Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-05-11

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tnrn strive 10 skackls q destroy that n
dlvidualism which triumphs By grssd and
cumming, which exploits the weak BY craft
instead Of ruling them BY brutality.
We ought to 90 with any man In thu
shcTt to bring about justice and the
equality Of opportunity, to turn the tool
user moro and moro into the tool owner,
to shin burdens 20 that they can BE- mors
squitably borne.
The dsadsning sfBsct ON any race Of the
adoption ofa logical and extreme social
istic SYSTEM could net Be- ovsrstatsd. It
would spell sheer destruction. Il would
produce grosser wrong and outrage, foulsr
immortality. than any existing system.
But this does not mean that W may mot,
with great advantage, adopt certain Of
tbs principles profssssd By some given
set Of men who happen to call themselves
socialists.
We are bound In honor to refuse to
listen TO those men who would make n
desist from the effort to do away with the
inequality which means injustics, the In
equality Of right, Of opportunity, Of privi-
ledge. We srs bound in honor to strive
to bring ever nearer the day whom, q far
- 10 humanity possible, We shall BE- able to
realise the ideal that each man shall have
On equal opportunity to show the stufl
that IL in him by the way in which hs
renders services.
There are plenty Of men calling them
selves socialists with whom, mp to . Ger
tain point, II 10 quite possible to work. II
the next step 10 one which both We and
they wish to take, why, Of courss, take It
without any regard to the fact that our
views - to the tenth step may diner. But,
on the other hand, keep clearly in mind
that, though II has been worth while to
take one step, this docs not in the least
mean that 1t may not be highly disad-
vantagsous to take the next.
1t ID just - foolish to refuse ali progress
because people demanding it desire ct
some points to 60 to absurd extremes, -
It would b to 60 to these absurd extremes
simply because some Of the measures i'd
Persecution il bad because it 10 persecu-
ton and without reference to which side
happens 1t the moment to be the persecu-
tor and which the prosecuted.
DANCER OF GLASS HATRED.
Class hatred is bad in just the same way
and without any regard to the individual
who at given time substitutes loyalty to
Q class for loyalty to the nation or substi-
tutes hatred of men because they happen
to come in certain social category, for
judgment awarded them according to
their conduct.
In republic, to be successful we must
learn to combine intensity Of conviction
with broad tolerance of difference Of
conviction. Wide differences OF opinion
in matters Of religious, political and social
belief must exist il conscience and intel
lect alike are not to be stunted, il there is
to be room for healthy growth.
Bitter internecine hstreds, based on
such differences, are signs not OF earnest
ness OF belief, but OF that fanaticism
which, whether religious or anti-religious,
democratic or anti-democratic, is itself
but manifestation of the gloomy bigotry
which has been the chief factor in the
downfall Of so many, many nations.
GOOD PATRI It FIRST.
believe that man must be a good pa
triot before he can be, and as the only
possible way OF being, q good citizen OF
the world. Experience teaches US that
the average man who protests that his
international feeling swamps his national,
that he does not care for his country be-
cause he cares SO much for mankind, in
actual practice proves himself the foe of
mankind; that the man who says that he
does not care to be citizen OF any one
country because he is citizen of the
world is, in very fact, usually an exceed
ingly undesirable citizen OF whatever
corner OF the world he happens at the
moment to be in.
Nearly seven centuries ago, Froissart,
writing of a time of dire disaster, said
that the realm of France was never SO
stricken that there were not left men who
would valiantly fight for it. You have
had great past.
l believe that you will have a great
future. Long may you carry your
selves proudly as citizens OF nation
which bears leading part in the teaching