The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-03
CONTINUED from First PaEe.,

y luE 8EAlitG dI0 VibQh3IiNG D0iA hoAAe
of one OF the most fertile and productive
agricultural territories in all the world, and
the jewellers in this territory represent a
| higher average of comfort. intelligence
and steady capacity for self-goyernment
than the people in any tract of Ike extent
in any other continent. The land teens
with beauty and fertility. and but a score
of years after Dickens wrofe it was shown
to be a nursery and breeding ground of
heroes, of soldiers and statesmen of the
highest rank, while the rugged worth OF
the rank and file Of the citizenship rem
dered possible the deeds of the mighty men
who led in council and in battle. This was
the region that brought forth mighty Abra.
ham Lincoln. the incarnation 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
e~reatest Presidents. Andrew Jackson, old
Hickory'-a man who made mistakes, like
most strong men, but a man of IRON Will
and ircorruptible integrity, fearless, up
right. devoted TO the welfare Of his eoun-
fryfnen. bone of our bone and flesh of our
flesh, a typical American If ever there was
II commend a careful reading of Martin
| Chuzzlewit' to the pessimists of today, to
the men who, instead of fighting hard to
do away with abuses while at the same
fulness for the country. insist that all orr
people, socially and industrially, in their
private lives no less than as politicians,
| lower ebb than ever before. II ever any
one of you feel a little downeast over the
| n6cullaflY gloomy view Oh the present
taken by some well-meaning pessimists of
today, you will find it a real comfort to
| read Martin Chuzzlewit,' to see what a
well-meaning pessimist of the past thought
then think of the extraordinary achieve
ment, the extraordinary gain, morally no
years. Dickens can be read by us now
with profit; Elijah Pogram, Hannibal
| Chollop, Jefferson Brick and Scadder
| have their representatives today, plenty Of
| fhorn and the wise thing for ug to do ia
to recognize that these are still types of
evil in politics, journalism. business and
private life, and to war against them with
all our hearts. But it is rank folly to re-
gard these as the only, or the chief types
in our national life. It was not of much
consequence whether Dickens made such
consequence if We ourselves did; for a
| foolish pessimism is an even greater foe
of healthy national growth than 2 foolish
vented characters or scenes that had no
basis in fact; on the contrary, what he
said was true, as Tar as it went; the
truths he made Il picture which as a whole
was absurd; for often a half truth is the
simply silly to be angry over Martin
Chuzzlewit' on the contrary, read 1t, be
amused by it, profit by it; and don't be
the present-day Programs and Bricks; bnt
above all, distrust the man who would
persuade you. to feel downhearted about
j the country because of. these same PO-
| grams and Bricks, past or present.
1T would be foolish to ignore their ex-
~istence. or the existence of anything else
that. is. bad in our national life; but it
would be even more foolish TO ignore the
vaster forces that tell FOR righteousness.
Friends. there is every reason why we
should fight whatever Is evil in the pres
ent. But there Is also every reason why
we should feel a sturdy and confident
hope for the future. There are many
WRONGS to right; there are many and
no vU6rfnl VVTnnudn1fa r. noninEf Urhn0a To
war; and 1t would be base to shrink from
the. contest. or to fail to wage it with q
high, a ~rcsolute will. But / am sure that
we shall win in the contest, because I
know that the heart of our people Is
sound. Our average men and women G1c
good men and wonderland this is true in
all sections of our country and among
all classes of our countrymen. There is
no other nation on earth with such vast
natural resources, or with such a high
standard of living and of industrial eff
hciency among its workers. We have as
q nation ar era of unexampled prosper
ity ahead of us; we shall enjoy it, and our
children will enjoy il after us. The trend
of well-being in this country is upward,
not downward; and this IL the trend IN
the things of the soul as well as in the
Government in its application is often
a complicated and delicate work, but the
principles of gov nment are, after all.
fairly simple. In a broad general way we
should apply in the affairs of the national
administration. which deals with the IN
leTeStS OF all our elGnLy-Ouu mllllOnS OF
people. just the same rules that are neces-
sary in getting on with our neighbors in
our several neighborhoods; and the nation
as a whole should show substantially the
same qualities that we would expect an
honorable man to show in dealing with
his fellows. To illustrate this. consider
for \ moment two phases Of governmental
| action.
First as to international affairs. Among
your own ~neighbors, among your friends,
what. is the attitude you like to see a
f11nT fnIfo foxrof ri his fol1aNvc tim hffiff1Hn
YOU wish each of your sons to take when
he goes out into the world? Is it not q
combination of readiness and ability to
hold his own If nyone tries to wrong
him. while at the same time showing care
full regard not only for the rights but for
the feelings of others? OF course 1t isl
OF course the type of man whom we re-
spect, whom we are proud of if he is a
kir sman. whom we are glad to have as
a friend and neighbor, Is the man who
is no milksop, who is not afraid, who will
not tolerate nor hesitate to resent insult
or injury, but who himself never inficts
insult or injury, is kindly g-ood-natured,
thoughtful of others rights-in short. a
good man to do busiess with or have
live in the next house or have as a friend.
On the other hand, the man who lacks
any of those qualities is sure to be OBJ
iectionable. If a man is afraid to hold his
own. if he will submit tamely to wrong
doing, he is contemplate. If he Is a'bully,
an oppressor, a man who wrongs or in
suits others. he is even worse and should
~ 1AAAt R1A ~ w gNA VA
the whole. the most contemplate position
that can possibly be assumed by any man
is that Of clustering, of Dragging. of in
salting or wronging other people, while
vet expecting to go through life unchal-
lenged, and being always willing to back
down and accept humiliation IL readines
to make good is demanded.
well, all this is just as true of a nation
as of an individual. and In dealing with
other nations we should act as we expect
a man who Is both game and decent to act
in private life. There are few things
cheaper and more Objectionable, whether
on the part of the public man or of the
private man, on the part of a writer or of
n speaker, an individual or n group of in
dividuals, than a course o. conduct which
is insulting or hurtful. whether in speech
or act, to individuals of another nation or
to the representatives of another nation or
to another nation Itself. But the policy
becomes Infamous from thea standpoint Of
the interests OF the United States when
it Is combined with the refusal to take
those measures OF preparation which can
alone secure us from aggression on the
part Of others. The policy Of peace with
it is possible to embark, whether for a
nation or an individual. To be rich, UNI
armed, and yet insolent ana aggressive, is
TO court weIl-nigh certain disaster. The
only safe and honorable rule OF foreign
policy for the United States is to show
itself courteous toward other nations,
scrupulous not to infringe upon their
rights, and vet able and ready to defend
its own. This nation Is now on terms Of
the most cordial goodwill with all other
nations. Let Is make it q prime object of