Arizona republican., 1910-04-24


 The good citizen will demand lib- erty for himself. and as a matter of pride he will sec to it that others re- ccive 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 mnorities are treated in this country. Not only should there be complete liberty in matters of religion and opinion. but complete liberty for each man to live his life as Inc desires, providing only that in so doing he does not wrong his ncighbor Persecution is bad be- cause 1t is persecution. and without reference to which side happens at the moment to bc the persccutor and which the persccuted. Class hatred is bad in just the same way. and with out any regard to the individual who. at given time, substitutes loyalty to class for loyalty to the nation, or substitutes hatred of men because they happen 10 come in certain social category for judgment awarded them according to their conduct. Re- member always that the same meas ure of condemnation should be cx- ttHutu tp dIloSdUtt WHICH Noulu look down upon or crush any man be- cause he is poor and to tho envy and hatred which would destroy man because he is wealthy. The ovcrbcar- ing brutality of the man of wealth or power. and the enviou, and hateful malice directed against wealth or power. arc really at root merely diff fcrcnt manifestations of the same qual- ity, merely the two sides of the same shield. The man who. if born to wealth and power. exploits and ruins his less fortunate brthrcn. is at heart the same as the greedy and violent dcmaCoGue who cNcitcs those who have not property to plundcr those who have. The gravcSt wrong upon his country is inflicted by thai man. whatever his station. who seeks to make his countrymen divide primarily on the line that separates class from class. occupation from occupation. men of more wealth from men of less wealth. instead of remembering that the only safe standard is that which judges each man on his worth as man. whether he be rich or poor without regard to his profession or to his station in life. Such is the only true democratic test. the only test that can with propriety be applied in a republic. There have been many republicans in the past. both in what we call antiquity and in what we call the Middle Ages. They fell. and the prime factor in their fall was the fact that the parties tended to divide along the line that separates wealth from poverty. It made no difference whoth- CT the republic fell under the rule of an oliSarchy or the rule of mob. In either case. when once loyalty to d class had been substituted for loyalty to the republic. the end of the republic was at hand. There is no greater need today than the need to keep ever in mind the fact that the cleavage between right and wrong. between good citizenship and bad citizenship. runs at right angles 10. and not par allel with. the lines of cleavage be- tween class and class. between occu- patton and occupation. Ruin looks us in the face if we judge a man by his position instead of judging him by his conduct in that position.
 In d republic. to be successful we must learn 10 cOinDlnc lntcnSlt} Ol conviction with a broad tolerance of difference of conviction. Wide differ cnces of opinion in matters of rclig ious. political and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to bestunted. if there is to be room for healthy growth. Bitter in- tcrnecinc hatrcds. based on such diff fcrenccs. are signs. not of earnestness of belief. but of that fanaticism which. whether religious or anti-religious. democratic or anti-democratic, is it. self but manifestation of the gloomy biEotry which has been the chief fac tor in the downfall of so many. many nations.
 Of one man in especial. beyond any one else. the citizens of n republic should beware. and that is of the man who appeals to them to support him on the ground that he is hostile to other citizens of the republic. that he will secure for those who elect him in one shape pr another. profit at the expense of other citizens of the re- public It makes no difference wheth- CT he appeals 10 class hatred or class interest. to religious or anti-rcligious prejudice. The man who makes such