The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-03

government. from purposes not
merely diverse, but bitterly conflict
ing, he was able TO secure healthful
action for the cool of the State. In
both poise and judgment ne rose level
to the several emergencies he had to
meet as leader of the nation, and like
all men with the root of true great
ness in them he grew to steadily lar
ger stature ulaer the stress of heavy
responsibilities. He was good citi-
zen and brave soldier, Chief Exec
utive whose wisdom entitled him to
the trust which he received through
out the nation. he was not only a
leader of men but pre-eminently a
helper of men; for on. of his most
marked traits war the intensely nu-
man quality of mis- wide and .ieep SYN
pathy. Finally, ne not merely preach
ed, ne was, that most valuable of all
citizens in democracy like ours, a
man WAC in the highest place served
as an unconscious example to his peo-
pie of the virtues that build and con-
serve alike our public life, and she
foundation of all public life, the in
innate life Of the home.
Many lessons are taught US by mis-
career, but rome more valuable than
the lesson of broad human sympathy
for and among all of our citizens OF
all classes and creeds No other
President has ever more deserved TO
nave his life work characterized in
Lf1coln's words as being carried on
with malice toward none, with char
ity toward ALL" As a boy he worked
hard with his hands; he entered the
army as a private soldier; he knew
poverty; he earned his own livelihood
and by his own exertions ne finally
rose to the position of man OIL mod
personal touch with farmer and town
jweller, with capitalist and wage
worker, but he felt an intimate under
standing of each, and therefore an
intimate sympathy with each; and his
consistent effort was to try to judge
all by the same Standard and tc treat
all with the same justice. Arrogance
toward the weak, and envious hatred
of those we'll off, were equally alb.
horre1t to his just and gentle soul.
Surely this attitude of his should
be the attitude of all our people to
day. It would be cruel disaster To
this country to permit ourselves to
adopt an attitude of hatred and envy
toward success wortnily won, toward
wealth honestly acquired. Let US in
this respect profit by the example OF
the republics of this western hemis-
phere to the 'outh of US. Some OF
these republics have prospered great
ly; but there are certain ones that
have Jagged far behind, that still con
tinue in a condition of material pow.
erty, of social and political unrest
and confusion Without exception the
republics of the forme" class are those
| in which honest industry has beer
assured of reward and protection
been extended TO the kind of enter
prise which benefits the whole coun
try, while incidentally, as Is RICH
| and proper, giving substantial -swardi
to those who manifest it. On the Other
hand, the poor and backward ~epuo
lies, the republics In which the lot OF
| the average citizen is least desirable
and the lot of the laboring man worst
of all, are precisely those republic;
in which industry mas been killed be
cause wealth exposed its owner rc
| spoliation. To these communities
foreign capital now rarely comes, be
cause 1t has been found that as soO-
as capital is employed so as 20 give
| substantian remuneration to those
supplying IL, it excites ignorant envy
and hostility, which result in such op
pressive action, within or without
| the law, as sooner or later to work q
virtual confiscation. Every NANTES
tation of feeling of this kind in oui
civilization should be crushed at the
outset by the weight of sensible
public opinion.
From the standpoint of our mater
ial prosperity there is Only one Other
thing as important as the discourage
ment of a spirit Of envy and hostility
| toward honest business men of means
this is the encouragement of uisho1
est business men, the war upon the
chicanery and wrong doing which
are peculiarly repulsiye, PECULIAR,
noxious, when exhibited by men wht
have no excuse of want. of poverty
of ignorance, for their crimes. Mel
of means, and above all, men of great
wealth, can exist in safety under the
peaceful protection of the state, ONLY
In orderly societies, where liberty
manifests itself through and unde" the
law. II is these men who, more thar
any others, should, in the interests o.
the class to which they belong, in the
interests of their children and tneil
children's children, seek in every way
but especially in the conduct OF theil
lives, to insist upon and build up re
spect for the law. 1t may not be true
from the standpoint of some particu
lar individual of this class, but in the
long run il is pre-eminently true from
the standpoint of the class as whole
no less than of me country as whole