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

late winter at Valley Forge, the winter
which marked the turning point Of the
Revolutionary war. Here he came again
as president Of the convention which
framed the Constitution, and then az
president OF the United States. and fin
ally as lieutenant general OF the army
after he had retired from the presi-
dency,
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS.
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 be-
lieyed 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 people"
Washington, though I'm some ways an
even greater man than Lincoln did not
have Lncoln's wonderful gift OF ex-
prossion--that gift which makes certain
speeches OF the rail-spntter from Illl-
nois read like the inspired utterances
Of the great Hebrew seers and proph-
cts. But he had all Of Lincoln's sound
common sense, far-sightedness and de-
votlon TO q lofty ideal Like Lincoln he
sought after the noblest objects, and
like Lincoln he sought after them by
thoroughly practical methods. These
two greatest Americans can fairly be
called the best among the great men Of
the world, and greatest among the good
men OF the world. Each showed in ac-
tual practise his capacity TO secure un-
der our systeV the priceless union Of
individual liberty with governmental
strength Each was as free from the
vices Of the tyrant as from the vices
of the demagogue. To eacn the empty
futillty OF the mere dpctrnaire was as
allen as the baseness OF the merely self
seeking politician. Each WAS Incapable
alike of the wickedness which seeks by
force OF arms TO wrong others ana OF
the no less criminal weakness which
fails to provide effectively against be-
ing wronged by others.
wAsH1NGToN's MAXIMs.
Among Washington's maxlms 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" These two
principles taken togethershould FORM the
basis of our whole foreign policy.
Neither Is sufficient taken by itself. 1t
is not merely an idle dream, but most
mischieyous dream, to believe that mere
refralning from wrongdoing VIII insure
us against being wronged, Yet, on the
other hand a nation prepared for war
Is a menace to mankind unless the ma
tional purpose is to treat other nations
with good faith and Justice In any
community II Is neither the conscien-
tious man who Is a craven at heart, nor
yet the bold and strong man without
the moral sense, who is OF real use TO
the community; It Is the man VINO 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 I'm the world nj large, the nation
which Is OF use In the progress Of man
kind Is that nation which combines
strength OF character, force Of charac-
ter, and insistence upon its own rights, !
with a full acknowledgment Of its own |
duties towards others. Just at present |
the best way in which we can show that
our loyalty TO the teachings or wash
lngton is a loyalty OF the heart and not |
Of the lips only Is to see to II that the |
work OF building up our navy goes
steadily on and that at the same time !
our stand for international righteous
ness is clear and emphatic.
USE OF TILE NAVY
Never since the beginning OF our |
country's history has the navy been |
used in an unjust war. Never has II |
failed to render great and sometimes |
vital service to the republic II has |
not been too strong for our good, though l
os.eG not strong enough to do all the /
good II should have done. our possession !
Of the Philippines, our interest IN the |
trade OF the orient, our building the |
Isthmlan canal, our insistence upon the |
Monroe doctrine, all demand that our |
navy shall be OF adequate size and for |
it's size OF unsurpassed efficiency, II |
II is strong enough / believe II viii |
minimize the chance OF our being drawn |
into foreign war II we let II run down |
It Is as certain az the day that sooner |
or later we shall havo to choose be- |
tween probably disastrous foreign |
war or peace kept on terms that I'M |
ply national humiliation.
sUREsT GUARANTY OF PEACE.
Our navy is the surest guaranty Of |
peace and the cheapest Insurance |
against war and those who, In what |
ever capacity have helped to build It |
up during the past 90 years have been |
In good faith observing and living up |
to one OF the most important OF the |
principles which Washington laid |
down for the guidance OF his country !
men. Nor was Washington the only |
one OF our great presidents who /
showed far-slghted patriotism by sup |
port OF the navy. When Andrew jack |
son was In Congress 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 humil- |