The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-04

ductive portions of one of the most fer- tile and prductive agricultural terri tories in all the world and the dwellers Tn this territory represent higher average of comfort, intelligence, and sturdy capacity for self-government than the people in any tract of like ex- tent in any other continent. The land teens with beauty and fertility, and but a score of years after Dickens wrote 1t was shown to be a nursery and breeding ground of heroes, of sol- diers and statesmen of the highest rank, while the rugged worth of the rank and file of the citizenship render
 ed possible the deeds of the mighty men who led in council and in battle. This was the region that brought forth mighty Abraham Lincoln, the Sncarna- ton of all that is best in democratic life; and from the loins of the same people, living only a little farther south sprang another of our greatest Presidents, Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory'-a man who made mistakes, like most strong men, but a man of iron will and incorruptible integrity, fearless, upright, devoted to the well fare of his countrymen, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh a typical American if ever there was one.
 Charles Dickens Commended.
 1 commend a careful reading of Mar tin Chuzzlewit to the pessimists of to- day, to the men who, instead of fight ing hard to do away with abuses while at the same time losing no jot of their buoyant hopefulness for the country insist that all Our people, socially and industrially, in their private lives no less than as politicians, newspaper men, and business men, are at a lower ebb than ever before. If ever any one of you feels a little downcast over the peculiarly gloomy view of the present taken by some well-meaning pesslmist of to-day you will find 1t real com | fort to read Martin Chuzzlewit, to sec what well-meaning pessimist of the past thought of our people sixty-f1vt years ago; and then think of the extra ordinary achievement, the eXtraordin- ary gain, morally no less than mater ially, of those sixty-flye years.
 International Relations.
 First as to international affairs Among your own neighbors, among your friends, what is the attitude
 you like to zee a man take toward his fellows, the attitude you wish each of your sons to take wher he goes out into the world Is it not g combination of readiness and ability to hold his own if anyone tries t ( wrong him, while at the same tim' showing careful regard not only fol the rights but for the feelings of oth, | CTS? Of course 1t Is! Of course the | type of man whom we respect, whom
 we are proud of if he is a kinsman
 whom we are glad to have as z friend and neighbor, Is the man who is no milksop, who is not afraid, who
 will not tolerate nor hesitate to re.
 sent insult or injury but who himsel never inflicts insult or injury is kind ly, good-natured, thoughtful of oth
 CTS rights-in short, good man tC do business with or have live in the next house or have as friend. Or the other hand, the man who lacks any of those qualities is sure to be ob
 1ectionable If man is afraid tC hold his own, if he will submit tamely to wrongdoing, he is contemptible, Il he is @ bully an oppressor, a mar who wrongs or insults others, he is