The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-03-06


b~~~ uagi.r.akiacs or scrNed ~ y
st,iula t~, through the ii.-irHnenihliig
of Sasnsr taken directly 10 TIE iatn
or afforded the facilities " credit best
sul,ei 10 ~ practirai needs, watcr
cunr~s undeseioisd waste places nH'
reclaimed. forests INTENDED fast dis
appearing without plan or pr'rsprct m
renewal. unregurded waste heaps ~
every nine We have studied as per
naps 10 other nation has the most ef'
fectige means OF production. but we
have no, studied cost or economy as
We shouid either ~ organizers ~ Va.
dustry. as statesmen OF as individuals
soeisty's Duty to itssIi.
Nor have we studied and perfected
the means by which government may
be put Al the service OF humanity IN
safeguarding the health of The nauoh'
the healih OF its men and its women
aud its rhildren us well as their rights
in IN. struggle fot existence lhis u
no sentimental duty The hrm basis
OF government Is justice. not pity
These are matters Of justice. There can
he no equality or opportunity, the trsi
essential OF justice In the body polite.
II men and women and children De
not shielded In their lives, their very
vitality. from the consequences OF great
Industrial and social processes which
they cannot alter. control or slngly
cope with. Society must see TO II that
IL does not itself crush or weaken or
damage its own constituent parts The
first duty Of law Is TO keep sound the
society IL serves Sanitary laws. pure
food laws and laws determining con
ditions OF labor which individuals are
powerless TO determine for themselves
are intimate parts Of the very busi
uess Of justice and legal efficiency.
These are some OF the things we
ought to do and not leave the others
undone. the old fashioned, never to be
neglected. fundamental safeguarding
Of property and OF individual right
This is the high enterprise OF the new
day: To lift everything that concerns
our lIfe as q nation to the light that
shines from the hearth fire Of every
mans conscience and vision OF the
right II is inconceivable we should de
this as partisans; II Is inconceiyable we
should do II in ignorance OF the facts
as they are or In blind haste We shall
restore. not destroy. We shall deh
with our economic system as II IL and
as II may be modified. not as II might
be II we had clean sheet OF paper
to write upon. and step by step we
shall make II what II should be, In the
spirit OF those who question theii
own wisdom and seek counsel and
knowledge. not shallow self satisfac'
tion or the excitement OF excursions
whittier they cannot tell Justice, and
only Justice. shall always be our motto
Task Not Merely One OF Politics.
And yet II Will be no cool process oi
mere science. The nation has been
deeply stirred stirred by solemn pas
sion stirred by the knowledge oil
wrong, uf ideals lost OF government
too often debauclled aud made al IN
strnlnent OF evil The feelings with
which We face this new age OF right
AMI. opportunity sweep across our
heartstrings like some air out Of Gods
own presence, where Justice and mercy
are reconciled and the Judge and the
brother are one We know our task to
be no mere task of politics. but task
which shall search us through and
through whether we be able to under
stand nuf time aud the need OF our
people whether WE be indeed their
sl,oh esluen and interpreters. whether
we have the pure heart to comprehend
and III. rpcttied will to choose our
high course OF action
This l. not day of triumph; II Is
a day Of dedication Here muster not
the forces Of party, but the forces OF
humanity Mems hearts wait upon us:
mems lives hang IA the balance: mems
hopes call upon us to say what we
will do Who shall live up to the great
trust? Who dares fail to try? sum
mon all honest men. all patriotic. all
forward looking men. to my side. God
helping me. will not fail them II they
will but counsel and sustain me.