Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

really dangerous to the nation they always
rise and wipe them out AS to charity. l
| believe in that. There is no nobler attribute
| in mans makeup. You may remember
Crittenden's story of how God created man.
When He first thought of him He called
| unto himself His three angels Truth. JUS
| tice and Mercy, and thus addressed them:
''Shali we make MANI"
.rhe nrst TO answer was Truth. She said.
ooh! God, make him not, for he will pol
| lutte Thy sanctuary"
'Shall we make MANI? The question was
asked again, and Justice replied: "Oh!
| God, make him not, for he will trample
upon Thy laws"
'Shall<we make man?,. Again the ques-
ton. and Mercy, falling upon her knees and
crying through her tears. said: oh! God
| make him, and 1 will follow him through
the dark paths he may have to tread"
Upon that God made man and sent him
| of Mercy. Go thou and deal mercifully with
| thy fellow-man."
Indeed 1 believe IN mercy and charity"
| concluded the Vice President. .s-
"That means that you believe In the
square deal with the addition Of charity"
said I.
To this the Vice President did not reply.
During our conversation he spoke of con-
| fdence as the basis of our growth as ma
ton, calling it the foundation of society.
business and government and saying that
we must have faith in ourselves and others
| if we would succeed.
was COIlUucHCt, sdlu Ho, tudl iCu
Grant from the tannery to Appomattox and
Garfield from the towpath to the White
House, and 1t is confidence in oneself and
in ones fellows and in truth and righteous
ness which conquers the world"
what do you think of our country, MI.
Fairbanks" said I, las field for nation
building?.
TT is one of the best ever created" he
replied. ''Our nation is strong today largely
because 1t has been placed here and be-
cause Of the elements of which it Is made.
Our founders were the best citizens of the
countries from which they came Had they
not had strong characters they would have
submitted to oppression and stayed at home.
They talk of us Americans as being the on
spring of the scum of Europe. The truth
Is we come from the cream or Europe, and
the scum in this case is the cream. The
emigrant Is always the cream of any popu-
lation far as strength OF body and mind
! is concerned. The feeble Will not dare TO
leave home and the weak-spirited always
remain. During all the years of our history
we have been skimming the cream OF the
Europeans and Incorporating it into our
national body.
Building Nation.
with such elements to work with the
United States has become strong because
of the difficulties it's people have had to
overcome. Muscles grow with use, and We
have had to use our bodies and minds We
have had to carve a country out or WILL
derness, and we have built up our national
strength while fighting with the wilds. This
has given us self-confidence. 1t has tough
ened us and strengthened us. and has also
developed certain characteristics In which
we are superior to any other people
"Take, for instance. the matter of inven-
TONS The newest and best of machines
are made by US. We have thousands of
patents granted every year, and we have
done more than any other nation to enable
man to do his work more easily and more
effectively. One reason for this Is that our
fathers began their life fight In the woods
without machinery or supplies of any kind.
They had to make everything for them
selves and had to invent ways and means
to accomplish their ends. Their children
were brought up to think, plan and in
vent, and the result is that we have ma
ton of thinkers and inventors. Even our
statesmen have dabbled in inventions.
Thomas Jefferson made many. and you
may today find models Of patents applied
for by Abraham Lincoln in the National
Museum at Washington"
But, Mr.. Vice President" said I. "our