The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-12
NO MORE WARS.
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copied by other nations and now was
to be seen everywhere the waning OF
monarchical authority and hereditary
power.
Americans never had hesitated. Mr..
Bryan said, to die, II necessary, In
defense of the authority for which the
flag stood. But the war era has
ended in the United States" he added,
land is drawing towards It's close IN
foreign lands; the commissions through
which Europe is now passing are put
the death throes of militarism."
Mr.. Bryan's Address.
Mr.. Bryan said in part: The world
has longed for freedom throughout the
|ages-the world made up not OF the
privileged few, but of the countless
all times had freedom-often more than
they have wisely used. A few in every
age have not only had undisputed con-
troll Of themselves and OF their re-
sources but have profited by the I'm
itations which they have imposed upon
those who were unable to successfully
resist them. Having monopoly OF
political rights they added to 1t a mo-
nopoly Of physical happiness aid intel
lectual progress. They even fettered
the conscience Of man and prescribed
the forms through which he might sat
isfy the universal longing for COM
munion with the infinite. This free
dom resting not on respect for human
rights but upon power OF might, de.
graded those who exercised 1T while II
wronged those to whom it was denied"
"And bravery was not lacking then
the bravery of the conqueror who
risked his life to secure the authority
that he coveted. But the freedom OF
the despot and the bravery OF the
Key sang. 1t required higher form OF
both freedom ind bravery to thrill the
heart of the poet and to suggest to
him the word pictures that he Wove
into his lines. The masses have grad
ually won their way to a freer air and
to a larger liberty but every inch of
ground has been contested. Our con-
stitution has become the pattern
copied by other nations and the sue
I cess Of our experiment in self govern
ment has answered all the arguments
| formerly advanced in behalf of arbi-
trary power.
Triumphant Democracy.
1.-THE triumphant democracy OF the
new world has stimulated the friends
of liberty in the old to new advances.
until we see everywhere increasing
| limitations, placed upon monarchlcal
neutrality-suspicious. the waning OF
hereditary power.
| ACCOMMODATING the development of
| freedom has come a change in the type
of courage which man has manifested.
There has been constant growth In
| the spirit of brotherhood-an increas-
| efforts in defense of common rights
and the advancement of the common
good 1t is in this period that our peO-
| pie have lived, since our nation
born in the revolutionary struggle. en-
tered upon its superb career. During
these years the flag has been gallant
ly streaming sometimes in the rock
cts rid glare and son has initiated
sire in willingness to maintain, with
his life il necessary. the authority Tor
which it stands.
Wars Have Ended.
But the war era has ended in the
United States and is drawing toward
it's close in foreign lands; the convul-
sions through which Europe is now
passing are but the death throes OF
militarism:: We are entering upon q
new age in which freedom will be
given new interpretations and bravely
find new forms of expression. The
doctrine of the divine right of kings
has been discarded to no purpose II
the divine right Of man does not lead
to mans elevation. He has become hi'
own master. not that he may be brut-
ish or brutal, but that he may be free
to develop the best that is in him
and to aspire to all the heights thai
the Heavenly Father has put within
his reach. And no matter how high
, plans his life, the flag will still wave
above him.
; The theoretical anarchist delude.
. himself with the belief that man viii
have no need of government when hi
becomes a law unto himself but HI
; compreherds but a part Of the prob
lem. The coercive part of government
Will diminish as civilization advances
'I-even now a large proportion of thu
people have no need of the thou shall
: nots' Of the criminal law. But while
. the restraints OF the statutes may b.
IexDected to fall into diauea hncnuso mn