The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-07

riot.C citizenship of our land. TO the
end tina. the Land oft the Free and
the Home of the Brave. may over
continue as such. i'm fact us we'll as iu
ramc. 10 bchoovcs every loyal citizen
to teach bo.h by ur.D,pt aud cN.
ample. love Of country 1nl or home
Io,u at the hte-sidc. ,I.- love is Ger.
tain t1 uc given impetus and gather
power through the medium ot the
public schools. the pulpit tine press
the rostrum aud in tho walks of every
day life
Teach to ,he rismc ecrcrauous. and
especially to the incoming millions
from other lands, the 'ruc principles
OF patriotism this done our institu.
tions will remain secur,. our Union
will continue incorruptnlc and indt
visible
Men enjoy great dOai more liberty
to 'ay than they ever did before 20
litical progress has freed them from
the danger of arbitrary arrest and i'm.
prisonmcnt Religion progress has
freed them from the tprrlrs of sun.
crstition. Industrial ptosross has freed
them from some of the labor and from
much of the hardship which icll to the
lot OF their fathers
We speak of this lilruy as bless
iug So it Is if We use b. rilhtly. ir
We usc it wrongly 1t b. % curse. 1t tho
members of a free community employ
that freedom to make t.o most of
their own powers o' public service.
il gives them unboull,I chance for
progress If they simply owploy that
freedom to please themselves. whit.
ever progress there Is viii hc in the
wrong direction Liberty Will I've fol.
owed boy license. license hy rcvom-
ton. revolution by do-putism This
has been the fate al every nation,
ancient and modern. where people
used their freedom as pr,t"Nt for
doiug what they most enjoyed at the
moment
Freedom can be permanent only
when the majority of the free citizens
are ready to exercise sclrcontrOl II
Is u substitution of one form of gov
crnment for another government by
ones own conscience instead of gov
ernment by the club Of the policeman.
The obligation to serve the commun.
ity remains in force. but each man is
given the right to serve it in his own
way. This is the kind of liberty
which preserves nations instead CT
destroying them. This duty of self
control. If properly understood. reach.
departments of our life Self-cOntrOl
is not tie mere negative thing that
some of Ms suppose. II Is not enough
that a free man should abstain from
the .rosscr vices of gambling. drunk
enness. etc lie must do something
more than this. He must make II his
patriotic duty to render more service
To- his fellow man than the law will
exact. II Is not enough for him to
place him in Jail or cause him Ia be
socially ostracizcd Morality of this
sort belongs to a slave. not 10 a free
man. The man who will only do the
gooi that he is compelled 70 do does
not deserve to have charge of his own
destiny-much less to have charge OF
the dcstiries of his fellow men The
man who regards life as a game in
which he may get all the money or
social success or public Office that he
can without violating the rules. Is q
mere SameSter. not a patriotic citi.
zen. In business or In politics, in lit.
erature or i'm society. the only man
who merits the freedom which his
fathers have won for him Is he who is
ambitious, not to get all that he can
out of the country but to put all that
he can into II.
This obligation OF serving others
more than the law can compel us 70
do extends beyond the domain Of
outward acts into that of thought,
and words. The man who believes idl,
tales of scandal and repeats them tC
his neichbors Is not fit 10 be citizor
of free commonwealth. II Is char
acteristic Of gentleman tha, he pro
fors 10 say and believe the things fha
will help his associates instead %
hindcrng them.
The highest type Of man. SAYS 50
Panl, "thnkcth no otil, reioiccth mo-
In the niqultv rcioiccth in the truth.
This is the plane of q gentleman. Tht
habit Of tale telling and tale bc1rin-
, If unchecked. Is strong enough to nm
dcrmino the whole foundation oi
which civilized society rests. Pcopl