Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-27

;iuty hravely and well i'm the days
that We're dark and terrible and
Splendid. We, their descendants,
who pay proud homage to their mem.
cries. and glory In the feats OF might
of one side no less than of the other,
need to keep steadily In mind that
the homage which counts is the HON.
age of heart and of hand, and not
OF the lips. the homage of deeds and
not of words only. We, too. in our
turn. must prove our truth by our
endeavor. We must show ourselves
worthy sons of the men Of the nigh.
ty days by the way In which we meet
the problems of our own time We
carry our heads high because our
fathers did well in the years that tried
mems souls; and we must in our
turn so bear ourselves that the chill.
dren who come after us may feel
that we too have done our duty.
War Not the Gravest Danger.
we can not afford to forget the
maxim upon which Washington in.
sisted. that the surest way to avert
war ls to be prepared to meet it..
nevertheless the duties that most
concern us of his generation are not
military. but social and Industrial.
/, zach community must always dread
the evils which spring up as attend:
ant upon the very qualities which
give 1t success. We of this mighty
western Republic have to grapple with
me dangers that spring from popu.
iar selfgovernment tried on scale
inccmparably vaster than ever before
III the history Of mankind. and from
an ahonnding material prosperity
greater also than anything which the
world has hitherto seen.
AS regards the first set of dan
gers, 1t hehooves MS to remember
mat men can never escape being
governed Either they must govern
themselves or they must submit to
oieng governed by others. If from
sN"iessness or ficlleness, from folly
or self-indulgenco. they refuse to gov.
er nthemselves, then most assuredlv
IN the end they will have to be gov
erhed from the outside. They can
prevent the need of government from
| Wlthout only by showing that. they
possess the power of government
lro mwithin. sovereign can not
make excuses for his failures: q SOW.
| ereleh must accept the responsibilitv
| TOT the exercise of the power that
inherds in him; and whre, as is true
III our Republic, the people are soyer.
eign, then the people must show a
sober understanding and sane and
steadfast purpose If they are to pre.
serve that orderly liberty upon which
as a foundation every republic must
| rest.
Prosperity Brings Evils.
In industrial matters our enormous
prosperity has brought with II Ger.
tam grave evils. It is our duty TO
TRY to cut out these evils without nj
the same time destroying our wen.
Nejng itself. This is an era OF com.
hinatio nalike in the world of capital
and in the world of labor. Each kind
OIL combination can do good, and vet
}each. however powerful, must be on.
posed when 1t does i'll. AT the mo.
nent the greatest problem before us
IS now 10 exercise such control over
,ne business use of vast wealth In.
diyidna). hut especially corporate as
VIII insure its not being used against
me interest TO the public, while vet
permitting such ample legltimateI
nroflts MS will encourage individunl
initiative. 1t is our business to mt
a stop to abuses and to prevent their
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