Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-14

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inculcates among the great body of the people that wholesome respect
for the rights of men, THAT REGARD FOR LAW AND OR
DER, without which the state cannot long survive. "The United
States said De Tocquevlle, "must be religious to be free. Further
more" said he, "DESPOTISM may govern without religious faith,
but LIBERTY cannot"
The socialstic tendency in certain quarters has not escaped the at
tenion of the most casual observer of current events. Its growth can
not be viewed except with concern, for it bodies no good to our country
The church may we'll concern itself with all those things which affect
the temporal welfare Of this great people. 1t may well concern itself
with those things which menace the state, which tend to LEOPARD
lie INSTITUTIONS which came to us from the hands Of
our fathers. The movement is yet in its incipient stages, and it is well
that its perncous influence should be understood.
Socialism is at war with our most cherished traditions. til hostile
to the enlightened principles of our growth as a great people # isIa
peril to our social and industrial development IT WOULD PARA
Lyle INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE, which has been the most
potent factor in our, upbuilding. Here, amid the unsurpassed advan-
tages which a kind Providence has placed at our hands, the individual
counts for more than anywhere else beneath the sun. Here, no matter
how humble his station, he is able to devote his genius for accomplish
ing things, for subduing the wilderness, for building great cities, for
spanning the continent with the evidence of his power, for improving
his environment. and making better the home and stronger the state.
But this were endowment enough. 1t has been the touchstone of
OUR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1t has given us countless
communities, happy, self reliant, prosperous, brave and patriotic. So
ciaIsm seeks to level down and NOT TO LEVEL UP. til alike at
war with the best interests of both capital and labor. 1t seeks to re-
strict each in the exercise of its natural functions. 1t puts limitations
upon each which are contrary to American genius and spirit In the
United States the laborer Of today becomes the capitalist Of tomorrow.
Such has been our experience from the beginning until now, and it
will be history of tomorrow.
Neither constitutions nor statutes, though they were framed by
men with the wisdom of Solomon, can establish and maintain EQUAL
ITY AND ABSOLUTE JUSTICE among men. We must look to
the persuasive power and influence of the Christian church to bring
them to a complete realization of their true relationship to each other;
to their primary duty to deal fairly with one another, to carry into the
various relations of life the principles of that brief and splendid code,
the Golden Rule.
No political law can maintain ENDURING relations of amity
between capital and labor. No HUMAN law can bring them into
such harmony as perpetually to avoid friction and collision. The
Christian church can do more than all the measures framed by the
hand of man to maintain Industrial peace, for it teaches the BROTH
ERHOOD OF MAN and inspires men with a sense of Justice and
fair play which is the ultimate foundation of good relations
IF MEN DO NOT HAVE WITHIN THEM THE SPIRIT OF LOVE
AND JUSTICE, IF THEY DO NOT HAVE IN THEIR BREASTS THE
SPIRIT OF DIVINE LAW, THERE IS LITTLE HOPE OF ENDURING
CONCORD.