New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
the progress. which has been made and is being
CONDEMNED vENALTTY.

CONDEMNED VENALTTY.
In the throes of the revolutionary struggle
x-fpn il would be supposed that the supreme
cause of liberty and the valor and sacrInces oI
patriotic ardor, Washington, in an outburst OF
Indignation at the indifference and xenanty
which in fact were exhibited, thus described Ihe
times in a letter to Benjamin harrison III Oe
cen1her r77s: IF / was be called upon to
draw a picture Of the times and OF Men, from
rvhat / have SEEN and heard. and in part know
i sbonld in one word say that idleness, disslpa-
lion q extrayagance seems TO have lalo las'
hold of most of them That speculation -Mpecu- M
.ation-and an Unsuitable thirst for riches seems
= ta,-e cot the better Of every other considera-
tion and almost of every order OF Meir Slu
ahout wear later he exclaimed: but sAtS
49,. 49, a,S Tatriotfsm are almost kicked out.
stock iobbing speculation. engrosslng etc e'o,
seems to be the great business OF @ tne oaS ,a q oh
the multitude, whilst a Tlrtuous rev Sou usSiI
lament & suffer in silence, tho nope not III
vain -. o,,a ,l,ro,,ph their
49, .,S ,,nser fhe beaeficent working OF the
toSritn+ior1s which they founded each generation
has attained higher levels IN i chaTacted , amu i
.ch,eyement The cordial. habitual, ana I'M
movable attachment for the Union mas cole ~ 70
he cherished as Washington desired lhe hallis ss
of American" as he ardenuy Misneu. ,Iae,' tban
-exalt the Just pride of patrlotlsfl NOR 10, t
any appellation derived from IocaL alD
tions" A vast deyelopInent' an icstion n,,Jt Of
of interests. and facllity OF COM -: Ice
,,-h;r,, he could not even dream, mas given III l,
81 a national sentiment which is Intense "AN
dominating in every part OF InS Its standards
The country is morally sound us s'eiie ,s -
,.S.- ~ ,,-.ra never higher In this land OF
industry, with unexanpled opportunities s ao1 ranu
s,,c-ion and exchange, with an area ana a popu-
Is+ion enioving advantages OF dlSlfloutloh - .
from artificial barriers Of intercourse .s SUI -"
g. x.o-ld has never seen the men or business
t,.i,ehiZ, represent the intelligence and moral
sentiment Of the people me. 40 o I1 rroI- in
- q caste They come from every walk ia
Iife. from the farm, the college, 'le i
rocr, and the shop They represent every ~ ~
r,7ent in the population, native ind loIeislI
Of every degree of advantage and dlsadNanIase lsl =
;r-fr Id environment Every SilAiANiN" ~
pvnhtion every precept Of morality every oottt
81 Of exnerjerce, every success ana every u! its
-. - 80, lesson of the past and the multi
+o--a warnings of a world where truth ana Jus
ttce alone :n lasting victories nave HeIpeI -
shane their standards and TO determine 'lS- @
,f-o,s Aud rf1aking all allowance for the eH-
treYnes Of avarice and artihce, Tor the INV M. .o
some spectscles Of exploitation and innoeIlts 10
trust without blinking any eNl OF eoSete So; 80
any wrong the fact remains that the business
men Of the country are for the host Ptlu
est men, representing fairly the I1oral I'm G.,
re rl7e people And never more tlan TO-DAY iISEe
t,ev taken as a whole earnestly oeSl.eu 'I1at t
abuses shall be stopped. that an END siidil pe pu
o. oor-,1nt dealings and unfair practices, that
gambling shall not parade IN business hNIlEi
and that American INDUSTRY ana HdGt t tSSi@n Sii@,
along the lines OF honorable rivalry ana WIN III,
Justice 10 stockholders, TO employees ana 10 'i'e
people at large. 49,, &c .ba
wheels Of Industry. Amid uncertainty ana ileSI-
tation enterprise waits impateh' I5 MgA ~ IN r7
numbers are unemployed who ShouId De en-
nloyed and new undertakings and extensions OF
twisting nlaDtS which would proNlde lufthei oP-
,,o-t1,nities for labor. not going iorWaIu as
+,7ay should go forward The interests OF m
7r,sf-v are not the interests of a class Dul oI a
,i7e Deople What the rich man feels IN tile re
auction of the value Of his securities, What lhoSe
5enendent upon the returns from lnNeSifheIiitS
feel in the impairment OF their income, t@iIs @
100 aa-ner feels Still more acutely as business
Contracts and the loss of employment cohlFoIllS
hin, with starvation save as charity, ialtl "a 10
his self-respect. may interpose- IL Is Wen 10
trzre fhe economic causes which nave pTouucFu
this condition, and needed readJustmehts 1huS'
be made. -, A.. o epo,,1d
But IN is absolutely essential that We shoulu
have the tonic of a wholesome confidence Nol
.he confidence Of ignorance or indlIIeTeIice'
hind 10 wrong and deaf to appeals against IN
iusfic, but the confidence which Is inspired py
fhe vision of the forces of right and Just APP
-,rociation of our material and moral strength.
pessiruiets and cyncs cannot develop tflls coui-
rrv WE must have confidence IN the staplilty
of o71r institutions. in the sanity or the peopie
and iu their realization Of what undeTIeS our
,,rosr,eritv We must take account OF progress
in educ,finn: me dissemination or information
the Increased capacity for discriminating 1uus-
,,aents inc uplifting power OF the myriad eIofIs
which in every community make for oetler Nv
irg and higher standards of conduct We are
FaT from perfect and il is well that we should
ne stirred by the daily revelations OF weakness
- - ,-ice But there is occasion for mis-
Living To distrust the future in TINS lafld OF
onnortunity, Of educational privileges SO eagerly