The daily sentinel., 1907-09-30
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| of judgement has been tested and
! indicated in a succession of nation
al emergencies; good citizen. brave
I soldier. wise executive, helper and
leader of men. examplar to his peo-
| Pile of the virtues that build and con-
| serve the state, society. and the home.
Berkeley, May. Is. 1901"
II would hard to imagine an epi-
taph which a good citizen would be
more anxious to deserve or ole
which would more happily describe
the qualities of that great and good
citizen whose life We here commemo-
rate. He possessed to a very degree
the gift of uniting discordant forces
and securing from them harmonious
action which told for good govern
ment. From purposes not merely
diverse. but bitterly conflicting. he
was able to secure healthful action
for the good of the State. In both
poise and judgment he 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
larger stature under the stress of
heavy responsibilities. He was a
good citizen and a brave soldier, a
Chief Executive whose wisdom en-
titled him to the trust which he re-
ceived throughout the nation.
He was not only leader
of men, but pre-eminently
helper of men; for one of
human quality of his wide and deep
sympathy Finally, he not merely
preached, he was. that most valuablel
of all citizens in a democracy like
ours, a man who in the highest place
served as an unconscious example to
his people of the virtues that build
and conserve alike our public life
and the foundation of all public life,
the intimate life Of the home.
Many lessons are taught us by his
career, but none 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
have his life work charac-
terized in Lincolns words as
being carried on with mall
ice toward none, with charity to-
ward all" AS boy he worked hard
with his hands; he entered the Army
as a private soldier; he knew power
ty; he earned his livelihood; and by
his own eXertions he finally rose to |
the position of man of moderate
means. Not merely was he in per-
sonal touch with farmer and town
dweller. with capitalist and wage
worker. but he felt an intimate un-
derstandlng of each, and therefore
an intimate sympathy with each: and
his consistant effort was to try to i
judge all by the same standard and
to treat all with the same justice |
Arrogance toward the weak and en-
vious hatred of those well OF, were
aunn11y nhhnrrant tn
and gentle soul.
Surely this attitude of his should
be the attitude of all our people to-
day. 1t would be a cruel disaster to |
this country to permit ourselves to
adopt an attitude of hatred and envy
toward success worthily won, toward
wealth honestly acquired. Let us in
this respect profit by the example of
the republics of this Western Hemi-
sphere to the south of us. Some of
these republics have prospered great
ly; but there are certain ones that
have Jagged far behind, that still
continue in n condition of material
poverty, of social and political unrest
and confusion. Without exception
the republics of the former class are
those in which honest Industry has
been assured of reward and protec-
ton; those where cordial welcome
has been extended to the kind of en-
terprise which benefits the whole
country. while incidently, as is right
and proper. giving substantial re-
wards to those who manifest it On
the other hand, the poor and back
ward republics. the republics in
which the lot of the average citizen
is least desirable. and the lot of the
laboring man worst of all. are pre-
cisely those republics in which indus
try has been killed because wealth
exposed its owner to spoliation. To
these communities 1t has been found
that as soon as capital is employed
so as to give substantial remunera-
ton to those supplying 1t, ii excites
ignroant envy and hostility, which
result in such oppressive action. with
in or without the law, as sooner or
later to work virtual confiscation.
Every manifestation of feeling of
this kind in our civilization should
be crushed at the outset by the
weight of the sensible public opinion
From the standpoint of our ma
terial prosperity there is only one