The searchlight., 1910-04-29

and ability betray themselves IN the
career of money maker or politician.
soldier or orator. journalist or popu-
lar leader. II the man works for evil.
then the more successful he il. the
more he should be despised and con-
demned by all upright and farseeing
men. To Judge a man merely by sue
cess Is an abhorrent wrong: and II
the people at large habitually 80 Judge
men, IL they grow to coadone wicked
ness because the wicked man tri-
umphs. they show their inability to
understand that in the last analysis
free institutions rest upon the char
acter Of citizenship and that by such
admiration of evil they prove them
selves unfit for liberty.
The Idea Of True Liberty.
The good citizen will demand lib
erty for himself. and as a matter OF
pride he will see to II that others re-
ceive the liberty which he thus claims
as his own. Probably the hest test of
true love of liberty in any country Is
the way in which minorities are
treated in that country. Not only
should there be complete liberty in
matters of religion and opinion. but
complete liberty for each man to lead
his life as he desires, provided only
that in SO doing he does not wrong
his neighbor Persecution is bad be-
cause 1t is persecution, and without
reference to which side happens at the
moment to be the prosecutor and
which the prosecuted. Class hatred is
bad i'm just the same way. and without
any regard to the individual who, at
a given time, substitutes loyalty to q
class for loyalty to the nation, or sub
stitutes hatred of men because they
happen to come In a certain social
category, for judgment awarded them
according to their conduct. Remem-
Der always that the same measure OF
condemnation should be extended to
the arrogance which would look down
upon or crush any man because he is
poor, and to the envy and hatred
which would destroy man because
he Is wealthy. The overbearing bru-
tality of the man of wealth or power.
and the envious and hateful malice d.
rected against wealth or power. are
really at root merely different mani
festations of the same quality, merely
the two sides Of the same shield.
The man who, II born to wealth and
power, exploits and ruins his less
fortunate brethren Is at heart the
same as the greedy and violent dema.
gogue who excites those who have
not property to pluDder those who
have. Of one man in especial, be-
yond anyone else, the citizens OF re-
public should beware, and that is Of
the man who appeals to them to sup
port him on the ground that he Is
hostile to other citizens of the repub.
elect him. in one shape or another,
profit at the expense of other citizens
of the republic. 1t makes no differ
ence whether he appeals to class
hatred or class interest, the man
who makes such an appeal should al
ways be presumed to make 1t for the
sake of furthering his own interest.
The very thing that an intelligent
and self-respecting member of a
democratic community should not do
Is to reward any public man because
that public man says he will get the
private citizen something to which
this private citizen is not entitled, or
will crafty some emotion or animos-
ity which this private citizen ought
not to possess.
If public man tries to get your
vote by saying that he will do some.
thing wrong In your interest, you can
be absolutely certain that II ever 1t
becomes worth his while he will do
something wrong against your inter
est.
France and the United States.
And now, my host, a word In part.
ing. You and l belong to the only
two great republics among the great
| powers of the world. The ancient
friendship between France and the
| United States has been, on the whole,
| a sincere and disinterested friendship
A calamity to you would be a sorrow
to us. But 1t would be more than
that. In the seething turmoil of the
history of humanity certain nations
stand out as possessing peculiar
power or charm, some special gift ol
beauty or wisdom of strength, which
puts them among the immortals.
which makes them rank forever with
the leaders of mankind. France is one
of the nations. For her to sink would
be loss to all the world. There are
certain lessons of brilliance and OF
generous gallantry that she can teach
better than any Of her sister nations.
When the French peasantry sang ol
Malbrook 1t was to tell how the soul
of this warrior-foe took flight upward
through the laurels he hadwon. Near
ly seven centuries ago Froissart, wri
ting of a time of dire disaster, said
| that the realm of France was never SO
stricken that there were not left men
who would valiantly fight for 1t. You
have had a great past. l believe that
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