The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-12

navies, nor yet the commerce OF our
have given us so Just a claim
To the gratitude OF the people OF
Asia as have our school teachers,
sent, many OF them, by private rath'
er than bs public funds.
The English language has become
the vehicle fur the conveyance OF
governmental truth even more than
for the spread OF general informa-
tion, tor beginning with Magma
Charta and continuing through The
era OF the American revolution and
the Declaration of Independence
down 10 the present, no language has
been 50 much employed for the propa
cation OF that theory of government
which traces governmental authority
TO the consent OF the governed. Our
own nation presents The most Illus
trious example known TO history OF
great population working out Its
destiny through laws of its own max
ing aud under officials OF its own
choosing, although, may add, we
scarcely go beyond England In Iecog'
niEing the omnipotence of a parlia'
ment fresh from the people. Ii is
diificult To overestimate the potency
Of this conception of government up
on the progress Of nation and, In
turning the thought of the world
away from despotisA to the possibii'
! ities of self government. the pioneers
OF freedom made western civilization
possible An idea viii sometimes
regolutionize an individual. con-.
munity, u state, A nation or even Il
World, aud the Idea that man pos
sesses inalienable rights which the
state did not give and which the
state, though 1t can deny, cannot
take away, has made millions OF hu
man beings stand erect aud claim
their God-given inheritance. Will,
the era OF constitutional liberty II
ever widening, while the tyfann,
and insolence OF arbitrary power ar'
every year decreasing, the leaders o
the worlds thought, not only tli'
English speaking nations but th'
other Christian nations as well, haVl
yet much To do In teaching rcNeIenc
for the will OF the majority aud re
spect for the public servants upoI
whom the people bestow authority.
"The Christian nations must lea
I the movement for the promotion O
peace, not only because hey are en-
listed under the banner Of the Pune
: Of Peace. but also because they hay
> attained such a degree OF intelligenc
that they can no longer take prid
7 In purely physical victory. TIL
$ belief tnat moral questions can b
! settled by the shedding of huma
p. FLOOD is relic uf babarism;
/ doubt the dynamic power Of Iignl
5 eonsness is iniidellty 10 truth itsell
9 That nation which il unwilling
4 trust It's cause To the universal COT
[ science or which Shrlnks from IN
> presentation OF it's claims before
@ tribunal where reason holds sway b'
d. trays a lack OF faith in the sounC
= ness of its position. venture
. suggest that the worlds peace woul
be greatly promoted 10y an agreemet
. among the leading nations that n
p declaration OF war should be mad
a until the submissioa OF the questl0
, In controversy TO an impartial coul
. for investigation each nation reser'
, ing the right To accept or reject TIA
, decision. Ine preliminary invest
/, cation would in almost every instanc
insure an amicahle settlement an
the reserved rights would bc "A sun
, Client protection against any possibl
4 injustice.
Let me go a step iatther ana al
- peal Tor clearer recognition OF III
dignity Gf labor The odium whic
rests upon the work OF the hand ha
i. exerted baneful intiulence ttl
!, world around The theory that Id,
ness Is more honorable than toll
that II is more respectable 10 copsum
-, what Others have produced than
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