Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-19

others and scrupulous in exacting jus
 tice for ourselves. We must beware
 equally of that sinister and cynica
 teaching which would persuade u.
 to disregard ethical standards in in
 ternational relations. and of the nc
 less hurtful folly which would stoI
 the whole work of civilization by q
 well-meant but silly persistency in try
 Ing to apply to peoples unfitted fol
 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 pecu- liar interest in the preservation of
 order in the coast and islands of the | Caribbean. l firmly believe that with
 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 be bad both for them and for us. and will in the end in all probability cause us to face hun4...a-
 tion and bloodshed
 The problems that face us abroad are important. b, the problems that face us at home ar even more impor- tant. The extraordinary growth of industrialism during the last half cen tury brings every civilized people face to face with the grayest social and | economic questions. This is an age of combination among capitalists and combination among wage-workers. IT
 is idle to try 10 prevent such combina-
 tions. 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 to time in order to meet the
 changed and changing conditions.
 But after all we will do well to re-
 member that although the problems
 to be solved change from generation
 to generation, the spirit in which the
 solution must be attempted remains
 forever the same. It is in peace as it Is in war. Tactics change and weap- ons change. The Continental troops in their blue and buf. who fought un- der 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 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 today, wear a different uniform. carry a different weapon and practice diff ferent tactics. But the soul of the soldier has remained the same throughout. and the qualities which drove forward 10 victory or to death the men of '76 and the men of '61. are the very qualities which the men of today must keep unchanged if in the hour of need the honor of the nation is tO be kept untarnished So it is | in civil life This government was formed with as its basic idea the prin- | ciple of treating each man on his | worth as a man of paying TO heed | to whether he was rich or poor. no | heed to his creed or his social stand | ing, but only to the way in which he 1 performed his duty to himself. to his neighbor, 10 the state From this | We cannot afford to vary by | so much as a hands breadth. Many republics have risen in the past. and | some of them fiOurished long. but | sooner or later they fell, and the most ! potent cause in bringing about their | fall was in almost all cases the fact | that they grew to be governments in 1 the interest of a class instead of gov ernments in the interest of all. IL | made no difference as to which class | it was that thus wrested to it's own | the governmental ma | chinery. It 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 a crime | when it manifests itself in the shape l of greed and brutal arrogance on the | one side. as when il manifests itself | in the shape of envy and lawless vio- lence on the other. Our aim must be to deal justice to each man; no more and no less Thus purpose must find | it's expression and support not merely in our collective action through the i agencies of the government, but in our social attitude Rich men and | poor men must alike feel that on the one hand they are protected by law and that on the other hand they are to the law; for each is entitled to be fairly dealt with by his neighbor and the state, and if we as citizens of this nation are true to our selves and to the traditions of our such fair measure of jus tice shall always be dealt to each man. so that as far as we can bring it about each shall receive his dues. each shall be given the chance to show the stun there is in him, shall be secured f against wrong, and in turn prevented i from wronging others. More than this no man is entitled to. and less thic ha-cn