The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-01
ELIHU ROOT AT RIO
Secretary Of State TO Pan
American Congress.
DEEMS FUTURE BRIGHT WITH HOPE
Out OF Wreck OF Indian Fighting,
Race Conflicts and CiviI Wars
strong, stable Governments
Have Arisen.


strong, stable Governments
, Have Arisen.
RIO JANIERO, Aug. 1.-At the pan.
American congress here Secretary Of
War Root addressing the assembly
said:
Gentlemen OF tho Congress-I beg
you TO belleye that highly appreciate
and thank you for the honor you do me
Il bring from my own country a
special greeting TO our older sisters
In the civilization OF America. Unlike
M we are in many respects we are
alike In this, that we are all engaged
under new conditions, free from the
traditional forms and limitations OF
the old world, In working out the same
problem Of popular self government
This is difficult and laborlous task
for each OF us. Not In one generation
nor In one century can the effective
control OF superior sovereign. so long
deemed necessary to government, be-
rejected aud effective self control 10y
the governed perfected In lis place.
"The first fruits OF democracy are,
many OF them, crude and unlovely,
Mistakes are many partial failures are
many and sins not a few. The capac.
lty for self government does not come
10 man by nature. IL Is an art 10 be-
learned as well as an expression Of
character to be developed among the
great number OF men who exercise
popular sovereignty.
ITO reach that goal toward which
we are pressing forward. the govern
nag Of the multitude. We must first nc.
qure the knowledge that comes from
universal education, the wisdom which
follows practical experience. that per
sonnl independence and self respect
behtting men who acknowledge no su-
perlor. self control to replace that ex-
ternal control which democracy rejects.
respect Of the law. obedience TO the
lawful expressions OF the public will
consideration OF the opinions and Inter
csts Of others equally entitled TO voice
IN the state. loyalty to the abstract
conceptions Of ones country as insplr
ing as that loyalty Of personal sover
eigns which has so illumIned the pages
OF history, the subordlnatlon Of per
sonal interests to the public good, and
love Of Justice, mercy, liberty and
order
"All these we must seek by slow
.afI. IIaaaH oil
comlngs there are In our own lands
and among our own peoples each one
OF us is conscious. yet no student OF
our times can fail 10 see that not
America alone. but the whole civilized
world. Is swinging away from the old
governmental moorlngs and intrusting
the fate OF civilization 10 the capacity
OF the popular mass TO govern. By this
pathway mankind is travelling width
ersoeyer Il leads, aud upon the sue
cess Of this great undertaking the
hope Of humanity depends.
Nor can we fail TO see that the
world is making substantial progress
toward more perfect popular self gov
ernment. ! believe II to be true, view
ell against the background of condi-
tons century a generation, even a
decade, ago, that the government of
my own country has advanced In the
intelligent participation of the great
mass Of the people, the fidelity with
which they are represented, respect OF
the law, obedience to the dictates of
sound morality and in effectiveness
and purity of administration.
Nowhere is this progress more
marked than in Latln-Amerlca. Out of
the wreck Of Indian fighting. race
conflicts and civil wars strong and
stable governments have arisen. Peace
full succession in accord with the PEG
pies will has replaced the forcble
seizure of power permitted by the peo-
pies Indifference. Loyalty TO country,
its peace, dignity and honor have risen
above the partisanship of individual
leaders. The rule Of law supersedes
the rule Of man. Property is respect
ed the fruits OF enterprise are secure.
individual liberty is respected. contin-
uous public policies are followed. and
the national faith is held sacred This
progress has not been equaled every
where, but there has been progress
everywhere. The movement is in the
right direction. and it is not excep-
tional.
THE present affords just cause for
satisfaction, and the future is bright |