The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
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 "Wo arc now aware" he said that we arc not going to be served by in- stitutions: that mere finely conceived constitutions do not constitute the body of liberty; that the body of liberty can be had only in the use of institutions to serve the permanent orders of the rank and file of men,
 So that we arc learning again that the service of humanity is the business Of mankind and that the business of man kind must be set forward by the gov ernments which mankind sets up. in order that justice may be done and mercy not forgotten. All the world. I say, is turn- ing now as never before to this concep- tion of the elevation of humanity. of mon and women, l mean, not of the pre- ferred few, not of those who can, by su- prior wits. or unusual opportunity strug gle to the top, no matter whom they trample under foot, but the rights of men who cannot struggle to the top and who must, therefore, be looked to by the force of society for they have no single force in which they can serve themselves. II there must be heart in government there must be a heart in the policies of government. And men must look to II that they do unto others as they would have others do unto them. This used 10 be and has long been tho theme for the discourse of Christian ministers. but il has now come to be part of the duties of ministers of state.
 This is the solemnity that cones upon q man when he knows he is about to be clothed with tho responsibilities of great office, in which will center part Of the example which America shall set to the world itself Do you suppose that that gives q man q very light heart at Christ mas? I could pick out some gentlemen, not confined to one state gentlemen likely to be associated with the govern- ment of the United States, who have not yet had dawn upon their intelligence what it is that government is set up 10 do There are men who will have to be mas tered in order that they shall be made the Instruments of justice and of mercy. This is not a rosewater affair. This is an office in which a man must put on his war paint. Fortunately, l am not of such visage as to mind marring it, and l do not care whether the war paint is becom- ing or not, and it need not be worn with truculence. A man can keep his manners and still fight.
 Smiling Fighter Disconccrting
 Indeed, 1 have found he sometimes dismays his opponents by keeping his manners and fighting; because they ap parently do not know how to fight with affability. But the nice thrust of the sword that is delivered with smile is more disconcertng than the thrust that is delivered with q scowl. And there must be some good hard fighting not only in the next four years. but in the next generation in order that we may achieve the things that we have set out to achieve.
 "The word that stands at tho center of what has to be done Is service, The one thing that the business men of the United States are now discovering, some of them for themselves and some of them by suggestion, is that they are not go- ing to be allowed to make any money except for a quid pro quo, that they must render a service or get nothing; and that in the regulations of business the government. that is to say. the moral judgments of the majority, must deter mine whether what they are doing is a service or is not a service and that every thing in business and politics is going to be reduced to the standard.
 Are your giving anything to society when you want 10 take something out of society?
 "A large part-too large 8 part--of for tune ma king of recent decades. has con sisted in getting something for nothing. do not include brains in the category of nothing I believe man Is entitled to earnings for the suggestions of his brains, but he is not entitled to any thing when he creates for his brains a sort of alright isolation which makes it impossible for anybody else to sug. best anything in that field. And, there fore, while I would be liberal in inter- preting the service I want to proclaim for my fellow citizens this gospel for the future that the men who serve will be the men who profit.
 Now, society has always had its re- venges. Society has never consented to remember with honor the men who thought only of themselves. The honors of the world have not been distributed upon the basis of wealth. They have been distributed upon the basis of moral worth.
 South Was Sincere
 T was speaking just now of the ob- liberation of sectional lines. Do you not know that long ago the time came when the people of the north honored the men who had served in the ranks of the Con federacy in the Civil war. heroed them because they believed they were laying their lives down for things that they believed in. Such men never fail of hon or even from those who were opposed to them. Of course, there was a special reason why the south should have hon ored itself You remember the quaint story of the old Confederate who was trudging home after the surrender and who was heard to mutter to himself: Well, I'm not soddy I went in. I be- lieve I was right I'd do it again be- cause I loved my country, but I'll be hanged if I'll ever love another country. It came high in the circumstances and think that is the reason we have val ued it so highly in the years that have followed.
 "We believe that we are finding out more and more ways by which the serv- ice can be rendered without the spilliiig of blood, but whether with or without the spilling of blood. 1t Is service that dignifies and service only"
 The crowd frequently interrupted the governors speech with shouts of np- plause and a great cheer arose when he finished.
 A demonstration also preceded the speech when the Rev. pr. Frazer intro- duced him.
 After the speeches the governor shook