Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-23
ROOSEVELT URGES
LESSON OF DAY
EMPHASIZES MAxIMS HELD BY
WASHINGTON
& Strong Pleas for international Right
eousness Delivered at conferrina
Of Degrees by University
Of Pennsylvania
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coin; and it is peculiarly fitting tha'
their birthdays should be celebrated
every year and the meaning of thei
lives brought home close to us.
No other city in the country is 81
closely identified with Washington,
career as Philadelphia. He served
here in 1875 in the Continental con-
gress. He was here as commander OF
the army at the time of the battle OF
15randywine and Germantown and II
rlas near here that with that army he
kAced the desolate winter at Valley
Merge. the winter which marked the
turning point of the Revolutionary
war. Here he came again as presi-
dent of the convention which framed
the constitution. and then as president
Of the United States, and finally as
lieutenant general of the army after
he had retired from the presidency.
Enunciated Great Principles
One hundred and eight years ago,
Just before he left the presidency, he
issued his farewell address, and in it
he laid down certain principles which
he believed should guide the citizens
Of this republic for all time to come,
his own words being, (which appear
to me all-important to the permanency
Of your felicity as a people"
Washington, though in some ways
an even greater man than Lincoln,
did not have Lincoln's wonderful gift
OF expression-that gift which makes
certain speeches of the rail-splitter
from Illinois read like the inspired
utterances of the great Hebrew seers
and prophets. But he had all of Lin
coins sound common sense, far sight
edness and devotion to a lofty ideal.
Among Washington's maxims which
he bequeathed to his countrymen were
the two following: "Observe good faith
and justice toward all nations" and
ITO be prepared for war is the most
effective means to promote peace"
Should Form Nations Policy
These two principles taken together
should form the basis of our whole
foreign policy.
Yet, on the other hand, a nation pre-
pared for war is a menace to mankind
unless the national purpose is to treat
other nations with good faith and
justice. In any community it is
neither the conscientious man who is
craven at heart, nor yet the bold
and strong man without the moral
sense, who is of real use to the COM
munity; it is the man who to strength
and courage adds a realizing sense of
the moral obligation resting 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 mankind is
that nation which combines strength
of character, force of character, and
insistence upon its own rights, with a
full acknowledgment of its own duties
toward others.
Build UP Our Navy
Just at present the best way in which
teachings of Washington is loyalty
OF the heart and not of the lips only
is to see to it that the work of build
ing up our navy goes steadily on, and
that at the same time out stand for
International Righteousness is clear and
emphatic
If it is strong enough L believe it
will minimize the chance of our being
drawn into foreign war; If we let it
run down it is as certain as the day
that sooner or later we shall have to
choose between a probably disastrous
foreign war or a peace kept on terms
that imply national humiliation Our
navy is the surest guaranty of peace
Again Washington said: Cherish
public credit" Just at the moment
there is no attack on public credit, but
If ever the temptation arises again lei
our people at the outset remember
that the worst because the most in
sidious form of the appeal that would
make of a man dishonest debtor
is that which would persuade him
that it is anything but dishonest fot
him to repudiate his debts.
To Promote Education
Finally, it is peculiarly appropriate
when 1 have come to this city as the
guest of the University of Pennsyl.
vania, to quote another of Washing.
toms maxims: Promote as an OBJ.
ject of primary Importance. institu.
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