The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-01
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Chief Executive whose wisdom entit
led him to the trust which he re
ceived throughout the nation. He wal
not only leader Of men but preemin
emily a helper Of men; for one o.
his most marked traits was the In
tensely human quality of his widt
and deep sympathy. Finally, he not
merely preached, he was, that most
valuable of all citizens in democracy
like ours, a man who in the highest
place served as an unconscious ex-
ample to his people of the virtues
that build and conserve alike our pub
lie life, and the foundation of all pub
! lie life, the intimate life of the home.
Many lessons are taught us Dy 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 Pres
ldent has ever more deserved to have
his life work characterized in Lin
coins words as being carried on with
malice toward none, with charity
lOWdIu All. AS ~ DOy hc WI ihSu
hard with his hands; he entered the
Army as a private soldier; he knew
poverty; he earned his own lKeii-
hood; and by his own exertlons he
finally rose to the position of man
of moderate means. Not merely was
he in personal touch with farmer and
town dweller with capitalist and
wage worker, but he felt an Intimate
understanding of each, and therefore
an Intimate sympathy with each; and
his consistent effort was to try to
Judge all by the same standard and to
treat all with the same justice. AFRO
gance toward the weak, and envious
hatred OF those we'll off, were equally
abhorrent 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 worthily won. town
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 con-
tinue In condition OF material pover-
~, OF social and political unrest and
confusion. Without exception the re-
publIcs OF the former class are those
Ia which honest industry has been as
sured OF reward and protection: those
where a cordial welcome has been ex-
tended to the kind OF enterprise which,
benefits the whole country, while incl
ientally as Is right and proper, Civ
ng substantial rewards 10 those who |
II. On the other hand, the |
'epublics in which the lot OF the aver
lge citizen Is least desirable, and the
ot OF the laboring man worst of all,
ire precisely those republics in which
industry has been killed because |
wealth exposed It's owned to spolita-
ion. To these communities foreign
apltal now rarely comes, because II
las been found that as soon IS capital
s employed so as to give substantial
to those supplying II. II
xcltes ignorant envy and hostility,
'hlch result in such oppressive ac-
ion, within or without the law. as
ooner or later TO work virtual con-
scation. Every manifestation of
ceiling of this kind In our civliza-
lon should be crushed at the outset
y the weight OF sensible public
plnlon.
From the standpoint of our material
rosperlty there is only one. other
hing as important as the discourage
lent of spirit of envy and hostility
oward honest men Of means; this is
he discouragement OF dishonest busi-
ess men. the war upon the chlcanery
nd wrongdoing which are peculiarly
spulsiye, peculiarly noxious, when ex-
lbited by men who have TO excuse OF
ant, OF poverty. Of ignorance. for
heir crimes. Men of means, and
bove all me nof great wealth, can
xlst In safety under the peaceful pro-
,ction OF the State. only In orderly
,cieties. where liberty manifests it.
III through and under the law. II is
lese men who. more than any 9TH
s, should, In the interests OF The class
} which they belong. In the interests
their children and their children's
lildren, seek In every way, but es-
,cially In the conduct OF their lives.
insist upon and to build up respect
II the law. II may not be true from
10 standpoint OF some particular in
vidual OF this class. but In the long
IN II is prominently true from the
of the class as a whole,
, less than Of the country as
hole. that II Is a veritable calamity
achieve a temporary triumph by
olation or evasion OF the law; and
. are the best friends of the man OF
'operty. we show ourselves the
upholders OF the rights OF
operty, when we set our faces like
mt against those offenders who do
rong In order to acquire great
ealth or who use this wealth as a
lip to wrongdoing.
is confined to no class.
'od and evil are to be found among
th rich and poor. and In drawing
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