The Carlisle independent., 1910-04-28


 career of money maker or politician. soldier or orator, journalist or popu- lar leader. If the man works for evil, then the more successful he is, the more he should be despised and con demned by all upright and farseeing men. To judge man merely by sue cess is an abhorrent wrong; and if the people at large habitually so judge men, if they grow to condone wicked ness because the wicked man tri- umphs, they show their inability to understand that in the last analysis free institutions rest upon the char acter of citizenship and that by such admiration of evil they prove them selves unfit for liberty.
 The Idea of True Liberty.
 The good citizen will demand lib erty for himself, and as a/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 minorities 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 his life as he desires, provided only that in so doing he does not wrong his neighbor 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 persecuted. Class hatred is bad in just the same way, and without any regard to the individual who, at a given time, substitutes loyalty to a class for loyalty to the nation, or sub stitutes hatred of men because they happen to come in a 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 is poor, and to the envy and hatred which would destroy a man because he is wealthy. The overbearins 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 if 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. Of 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 at the expense of other citizens of the republic. It makes no differ enee whether he appeals to class hatred or class interest, the man who makes such an appeal should al ways be presumed to make it for the sake of furthering his own interest The very thing that an intelligent and self-respecting member of a 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 gratify some emotion or animos ity which this private citizen ought not to possess.
 If 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 if ever it 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 I 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 sorrow to us. But it would be more than that In the seething turmoil of the history of humanity certain nations Sldlu out dS pOSSSSSIu5 PCSAiidi power or charm, some special gift Of beauty or wisdom of strength. which puts them among the immortais, which makes them rank forever win the leaders of mankind. France is one of the nations. For her to sink would be 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 it 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 1 who would valiantly fight for 1t. You have had a great past. l believe that you will have great future. Long may you carry yourselves proudly as citizens of nation which bears a Ina6ino art in bo tnanhinC n3 n