The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-05-19

until now nfMNUtAINN W. = =. -
moat dlsn red. while the army exists
on n waste. q, than ever before IN ms
tory. This II 20 among the MILITARY mon
arches OF Europe.
In our own civil war % the United
States the same thins occurred. pescsIu'
people a. We are. A. that time more thsn
,wIo generations had passed since the
War OF Independence. Durine the whole
a. that period the people had been en-
eeeed in no ufe-and-dcath struggle ana
vet. when the civil war broke out, ano
after some costly and bitter lessons AZ
an. beginning. the nehtine spirit OF the
necpi. was shown TO better advantages
mar ever before The war was peculiar
~. war for a principle. war waFed
h,V.ch aide for an IDEAL. and while fAuiu
and shortcomings were plentiful amons
the comhatants there was comparatively
little sordidness % motive or conduct. In
such giant strugsie, where Gross ne
warn % 30 many interests IL shot the
woof % 10 many purposes. DARK strands
and bright. strands somber and brilliant.
AZ. always intertwlned. inevitably there
vas corruption here and there In the Civh
war; but all the leaders on both sides.
and the great majority 81 the enormous
masses OF nehting men. wholly disre-
g. rded. and were wholly uninnuencet ~.
pecunlsry considerations
Wealth and Politics.
Another striking contrast N the course
Of modern civilization as compared With
the later stages % the Oraeco- Roman or
classic civilization Il TO be found In the
relations % wealth and politics. In clas-
a. tinee as the civilization advanced to-
ward IT, zenith. politics became q rrcox.
nlTed means % accommodating great
wealth. Caesar was again and again on
The verge % bankruptcy. be spent an
enormous fortune: and NJ recouped him
srlf by the money which he made out Of
his political military career. Augustus go
tablished imperial Rofne on nrm founda-
ions by the use he made OF the hur~
fcrtune he had acquired hy piena,s Wat
q contrast IL offered BY The careers %
Washington and flncoini There were .
few exceptions In ancient days. but TIRE
immense majority % the Greeks and the
Romans. as their civilizations eliminated.
accepted money-msking sn q large scale
a. one Of tho incidents % q successful
public career. Now all % this IL IN sharp
contrast 10 what has happened within
The last two or three centuries. During
Tits time there has been a steady growth
away from the theory that money MAKING
h permissible In an honorable public ca
reer
In this respect the standard has been
constantly elevated and fhinEs which
statesmen had no hesitation IN doing
fIrNN centuries or NMN NTNNANl~H ~ AUA
which did not seriously hurt . public ca
resr even a century asp. are nov utterly
impossible. Wealthy rsen stlii exercise .
large. and sometimes An Improper. infa-
sncs In politics. bot II IL art 20 be an In
direct influence. and IN the advanced
states tho mere suspicion that the wealth
Of public men n obtained or sddei % 40
an Incident % their pubic careers will
bar them fr~-i public life Speaking
generally. wealth may very greatly innu-
ence modern political life. bot u 10 not 40.
ouircd In political NE.
Optimistic for the Future.
Mr. Roosevelt called attention 10
tho fact that hitherto every clviliEa-
tion that has arisen has been able To
develop only a few activities. Us field
OF endeavor being limited In Kind AZ
well Rs In locality. and each % these
civilizations has fallen. What n the
lesson TO ds % todayf he asked. VIII
the crash come. and be all tho more
terrible because Of the immense In
crease In activities and areaf To this
he replied:
Personally. 40 not believe that our
civilization viii fan think that on the
whole we have grown better anf not
ture holds more for ms than even the
great past has hcid But. ansur~dly. the
dreams Of golden glory IN the future win
not come true unless. high 80 hrar ard
strca< 81 hand. ny our own mighty deeds
we make them come true. We cannot az
any one set Of activities. a. the cost %
seeing others. equally necessary. afro
phicd Neither the military efficiency ~
the MonRol the extraordinary business
ability % the Phosnician. nor the subtle
and polfahed Intellect % the Creok svailed
TO avert destruction.
We. the men % today and % the fu-
ture. need many qualities n we are 20 40
our work we'll We need nrst q all and
most important ~ all. the qualities which
stand AZ the base % individual. of family
nfe. the Fundamental and essential quail
ties-the homely. everyday. ali-inportant
virtues. ~ the average man viii not
work. n he has not IN him the viii and
the power b be n good husband and IA
Their. n the average woman 10 not a good
housewife. a good mother OF many
healthy children. then the state Will top
pie. will go down. no matter what may
be Its hrilliance Of artistic development
or material achievement but these home
" qualities are not enough. There must.
IN addition. ~ that power OF organization.
that power % working IN common FOR .
common end. which the German people
have shown In such signal fashion during
the last haif-century. Moreover. the
things OF the spirit are even more lmpor-
tnnt than the things 81 the body. We can
we'll do without the hard intolerance and
arid Intellectual barrenness Of what was
worst IN the theological systems % the
past. but there has never been a greater
need OF high and hne religious Spirit
than At the present time SO, while We
can laugh ood-humorcdly at some %
the pretensions % modern philosophy In
It's various branches. II would be worse
than folly on our part 20 ignore our need
OF intellectual leadership.
Must steer Middle Course.
Never has philanthropy. Humanitarian
Ism. seen such development as now and
though We must all beware OF the folly
and the viciOusness no worse than folly.
which marks the believer IN the pcrfec-
utility OF man when his heart runs away
with his head. or when vanity usurps ths
place Of conscience. yet We must remem-
Der also that II Il only by working along
the lines laid down by the phiianthropists.
by the lovers Of mankind. that We can
be sure OF lifting our civilization 20 q
higher and more permanent plane Of we'll