Newark post., 1915-02-17
TCITY-COUNTY
BUILDING EXERCISES

character Of all those who serve
her, and who speak and act for her
in her relations with the world out
side her boundaries.
But | would have more widely
spread a sense of civic responsible
ity so that not only men Of promi-
nence and those in official position,
but generally there should pervade
the community feeling of pro-
prietorship and a resulting inter
est and responsibility. I would
begin with the very young, and 50
fill their minds at the receptive age
with this feeling that it would con-
troll them in small things and later
influence them in larger things. If
children are so taught that they
consciously refrain from any action
either because it was forbidden, or
because it made the city look un-
tidy, an important thought has
been planted in their minds, and
the effect of it on their conduct can
not be Overestlmated.
The sum and substance of what |
have tried to say briefly on this oc-
casion to my fellow citizens is en-
braced in one statement: " Right
eOuSness eXalteth a nation. This
means, among other things, right
thinking and doing in industrial
and commercial relations; in fran
ing and administering the govern
ment; i'll regulating the quasi pub
lie servants and their powers and
duties; and in a general recogni-
ton of individual responsibility for
civic conditions, and for the i'm
provement thereof. If tbs right
eousness be or become the charac-
teristic of the personality Of this
city, then it will indeed be exalted
to high rank among the munici-
palities of our great country, and
outrank some sister cities greater
in size, wealth and worldly import
ance. Then we here today will
have laid cornerstone, not only Of
a material building, but of a spirit
ual structure which will endure
long after the material edifice has
crumbled to dust.
In the words Of Abraham Lin
coin: "Let us have faith that the
right makes might; and in that
faith let us dare to do our duty as
we understand it.
Chief Justice Pennewill speak
ing of New Castle County said in
part:
1t is needless for me to say, that
from colonial days till now the New
Castle countian, like other Sons of
Delaware, has done very much for
his county, State and country. All
along the way from the first settle
ments III the State till the present
time, the proofs of his courage and
achievement can be found in the
annals of the nation s history. Ours
is an old State, yours is an old
county-older even than the COM
monwealth. Of the three counties
on the Delaware whose political ex-
istence antedates the State govern
ment, New Castle was, and has al
ways been, the first; but she has
never become estranged from, or
Independent of, her two sisters, and
let ushope she never will.
There is no county in any State
which measured by its size, has
done more, either in peace or in
war, for the well being of the whole
people, and the building, preserva-
ton and maintenance of the ma
tiOnal government than New Cas-
tie. 1t may also be said, there is no
county anywhere more fortunately
situated for all proper purposes.
But what is perhaps more import
ant than all, there is no county in
the union Of states that has con-
tanned citizenship Of higher char
acter and nobler manhood and wo-
manhood than this is which you are
proud to live. n
The people of New Castle
county have been home lovers
and home builders, which adds
amazingly to the efficiency of any
| man. Certainly there is nothing
, more helpful to a people or more
promising for their future than a
7 deep seated love and attachment
l for the home. There is danger in
these days that such an attachment
5 may lose its hold upon the citizer
and especially the young. No place