The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-19
NEW NATlo NALlsm NOT i. NEW.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nv NEW.
Theod ore Roosevelt has set at rest
the exaggerated fears that he gave
rise to by his declaration in favor OF
anew nationals Not taking full &C.
count OF the advertising value of a
phrase the timid took his statement
4 to mean that he had a collection OF
novelties In legislation that he pro-
J posed to unload upon the country. He
has nothing Of the kind. He himself
IS authority for the statement that his
new tionalism means nothing other
than the application OF certain old
time moralities to the new and chang.
ed conditions of the day This process
sia going on constantly, and would go
on even IL there were no Roosevelt to
call attention to the fact and to FUR
tfier; 1T by his forceful personality,
says the Baltimore American.
There never was OCCASION to believe
that Mr.. Roosevelt's views when re-
lieSed of the hurrah environment Of
q the West would be found particular
w startling or a subject for tremors
4 OF fear, & Mr.. Roosevelt declares that
The would not do wrong to corpora
! tions, but he would not rely upon cor
operations to see that they do no
Z wrong to the people. This explanation
aonght to be regarded as quite salts.
Y factory. The statement when ex-
4 pounded means that the people are the
lawmakers and apply the laws, that
the legislative prerogative Is not to be
lsurped, even through indirection by
the great corporations. This marks
the appearance of Mr.. Roosevelt
squarely upon the platform OF law.
No one has any occasion to fear the
nets Of the lawmakers OF the coun-
ttys They represent the people. The
q only cause for possible apprehension
would be to- make the nation a stew!
Il ardship of the executive. When Mr..
Roosevelt uttered something of this
y kind, at once the fears OF the conser-
lvatiye section OF the country were
aroused and he was featured rs aim
ing at autocracy, monarchy and the
j like. No one who appreciates the
!. sense of 'hpmor of Mr.. Roosevelt i'm.
aEined for a moment that.he enter
4 tanned such ambitions as were attrlbu-
ted to him,
Coming TO the East Mr.. Roosevelt
Z is evid IDENTIFY laying aside much OF the
Western exuberance and is trimming
\ his expressions to suit his audiences
while not altering his position in any
wise, The faculty to do this lies in
s the fact that the former president al
ways speaks In the moral key. This
4 Is. the most vivid in the entire range
y of expression, and he can get more eff
4 feet from 1t than any other. AS i'm.
B preston Is the vital fact OF influence,
Mr.. Roosevelt is justified In making
\ his powers Of expression take as va
riedF and as vigorous form as possible,
1t would be a sad condition for the
country were 1t to drift away from its
moral bearings, and, fortunately,
there seems to be no ground for ap.
prehension that 1t will do this. Never.
theless, 1t is well to have one like Mr..
Roosevelt to keep the moral enthu-
siasm OF the nation at a high heat even
II In 50 doing he occasionally mysti.
flies his hearers and give them rea,
\ son TO construe his utterances in a
way that he does not intend.
The New tionalism Of Mr.. .Roose-
welt does9not rely upon propositions.
v He declares 1t tofbe moral sense in
I relation of public policies. 1t does
not depend upon any particular kind
of platform, but only that there shall
BIO nothing proposed for the people
that Is not manifestly for their good.
This kind of morality in politics does
not afford a field for objection to any.
one disposed to do what is right. 1t
has been stated by Mr.. Roosevelt time
and again and differs In no particular
from the moral positions OF most men
who seek TO do right and to have the
conduct Of the public business and In.
instry upon a sileyel of Justice and
glit. 1t IL only when Mr.. Roosevelt
nttempts to apply his moral code that
lies Is apt to arouse opposition, and
even then the opposition arises more
from the force and yigor of his asser.
ton of HIS positions than from the
positions ,thense1 ves. The country Is
quite prepared to have the moral
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