The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-01

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democratic conditions that 50 grarSas
human actlon can sats;s proyl4eSit.
sfilereg shatf he an approximately fair.
lstitst: thai there shall be no oppres-
,sirR cf!ihe weak, and that no man
sliall be permitted TO Mcguire or TO
.use vast fortune BY methods or In
ways that are tortuous and dishonest.
Need Wise Laws. &.
s. Therefore we need wise laws, and
We need to have them resolntcly al,
~ "tered.. We can get such laws and
s,,cli administration only If the people
are alive to their interests. The 9TH.
er "ny listened to an admirable ser.
mon bY Bishop Johnston, OF Western
IiExas. His theme was TINT the vital
element IL Judging any man SHOULD
he his conduct, and neither his posi-.
tion nor his nretensions; and further.
more, tilat freedom could only stay
With people which has the habit OF
self.mas:ery. AS he said. the price Of
liberty is not only eternal vigilance,
but eternal virtue; and may add,
eternal common sense. Each man
here Knows that he himself has been
able to use his freedom to advantage
only provided that he could master
himself, that he could control his own
rassio"s and direct his own faculties.
Each Of you fathers and mothers here
knows that II your sons are to do well
III the world they must know how :o|
master themselves. Every man must
have a master; II he Is not his own
master, then somebody else will be.
This Is Just as true Of public life is
of lriVate life. If we can not master
ourselves, control ourselves then
sooner or later We shall have to sub.
nit To outside control; for there must
be control somewhere.
Government Of Orderly Liberty.
One way of exercising such control
Is through the laws Of the land. Ours
is 4 government OF liberty. but It Is n
government OF that orderly libert.
whicl. comes by and through tho hon.
est enforcement OF and obedience to
the law. At intervals during the las.
few months the appeal has been made
to me not to enforce the law against
certain wrongdoers OF great wealth be.
cause to do so would Interfere with
the business prosperity OF the coun.
try. Under the effects Of that kind OF
fright which when sufficiently acute
We call panic. this appeal has been
made to me even by men who ordi.
narily behave as decent citizens. One
newspaper which has itself strongly
advanced this view gave prominence
to tho statement of a certain man OF
great wealth to the effect that the so.
cal:t' financial weakness was due en-.
tircly to the admitted intention Of
President Roosevelt to punish the
Urge moneyed interests which had
trnnsgressel the laws" do not al.
nit that this has been the main cause
OF any business troubles we have had
but 1t Is possible that 1t has been n.
contributory cause. II so, friends, as
far as am concerned It must be &C.
certed rs a disagreeable but unavoid.
able feature in course of policv
which as long as am President will
not be changed. In any great move.
ment for righteousness, where the
forces OF evil are strongly intrenchel !
It Is unfortunately inevitable that
some unoffending people should suffer!
in company with the real offenders
This Is not our fault. 1t Is the fault
of those to whose deceptive action