The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-20

plain long before ne became
president He appreciated to the full
the great opportunities of our country.
Our nation is that one among all
the nations OF the earth which holds
In its hand the fate Of the coming
years"
I'VE shall never be successful over
the dangers that confront us. we shall
never achieve true greatness nor
reach the lofty ideals which the found
ers and preservers Of our mighty fed
eral republic have set before US IN
less we are Americans in heart and
soul, in spirit and purpose, keenly
alive to the responsibilities implied In
the very name Of American and proud
beyond measure in the glorious privi-
lege of bearing it."-Forum, April,
1894
"Americanism is question of spirit,
conviction and purpose, not OF creed
or birthplace.
"A Scandinavian, German or an
Irishman, who has really become an
American, has the right to stand upon
exactly the same footing as the native
born citizen April, 1894.
LAS regards every race, everywhere.
at home or abroad, we can not afford
| to deviate from the great rule of
righteousness which bids US treat each
man on his worth as a manufactures
at University Of Oxford.
While Mr.. Roosevelt was president
he preserved this equality Of treat
ment Of all classes.
Open To All
! THE door of the white house while
| am president" he said, shall swing
just as easily to the pressure Of the
| hand OF labor Is Of the hand Of CAPT
| tai, and no easier"
THE reckless labor agitator who
arouses the mob to riot and bloodshed
| is in the last analysis the most dan
/ gerous Of the workingrlan's enemies
! This man is a real peril and so is his
sympathizer, the legislator who. &c
catch votes, denounces the judiciary
and the military because they put
| down mobs.
The demagogue in all his forms is
as cha racteristic an evil OF all free so
siety as the courier Is Of a despotism.'
Forum, February, 1895.
NO man works such incalculable
woe to a free country as he who
! teaches young men that one Of the
paths to glory, renown and tempora
success lies along the line Of armed
resistance to the government, or Its
attempted overthrow. Forum, Feb
ruary, 1895.
1T is just as un-American to vote
gainst a man because he is rich as tc
vote against him because he is poor.
Forum, April, 1894.
When once loyalty to a class ha;
been substituted for loyalty to the
republic, the end Of the republic is a
hand. Paris, April %
1910
After he had ceased to be presiden
he spread his gospel Of democratic
| ideals among other nations.
Thus he said to the people o.
France in his address at the Sorbonne
The average citizen must be
good citizen if our republics are e
succeed. The stream Will not ris'
permanently higher than the mair
source OF national power and nationa
greatness is found in the average
citizenship Of the nation. Therefore
it behooyes us to do our best TO SCI
that the standard of the average Citi
| zen is kept high and the average cal
not be kept high unless the STANDARD
Of the leaders is very much higher
And he shows the way in which this
Is to be done by action and by mani,
! cooperation, not be mere criticism o
| what others are doing.
The poorest way to face life Is t
face it with sneer
1T is not the critic who counts, no
the man who points out how thu
strong man stumbles or where The