Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-29

admiration or evil they prove them-
selves unfit for liberty.
Liberty for Everybody.
"The good citizen will demand liber-
ty 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 treat
ed 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 because it is perse-
cution, and without reference to
which side happens at the moment to
be the prosecutor and which the per-
secuted. Class hatred is bad In just
the same way, and without any regard
to the Individual who, at given time,
substitutes loyalty to class for 10y
atty to the nation, or substitutes
hatred of men because they happen
to come in certain social category,
for judgment awarded them according
to their conduct. Remember always
that the same measure of condemna-
tion should be extended to the arro-
gance 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 brutality
,f ha Nf
the envious and hateful malice direct
ed against wealth or power. are really
at root merely different manifesto
tions Of the same quality, merely the
two sides of the same shield. The
man who, IL born to wealth and pow
er, exploits and ruins his less for
tunate brethren Is at heart the same
as the greedy and violent demagogue
who excites those who have not prop
erty to plunder those who have. OF
one man in especial, beyond anyone
else, the citizens of a 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 citi-
zens of the republic, that he will se-
cure for those who elect him, in one
phase or another, profit at the ex-
| pense of other citizens of the republic.
1t makes no difference whether he ap-
peals to class hatred or class interest,
to religious or anti-religious prejudice.
The man who makes such an appeal
should always be presumed to make it
| for the sake of furthering his own in
terest. The very thing that an intelli-
gent and self-respecting member of a
democratic community should do is to
reward any public man because that
public man says he will get the pri-
vate citizen something to which this
private citizen is not entitled, or will
crafty some emotion or animosity
which this private citizen ought not
to possess. Let me illustrate this by
one anecdote from my own experience:
No Use for Thief.
"a number of years ago / was en-
gagged in cattle ranching on the great
plains of the western United States
There were no fences. The cattle
wandered free, the ownership of each
being determined by the brand; the
calves were branded with the brand
Of the COWS they followed. If on the
roundup an animal was passed by
the following year it would appear as
an unbranded yearling and was then
called a maverick. BY the custom OF
the country these mavericks were
branded with the brand of the man
on whose range they were found. One
day l was riding the range with 6
newly hired cowboy, and we came up
on a maverick. We roped and threw
it, then we built little fire, took ou
the comboy started to put on tht
brand. / said to him: at is so-an
SOS brand" naming the man OF
whose range we happened to be. HI
answered: That's all right, Boss,
! know my business" In another mo
ment l said to him: Hold on, yo,
are putting on my brand" to which HI
answered: That's all right; I al
, ways put on the boss brand" I an
, swered: "Oh, very well, Now yo'
go straight back to the ranch and ge
what is coming to you. don't neet
you any longer"
"He jumped up and said: "Why
, what's the matter? was putting ol
/ your brand" And 1 answered: Eyes
Z my friend. and il you will steal TO
| me, you will steal from me-"
{ "Now, the same principle which ar
{ plies in private life applies also II
, public life.
t Sees Great Future for France.
> "And now, my host, word in part
!. ing. You and l belong to the onl
> two republics among the great power
of the world. The ancient friendshi
between France and the Unite
|. States has been, on the whole, sir
Q cere and disinterested friendship.
9 calamity to you would be sorrow t
0 us. But 1t would be more than thai
!, In the seething turmoil of the histor
( of humanity certain nations stand ou