Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-19

D'''h''- anu GO Oui W.
poriunity is great. therefore our re-
sponsibility is great We have duties
To perform both abroad and at home,
and we can not shirk either set of du.
ties and fully retain our selfrespect
I'm foreign affairs we must make
up our minds that whether we wish Il
or not, we are a great people and must
play great part in the world Il is
no; open to- us to choose whether We
will play that grca; part or not. We
have 10 play il; all we can decide is
whether we shall play it well or III
And have too much confidence in
my countrymcn to douht what the dc,
cision will be-
No Surrender to Right.
Our mission III the world shout he
one OF peace, but not he pcac, of
cravcns. the peace granted contcmp.
iuously to those who purchase 1t hy
suircndcring the right No, OR
voice must be effective tor peace he.
cause it u iaiscd for Righteousness
mrst and for peace only rs the hand
naidcn ri ..ltcousncss.
I'VE must he ScrupulOuS in respect
iI% In, r"lts nj the weak. and 10
less cfr"r"' 40 make il evident lha'
We do NO. act throug; fear Of 49,.
strong. We M 4 i:r Sf'Ipulors in -.
acting Justice for ourselves. We must
beware equally of that sinister and
cynical teaching which would persu.
adc us to disregard ethical standards
in International relations, and of the
no less hurtful folly which would stop
the whole work of civilization by a
weIl-meant but silly pcrsistency in
trying to apply to peoples untitled for
them those theories of government
and of national action which arc only
suited for the most advanced races.
Canal Means Other Responsibilities.
IN particular we must remember
mat III undertaking To build the Pana-
ma canal we have necessarily under.
taken To police the seas AT either end
al IT; anu this means that we have
peculiar interest in the preservation
oil order in the coasts and islands of
the Caribbean firmly believe that
W 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 lib.
erty so that they can stand alone. If
we decline to give them such help the
result will he bad both for them and
Tor us. and will in the end i'm all
probability cause us to face humlia.
ton or blOulshed
Problems at Home.
The problems that face us abroad
are important. but the problems that
face us at home are even more i'm.
pcrtant. The extraordinary growth of
industrialism during the las, half cen
fury brings every civilized people face
to face with the gravest social and
economic questions
This Is an age of combination
among wage.workers. II is idle to trv
to prevent such combinations. Our
efforts should be to see that they
WORK for the good and not for the
harm OF the body polite New devices
Of law are necessary from time tn
time I'm order to meet the changed
and changing conditions.
"E,ii after all we will do well To re.
member that although The problems t..
he solved change from generation to
SN''r'"''ph' wv HpiiiN III NIlltn lUclI
solution must he attempted remains
forever the same. 1t is in peace as i:
Is In war. Tactics change and wcan.
ons change The Continental troops
In their blue and buff. who fought
under Washington and Greene ana
Wayne. differed entirely In arms and
IN training from those who I'm blue or
gray faced one another I'm the armies
a nd -
Johnston And now the sons of these
same Union and Confederate veterans
who serve in our gallant little army Of
today. wear Il different uniform. carry
different weapon, and practice diff.
fercnt tacticc. But the soul of the
soldier has remained the same
throughout. and the qualities which
drove forward TO victory or to death
the. men of '7G and the men of 81
arc The very qualities which the men
of today must keep unchanged if i'm
the hour of need the honor of the ma
tion Is To be kept untarnshcd.
Same in Civil Life.
so 1t is in civil life. This govern
mcnt was formed with as its basic
idea the principle of treating each
man on his worth as man. of paying
no heed to whether he was rich or
poor, no heed to his creed or his social
standing. but only to the way in
which he performed his duty To him
self, To his neighbor. to the State.
From this principle we cannot afford
To vary by SO much as hands
breadth Many republics have risen in
the past. and some of them nourshed
long. but sooner or later they fell:
and the cause was i'm almost all cases
tine fact the. they grew to be govern
mGnts in the interest oI a class in
stead of governments in the interests
of all
III made no difference as to which
class it was that thus wrcstcd TO its
own advantage the governmental ma
chincry. 1t was the rich who oppres-