stuff there Is in him,
shall be secured against wrong. and In
turn prevented from wronging others.
More than this no man is entitled to, and
less than this no man shall have.
SOUNDS NOTE OF KINsHIP.
1t was after 2 O'Clock when the President
ceased speaking, and he proceeded directly
to the Masonic Temple. where luncheon
was served. At the close of the luncheon. a
toast was proposed to the President by
Mayor Mccarthy. and was drunk standing.
After the cheers had subsidized, Mr.. Roose-
welt said:
Mr. Mayor, Governor and you. my hosts:
One among the very many great yirginians
at the time when this nation was born, said
land l quote. gentlemen. Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry said;
we are no longer New Workers, or New
En- CHAMBERS. Pennsylvanians or Virginians,
we are Americans. and surely. MIR. Mayor, the
man would be but poor American who was
not touched and stirred to the depths by he
reception that have met with to day In this
great, historic city of America. Coming to-
day by the statue Of Stonewel jackson in the
ity Of Lee felt what prvileg ege it Is that
|, as an American. have in claiming that You
have no more right OF kinship
n Lee and Jack son than have.
can claim to be middling good American,
because my ancestry was half Southern and
half Northern; l was born in the East and
nave lived a good while in the West. so long
n, fact that ! do not admit that any man
AN be better Westerner than I am. There
vas an uncle OF mine. now dead. my mothers
,rother, who has always been. among all
he men / have ever met, the man who IL
,eemed to me came nearest to typifying in |
he flesh that most beautiful Of ell characters |