New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-31

, I'm our turn the chance has now come 10
J stand for liberty and righteousness; as IN
their day these dead men stood for liberty
and righteousness. or task ~ not as
great as theirs Yet 4 IS wellnish as I'M
| pOrtaut our task is 10 proilt ~ the lCs-
sons Of the past, and 10 check ~ ume TN
evils that glow around US, lest our talluIe
10 do so may cause dreadful disaster 10
tho people. We must not SIT suplne ana
helpless. We must not permit ihe nfuti !
sclnSuUeSs Of arrogance ana the Drutai
selhshness oi envy each TO run Ihyh'Che"
It's evil course. II 80 90 50, thth som.
DAY smollcriuE hatred will suddenly
kindlc into a consuming flame, ana elthe'
We or our children VIII he called on 10
face a crisis as grim as any when TINS
Republic has ever seen.
II Is our business 10 show that nine
teHths OF wisdom consists IN being wise
In time Woe 10 our nation II we ltS
matters driit, II IN our industrial, aui
political lIfn we let an unchecked ana
utterly selfish individualistic materialism
riot 10 it's appointed end. That end would
be- widespread disaster. for II would mean
those dreadful lines of division which arc
drawn when the selfish greed OF I'M hdNe-
b. set over against the selfish greed or the
havc-rOts. There is but one way 10 pre-
vent such a division. and that Is 10 fore
stall IL by the kind OF movement IN
which We are now engaged.
Simple Greed OF Justice.
sistenCc upon the rights aud fulI ac-
lSnOwlcd gmcnt' OF the duties OF every man
and every woman within this great idhI
OF ours. We war against the FORCES OF
evil, and the weapons we use At" III ,
weapons Of right. We do not set greed
against greed or hatred against hatred.
our creed Is one that bids US De JUST 10
all 10 feel sympathy for all, and 10 stllEe
for an understanding OF the needs or an.
our purpose is To smite down wrong. But
toward those who have done the wrong
We feel only the kndllest charity that
IS compatible with causing the wrong 70
cease We preach hatred TO no man, ana
the spirit I'm which we work Is as iaT
removed from vindiCtiyeness as from
weakness. We are TcsOlute To do away
with the evil, and We Intend 10 pIoc''u
with such wise and cautious SANITY -
viii cause the very minimum oil disturb
arcc that IS compatible with achieving
our purpose. 49,. -,
proposing to substitute law for character.
I'VE are merely proposing TO DutrsSs
character by law. We fully recognize
that as has Been true IN the past so u
is true now, and ever VIII be true, tne
prime factor In each man or woman
success must normally be that man oI
Woman's own character-character the
sum OF many qualities, but above all OF
the qualities OF honesty, or courage and
Of common sense. Nothing VIII aVall
nation II there Is not :he right type OF
character dlntUB the dN'lobV AisNA "i'A
women, the plain people, the hard work
ing, decent living. right thinking people
who make up the great bulk or our citi-
Zenship. / know my countrymen; know
that they are Of this type. But II Is in
civil life a II is I'm war. In war II Is the
man behind the gun that counts most, and
vet lie cannot do his work unless he has
the right kind Of gun. In civil life. In
the everyday life Of our nation. ii Is indl-
yldual character which counts most, and
yet the individual character cannot avail
unless In addition thereto there lie ready
to hand the social weapons winch can be
forged only by law and by public oRnion
operating through and operated upon by
law.
Back to Golden Rule.
Again, friends. do not forget that we
are proposing no new principles. The
doctrines we preach reach back to the
Golden Rule and the Sermon on the
Mount They reach back to the Com
mandments delivered at Sinai. All that
we are doing Is TO apply those doctrines
in the shape necessary TO make them
available for meeting the living Issues
OF our own day We decline to be bound
nv Tho empty little cut-and-drie formu-
las Of bygonc philosophers, useful once.
perhaps. but useless now. our purpose
is To shacke greedy cunning as we
shackle brute force. and We are nc. TO
be diverted from this purpose by the APP
peal 10 the dead dOGmas Of n vanished
past We propose to lift the burdens
from the lOWly ana the weary, from the
poor and the oppressed. We propose 10
stand for the sacred rights OF childhood
and womanhood. Nay. more, we propose
10 see that manhood Is not crushed out
of the men who toll. by excessive hours
OF labor by under payment. by Injustice
ard oppression When this purpose can
only DE secured by the collective, action
OF our people through their governmental
agencies we propose so tO secure IL. We
brush aside the arguments Of those who
sccl; TO bar action by the repetition OF
some formula about states rights or
about che history of liberty being "the
rover" or about the duty OF the courts
finally 10 determine the meaning of the
Constitution. We are for human rights
and we intend to work for them In etIi-
ciaut fashion. Where they can he best
obtained by the application Of the doc
trines OF states rights, then we are for
states rights Where. In order to OBJ
tain them il Is necessary TO invoke the
power Of the nation, then we shall in
vOkc 10 us uttermOst limits that mighty
power. We are for liberty. But we are
for the liberty OF the oppressed. and not
FOR The liberty Of tie OpprcsSOT 10 Cypress
the weak and to bind burdens on he
shoulders Of the heavy laden. II il idle
10 ask us not to exercise the power Of the
government when only by the power OF
the government can we curb the greed
that sits I'm high places. when only by
The exercise of the government can we
evalt the lowly and give heart TO the
humble and the dCwntrodden.
To Fight Fossilized Wrong.
We care for facts and not for for
muIas. We care for deeds and not for