The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1910-04-29

SUIuleT OF orator, JOURNALIST OF pOpu'
lar leader. II the man works for evil.
then the more successful he Is, the
more he should be despised and con.
demned by all upright and farseeing
men, To Judge man merely by sue
cess is an abhorrent wrong: and II
the people at large habitually so judge
men, II they grow to condone 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 1t that others re.
ceive the liberty which he thus claims
as his own. Probably the best 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. Glass hatred IL
bad in Just the same way, and without
any regard to the individual who. at
given time. substitutes loyalty to a
class for loyalty to the nation, or sub
happen to come in 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-
tally 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.
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'he '"o SUES vi s'e SAM sni1 ,.
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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
ao' piopeiv W p.u"u
nave vi one man ~ espe''a'' oe
yonu anyone e,se' 'ne 'i'iI'ns VI
p"oie sio.iu oe"",e' anu '"". 10 Vi
'ne man WIZ appears " 'nem ~ SUI
po'. MN w '"' s'o"''
liz that he win secure for those who
elect him. in one shape or another.
profit at the expense of other citizens
of the republic. 1t makes no differ.
epce whether he appeals to class
hatred or class interest, the man
who makes such an appeal should al.
ways he presumed to make II for the
sake of furthering his own interest.
The very thing that an Intelligent
and seIf.respecting member of a
democratic community should not do
Is 10 reward any pubic 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.
II n 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.
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