Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-22

iating tribute to the pirates OF the Bar
barry states, Old Hickory was a pat
riot through and through and there
was not an ounce of tmidity In his
nature, and OF course he felt only in
dgnant contempt for a policy which
purchased an ignoble peace by cow
ardice instead Of eXactlng n just peace
by showing we were as little willing to
submit 70 az to innlct aggression. Had
a majority Of Jackson's colleagues and
successors felt as he did about the
navy, had II been built up instead Of
being brought to a standstill, Il would
probably never have been necessary to
fight the war Of 1912.
EXAMPLES CITED.
Again Washington said: GIVE to
mankind the example Of a people al
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
Caba have shown us exactly how to
practise this Justice and beneyoence
In dealing with other peoples-a JUS
tice and benevolence which can be
shown, not by shirking our duty and
abandoning to self-destruction those
unfit to govern themselves, but by do
Ing our duty by staying with them and
teaching them how to govern Them
selves, by uplifting them spiritually
and materially Here at home we are
obeying this maxim Of Washington's
Just so far as we help I'm every move-
ment, whether undertaken by the gov
eminent or as Is, and should be- more
often the case, by voluntary action
among private citizens, for the
betterment Of our own people. OBJ
serve that Washington speaks both Of
Justice and beneyolence, and that he
puts Justice first We must be gener-
Gus, we must help our poorer brother,
but above all we must remember "a be
Just; and the first step toward securing
Justice Is TO treat every man on his
worth as a man, showing him no spe-
cial favor, but so far as may be holding
open for him the door OF opportunity,
so that reward may wait upon honest
and intelligent endeavor,
PUBLIC CREDIT,
Again Washington said: Cherish
public credit" Just at the moment
there is no attack on public credit but
If ever the temptation arises again let
our people at the outset remember that
the worst because the most insidlous
form OF the dishonest debtor is that
man who would persuade him that II Is
anything but dishonest for him to re-
pudlate his debts.
PROMOTE LEARNING.
Finally, II Is peculiarly appropriate
when | have come TO this city as the
guest Of the University OF Pennsylva-
MIA, to quote another Of Washington's
mnXims Promote as an object OF prl-
mary Importance, Institutions for the
general diffusion OF knowledge. In pro-
portion as the structure OF a govern
ment gives force TO public opinion, II Ia
essential that public opinion should be
enlightened" Education may not make
a man a good citizen, but most GER
tanly ignorance tends 10 prevent his
being a good citizen Washington 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 could develop a
sound and enlightened public opinion.
No nation can permanently retain free
government unless Il can retain high
average OF citizenship and there can
be no such high average OF citizenship
without a high average OF education,
using the word in its broadcast and tru-
est sense 10 include the things Of the
soul as well as the things OF the mind.
School education can never supplant or
take the place OF self-education, still
less can II IN any way take the place
OF those rugged and manly qualities
which we group together under the
name ~ character; but a can be OF en-
ormous use In experimenting both. II
Is source Of Just pride 10 every Amer
lean that our people have 20 consist
emily acted In accordance with Wash
ington's principle " promoting lnstltu-
lions for the diffusion Of knowledge.