The New York herald., 1922-07-05

all fastened by popular faith ana
frightened by popular hope.
We are great, and rich. and power
full as to states and sections; we are
in the full concord of union. This
great organic law has been preserved
and its antiquities removed. where
there has been enlarged federal
authority, the States have wished 1t
so. The Constitution has been
amended to meet the popular VIII.
Our representative form of eonsti-
tutional government Is responsive TO
the will Of the majority. responsive
to the expression of deliberate public
opinion Ii must be SO to endure.
Majorities restrained to the protec-
ton of minorities, ever must rule. The
Constitution and the laws sponsored
by the majority must be enforced. II
does not matter who opposes. II an
opposing minority has just objec-
tion. the gaelng tide of public opinion
will change the law There Is no
abiding liberty under any other plan.
mean 10 sound no note OF
pessimism. This republic is secure.
.Menaces do arise, but public opinion
will effaoe them. Meanwhile Gov
ernment must repress them. The
Eighteenth Amendment denies to a
minority u 1dnclEQ StIiSc VI P'ISofat
libarty, but the amendment Is the will
of America and must be sustained by
the Government and public opinion
else contempt for the law will under
mine our very foundations.
The foremost thought In the Consti-
tuition is the right to freedom and the
pursuit of happiness. Men must be
free to live and achieve. Liberty is
gone in America when any man Is
denied by anybody the right to work
and live by that work. 1t does not
matter who denies.
A free American has the right to
labor without any others leave. 1t
would be no less an abridgment TO
deny men TO bargain collectively. Gov
ernments cannot tolerate any class or
grouped domination through force. 1t
will be a sorry day when group DOM
ination is reflected in our. laws, Gov
ernment and the laws which Govern
ment is charged with enforcing must
be for all the people. ever aiming at
the common good.
\ The tendencies of the present day
are not surprising. War stirred the
passions Of men and left the world In
upheaval. There have been readjust-
ments and liquidations. and more re-
main 10 De Indue. III tHc ifanAivS thS'S
has been the clash of interests, the
revelations Of greed, the perfectly
natural tendency to defend self inter-
ests. 1t has developed groups and
blocs and magnified class inclinations.
But the readjustment is no less in
evitable and it is world wide. 1t is
the problem Of human kind. Your
Government has sought to aid. with
patience with tolerance, with SYM
pathy. 1t has sought to mitigate the
burdens. 1t has sought the merging
of viewpoints to make the way easier
1t believes the America Of our oppor-
tunity and unchallenged security az
fords the way to solution.
In war we give all we possess. all
our lives, all our resources, everything
to make sure our national survival.
Our preservation in peace is no less
important. 1t calls for every patriotic
offering. because dangers from within
are more difficult to meet than the
allen enemy.
MY one outstanding conviction.
after sixteen months in the Presi-
dency, is that the greatest traitor to
his country is he who appeals to pref
udice and infiames passion. when
sober Judgment and honest speech are
so necessary 10 IlFIHiy eSlduiiSHco
tranquility and security.
A few days ago l chanced to see in
a home paper a quotation from VIII
tier" i heard Mr.. ,arleton read it In
the old City Hall thirty-five years ago.
1t was the recital of hasty and un-
needing speech to the first settlers
wife when he found the cattle had
strayed. Stirred by his reproach she
started to find them, brought them
back, sank exhausted on the cabin
floor. where he foW,s h'r dead body
after his, all night a. -
morse he felt the 8, 5. 1nIcc
words, and In his r, -~ noly
he said:
Boys flying kites haul in their white
But you can't do that way when you're
flying words.
Thoughts unexpressed may some times fall
But God Himself can't kill 'em. once
they're said.
leave you that thought on this
centennial day, because it's lesson will
save many a wound, many a cross
current in the happiness of the com,
munity; it will save many a menace
In the national life.
I have no fear about the republic.
We are not only stronger, but we are
morally better than when We began.
If there is seeming excess of exploita-
ton, profiteering, dishonesty and be-
trayal 1t is only because we are grown
the larger. and we know the ills of
life and read Of them more than the
good that Is done. I do not wonder
that the ignorant and Ill informed are
made restless by the magnif1ed stories
of public abuses and proclaimed privi-
lege. We need truth, only the truth,
the wholesome truth. as the highest
aid to Americanization and the mani
festation OF highest patriotism.
America will go on. The funda-
mentals of the republic and all its
liberties will be preserved and Gov
ernment must maintain the supremacy
of law and authority. Under these
liberty has its fullest fruition and men
attain to reveal the glory of liberty's