The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-10-03

aysd wagewerkeT but be fest al 2nt1-
mate unders, azdiug of each; and
therefore an attmatc syrwpaihy ~ita
each: and hi> consistent effuri gas
10 ,rv io Judge all b. tae same stand
ard and In treat all with the same
iu~tir Arrogance toward the ~caA.
and enyion@ hatred Of those we'll oa.
we're equally abhorrrnt to has 1nsi
and gentle soul.
Surely this attitude Of hi~ should
| be- the attitude Of All our people To-
day. !, would be a cruel disaster 20
| this country Ia permit ourselves to
sdop, au attitude of hatred aud envy
toward ssccess worthily won, toward
wealth honestly acquired. Let us n
this respect profit by the example OF
the republics Of this Western henis-
phere 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-
time in a condition of material pos
erty, Of social, andpolitieal 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 incidentally ,as is right
and proper, giving substantial re-
wards to those who manifest IT. On
the other hand, the poor and bacH-
ward republics III which the lot OF
the average citizens Is least desirable
and the lot of the laborlng man wors:
of all, are precisely those republics
in which industry has been killed be-
cause wealth exposed its owner to
spoilation. To these comunlt"i
l foreign capital now rarely comes be-
cause it has been found that as soon
as capital is employed so as to gave
. substantial remuneration TO thos"
supplying it, it excites abhorent
envy and hostility which result III
such oppressive action within or with
out the law, as sooner or later TO work
virtual contiscation. Every NANTES
tation of feeling of this kind IN our
civilization should be crushed at the
outset by the weight of q sensible
public opinion.
Chicanery and Dishonesty.
! From the standpoint of our ma
terial prosperity there is only Que
other thing as important as the d'S-
couragement of a spirit of envy and
hostility toward honest business mcn
toward honest men of means; tins Is
( the encouragement of dishonest busi-
ness men, the war upon the chlcan-
ery and wrongdoing which are pc
culiarlv noxious when exhibited By
men who have no excuse OF want OF
poverty of ignorance for their
crimes Men of means, and above all
men of great wealth, can exist III
safety under the peaceful protection
of the State only in orderly soclet-
les, where liberty manifests ltsei'
through and under the law. 1t i
these men who more than any Others
should, In the interests of the class tc
which they belong, In the interests
of their children. seek In every way
but especially in the conduct OF Their
lives, to insist upon and TO build Vi
respect for the law. 1t may not Be
true from the standpoint of sOmi
particular individual Of this class
but in the long run it is preemlnentl!
true from the standpoint OF the elias:
as a whole no les sthan Of the cou:
trv as a whole that it is verltablt
calamity TO achieve temporary
triumph by violation Of evasion OF the
law, and we are the best friends 9l
F the man of property we show oursei
YES the staunchest upholders Of tho
rights of property, when we set oul
faces like flint against those offend
ers who do wrong in order to acquire
/ great wealth or who use this wealth
| as a help to wronedolng.
, Wronodoing is confined to no class
, Good and evil are to be found anon,
| both rich and poor and in drawing
the line among our fellows we mus
draw it on conduct and not on world
, lv possessions. In the abstract mos
II of us will admit this. In the con
| | crete we can act upon such doctrln
: only if we really have knowledge o
: and sympathy with one another. /
: both the wage worker and the capi
2 talist are able to enter each into th
t others life, to meet him so as to &c
: into genuine sympathy with hin
most of the misunderstanding be
E tween them will disappear and ii
q place will be taken by judgmen
r broader, juster. more kindly, am
. more generous: for each will find L
2 the other the same essential lluma
= attributes that exist in himself. |
a was President McKinley's peeuiia
/. glory that in actual practice he real
t lied this as it is given to but fe'
= men to realize it; that his broad an
{ deep sympathies made him feel
e genuine sense Of oneness with all hi
t fellow-Alnerieans whatever their sta
/ ton or work in life, so that TO hi
: soul they were all Joined with hll
i IN great brotherly democracy .
5 the spirit. It is not given to many Q
S us in our lives actually to realize tn,
r attitude to the extent that he did
Il but we can at least have 1t before I
. | as the goal of our endeavor- and b
so doing We shall pay honor bette
than in any other way II the memoT
Of the dead President whose serrie'
IS in life we this day commemorat
/ CARO- CT Gotten Burning.