The Hawaiian star., 1910-04-23

there is to be room for healthy
growth Bitter internecine hatreds
based on such differences, are signs
not of earnestness of belief, but OF
that fanaticism which, whether re-
ligious 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 ma
tions
GLASS HATRED.
OF one man in especial. beyond any
one else, the citizens of a republic
should beware, and that is the man
who appeals TO them to support him
on the ground that he is hostile to
other citizens of the republic, 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 difference whe-
ther he appeals to class hatred or
class interest, to religious or anti-re-
ligious prejudice The man who
makes such an appeal should always
be presumed to make it for the sake
of furthering his own interests. The
very last thing that an intelligent and
self-respecting member of a democra-
tic community should do is to reward
any public man because that public
man says he will get the private citi-
zen 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 A number
of years ago l was engaged in cattle
ranching on the great plains of the
The cattle wandered free, the owner
ship of each being determined by the
brand; the calves were branded with
the brand of the COWS they followed.
If on the round up 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 NAV
ericks were branded with the brand
of the man on whose range they were
found. One day was riding the range
with a newly hired cowboy and we
came across a maverick. We roped
and threw it, then we built a little
fire, took out a cinch-ring, heated it
at the fire. and the cowboy started
to put on the brand. | said to him,
ut is So-and- So5s brand" naming the
man on whose range we happened
to be. He answered, That's all right,
boss; know my business" In an
other moment l said to him, Hold
on, you are pueting on my brand" To
which he answered, That's all right;
l always put on the boss's brand"
answered, "Oh, very well. Now you
go straight back to the ranch and get
you any longer" He jumped up and
said why, what's the matter? l was
putting on your brand" And l an
swered, Eyes, my friend, and if you
will steal for ME you will steal from
me-"
Now, the same principle which ap.
plies in private life applies also in
public life. If a public man tries
to get your vote by saying that he
will do something wrong in your in
terest, you can be absolutely certain
that if ever it becomes worth his
while he will do something wrong
against your interest.
GOOD PATRIOT, GOOD CITIZEN.
So much for the citizenship of the
individual in his relations to his fam
lily to his neighbor, to the State.
There remains duties of citizenship
which the State, the aggregation of
all the individuals, owes in connection
with other states, with other nations.
Let me say at once that l am no ad-
vocate of a foolish cosmopolitanism.
believe that a man must be a good
patriot before he can be, and as the
only possible way of being, good
citizen of the world Experience
teaches us that the average man who
protests that his international feeling
swamps his national feeling, that he
does not care for his country because
he cares so much for mankind, in ac-
tual practice proves himself the foe
of mankind; that the man who says
that he does not care to be a citizen
of any one country, because he is
citizen of the world, is in very fact