The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-02

lrational banks. You know furfh6a
lmore that | believe that this super
vision and control should be cxeg
cssed In a spirit of rigid fairness ts
ward the corporations, exacting jt.ss
ltice from them OH behalf 0f Thu Ieus
! ple but giving them Justice iii rettrr.
i Downfall Of Rome.
4 Recently | have been reading TIE
work Of the eminent Italian scholar
Ferrero on the history Of the Roman
Republic. when the life OF the Roman
| state had become that Of complex
land luxurious industrial civilization
| 7 am happy to say that the differences
Between that civilization and our own
are more striking than the resen
dances; and there is no warrant fcr
cur being drawn into any pessjmistie
comparison between the two citiiiza.
| ticns. BIT there Is every reason MI iy
We should study carefully the Fast III
order to draw from 1t lessons fer Use
tir the present One Of the most
striking features 0f the years which
saw the downfall of the Roman Rf
public was the fact that the poi al
life Of Rome became split between
two camps enc containing the rich
who wished 10 exploit the poor ami
the other the poor who wished 10
|plunder the rich. Naturally, untlcf
such circumstances. the public man
Ewho was for the moment successful
tended to be either a violent fea,.
tionary or violent demagogus. Ans
such condition OF political life II as
| Ihopelessly unhealthy now ais 1t was
then. believe 50 implicitiyiin the flu
ture Of our people. becarse | bsifsye
that the average American et'zen
will no more tolerate government by
a mob than he will tolerate goyt rn
|mant by plutccracy; that he desires
tu see justice done to and justice ex
Iacted from rich man and poor man
alike. We are not trying II favtr
gny man at the expense Of his fl
lows. We are trying to shape thinss
50 that as far as possible eaca man
shall have a fair chance In life; so
that he shall have. so far ais by law
can be accomplished. the chance to
show the stun that there Is in him.
We have no intention Of trying 70
work for the impossible and undo
eirable end OF giving to the larry. the
thFiftless, the weak. and the vicious
the reward that belongs to. and IN tts
long run can only come TO. the hard
working, the thrifty, the resolute.
But we do wish to see that the
necessary struggle In life shall be
carried on under genuinely dem
cratic conditions. that. so far as hu
man action can safely provide IL
there shall be no oppression of The
weak. and that no man shall be per
naitted to acquire or to NE vast
fortune by methods or in ways that
are tortuous and dishonest.
Control Necessary.
Therefore we need wise laws, and
ee need TO have them resolrtely al
ministered. We can get such laws
and such administration only if t'e
people are alive to their interests
The other day listened to a sermon
by Bishop Johnston, Of western
Texas. His theme was that the vital
element in judging any man should be
his conduct. and neither his position
nor his pretensions; and furthes
more. that freedom could only s'as
with a people which has the habit ci
self.mastery. AS he said the rrics
Of liberty is not only eternal yigilanee
but eternal virtue. and ] may ad
common sense Each man herr
knows that be himself has been able
to rse his freedom TO advantage cn,y
provided that he could master him
self and that be could control his ow1
passions and direct his own facuti S
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