Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-12-03
orn HARSH rouNpArIoNs.s

Sinclair Kennedy, an EnRlishman.
wrote the following words year ago.
which have Just appeared in a book
entitled the "pan-Anglcs."
we are content with our present
position and would counsel others to
be tontentcd with theirs We think We
are q peaceful people aud dcpfecntc
az Ind form the hure expenditures
made by European nations for MILL
tafy and nnvui preparations. Somc
Americans contemplate their small
army 40 though their nation were by
thai proved vlriu0us. much ~ though
The learned hahu. contemplating the
fiir.clnd fsssimo. should pride himself
on his own tropical attire. We Pam
Aneita forget sometimes on what
harsh foundations Was laid our prea.
cni exemption from harshness'
Tleae words are rs full of moaning
for Americans ah for The Tsfilons for
whom they were written. We Amerl-
cans are prone 10 forget the harsh
foundations unon which our present
exemptions from harshness are laid.
The life of the individual owes what
leisure. comfort exemption from
struggle II aiialus TO sacrifice In youth
and carly manhood. TO some excess
, OF work. some deprivation Of pleas
ure. some unremltiing ana entire de-
votlon to toll Of hand and brain Such
II the law Of life. the means Of suc-
cess. the ladder whereby one mounts
to competence. Independence and
casa IN ones later years. There are
a few exceptions: The few who IN
hetli from thnse who themselves IL
iuaifnled the law; tho few who by
special talent OF good fortune con-
quer carly aud easily. But the lives
Of nlncty.nlne out Of every one hum
dfed cxempllfy the law In all Of rs
severity
Az there ls law for the individual
life, there ~ law for the nntlnnal
life. The peace. prosperity success Of
a nations life represent sacrifices Of
tears and toll ana blood. This world,
as has been sald la no pasture for
sheep. II there are Elyslan fields, they
will be found hereafter individuals
and nations. all are embarked upon
tumultous stream. in (which here
and there are quiet eddlcs
Consider the harsh foundations Of
the American republic TO enjoy
continental domain removed from
contentious world Is considered our
good luck II Is. But the war against
the wilderness which reduced that
raw domain to use, has been terri
bic and mremittlng conflict, Pioneers,
nearly throo centuries of them, hy
their strenuous lives have won the
land. 10 obtain that conquest, llvos
were laid down from Plymouth Rock
20 the golden gulchos OF California.
The history Of the establishment OH
Kansas. here in the middle west, IL
an epltomc, The prosperous Kansas
farms rest upon border warfare, In
dian warfare and mortgages paid OFF
hy toll and killing sacrifices.
The prosperity OF this nation rests
upon successful wars. chiefly the war
Of The revolution and the civil war.
The nation booght It's Independence
hy lighting from Concord TO York
town, and preserved It by the struggle
which began at Fort Moultrle and
ended at Apponantox
The generations that paid the price
understood. The men who fought
the revolution know The veterans Of
the civli war recognized the truth.
DO we, the easy lnherItors of their
toll aud sacrifice. understand the
harsh foundations upon which we are
living 10 peace aud comfort