The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-04-28

and ability bstray thsossavss - ~
career Of money maker o. politician.
soldier or orator. journalist o. Pops-
lar leader. II the man works Tor evil.
then the more successful ~ h. tAo
more he should be despised aaA Coz
demned By all upsight asA fssseeing
men. To Judge . ma oerely by sse-
cess 10 an abhosreat vroaS: aaA u
the people At lasss habituaily - juAes
men. II they grow to eooAnos wicked
ness because ths wicked aaa tsi-
umphs. they show their inability -
understand that In ths last aaalysis
free institutions rest upoa ths ehaF.
acter Of citiseaship and that by such
admiration Of evil they prove thsD-
selves unAt for liberty.
Ths Itss - TeVs libssty.
The good citizen vill demand lib-
erty for himself. and - . matter a
pride be viii ses to II that othsss ~
ceivs the liberty which he thu1 claims
~ his own. Probably the best test oe
true love of liberty IN any country u
the way In which minoritiss are
treated in that country. Not oaly
should there be complete liberty in
matters Of religion and opinioa. but
complete liberty for each man to Isad
his life a. he desires. provideA oaly
that In 10 doing he does not wrong
his netghbor. Persecution 10 bad b.
cause It 10 persecution. and without
reference to which side happens at the
moment to be the persecutor and
which the prosecuted. Class hatred 10
bad in just the same way. and without
any regard to the Individual who. at
q given time. substitutes loyalty to .
class for loyalty to the nation. OF sub
stitutes hatred Of men because they
happen to como in . certain social
category. for judgment awarded them
according to their conduct. Remem-
Der always that the same measure Of
condemnation should be extended to
the arrogance which would look down
upon or crush any man because he 10
poor. and to the envy and hatred
which would destroy . man because
he 10 wealthy. The overbearing bru-
tality Of the man Of wealth or power.
and the envious and hateful malice d.
rected against wealth or power, are
really at root merely different mani
festations Of the same quality. merely
the two sides of the same shield.
The man who. II born to wealth and
power. exploits and ruins his less
fortunate brethren 10 at heart the
same as the greedy and violent dema.
gogue who excites those who have
not property to plunder those who
have. OF one man in especial. be-
yond anyone else. the citizens Of q re-
public should beware, and that is of
the man who appeals to them to sup
port him on the ground that he IL
hostile to other citizens of the repub-
lie, that he will secure for those who
elect him. In one shape or another.
profit at the expense of other citizens
of the republic. 1t makes no differ
ence whether he appeals to class
hatred or class interest. the man
who makes such An appeal should al
ways be presumed to make 1t for the
sake Of furthering his own interest
The very thing that an intelligent
and self-respecting member Of .
democratic community should not do
is to reward any public man because
that public man says he will get the
private citizen something to which
this private citizen Is not entitled. or
will crafty some emotion or animos-
ity which this private citizen ought
not to possess.
II a public man tries to get your
vote by saying that he will do some
thing wrong in your interest, you can
be absolutely certain that II ever 1t
becomes worth his while he will do
something wrong against your inter-
est.
France and the United States.
And now, my host, a word in part
Ing. You and l belong to the only
two great republics among the great
powers of the world. The ancient
friendship between France and the
United States has been, on the whole.
a sincere and disinterested friendship.
A calamity to you would be a sorrow
to us. But it would be more than
that. In the seething turmoil Of the
history Of humanity certain nations
stand out as possessing q peculiar
power or charm, some special gift Of
beauty or wisdom Of strength, which
puts them among the immortals.
which makes them rank forever with
the leaders of mankind. France is one
Of the nations. For her to sink would
be a loss to all the world. There are
certain lessons Of brilliance and Of
generous gallantry that she can teach
better than any of her sister nations.
When the French peasantry sang Of
Malbrook 1t was to tell how the soul
Of this warrior-foe took flight upward
through the laurels he had won. Near
ly seven centuries ago Froissart, wri-
ting 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 night for It You