New-York tribune., 1910-04-24

hatred which would destroy a man becaus'
he is wealthy The Overbearing brutality
Of .he man Of wealth OF power and Tho
envious and hateful malice directed against
wealth or power are really at root merciv
different manifestations Of the same quail
ity. merely the two sides OF the same she'll
Worth Of Man the Only Test.
The man who. IL born to wealth and
power. exploits and ruins his less fortunate
brethren is at heart the same as the greedy
and violent demagOgue who excites those
who have not property TO plunder those who
have The gravest wrong upon his country
is inflicted by that man, whatever his sta
ton. who seeks to make his cOuntrymeu
divide primarily on the line that separates
class from class. occupation from Occupa-
ton. men of more wealth from men Of les ;
wealth. instead Of remembering that the
only safe standard is that which judges
each man on his worth as q man. whether
nc be rich or poor. without regard TO his
profession or to his station i'm. life Such
is the only true democratic test. the only
test that can with propriety Dc applied IN
a republic There have been many repub-
lies in the past. both I'm what we call an
tiquity and in what We call the Middle
Ages. They fell. and the prime factor in
their fa!l was the fact that the parties tend
ed TO divide along the line that separates
wealth from poverty. II made no difference
which side was successful: It made no diff
ference whether the republic fell under the
rule of an oligarchy or the rule Of a mob
In either case. when once loyalty 70 a class
had been substituted for loyalty TO the re-
public the end OF the republic was at hand
There is no greater need to-day 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 TO, and not parallel with,
the lines of cleavage between class and
class. between occupation and occupation.
Ruin looks us in the face if we judge man
by his position instead Of Judging him by
his conduct in that position.
The Need Of Tolerance.
In a republic 10 be successful We must
learn to combine intensity Of conviction
with a broad tolerance OF difference of con-
viction. Wide differences Of opinion fu
matters OF religious. political and social
belief must exist il conscience and intellect
alike arc not 20 be stunted, if there Is to
be room for healthy growth. Bitter inter-
necine hatreds, based on such differences.
are signs not OF earnestness of belief but
of that fanatfcism which. whether relig-
ious or anti-religious, democratic or anti
democratic, is itself but a manifestation
Of the gloomy bigotry which has been the
chief factor IN the downfall Of so many
many nations.
OF one man in especial beyond any one
else, the citizens Of a republic should be
ware, and that is of the man who appeals
to them to support him on the ground
that he Is hostile 10 other citizens Of the
republic. that he will secure for those who
elect him, I'm one shape or another. profit
At the expense Of other citizens of the re-
public. It makes no difference whether he
appeals to class hatred or class interest,
TO religious or antt-religious prejudice The
man who makes such an appeal should al
ways be presumed TO make IL for the sake
or furthering his oVn interest The very last
thing that an intelligent and self-respect-
ing member Of q democratic community
should do IS to reward any public man be
cause that public man says he will get the
private citizen something to which this
private citizen Is not entitled, or viii
crafty some emotion or snimosity which
this private citizen ought not to possess.
Let me Illustrate this by ono anecdots from
my own experience. A number of years
ago I was engaged 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
a.
then called maverick. By the custom Of
the country these mavericks we're branded
with the brand of the man on whose range
they WIRE found One day I was riding
the rarfge with newly hired cowboy. and
We came upon maverick. We roped and
threw IT, then We built a little fire. took
out cinch ring. heated it at the fire and
the cowboy started to put on the brand 7
said to him: "It Is So-and-So brand, -
naming the man on whose range We hap
pened to be. He answered: That's all
right. boss; I know my business" In an
other moment 7 said to him: Hold on:
you are putting on my brandt To which
he answered, That's all right; 7 always
put on the bOss's brand I answered. "Oh
very we'll Now. you go straight back 10
the ranch and get what is owing 10 YOU:
I don't need you any longer" He jumped
up and said: why, what's the matter?
1 was putting on your brand" And 1 an
swered, Yes, my friend. and il you will
steal for me you will steal from me-"
The Man Of Whom to Beware.
Now, the same principle which applies in
private life applies also in public life If
public man tries TO get your vote by say
ing that he will do something wrong II,
your interest. YOU can be absolutely certain
that If ever 1t becomes worth his while he
will do something wrong against your in
terest.
So much for the citizenship Of the iudi-
vidual in his relations to his family. To hi.
neighbor. TO the state. There remain ,Iu-
ties of citizenship which the state. the AZ
Sregation of all the individuals. owes in
connection with other states, with other na-
lions. Let me say at once that l am No
advocate of a foolish COsmopolitariSrn. Z
believe that man must he good patriot
before he can be. and as the only possible
way of being. a good citizen OF the world
Experience teaches us that the average man
who protests that his international feelipa
sWdups his national feeling that he does
not care for his country because he carss
so much for mankind, in actual rractica
proves himself the foe of mankind tb,r
the man who says that he does not care q,
oe citizen OF any one country because bs
Of h.