Evening star., 1924-10-23

and other barbarian tribes-if we do
not ourselves go out to fight--we
shall perish. as Rome perished. MANS s
salvation comes out of man. Govern
ment can aid, 1t cannot save, man. Civil
lization is always on trial, testing
out, not the power of material re-
sources. but whether there bein the
heart OF the people that virtue and
character which come from charity
sufficient to maintain progress. When
that charity fails, civilization, though
1t speak with the tongues Of men and
of angels is become as sounding
brass or tfnkling cymbal.' It's glory
departed. Its spirit has gone. Its
life is done"
Revolutionism, in the Coolidge argu-
ment is social menace that can be
fought successfully with only mental
and moral munitions. Overt revolution.
ary acts-incitements to assassination
and violence and actual resort to
crime-can be and must be punished
They must be crushed under the hee
OF authority. But beliefs cannot be
treated so. Every citizen has q right
guaranteed by the Constitution, to
make up his own mind and to express
It, so long and so far as 1t does moi
signify violence toward those wht
hold different opinions. III you are
going to resist beliefs" says the
President, you must meet them, ex-
pose their fallacy, present the facts
which prove them wrong" Mr.
toondge thinks our extreme NAL
contents are lin the pay of the
evolutionary authorities of Russia"
anu he does not dismiss too lightly
the peril involved, but he does not
regard 1t as genuinely serious
DeVout New Englander, Calvin
Is
made friends in all parts of the
country, and not least in the South
where his Yankee twang was in
strange contrast to the southern
irawl. He has spoken In many places
and wherever he has spoken he has
picked up local knowledge; 1t has
surprised not few of his deputations
Basis for Popular Liberties.
Hear him speak of Virginia-the
Did Dominion of Virginia-and you
feel his enthusiasm. as you feel il
when he speaks of New Hampshire
or Of Massachusetts.
No other of our States" he re-
fleets, rs so rich in history and ira
dition. The story of the early at
tempts at the settlement of Virginia,
OF its lost colony, and of the final sue
cess after failure. is all more fasci-
mating than fiction. 1t has ever been
the home of a proud and valiant race
or pioneers and their descendants, of
the early seventeenth century,
strengthened and dignified by a dom
fnant addition OF cavaliers and Hug
uenots, a sturdy and high minded
people, forever jealous of their rights
and intent upon guarding and main
taining their liberties. Virginia, in
1919, assembled the first parliament
in Inn eric
of Burgesses met at jamestown, and,
ever since continual, is the oldest of
our Legislative bodies"
While pointing out that the I'm
formal Mayflower compact of No
vember, 1920. holds a high place
among the charters of free govern
ment," Mr.. Coolidge states that 1.-The
first formal and authoritative char
ter which established free govern
ment on this continent was that
granted to Virginia in July, 1921"
Dwelling upon the breadth of the
Massachusetts mind. Mr.. Coolidge re-
calls the words of one of the great
est sons of that state, Benja min
Franklin: Above all, Washington
has sense Of the oneness of Amer
lea. Massachusetts and Georgia are
as dear to him as Virginia" And the
President adds: 1t is because Ply
mouth Rock, bunker Hill, John
Adams and Daniel Webster represent
the Nation that they glorify their
State. In that faith Massachusetts,
still lives"
sympathetic toward all nations, and
IN favor of what he deems prudent
and effectual cooperation with other
peoples for the common welfare of
the world. Calvin Coolidge is vigilant
and scrupulous to guard the national
sovereignty of the United States from
the incident of any form of extra
American authority. His thesis is
that we must be masters in our own
house. He Is of opinion that that
way lies an increase of our strength
and therefore an added ability on
our part to serve the general in
terests of civilization.
Far from a "pacifist," he is a stead
fast peace man. Our record on arbi~