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carefully the past n order IN draw from u
essons for Use In the prcs~n'. ore ~ M"
most striking features ~ the vosrs which
saw the downfall 81 the Rowan Rspuhii,'
was the fact that tho political he n Rome
became spht between two camps ono c"p-
tanning the rich Who wished tn exploit the
POOR, and the other The poor wished
TO plumber The rich Naturally. under
SUCH circumstances. tho yutlir mar Who
was for the moment successful tended 20
he either a violent r~escUonsry pr = violent
dcma go Any such condition 81 yoGt-
iGll lta II as hopsles-ly unhealthy nov a. it
was then. ! believe ~ implicitly y the
future OF our PEOPLE. becsd-e believe
that The average American citizen viii no
more tolerate government 10y a mot than
Nc viii tolerate government by a plutoc-
racy; that he desires to see Justice done
20 and justice eXacted from rich man and
ioor man alike. We are not irving 20
favor any man at the eArrns rf his fellows
We are trying Ia shaps things - that as
f8r as possible each man shai' have y fair
chance m life; 80 that he shall hsv", so
far as by law this can 10 accomplished, the
"hance to show the stun that there ~ ~
hin. We have no intention of trying 10
work for the impossible and uSdeslri able
end of giving 10 the lazy. the thrftless,
tho week, and the vicious, The reward thai
belongs ~. and ~ the hong run ran only
com" "a rhe hardv ork,ng. Tie thrifty, the
r~eroluIc, md me bones But We do wish
20 s~e 'hat The necessary strugcie iu life
shall be- carried On under genuinely dem
cratic conditions; 'bar, so far as human
action can safely provide ~. therr shall ha
gn approximately far starr; that there
shall be- no Of preston ~ 'he weak, and
chat 10 man shall be permitted 10 acquire
Ur To No. a vast fortune 10y methods or in
WAYS that are tortuous and dishonest
Therefore we need wiss laws, end We
need 70 have them rssoiutely administered.
We csn get such laws n such adminls-
ration only " tho people are alive 10 their
interests. The other day 7 listened TO AL
rdmiTable crmo by Bishop Johnston. of
western Texas. His theme was thar the
vital element in judging any man should
he his conduct. and neither his POSITION
nor his pretersions; and. Furthermore, that
Freedom could only stay with a people
wv lSt iair itltttA - tp-6a iva 81 - 10 nv
SAID. the price of liberty in not only eternal
vigilance. but eternal virtue: and I may add.
eternal common sense. Each man here
knows that he himself has been able TO uss
his freedom 10 advantage only provided
That he could master himself, that he could
control his own passions and direct his
own faculties Each Of you fathers and
mothers here knows that IL your sons are to
do well In the world they must know how
10 master themselves. Every man must
have IA p1aAfars Ar In ia nof hia nu I, p,aatar
then somebody else will be. This is just
as true Of public life as OF private life. II
we c1nnot master ourselves, control our
selves, then sooner or later we sban have
To submit to outside control; for there |
must be control somewhere.
One way Of exercising such control 10 |
through the laws OF the land. Ours 10 u
government Of liberty. but II is u govern
ment OF that orderly liberty which comes by
and through the honest enforcement Of and
obedience TO the law. AZ intervals during
the lest few months the appeal has been
made to me not TO enforce the law against
certain w~rongdoers OF great wealth be-
cause To do so would interfere with the
business prosperity OF the country, Under
the Ell ects of that kind of fright which when
sufficiently acute we call panic this appeal
has been made 10 me, even by men who
ordinarily behave "a decent citizens, One
newspaper which has itself strongly ad-
vanced his view gave prominence to the
OF 4 certain man of great wealth
to the effect that the so-called financial
weakness was due entirely to the adj
mitted intention Of President Roosevelt to
punish the large moneyed interests which
had transgressed the laws" do not '
hat this has been the main cause OF
any business troubles we have had; but II
is possible that IL has been q c~ontributory
cause.
IF so, friends. as far a. ! am con-
cerned u must be accepted an n Disagree
able but unavoidable feature in a course Of
policy which as long as l am President
will not be changed In any great move-
ment for righteousness, where the forces of
evil are strongly intrenohed, II II upfor-
tunately inevitable hat some unoffending
people should suffer in company with the
real offenders. This is not our fault. H.
il the fault Of those TO whose deceptive
action these Innocent people owe their false
A wear or two ago certain repre-
of labor called upon me snd in the
course OF a very pleasant conversation told
that thoy regarded me rs ~the friend
Of labor. answered that ! certainly
was. and that | would do everything In my
power for the laboring man excent anv,