The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-02-22

One hundred and eight years ago.
just before he left the Presidency, he
he laid down certain principles which
he believed should guide the citizens
his own words being. Which ap-
pear to me all-important to the perma
nency 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
utterances of the great Hebrew seers
and prophets. But he had all of Lin
edness, and devotion to a lofty ideal.
Like Lincoln he sought after the no
blest objects. and like Lincoln he
sought after them by thoroughly prac
ticaI methods. These two greatest
best among the great men of the
world, and greatest among the good
men of the world.
Each showed in actual prac-
tice his capacity to secure under our
system the priceless union of indi-
vidual liberty with governmental
strength. Each was as free from the
vices OF the tyrant as from the vices
of the demagogue. To each the emp
ty futility of the mere doctrinaire
was as alien 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 and of the no less crimi-
nal weakness which fails to provide
effectively against being wronged by
others.
Among Washington's maxims which
he bequeathed to his countrymen
were the two following: observe
good faith and justice toward all ma
tions." and ITO be prepared for war
is the most effective means to pro
mote peace" These two principles
taken together should form the basis
Of our whole foreign policy. Neither
is sufficient taken by itself. 1t is
not merely an idle dream. but a most
mischievous dream, to believe that
mere refraining from wrongdoing will
insure us against being wronged.
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; 1t 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 COM
bines strength of character, force Of
character. and insistence upon it's
own rights. with a full acknowledge
ment of it's own duties toward 9TH
ers. Just at the present the best way
in which we can show that our loyal
ty to the teachings of Washington is
a loyalty of the heart and not of the
lips only is to see to it that the work
of building up our Navy goes steadily
on. and that at the same time our
stand for International righteousness
Is clear and emphatic.
Never since the beginning of our
country's history has the Navy been
used In an unjust war. Never has 1t
failed to render great and sometimes
vital service to the Republic 1t has
not been too strong for our good.
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