Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-04

cooper union, New York city, FTidaJ
 night, Colonel Roosevelt said:
 I am glad to speak in this historic building. at the request of men of sucn i high standing as those who have asked
 me to speak 1The John Wanamaker
 committee); and thank them for hay vital of all present-day questions. the Nations Crisis crisis preeminentiy moral and spiritual.
 There can be no greater misfortune for free nation than to find itself under incapable leadership when con- fronted by great crisis. This is pe- culiarly the case when the crisis is not merely one in it's history, but is due to some terrible world cataclysm- such catclysm as at this moment has overwhelmed civilization. The l times have needed a Washington or
 Lincoln. Unfortunately we have been granted only another Buchanan.
 Changed Buchanan for Lincoln. The appeal is made on behalf of MT. l Wilson that we should not change horses in crossing a stream. The worth
 of such an appeal is not obvious when | the horse, whenever he comes to {, | stream. first pretends he is going tn 1 jump it, then refuses to enter it, and | when he has reached the middle al-
 ternately moves feebly forward and | feebly backward, and occasionally lies | down. We had just entered the great
 est crisis in our history when we | 'swapped horses" by exchanging Bu- ! chanan for Lincoln; and if we had not | made the exchange we would never | have crossed the stream at all The
 failure now to exchange Mr Wilson
 for Mr- Hughes would be almost as | damaging.
 l Washington and Lincoln confronted
 crises of different types, and therefore
 in any given crisis it is now the ex- | ample of one, now the example of the | other, which it is most essential for
 us to follow. Each stood absolutely
 for the National ideal; for a full Union | of all our people, perpetual and in-
 destructible; and for the full employ
 ment of our entire collective strength 1 to any extent that was necessary in | order to meet the nations needs | Lincoln had to deal with vital ques- l tions of internal reform, and with the | overturning of internal forces tending | toward the destruction of the Union | Washington had to deal primarily, not l only with the creation or our Union
 but with the maintenance of our lib | erty against all adverse forces from i without. This country must learn the | lessons taught by both careers, and
 must apply the princlpses established l by those careers to the ever- changing | conditions of the present, or sooner I or later it will go down in utter ruin. Lesson of Nationalism.
 The lesson of nationalism and there 1 fore of efficient action through the na- | tional government is taught by both | careers. At the present moment we
 need to apply this principle in our | social and industrial life to a degree | far greater than was the case in l either Washington's day or AIincoln's S. l The expansion of our people across i the continent has gone hand in hand with their immense concentration in I oif xrri@ -r;1- | in the machinery of communication, 1 transportation, an d production; changes which have worked a business l revolution almost as vast as that | worked by all similar revolutions put | together since the days of the Roman | forced to face problems not only new | in degree, but new in kind. We must | face these problems in the spirit of | Washington and Lincoln; but our
 methods in industrial life must differ as completely from those that ob- l tained in the times of those two great
 men of the past, as the weapons of l warfare now differ from the fint1ocks | of Washington's soldiers, or the muzzle l loading smooth -bores of Lincolns day | We must quit the effort to meet mod | ern conditions by f1intlock legislation We must recognize, as modern Ger
 many has recognized, that it is folly | either to try to cripple business by
 making it ineffective or to fail to in-
 sist that the wage-worker and con-
 sumer must be given their full share | of the prosperity that comes from the
 successful application and use of mod
 ern industrial instrumentalities. Both | capitalists and wageworkers must
 understand that the performance of
 duties and the enjoyment of rights 1 go hand in hand. Any shirking of ob- | ligation toward the nation, and toward
 the people that make up the nation, deprives the offenders of all moral ] right to the enjoyment of privileges | of any kind. This applies alike to cor porations and to labor unions, to rich i men and poor men, to big men and little men. George Washineton's Injunction. There can be no genuine feeling of | patriotism of the kind that makes all
 men willing and eager to die for the land, unless there has been some
 measure of success in making the land worth living in for all alike, whatever their station, so long as they do their
 duty; and on the other hand, no man whatever from living in the land in
 time of peace. unless if duty calls he is trained physically and spiritually so that he can and will do his part to gression. Every citizen of this land, every American of whatever creed or
 national origin, should keep in mind the injunction of George Washington to his nephews. when in his will dated
 July 9th. 1799. he bequeathed to each of them a sword, making the bequest in the following words:
 | "These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheathe them for the Eurpose of shedding blood, ex-
 cept it be for self-defense, or in de-
 fense of their country and it's rights: and in the latter case to keep them unsheathed and prefer falling with them in their hands than to the relin- l punishment thereof"
 These are noble words. Remember | that they gained their nobility only | because the deeds of Washington had | been such that he had a right to utter | them. His sword had been sheathed until he drew it on behalf of national 1 liberty, and of humanity, and then it was kept unsheathed until victory | came. His sword was terror to the
 powers of evil. It was a flame of white fire in the eyes of those who | fought for what was right.
 Lovers of Peace.
 l Washington loved peace Perhaps