The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-04-28

Are the great laws OF righssnusnesa
once more to be fulfilled? And the
answer from n strong and virile PEG.
! pie must be, Yes" whatever tho
cost Every honorable effort should
always he made to avoid war. Just rs
every honorable effort should always
be made by the individual in private
life to keep out of a brawl, to keep
out of trouble; but no selfrespccting
individual no selfrespectine nat!9n,
can or ought TO submit to wrong.
Hits at Race Suicide.
II we of the great republics, II we
the free people who claim to have
| emancipatcd ourselves from the thral.
dom Of wrong and error. bring down
on our heads the curse that comes
upon the wilfully barren. then 1t will
bc an idle waste of breath to prattle
OF our achievements. 10 boast of all
that We have done. No refinement Of
life, no dellcacy OF taste. no material
progress, no sdrdld hcaping up Of
riches, no senEuous development Of
art and literature. can In any way
compensate for the loss OF the great
fundamental virtues. and Of these
great fundamental virtues, the great.
est IS the races power to perpc,uate
the race.
But il mans efficiency is not
guided and regulated by a moral sense
then the more nCicnt he ia the
worse he Ia, the more dangerous 10
the body polite. Courage. intellect
ali the mastcrful qualities. serve but
10 make a man more evil IL they are
used merely Tor that mans own ad
anccment, with brutal Indifference to
the rights OF others II speaks III for
the community IL the community wOr.
ships these qualities and treats their
possessOrs as heroes regardless Of
whether the qualities are used rightly
or wrongly It makes no difference as
To the precise way In which this sin
iStcr efficiency Is shown II makes no
difference whether such a mans force
and ability betray themselves in the
career of money maker or politician.
soldier or orator, journalist or pupl..
lar leader. II the man works for Evil.
then the more successful he in The
more he should be desplscd and con.
domned by all upright and far.sc,in ing
men. To Judge a man merely by
success Is an abhorrcnt wrong: duG
II the people at large habitualIy so
Judge men. If they grow to condone
wickcdness because the wicked man
triumphs. they show their inability TO
understand that In the last analysis
free institutions rest upon the charac.
tor Of citizenship and that by such
admiration of evil they prove them.
selves unfit for liberty
Test Love OF Liberty.
The good citizrn will demand libcr.
~ for himself ana as matter Of
pride he will see to It 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 minori.
ties are treated in that country. Not
only should there be complete liberty
in matters Of religion and opinion. but /
complete liberty for each man to lead f.
his life as he desires. provided only /.
that in so doing he does not wrong /
his ncighbOr. Persecution Is bad be. |
cause It Is persecution. and without ,
reference TO which side happens at .
the moment TO be the prosecutor
and which the prosecuted Glass ha.
tired Is bad In Just the same way,
and without any regard TO the ndi.
vidual who, at given time substi.
tutos loyalty 10 a class for loyalty TO
a nation, or substitutes hatred of
men because they happen to come in
4 certain social category. for judg.
ment awarded them according to
heir conduct. Remember always that
he same measure OF condemnation
should be extended to the arrogance
which would look down upon or crush
any man because he is poor, and to
he envy and hatred which would de.
'troy man because he Is wealthy.
Applies to Public Life.
Now, the same principle which an.
lilies in private life applies also in
public life. II public man tries to
'ct your vote by saying he will do
wrong in your interest. YOU
an be absolutely certain that il ever
becomes worth his while he will do
omething wrong against your inter.
st.
And now, my hosts, a word in part-
ng. You and belong TO the only
wo republics among the great DOW.
RS Of the world The ancient friend
hip between France and the United
tates has been. on tho whole n sin.
ere and disinterested friendship. A !
alamlty to you would be a sorry day
us. But 1t would be more than
lat. In the seething turmoil OF tho y
Istory OF humanity certain rhtIons
and out as possessing peculiar
over or charm. some special gift O,
'auty or wisdom of strength. which
It's them among the immortais,
hich makes them rank forever with c
e leaders Of mankind. France IL II
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