Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-28

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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 1T Is persecution. and without
reference to which side happens at the
moment to be the prosecutor and
which the prosecuted. Glass hatred is
bad In just the same way. and without
any regard to the individual who. at
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
he Is wealthy. The overbearing bru-
tally 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, IL born to wealth and
fortunate brethren is at heart the
same as the greedy and violent dema'
gogue who excites those who have
not property to plumber 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 20 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
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 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 anil
mostly which this private citizen
ought not to possess.
A Ranch Story.
Let me illustrate this by one
anecdote from my own experience: A
number of years ago I 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. If, on the round
lowing year it would appear as an un-
branded yearling and was then called
a 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: st 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 l said to him:
Hold, on. you are putting on my
brand"
To this he answered: That's al
right; / always put on the boss
brand"
answered: ooh, very we'll. Now
you go straight back to the ranch ant
get what is owing to you. don't neet
you any longer"
He jumped up and said: why
what's the matter? | was putting OF
your brand"
And | 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 II
public life. If public man tries t.
get your vote by saying that he viii
do something wrong in your interest
you can be absolutely certain that I
ever it becomes worth his while h
will do something wrong agains
your interest.
France and the United States.
And now, my host, word in part
ing. You and | belong to the onl.
two great republics among the grea
powers of the world. The ancien
friendship between France and tn
United States has been, on the whole
a sincere and disinterested friendship
A calamity to you would be a sorrow
to US. But 1t would be more thai
that. In the seething turmoil OF tn
history of humanity certain nation
stand out as possessing a peculia
power or charm, some special gift G
beauty or wisdom Of strength, whic
puts them among the immortal:
which makes them rank forever wit
the leaders of mankind. France
one Of the nations. For her to sin
> would be a loss to all the worlC
There are certain lessons Of brillianc
: and of generous gallantry that sh
5 can teach better than any of her siste
: nations. When the French peasantr
l sang of Malbrook 1t was to tell ho
2 the soul of this warrior-foe took fligf
! upward through the laurels he ha
! won. Nearly seven centuries ag
Froissart, writing of time of dill