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


ne was nominated while n Judge Of
the United States supreme court
is not alone Anglo Saxon. With it is
the justice Of Brutus. Of Martin Luther
and Of Charcmagnc. We took from
them their purcst and best. and far
removed from the turmoil that shook
Europe We formulated our own sys-
ten Of government
One hundred years OF honorable in
tcrcoursC with foreign nations is Il
safe guide for the future. We have
acquired insular possessions; We have
become instead Of borrowing nation.
n nation that loans to nations. Wheth-
er We will or not. We have become a
world power We cannot hold alOoi
from world affairs. We are too great
and too prosperous We can. and
must. avoid cntauglinG foreign ALI
GnCes, politically speaking. but com
mCrClally. we cannot. We Will not. And
as we grow. as grow we must, we
must be guided by our principle Of
tribal justice as applied to intCr-tribal
relations To thus maintain our for
eign relations We must maintain our
local justice The nation but reflects
the individual that COmposCs ii. Tho
citizen is the unit And such organiza-
tons as the order OF Eiks must care
FOR the citizen and maintain in him
his sense of Justice, Of law and Of
order
Empires and monarchics rely upon
sword and cannon; republics. upon the
citizens respect for law. Unless law
be sacred, free government will not
endure Laws may he repealed
through constitutional means. but
while they are inscribed on the statute
book they should he observed The
lowering NJ the dignity Of law ny deed.
teaching or connivanCe Is treason.
AnarChial explosions. mob riots.
lynChinGs shake the pillars Of the
commonwealth: other violations Of
law. the determined defnancc o. mu-
nicipal and state authorities. the
stealthy avoidance Of apymcnt OF
taxes. scar conscicnCcs and bogct a
fatal habit Of disobedicnCc.
We must make law the instrument.
not Of justice merely. hut also Of SOC
ial progress A law-abiding people
only is worthy Of liberty and capable
Of guarding its treasures
II is our duty to instill a love Of
country into our children. Teach them
to love and reverence Flag Day and
the Fourth OF July. believe in the
Fourth Of July in tho popular acccpta-
ton OF that term. | believe in the
Fourth NJ July from the crown Of my
head to the sole Of my feet As n hoy
and n young man fired my fire
crackers and Roman candles. and had
my good time, like N sec the BOYS
do the same now. Ylu may belong 10
n city council and pass volumes Of or
dinances against fire crackers: you
may send regiments Of police 10 arrest
the boys who violate your ordinances.
bu; YOU still have q secret sympathy
with the little rascals. and you like
to be awakened IN the Fourth by
whistles. fire crackers and bells. even
II you do swear little about it. lot
the parents make the younEstcr pa
triotic. and the order NJ Elks will do
Its part to keep them SO.
We must not rest until we have
found what We believe TO he the right.
and having found II. VIC must never be
turned from IT, One word more OF the
future. and am done
AS quoted before a recent state con-
vention: III the memory OF our fathers.
with their valiant and sacritiC!al past.
is fitted TO incite patriotism within us.
the future works within us like re-
suit. When we remember that Emer-
son said. America is another name
for opportunity: our whole history
appears like last evidence of Provi-
dencc in behalf OF the human race.
there is something almost appalling
in the tremendous sweep OF our pop
ulation. the enormous increase Of our
wealth. the ComPlcXity and number
OF the problems trust upon MS. the
unique position our nation occupies.
that publishes It's success or pro-
claims its failure among all the ma
lions, In a certain profound sense
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