The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-15


destinieS ~ numerous peoples are In
the balance. They turn toward liber-
~, as liberty is seen to reign undis-
turbed In America: they TCcede to-
ward abHOlutigm and hereditary re-
gimes, AZ clouds are seen daTkcning
our sky. Civil. political. social hap
penIngs Of America are watched. the
world over. with intense anxiety. be-
cause Of their supposed bearings upon
the question Ot the prhctiCability Of
popular government.
For my part have unwaycring faith
IN the republic Of America | have
faith In the providence Of God and
the progress Of humanity: will no,
believe that liberty liz not pcrma-
nent Eft. have faith In the power
iul and loyal national heart Of Amcri-
ca. which clings fast to liberty. and
sooner or later rights wrongs. and up
roots evils have no fears. Clouds
cross the heavens: soon burst Of
sunlight dispcls them.
We have our problems but we can
solve them. The safety of the republic
lies In the vigilHnt and active patriot
ism OF the American people When
We look to tho broad horizon Of to-
morrow we must feel that to know
that which man can do. It is only
necessary TO know that which han
hath done.
Aye. there's the rub-tO know that
which man can do. we must know that
which man hath done. We must know
the principles that guided our fathers
IN the past and from them we must
read the lessons NJ today. We burn
tho sunshine Of other years when we
ignite the coal or gas upon our
hcarthS. We enter privilege which
ages have secured in our daily enjoy
Incni Ct political freedom. While the
kindlinG glow radiatcs our homes let
II shed It's lustrG on our spirit and
quicken II for further work. Let us
night against tho tendency Of educated
men TO reserve themselves from poll
tics. remembering that no other form
Of activity is so grand or effective as
that which effects. first the character
and then the revelation of character
IN the government. Of great and free
people.
The coming Of America ushcrCd in
new nation. II was founded on new
theory OF government theory Of
Justice and fairness that recognized
that before men made us citizens.
great nature made us mcn''-n theory
that is tho evolution Of ages We do
not know when man first came into
the world. but when the curtain first
rises on history We find that man had
organized himself into tribes II is
but fair to presume that previous 10
the tribe. there was the family For
each family there was leader or a
head: and for tho governing OF that
family there we're rules Of conduct
producing family Justice or fair play
from each member of the family TO
every other member resulting In
equality. We may say that family No.
resided on the hill to tho left and
that on the hill to right there resided
another family family No. >. which
was likewise governed by certain rules
which insured Justice and fair MAY
as between its members. In the course
Of time tho family on the hill to our
left had grown into tribe. and like
wise with the family on the hill to
our right This growth ncccssitatcd
the enlargement ~ the rules which
had governed the members ~ the
original family. hut the evolution had
come about naturally. and justice and
fair play were provided as between the
individual members of each tribe. This
We may call tribal Justice. But In nd-
ditiOn to this tribal code Of fairness.
each tribe had another and inter-tribal
code. II governed their relations with
other tribes, and in 1t there was moth
ing hut hatred. uniairncss and con-
tempt The principle Of tribal Justice
was not invoked as between the tribes
on the opposite hills. II was a clear
application Of the theory that might
makes right" When the tribes grew
into states and nations the rule ~ In
ter-trlhal Justice or might makes
right still governed. Down through
tho ages has como this distinction no
tween tribal and intCr-trIbal Justice
and even in the seventeenth century
we find deception and falsehood the
usual weapons in diplomacy. Around
tho theory Of tribal Justice our ins,i-
buttons have been built: under its In
NuCnCo Washington and Jefferson
formed our policies; and under It's
protecting shadow we have perfected
our theories Of government We Cs-
'ahlishcd a new government because
We felt that we had been unjustly
treated We instituted a democracy
because We believed that thus could
tho greatest impartiality to the indi-
vidual he obtained We became the
most equitable Of all nations because
our sense Of fairness was not based
entirely on that Of any one. II is
rather a blended. purified justice that