Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
OUR BUSINESS
TOKEEP STEADY
Beveridge, in Terre Haute AID.
dress, Sounds Note of
Patriotism.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 14.-For-
two addresses here last night, one on
the evolution Of American institutions at
a public meeting held in the auditorium
of the State Normal under the auspices
Of that institution; the second at the
smoker of the bar association of Wander
burg County Immediately afterward on
Marshall the Man"
In his address to the students and
faculty of the State Normal and citizens
attending, Senator Beveridge said:
'For years to come-certainly through
out the perilous decade upon which we
have entered-the highest duty Of every
patriotic, liberty loving American is re-
ligious devotion 70 the fundamental law
of our Republic, the Constitution Of the
United States. 1t cannot be said that
other forms of government are standing
the test Every nation of Europe seems
to be alternately tending toward two ex-
tremes-one day toward BOlshevism, the
next toward militarism or, indeed, re-
CARELESS of name and pretended Iorm
Of government, toward absolutism.
GAS yet America is steady. Our bust
ness is to keep America steady. We
must not permit Bolshevism under the
name Of liberty" nor absolutism under
the name Of order" We can best avoid
both perilous extremes through stanch
adherence to our Constitution. In the
present state of the world, 1t has come
: about that the ordinance Of American
nationality framed by the fathers one
hundred and thirty-fOur years ago, Is
today the wisest plan IN existence for
the preservation and functioning of both
liberty and Justice"
In his address to the Bar Association,
Mr.. Beveridge said that temperament Is
as important In a judge as either abil-
Ity or learning.
'It is a singular and vastly important
fact he said, that personality had as
much to do with winning our indepen-
dence, developing our Constitution and
saving our Nation from ACKNOWLEDGMENT
as any other force.
"The personality Of washington alone
held the patriot army in the field and
kept the revolution alive. 1t was the
personality of Marshall which achieved
the miracle Of a United supreme bench
in the most critical period of the evolu-
ton Of our constitutional system Ex-
ectly the same mysterious and irresisti-
BILE power gave Lincoln the mastery over
his Cabinet, over Congress, over the
Army, over the Nation.
'In the case or Marshall anu Oh
lincoln, the most striking feature Of the
personality Of both was respect for the
personality of others. In this regard
each Of these prs-eminent Americans re
sembIed Jesus, who not only taught but
practiced and felt respect for the per
sonality of others, even Of the lowliesr
and most sinful.
&c arshall. as a judge, was infinitely
patient, infinitely tolerant. Infinitely
kind. Emerson's lines might be applied
to the great Chief Justice:
"He spoke, and words more soft than
rain
Brought the age Of gold again.
His actions won such sufferance sweet
As lost all measure of the feat"
ain short, Marshall was the ideal
Judge considerate and gracious as he
was Just and brave. His disposition, his
temperament, his personality, was as
valuable to the Republic as was his
splendid mind. He had those qualities of
character which made it pleasant to agree
with him and unpleasant to disagree
with him"