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the way In which mInorfties ,r.
treated In that country. No, only
should there be complete liberty In
matters Of religion and opinion. bu,
complete liberty for each man 10 lead
bis hfe as he desires. provided only
that In 80 doing be does not wrong
MS neizhhor. Persecution Is bad be-
cause Il is persecution, and withou,
reference 20 which side happens at the
moment 10 be the prosecutor and
which the prosecuted Class hatred is
bad In Just the same way. and without
any regard to the individual who. st
given time. substitutes loyalty TO a
class for loyalty to the nation. or sub
siitutes hatred OF men because they
happen TO como In a certain social
category. for Judgment awarded them
according 10 their conduct Remem
Der always that the same measur. OF
condemnation should be extended TO
the arrogance which would look down
upon or crush any man because he is
poor, and to the envy and hatred
which would destroy a man because
he Is wealthy. The overbearing bru.
tality OF the man OF wealth or power.
and the envious and hateful malice di.
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 Is at heart the
same as the greedy and violent dema
gogue who excites those who have
not property to plunder those who
have. or one man In especial, be-
yond anyone else. the citizens OF re-
public should beware. and that Is OF
the man who appeals to them to sup
port him on the ground that he is
hostile to other citizens of the repub-
lie. that he will secure for those who
elect him. In one shape or another.
profit Mt the expense of other citizens
OF the republic. Il makes no differ.
ence whether he appeals to class
hatred or class interest. TO religious
or anti-religious prejudice. the man
who makes such an appeal should al
ways be presumed to make Il 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 ami
mostly which this private citizen
ought not 10 possess.
A Ranch Story.
Let me illustrate this by one
anecdote from my own experience: A
number of years ago was engaged
in cattle-ranching on the great plains
of the western United States. There
ere no fences. The cattle wandered
free. the ownership OF each being de-
termined by the brand: the calves
were branded with the brand OF the
cows they followed. II, on the round
up. an animal was passed by. the fol-
lowing year II would appear as an un-
branded yearling and was then called
maverick. BY the custom of the
country these mavericks were brand
ed 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
upon a maverick.
| said to him: 1T is so-and-so's
brand" naming the man on whose
range we happened to be.
He answered: That's all right.
boss, | know my business"
In another moment | said TO him:
Hold. on. you are putting on my
brand"
To this he answered: That's all
right: I always put on the boss
brand"
| answered: "Oh. very well. Now
you 60 straight back to the ranch and
get what is owing to you. don't need
you any longer"
He jumped up and said: why.
what's the matter? | was putting on
your brand"
And I answered: "Yes. 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. II public man tries to
get your vote by saying that he will
do something wrong in your interest.
YOU can be absolutely certain that II
ever 1t becomes worth his while he
will do something wrong against
your interest.
France and the United States
And now. my host. word in part
ing. You and belong to the only
two great republics among the great
movers Of the world. The ancient
friendship between France and the
United States has been. on the whole.
a sincere and disinterested friendship.
calamity to you would be sorrow
m us But Il would be more than
that In the seething turmoil OF the
history Of humanity certain nations
stand out as possessing peculiar
mower or charm, some special gift OF
heauty or wisdom of strength. which
nuts them among the immortals.
which makes them rank forever with
tho 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 IL was TO tell how
49, son, NJ this warrior-foe took fight
upward through the laurels he had
won. Nearly seven centuries ago
Frolssart, writing of time OF dire
disaster, said that the realm of
France was never so stricken that
there we're not left men who would
valiantly fight for 1t. You have had
great past. believe that you VIII
/ have a great future. Long may you
carry yourselves proudly as citizens oil