The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-31

permitted each man to worship God
in accordance with his own con-
science. We have encouraged the
deepest study of the problems of So
ciety and protected men in the free
utterance OF their opinions. We have
put no bride on the public press.
We have not secreted evil from the
public gaze, but have proclaimed it
from the house top
The next virtue which We note in
the American people is the virtue of
generosity. No other nation in the
world has such an honored roll OF
givers to the cause of education Look
at the present wealth of American
universities. and remember Americans
gave all this money Here is Girard
Institute with it's s16,OOO,O0O. Leland
Stanford university with its fifteen
millions. Harvard with its seventeen
millions, Cornell with her twelve and
a half millions. and University of Chi
cago with her twenty millions. The
total wealth of CUR great colleges to-
day amounts to about $400,000,O00.
What country on the face of the globe
can show such generosity on the part
of her people.
THE third virtue of the American
people which We ought to recall is
the emphasis which America puts on
the equality of men. This nation be-
lieves that all men were created free
and equal This country could not
long permit az brother man to remain
in bondage even though he was I'M
fortunate enough to be black, and so
it gave him freedom and a right to
cast his ballot. This country gives
broad invitation to nearly every ma
ton in the world to come and make
their homes here. This country pro-
tects the rights of foreigners when
they come. Our cry is not America
for Americans, but America for the
world.
"a virtue of the American people
closely allied to the one We have just
mentioned is the dignity which Amer
leans gave to labor. In this country
men say If any man will not work
neither shall he eat The richest of
our men find they must have. an oc-
cupatiOn to be respectable. Roose-
welt who has served to satisfactorily
for two terms is perhaps one Of the
most truly American characters in
this country today. With life motto
First of all be an American he has
throughout his life represented the
American spirit. This man says he
was brought up to consider that no
man had a right to live in this coun-
try without working. He is but a
type of the American spirit which de-
mands that
He who would be the tongue Of this
wide land
Must string his harp with chords of
sturdy iron
And strike it with toil-imbrowned
hand
Still another of our American vir-
tues is our readiness to forgive. To-
day America looks to the English peo-
pie as those who are bound to her by
ties which cannot be broken. The
past has been forgiven. Our ability
to forgive is still more marked in the
mingling OF the blue and gray when
the call came to fight Spain, North
and South united and there was no
feeling of distrust on the part of
either.
But our greatest virtue is our ca
pacity for progress. This is seen in
the reassertion of the national con-
science during the last few years. In
the first place there has been a re-
assertion Of the national conscience
on the rights and responsibilities OF
labor. We are discovering the rights
| of labor. Too long capital and cum
ming maintained their ascendancy.
believe the value OF brains should be
recognized. But we have not been
recognizing the value of brains SO
much as bull dog cruelty and tenac.
ity. We were fast getting into sys.
TEN where the employee was as much
slave as the Uncle Toms were be.
fore the proclamation of emancipa.
ton. The Union came into existence
and while it brought some evils, II
also brought untold good. Side BY
side with the reassertion of the ma.
tional conscience concerning the
rights of laboring men has come one
concerning his obligation. We do MOI
permit him to overthrow the laws o.
our country. We have been punish
ing brutes who have been hired tt
MAIN and kill those who dared t.
work contrary to the orders of the
Union. While we have said we would
not permit our judges to be used a.
tools OF the employer we have alst
declared it imperative that the EN-
ploye should not have legal license
to take life or destroy property.
THE second reassertion of the ma
tional conscience which We have wit
messed has been concerning the dutie:
of good citizenship. Meme, Meme
Tekel, Upharsin' has been writer
over the little kingdoms established
by the political leaders of today. Jus
as .Belshazzar and Babylon fell 81
they will fall.
Governors like Folk of Missouri
are being raised up to show the poll
ticians the real obligations of office
Our president is at the head of /:
host of reformers. defying traditions
probing to the very bottom of the 20
litical sores and establishing sucl
good drainage, their return is no