The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-05

ct imam Dy puDlIC 1unQS. II
The English language has become
the vehicle for the of o |
ernmental truth even more than for
the spread of general information, for \
beginning with Magma Charter and
continuing through tine era of the |
American revolution and the Declar-
alton of independence down to the
present, no language has bee SO
much employed for the propagation
of that theory of government which
traces governmental authority to the
consent Of he governed. Our own
nation presents the most illustra-I
trious example now to history of a
great population working out its des-
tiny through laws of it's own making
and under officials of it's own choos-
ing, although, l may add, we scarce
ly go beyond England in recognizing
the omnipotence of a parliament
fresh from the people. 1t is difficult
to overestimate the potency of this
conception of government upon the
| progress of a nation and, in turning
the thought of the world away from
| despotism to the possibilities of self
| government the pioneers of freedom
made Western civilization possible.
| An idea will some time revolutionize
an Individual, a community, a state,
a nation or even a world, and the iTsa
| that man possesses inalienable rights
which the state did not give and
which the state, though it can deny,
cannot take away, has made millions
of human beings stand erect and
| claim their God-given inheritance.
While the era of constitutional liber-
ty is ever widening, while the ty-
ranny and insolence of arbitrary pow
er are every year decreasing, the
leaders of the worlds thought, not
only the English speaking nations
but the other Christian nations as
well, lave yet much to do in teaching
reverence for the will of the major
ity and respect for the public servants
upon whom the people bestow au-
thority.
The Christian nations must lead the
movement for the promotion of peace
not only because they are enlisted
under the banner of the Prince of
Peace, but also because they have at
tanned such a degree of intelligence
tina the can no longer take pride
in a purely physical victory. The be
lief that moral questions can be set
tied by the shedding of una blood
is a relic of barbariSm; to doubt the
dynamic power of righteousness is
infdelity to truth itself. That nation
which is unwilling to trust its cause
to the universal conscience or which
shrinks from the presentation of its
| Claims DelOTe d lTlDuldl WHERE Eed-
son holds sway betrays a lack of
faith in the soundness of its position.
I venture to suggest that the worlds
peace would be greatly promoted by
an agreement among the leading ma
lions that no declaration of var
should be made until the submission
of the question in controversy to an
impartial court for investigation, each
nation reserving the right to accept
nr rPinot tho decision The nr0limin-
airy investigation would in almost ev-
cry instance insure an amicable set
Element and the reserved rights would
be a sufficient protection against any
possible injustice.
Let me go a step farther and APP
peal for a clearer recognition of the
dignity of labor. The odium which
rests upon the work of the hand has
exerted a baneful influence the world
around. The theory that idleness is
more honorable than tOil-that it is
more respectable to consume what
others have produced than to be a
producer of wealth-has not only rob
bed society of an enormous sum but
it has created an almost impossible
gulf between the leisure classes and
those who support them. TOlstoy is
right in asserting that most of the
perplexing problems of society grow
out of the lack of sympathy between
man and man. Because some imagine
themselves above work while others
see before them nothing but a life
| of d~rudgery there is constant warning
and much of bitterness. When men
and women become ashamed of doing
nothing and strive to give to so
| ciety full compensation for all they
receive from society there will De har
| mOny between the classes.
While Europe and America have
advanced far beyond the Orient in
placing a proper estimate upon those
who work, even our nations have mo
yet fully learned the lesson that en-
plOyment at some useful avocation
is essential to the physical health,
intellectual development and moral
| growth. If America and England are
to meet the requirements of their
high positions they must be prepared
to present in the lives of their citi-
zens examples, increasing in number,
of men and women who find delight
in contributing to the welfare of
their fellows, and this ought not to
be difficult, for every department of
human activity has a fascination of
its own The agricultural colleges
and industrial schools which have
evidence hat a higher ideal is spread
ing among the people.
And now we come to the most i'm
portant need of the Orient-a con-
ception of life which recognizes in
dividual responsibility to God, teach
es the brotherhood of man and meas
slres greatness by the service rem
dered. The first established a ration
al relation tive the creature and
his Creator, the second lays the foun-
dalton for justice between man and
hio fellows on1 tho fhfrd f,-nichoC |