Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-31

right as to each 1t was given to see
the right, shown both by the men of
the North and the men of the South
in that contest which was finally de-
cided by the attitude Of the West.
We can admire the heroic valor,a the
sincerity. the self-devotion shown
alike by the men who wore the blue
and the men who wore the gray; and
u sadness hat such men should
have had to fight one another is
tempered by the glad knowledge that
ever hereafter their descendants
shall be found fighting side by side,
struggling in peace as well as in
war for the uplift of their common
country; all alike resolute to raise
to the highest pitch of honor and
usefulness the nation to which they
all belong. As for the veterans of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
they deserve honor and recognition
such as Is paid to no other citizens
of the republic; for to them the re-
public owes its all, for to them it
owes it's very existence.
| do not speak of this struggle OF
the past merely from the historic
standpoint. Our interest is primari-
ly in the application today of the
lessons taught by the contest of hall
a century ago 1t is of little use for
us to pay lip loyalty to the mighty
men of the past unless we sincerely
endeavor to apply to the problems
of the present precisely the qualities
which in other crises enabled the
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1t is half melancholy and half anus
ing to see the way in which well,
meaning people gather to do honor
to the men who, in company with
John Brown, and under the lead Of
Abraham Lincoln, faced and solved
the great problems of the nineteenth
century, while at the same time
these same good people nervously
shrink from or frantically denounce
those who are trying to meet the
problems of the twentieth in the
spirit which was accountable for the
successful solution of the problems
of Lincoln's time.
OF that generation of men, t.
whom We owe SO much, the man tt
whom we owe the most is, of course
Lincoln. Part of our debt to him Is
because he forecast our presen
struggle and say the way out. HI
said:
~ hold that while man exists 1
Is his duty to improve not only hi
W condition but to assist In ameli
Grating mankind" Aand again
Labor is prior to and Independent
Of capital; capital is only the frui
of labor. and could never have ex
listed but for labor. Labor Is the su
perior of capital and deserves mucl
the higher consideration. Capita
has it's rights which are as worth!
of protection as any other rights "
Nor should this lead to a war upol
the owners of property. Propert,
is the fruit of labor; property is de
sirable; Ia a positive good In tn
world. Let not him who is house
less pull down the house of another
but let him work diligently ant
build one for himself, thus by exam
pie showing that his own shall b.
safe from violence when built" i
seems to me that in these words Lin
coin took substantially the attitude
that we ought to take; he showed
the proper sense of proportion In hi
relative estimates of capital and la
Dor. of human rights and propert!
rights. Above all, In this speech, a
In many others, he taught a lessor
in wise kindness and charity; an In
Indispensable lesson to us of today
But this wise kindness and CHART.
never weakened his arm or numbet
his heart. We cannot afford weak
ly to blind ourselves to the actua
conflict which faces us today. Thu
issue is Joined and We must fight o.
fail.
In every wise struggle for human
betterment one OF the main objects
and often the only object, has beer
to achieve in larger measure equal
ity of opportunity. In the struggle
for this great end, nations rise from
barbarism to civilization. anC
through 1t peoples press forward
from on estage of enlightenment Il
the next. One of the chief factorl
in progress ts the destruction OF spe
ciaI privilege. The essence of an!
struggle for healthy liberty has al
ways been and must always be 4
take from some one man OF alcss 0
men the right TO enjoy power, O
wealth, or position, or ipm1niey
which has not been earned by ser
vice TO his or their fellows
At many stages In the advance o
humanity this conflict between chs
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