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masses, as in camps and in
cities, improve their talents,
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strengthen their minds, but
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retrocession in the one is too ,
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SENATOR FULTOX'S PROPHECY
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I ENATOR FULTON ought not to
have assured anybody in Wash
ington that the Oregon legisla
ture will defy the instructions
of the electorate and defeat Mr.
Chamberlain, for senator. It is a
character of tidings that Its senator
ought not to pnblish about Oregon.
It is a statement whose effect is
damaging to the reputation of the
Oregon legislature, to the state and
to the citizenship. Even the worst
states are not wont to defy the pro
nouncements of the ballot box. That
Is a species of insurgency and revo
lution of which all states are
ashamed! It ' is odium that Oregon
does flot merit, and her Benior sena
tor should be the last to herald 'the
' state abroad ar about ttt take so
disgraceful a step. There is not a
newspaper inr.the east .but has tin-
sparingly condemned the suggestion
that Chamberlain be defeated by the
legislature. Every one that has
spoken on the subject vbas pointed
out the dishonor of such a course.
JSvery one has pointed out that it Is
a result to-be reached only, 'dyer a
pathway of blighted careers and
broken pledges. Every one has
pointed out the infamy that would
be brought upon the state. Every
one has pointed out that every
pledge should be .faithfully met,
that the instructions of the elector
ate should be obeyed and that Mr,
Chamberlain ""Should be elected, in
predicting weeks heforehand that
the legislature will pursue a course
that already Btands universally con
demned, Senator Fulton does him
self, the legislature . and his state
great -injustice. If disgrace is to
come, in the name of the electorate,
at least let it be as long as possible
postponed.
JUDGE CAREY AND DIRECT LEG
ISLATION 0
F NUMEROUS criticisms that
have been made of the use of
the initiative and referendum
in Oregon that by Mr. Charles
Carey in his address before the state
Bar association was perhaps the
fairest. It embodied observations
h that are well worthy of consideration
'.f by the electorate. Over use of dl
; rect legislation would arouse a re-
action against that system. Such a
reaction would give enemies of the
plan their opportunity to mangle it
into a condition of impotence. i not
obliterate0 it altogether. That is a
- reason why friends of the system
should carefully consider some of
the observations in Judge Carey's
.' address.
Mr. Carey summarized his ascer
tainment of facts thus: (1) That
there Is a tendency in the United
- States and Other count Hp tnnnrrl
nwpenfrifiT IpsrfRlatinn nn prin
ciples; (2) that evils that apparent
ly Justify these changes are not more
serious than have existed and bren
- rlealt witfv hpfnre: t thof AKrr.t
, r . r ' i a - i4i V V
legislation is not new, and was re
jected in favor of the representative)
. . V. . ....
: ifsicm uj me iramers ot me con-
- stltntion; (4) that these new meas
ures put new and serious responsl-
; ..biUties npon the electorate, and (5)
that the initiative sj stem of law
making requires the exercise of an
. extraordinary degree of Intelligence.
.;, t urm ! id urn irm.n m me iourtn
1 thd fifth proposition aSTabove
slated., I Certain!;1, new andaerlpus
itsponsibllStles hare been put . npon
the citizen, and people, and- 'they
nhould.'meet ' those responsibilities
with extraordinary Intelligence. Im-
partiality and1 devotion. True the
founders of the government estab-lia'j-ed
the representative system.' and
U I nialni and i:i temaln tho usual
THEIR OPPORTUNITY
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PPORTUNITY LIES before the
next legislature. It is oppor
tunity to end the censure that
always follows a session. It
is opportunity, to demonstrate that a
legislature is worthy of the great
trust' conferred upon it, by the elec
torate. It is opportunity, to lessen
the need and deorea.se the resort to
the initiative.' It Is complained that
the initiative is ' too , freely used.
Probably the criticism is true. Yet
it is shortcomings of past legislative
sessions that cauBed the Initiative to
be inaugurated. It wae those short
comings that causes moft use of di
rect legislation than there would be
were all legislatures more faithful
and patriotic" in discharge of duty.
Herein ia splendid opportunity for
the coming session. It can do great
things to increase respect for the
legislative branch and to lessen use
of the initiative.
There is need In Oregon for con
structive legislation. There is need
of a comprehensive law that will
make for a better system of high
ways. It 1s a field in which, great
benefit can be brought through leg
islative channels to every citizen of
the state. For the passage of such
a law every legislator should con
scientiously address himself. There
is imminent need for legislation with
respect to water rights. There is
confusion worse than confounded
with" respect to these rights, as a
result of which the state is suffer
ing. The vast irrigable districts of
the state are deeply interested, as
is every other section. A compre
hensive and well ordered water code
is a need of the first c ass, and the
mind of -every legislator should be
turned to a thoughtful consideration
ef the subject.
There Is need of legislation that
and ordinary method of carrying on
public affairs; bui the representative
Bystem has proven ineffective and
weak in so many particulars that
there is a wide desire to strengthen
It by . adjunctive direct, legislation.
Itv was not contemplated that the
people should legislate generally, but
only occasionally, and that in cases
where the representative method had
failed.
, As to changing the constitution,
as Mr. Carey says, The Journal is
Inclined to agree with Judge Carey
that it has been rendered too easy.
There should be back of such a
change at least a majority of all the
voters of the state, whether voting
or not. A restriction of the number
of amendments to be considered
might be a means of saving a dan
gerous use of a' system that should
be' saved', as a permanent and most
desirable instrumentality of govern
ment. It scarcely needs a citation of
specific instances, or argument, to
convince any one that congress and
most legislatures have not been
truly representative bodies, have not,
either in laws enacted or those re
jected, fairly represented the masses.
Look at the United States senate
today; will any one pretend that all
members of that body represent the
people? Do-Cannon a..d his clique
that control legislation In the house,
honestly and fairly represent the
electorate? And consider an aver
age legislature; are its members
better qualified to legislate than the
people as a whole? Or If they are
better qualified, is not a large pro
portion of them Influenced in many
cases by improper motives, a fact
not true of the mass of voters? Do
they not often yield both Judgment
and conscience to Importunity, to
flattery, to wiles of various kinds,
even to pecuniary temptations? This
evil of misrepresentation has been
growing for 40 years n this coun
try, but the people have In the
meantime been growing In knowl
edge, wisdom, enlightenment and
ability to legislate directly and at
the same time the need of direct
legislation Is grpater than ever be
fore. But, as Mr. Carey Fays, they
should be careful, conscientious, de
liberate and should exercise their
power sparingly and only when good
occasion arises. Mr. Carey sug
gests the following changes in the
present system:
(1) Limitation of the number of con
stitutional amendments, ' and of Initia
tive measures that may be submitted to
vote at anr one election.
(J) Limitation of the subject matter
of any such measure to single proposi
tions, in concrete form.
(g) Confining; the use of the initiative
to bills that have been introduced and
failed tf pass in the legislature, and
those that have been vetoed by the gov
ernor. (4) Modifying the referendum to re
quire a larger number of petitioners.
If .there is any way by which the
more important and necessary meas
ures instead of the more trivial ones
can be selected, we would be in fa
vor of the first of these suggestions.
but we'see no such wayt The sec
ond suggestion Is good in Intent, but
of doubtful . practicability: The
fourth seems reasonable. While the
initiative and referendum have be
come a permanent feature of our
polity, it would be well for the.peo-,
pie to restrict themselves in their
use, else too frequent and too free
use of them bring about the reac
tion that enemies ot direct legisla
tion so much desire. In any event
any proposed restrictions should be
Incorporated into the plan by its own
best friends, arid this they will be
best able to do It wlfsdom be always
observed in employment of the sys
tem untU the character' of changes
will more equitably govern taxation
and more accurately distribute' that
burden among the people, t Many
laws need careful amendment' The
state is waiting for development
Its material . progress can be ex
tended in many directions by ' the
enactment of constructive and sal a
tary laws, ' ;It is a' time of all times
when the legislative - atmosphere
should not be befogged with folly.
It is a time of "air times when par
tlsan considerations should not en
ter into public questions. By a
vote of nearly 70,000 on the com
pulsory statement law the electorate
strove, to drive the senatorial issue
from the session. . That law and the
enormous majority by which it, was
adopted reveals , the temper of the
people.; In it the members-elect
can see for themselves that no po
litical bickering, no petty politics,
no tomfollery is wanted. That 70,
000 votes is a guldeboard by which
every legislator can safely square
his officials acts.
Thus itis both the need and the
desire of the electorate for a
Btraightforwad business session of
the legislature. The commercial in
terests need it, the. commercial in
terests desire it. The manufactur
ing interests need it, the manufac
turing Interests desire it. The ag
ricultural interests need it, the ag
ricultural interests desire lt The
material welfare of the state and its
immediate progress hinge to a large
extent upon the wisdom and civic
righteousness with-which members
elect of the coming session meet
their responsibilities. By the expe
rience of the past,' how unfortunate
it would be for the session Jo be in
terrupted by introduction of a sen
atorial Issue, an issue that the peo
ple have already settled?
needed shall be thoroughly worked
out.
A FACULTY'S DUTY
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HERE WAS general approval
some months ago of a con
certed movement by the six big
colleges of the northwest for
clean athletics. A conference was
held and a code of by-laws adopted,
the delegates from all the Institu
tions being parties to the plan. The
various practices that tend to bring
athletics into disrepute were pro
hibited by the rules with the result
that athletics conducted on the high
est plane and under the best con
ditions ( was in pxoBpect. Already,
however, there is a claim that one
of the Institutions is pursuing a pol
icy violative of the terms of the con
ference agreement. Two's players
who were nieihbers last year of a
team in the middle west are said to
be playing, in contravention of the
eligibility rules, on the football team-
at the University of Washington.
If the reports be true a duty con-
fronts the faculty of the Institution.
Of all the sources from which a re
spect for moral obligations should
emanate one of the chief is an in
stitution of -higher learning. It is
there that the youth go for instruc
tion, youth with character the for
mative peridd. It is the place where
the highest ideals in every field
should at all times be inculcated
both by example and precept. The
men and women who go out from a
university should be thoroughly
schooled in all ethical lines so as to
become leaders for exalting social
and civic life. It is for this reason
that the state of Washington spends
great sums of money for the free
education of her youth. She ex
pects from the expenditure to send
forth graduates who will be factors
for a more virtuous citizenship.
If the faculty permits a default
to an agreement by any student en
terprise the students are encouraged
by that faculty in practices that fac
ulties ought to . condemn. Unless
the faculty ot the university" of
Washington does Insist that both
the letter and spirit of the confer
ence agreement shall be strictly ob
served it will bring upon Itself the
triple odium of a disregarded con
tract, impure athletics and the en
couragement of impure athletics.
THE HAPPINESS OF TOM JOHX
SOX T
OM JOHNSON, - whose former
large fortune has disappeared,
and who Is poor again as to
money and other property. Is
yet rich. He did not become poor
of deliberate choice, yet he did not
try to remain rich. He had other,
higher and better objects, to fight
for. To these he so completely de
voted his energies that care for his
personal wealth was not husbanded
and he finds himself financially
where he was a quarter of a century
ago. This woutd worry some men.
It would cause them to become dis
couraged, pessimistic or cynical. Not
so Tom Johnson.
He sacrificed his fortune In or
der to tight" for higher ideals, not as
a philanthropist, which he is not,
but -from pure selfishness, for he
sought happiness, and only thus
rcould he be happy. hc has been In
a continuous .tight for the people of
his city for seven years, and he says
these have 'been the happiest yearB
of his life. As to the money be
cares nothing about it.. "
"I'm going to be happy,". he de
clares. -"We may have to go back
to a cottage, but that's the way we'
started,' and we can look nipoa! life
Just as . Joyfully ther as we did In
the, big house. on jjuclid avenue.
- The pursuit of mere dol
Jars does not interest me., I could
go .down to Wall street noV and
make moneybut I'm not going to do
it. . When I gave up active business
affairs I did It because the require
ments of my work ; did : not square
with my principles. I suppose
could have taken up a life of ease
when t retired, had I wished.
was welcome, at the clubs. Fast
horses, yachts and other allurements
were open to me; For me though
happiness lay in another direction.
I don't feel discouraged.
I am a free man, and that means a
great deal. I entered the mayor's
office rich and will leave It poor, butj
i am going to Keep on just, as i u
started. And my enemies will find
a thousand fights in me yet,"
Here ..speaks a splendid type Of
American manhood. In J, this plain
personal talk are texts for many
sermons. For neither -money, nor
popular approval, nor as a phllan
thropist or reformer, does this man
work and fight, but to be happy, and
he can be happy only by exercising
his great strength to "; benefit and
better his city, and his people. How
fortunate if more strong men would
grasp this Idea of true happiness.
MANY. NOT YET PROSPEROUS
r
HE JOURNAL will not be pessi
mistic, desires to look on the
- bright side, to give prominence
to good rather than to bad
newBf ana believes inaustriai conair
tions are improving and will lm-
prove; yet we cannot it we wouia,
and should not if w could, shut cur
eyes tb such facts as these, related
by the Chicago Inter-Ocean, a rad
ical Republican newspaper:.
The cold weather of the past few days
has caused hundreds of families in Chi
cago to apply to the county agent for
fuel and food. Four thousand families
re now under the care ot the agent,
nd Judging from the increased number
of requests for help, this figure will be
swollen to nearly 6,000 before the end
of the month. In the county agent's
office, tt Is declared that the panic
which started during the financial de
pression last year Is not over, in spite
of the many asaerttons to the contrary.
n October, 1907, only 2,167 families
were . under the care or xne county
agent, while this vear there were 1,0001
mbre. This Increase la cotwiaerea aue
to the hard times. "The number of
families cared for during October was
037," said Assistant County Agent
Victor Toung. "About 1,000 more will
be cared for during the coming month,
The department of outdoor relief will
be called upon to assist at least 6,000
families this month, In spite of the as
serted picking up of business and the
many opportunities for work said to be
offered the laboring man."
If this is the' case now, what will
be the condition next January, Feb
ruary and March, in that severe cli
mate? But we will hope that even
during the approaching season
great, many more laboring men will
find employment, and that the prom
ised prosperity for them will come
on winged and not on leaden feet.
WHAT IS OUR STATUS?
A'
STATE is well ordered when Its
flocks are free from disease
Complete freedom is an
nounced by the inspectors, fed
eral and state, at Pendleton, in
charge of the Oregon work. The
contaminated condition of Oregon
flocks two years ago was notorious.
It was a source of detriment to the
sheep industry. It interfered with
shipments and tended to bear down
prices. If the reports from Pendle
ton are accurate it is well. It tnr
dicates what is always within the
possibilities when there is effort at
reform in any line. It would be
equally gratifying to know that all
other officials to whom the public
phases of animal industry are com
mitted have been alike effective In
carrying" out the spirit of the law.
Is there adequate official espionage
with respect to tuberculosis, in cat
tie? Is there fullness and effective
ness of inspection of animals killed
for the block? Is all the milk we
drink and all the meat we eat ot the
standard that laws of health con
template? ;
Great congresses of nations and
of states are held for the purpose of
discovering processes and elaborat
ing methods ot avoiding diseases.
Their significance is that each in
dividual in society should be alert
in the same enterprise. ; The news
from Pendleton shows how we have
conquered in one line.- Are we
moving for the same end in others?
WHY THE CONCEALMENT?
M
R. ROCKEFELLER testified
qblte glibly and Jauntily
while ; his own attorney was
questioning him about the. or
ganization, rise and progress of the
Standard Oil company.. But no
sooner did the government attorney
begin asking questions . than the
philanthfopical and saintly witness
declined to answer. He would net
respond to a single question unless
required to do so ' '
To say the least of it this is not a
spectacle creditable to ; the .oily, blK
lionaire. If, as he. claims, he has
done" no wrong: if, as hie boasts, he
has done great good; If, as he pro
fesses, he , has always been.not only
a scropuiously,.:liOBestTman---i)ut :a
true 'Christian, why should he wish
to.' conceal anything? What can
there be to conceal? ' If . the com
pany's vast amount of money was
all made honestly and lawfully, why
should Mr. Rockefeller decline to
tell Just how much was made, and'
how? He Is. proud of hislsuccess;
If he has done no wropg to win such
success he should be not only will
tng but pleased to give all the par
ticulars by which It was achieved. :
y The law has no' penalty for an in
dividual or -corporation - on account
Of either's prosperity, It" prosecutes
no one because of possession' of ; a
hundred or five hundred millions;
It regards not at all the amount of
the possessions, but only asks it the
acquirement was la wf uL It Mr
Kocketeller has . nbt been a law
breaker he has nothing to fear from
the law. That he refuses to answer
must be Interpreted as confession of
guilt.
AN ANNUAL SUGGESTION
T
HANKS'GIVING 'comes this
week. The most s enjoyment
can be obtained only by some
ante-celebration thought and
due preparation of mind for the
event. As to the dinner and amuse
ments, there is no danger of these
being overlooked; hut there may be
forgetfulness of the Infinitely higher
observance of making others thank
ful. 1 '
Mankind, for the purpose of this
ante-Thanksgiving thought, might be
ranged in several , ranks as to
health, wealth,- opportunities, etc.
and the units in each of these ranks
ranged in line, each one Just a hair's
breadth below tne other; from the
wan or woman in perfect neaitn
down to the one most diseased and
decrepit; from the hopeful,-blooming
youth to the very aged;"from the
richest millionaire to the most ab
ject pauper and so on. One can
best be thankful for his blessings,
to "the giver of all rood." bv send
ing something down the line, the
farther down the better, and causing
thankfulness to- beam on the faces
and .glow In the hearts of those who
have, of think they have, but little
to be thankful for.
The Journal hopes this sugges
tion will result in making some dis
tiessed or discouraged pepole thank
ful and more hopeful; and in that
hope it will find one cause of its own
thanksgiving.
THEIR HOPE
T
HERE DIED at Rainier during
the past week Mrs. Eliza
Dobelbbwer, a pioneer of 1852.
At 18 she married William
Ddbelbower, who survives her. She
was a , vigorous, outspoken woman,
an Indomitable and tireless worker,
but. with an inexhaustible fountain
of kindness and hospitality.
This couple had walked life's up-and-down
path together, in ,love,
faith and charity and honor tor 64
years; now the husband, at -more
than 80 years old, is left alone. His
Is not so pathetic a case as that of
many, for he has daughters to make
his last days pleasant, yet they
cannot fill her place, and one may
well imagine that the relict looks
longingly. forward to the hour ot re
lease. There is a continual proces
sion of these old pioneers to the si
lent city, and the mates of many
years that, are left alone should be
the recipients of all possible consid
eration" and kindness from all.
What can make the last days of
such tolerable but faith; in a future
life, 'hope ot another, and better ex
istence beyond the grave? In the
strength and activity ot youth and
vigorous manhood one may feel no
need ot such a faith nor value such
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
TLe Oil GruJifa Against
From a speech on the occupation of
Oregon in the United States senate,
March 21, 1844., ,
Mr. President, we must distinguish a
Jlttle. That there exists in tnis coun
try -an intense sentiment of nationality,
a cherished, energetic feeling and con
sciousness or our inaepenaeni ana sep
arate na,tIonalexlstence; a feeling that
we have a transcendent destiny to ful
fil, which we mean to- fulfil; a great
work to do. which we know how to do,
and are able to do; a career to run. up
which we hope to ascend till we stand
on the steadfast and glittorlng summits
of the world: a feeling that we are
surrounded, and attended by. a noble,
historical group of competitors and ri
vals, the other nations of the earth, all
of whom we hop to overtake and even
to distance such a sentiment as this
exists perhaps in the character of this
people. Ana tnis 4 an noi uiucuuihbo,
I do not condemn. It is easy to rldi
cute it. But "grand swelling sentl
ments" of patriotism no wiss man will
despise. They have their uses. They
heir, to arive a great beart to a nation
to animate It for the various conflicts
of its lot; to assist it to work out for
Itself a more exceeding weight and to
fill a larger measure of glory. But,
sir. that among these useful and beauti
ful sentiments, predominant among them
there exists a temper of hostility to
wards this one particular nation, to such
degree as to amount to a naoit, a
trait, a national passion, to amount to
a state or reeling -wnii-n im m re
gretted." and "which really threatens an
other war this Iearnestly and confi
dently deny I would not hear your
enemy '.say thls.: 'v.:;.., s;;f:
No, Sir. . NO, Sir. ; we are aoora an
this. Let the, Highland clansman, half
naked, , half civilised, hair bunded by
the peat smoke or nis cavern, nave ms
hereditary enemy and- his hereditary
enmity, and keep the Keen, deep and
precious hatred, set on nre or neir, anve
If he can: let the North American In
dian have iris," and hand It down from
father to son. by heaven knows what
symbols et atllgators. and rattlesnakes
and warelubs .-smeared with vermilion
and entwined 'with scarlet; let such a
country as Poland,; cloven td" tha earth,
the armed heeron the radlant forehead,
her bddydeadr- her. soul incapable to
die let hei "remember the wrongs"of
days long past": let the lost and wan
dering tribes of Israel remember theirs
the manliness and .'the sympathy of
the world may allow" ot pardon this to
them; but shall America.- young, free,
prosperous, just setting 6ut on the high
way of heaven, "decorating and cheering
the elevated sphere she , Just begins to
move in. gliltterlng' llkei the mornfng
star, full of life and Joy" sha sh be
a hope. but .the1 octogenarian, left
solitary and alone,, bereft of his life
long companion,; bis chief , earthly
solace and ' mainstay, would ; : be
pitiable object Indeed If he' could
hot see beyond the, darkness a star
of ' hope and . hear t'the rustle 'of ta
wing,; inaudible ', to younger ears,
bearing to him a promise of lm
mortality.' J ' , ,
Albany has promptly raised - the
110.000 which was its share of the
proposed - endowment fund ot, ?5p,-
000; for Albany college, a ; Presby
terian Institution. ; and -. the,- endow
ment will doubtless be secured. This
will much ' strengthen the college,
but what . Is even better. ' It shows
that a new spirit of, enterprise and
development is moving In Albany.
The Journal is In receipt of a
nicely Illustrated and Interesting
booklet about Lincoln county, sent
by the Commercial club . ot Wald
port. There Is no better county for
the homeseeking. immigrant of -moderate
means than Lincoln. Its re
sources are great and varied and as
yet-but slightly developed." ' j 1
, New York city's bonded; debt Is
almost f 1.000, 000, 000, and is larger
than the total Interest bearing debt
of ,the United States. ."This is part
ly the result y of government - by a
political machine. Yet Borne news
papers -argue for that kind .of gov
ernment. ' "
The late "Sunset? Cox once de
scribed a high protective tariff as "a
system of reciprocal rapine."- Champ
Clark-designates it as "a universal
grab game." Either definition will
do.
Sentence Sermons
Sentence Sermons.
By Henry F. Cope.
No man ever overshoots his own mor
al aim. .
All worthy education Is training of
the will.
The dogmatic are always strong on
Darning. ' .' - '
Counting your blessings ..discounts
your burdens.
No one was ever left sad by giving
happiness away.
The ability to learn marks the limits
of actual living.
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i lay to a gentle heart
ft head.
Too manv .men
the faults of a soft
"Ton cannot Improve the breed by pol
ishing the brass on the harness.
ifm mn riivlnr for plush in the
pews It ypu:ve got putty in me puipii.
' wn man' ! master of himself who can
not control the guests In his heart.
.....
The worst failures are .those suc
cesses that have come at flie cost Of
the soul.
'n. An .nut dep.urn a clean bill for
yourself by indicting the rest of hu
manity.
There never can be sufficient public
Virtues In a life1 to balance private vices.
Whether earth shall be like heaven
depends on whether heaven Is -In our
hearts. ; '
t
There are many things we cannot af
ford to get for less than their full price.
' ,
Some men think the only way to pre
serve the landmarks la to sit on the
fence. ,
a
When a man gets to arguing with his
conscience you may be sure his appe
tites are busy.
Tile minister who is thinking all the
time of the limelight cannot do much
for the lives of men.
England" By Rufui Choats
supposed to be polluting and corroding
her noble and happy heart by moping
over old stories of stamp act, and tea
tax, and' the firing of the Leopard upon
the Chesapeake In a time of peace?
No, sir; no, sir; a thousand times no!
Why, I protest I thought all that had
been settled. I thought two wars had
settled it all. What else was so much
good blood shed for on so many more
than classical fields of revolutionary
glory? For,. what was so much good
blood more lately shed st Lundy's Lane,
at Fort Erie, before and behind the
lines at New Orleans, on the deck of
the Constitution, on the deck , of the
Java, on the lakes, on the sea but to
settle exactly these "wrongs of past
days"?; And have we come back sulky
and sullen from the very field of honor?
For my country I deny it. The senator
says that our people still, remember
these "former scenes of wrong with
perhaps too deep" a. sensibility; and
that, as I interpret him, they nourish a
"too extensive" national enmity. How
so? 'If the feeling he attributes to them
Is moral, manly.-creditable, how comes
It to be too, deep; and If It is immoral,
unmanly and unworthy, ' why is it
charged on ' them nt all? ' Is there a
member of. this body who .would stand
up in any educated, . in any intelligent
and right-minded circle which he re
spected, and avow, that for his part he
must acknowledge that, looking back
through the glories and the atonements
of . two. wars, his veins were full of 111
blood to England, that In peace he eould
not help being- her enemy; tha.t he could
not pluck out the deep-wrought convic
tions, and the "immortal hate"' of the
old .times? Certainly. not - one. ' And
then, sir, that which; we feel would do
no honor to ourselves,- shall ' we confess
for our country? . -.. ,m
Mr. president, let me say,; that In my
judgment this notion of a national en
mity of feeling . towards -Great Britain
belongs to a past age of our history.
My younger, countrymen are - uncon
scious of It- They disavow It That
generation In whose opinions-and feel-l
lngs the actions and the destiny of the
neat age are unfolded, as the tree . In
the germ, do net at all comprehend
your meaning, nor your fears, nor your
regret.- VWe are born to happier feel
ings. - We look on England as we look
on France. We look bn them, from our
new-world-not-unreno-ned,jret anew
world still;, and the blood mounts to
our cheeks;, our 'ayes swim; our voices
are , stifled - with emulousness of so
much, glory; their' trophies will not let
us sleep; but there ls.no hatred at all;
no hatred; all for honor, . nothing for
hate! .We: have, we 7 can have no bar
barian memory of wrongs, for which
brave men have made the last expiation
to. the brave. , .- ' y -.. j
A Sermon for Tod
ay.
The Immortality of Friendship.
' , ' By Henry F. Cope.
i T.hat; Yher 1 am ther y may, be
also, 'John xlv;8, : , '
F'
KIEXpa go, on before, but friend.
snipe abide. The grave cuts no
eharm. through love and through
the dark door of death runs warm
and holds firm the cable of affec
tion. . . t ' i ,
.V(J,C ":! come to ua;" no eyes
-i-int0 "i: ye" may dim the
memory, of features, but atlll within
us la this . cherished treasure of their
love and, firm as eternity the faith that
they love us still, . , ' . . v . :
i .h.plflnt th 'on the mounds
!5i . .hurchyard not because ever
think they are lying there but becauao
,.ifi0.! .yelling, up within It muat
SIlt' it.el5 'i,H5 ' hari1 sn-: finger
tlpa. Blender! hv t.... i...
ridwers, we weep not with sorrow that
they are gone but with surfeit-of emo
tion, .more the pain of Joy than of blt
ternoas, that we can thun In such a lit
tle way express our love to them. .
Mure ia a fnrm rr -frini.i
gether unaffected by the passing of the
years i or iy the tides of fortune. It haa
laid hold on that which la eternal, its
bonds, bind not -flesh nnr hut .niri.
to spirit and heart to heart. Friendship
defies, the . fading leaf, the witherecl
cheek,, the devouring worm; ita posses
sions are In personality, its treasures
are beyond , moth , and rust and in-
., This would be a dark world for th
living, but for our love for the deaJ.
It GOineS ta tifkaa that Mtm. et Y,a ....
the beat , part of ourselves over there,
?u u r made more tender by
thoughts of unseen eyes that look down
on ua, measuring us with our hearts
freed from the bias and lusts . of th
world we yet are in. .
. We need not worry whether we will
know them again, those friends whos
faces lightened ours in days gone by,
for -though they be. changed to a ser
aph s- beauty, we snail see not their
faces, but their affection. He lives yet
in the dust who worries as to physical
preservation and identification. This
we all know, who hold deep within us
the friendships of those who are living
In larger life, that love can never die.
that affection enlarges despite the de
cays of time and grave and that some
thing of the' self which is the basis
of friendship U Immortal.
This sense of the persistence yof
friendship ia more than a state ot feel
ing; it la the first flower of Immortal
ity; it is the eternal and divine In us
answering" to the eternal anri rllvln In.
Lllve that have bean loosed from our
umimiiuna. ji nil noining 10 OO Wltn
alleged communications from the other
world. It' is the deep abiding and
strengthening sense that the web of
love cannot be cut by the keen edge of
death,- that friendships abide through
all. that love is Immortal 'and loving the
measure of oiir Immortality.
No wonder the immortal hone, burns
low when unfed by this secret supply;
no wonder men doubt the future, when
their hearts find no vital contaot with
Its life, when they, must depend on
what the head may reason from analy
ses and probabilities.
I am not worried as to life beyond,
because I know rhero Is love beyond.
The only going out from life I need to
fear would be going out into a world,
where love was not. Precise plans of
eternal redemption lie beyond my rea
soning, but on the fact of infinite
friendship I rest and know that the
eternal affection will find me and teach
me the larger life of the world where
lave shall have its liberty and shall be
the; law of all.
I know-not where I shall meet those
friends, where father and mother and
child will wait, but a love light that
burns'lear here within, will lead me
to them and I shall know them by that
light Love will come into Its own :
friendship into its fullness. The bar
riers will have, been broken down. We
shall know even as we are known, for
we shall love even as he loves.
So what can I do better in these days
than cherish this hope, magnify tht
life of loving, make more friends that
I may have greater fullness of living
there, and if the great hope of tht
life be this free fullness of friendship,
bring Into this drear world as much of
that life ns I jnay by being good friend
to as many as I may?
A Poem for Today
Sometime.
. By May Riley Smith.
May. Louise Riley Smith (horn near
Rochester. N. Y.r May 29. 1842) first,
came Into public notice In 1867 with a
poem entitled "If We Knew." She is
the writer of a number of religious
poems.)
Sometime, when all life's lessons have
been learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have
' set.
The things which our weak Judgments
here have spurned .f
The things o'er which we grieved with
lashes wet-
Will flash before us, out of life s dark
night.
As star shine most in deeper tints
of blue: ' t
And we shall see how all God's plans
were right
And how what seemed reproof was
love most true.
And if. -sometimes, commingled wjth
life's wise, a
. We find the wormwood, ana rebel and
shrjnk. . -
Be. sure a wiser hand than yours or
mine
Pours out this portion for our lips to
drink.
And If some friend We love Is lying low.
Whore human kisses cannot reach his
1 f ace,
O, io not blame the loving father so.
But wear your sorrow with obedient
grace,' . -
'And you' shall shortly know that length
ened breath .
Is not the sweetest' gift God sends his
friend.-
And that sometimes, the sable pall of
death
Conceals the fairest boon his love can
send, . .
If we could push ajar the gates of life.
And stand within, and all -God's -workings
ace, . ,
We could interpret all this doubt and
strife.
. And for. each mystery could find a
key! ...
But not today. Then be content, poor
heart! .
. , Qod's plans, like lilies, pure and white
unfold.
We must not tear the close shut leaves
apart;
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.
And If. through patient toil, we reach
the land
Where tired -feet, with sandals loose,
nvav rest
When we shall clearly know and under
stand.
I think that we will say. "God knew
the best!" - . . -
Silver Dollar Doomed.
From the Savannah Ga.) News. ,
Treasury - officials .note - that silver
dollars are gradually-going -out of use
In-the west and .the south, and -that
their place is being taken by dollar
bills. A few 'years ago1 it was a
rare thing to see a dollar bill west of
the Mississippi river,, while, in the
south silver dollars'were. far more plen
tiful than the slnft money. It seems
that the doom "of the silver dollar was
sounded when the government decided
that it would no longer pay' the freight
betweensubJjastKlejndbanks on the
coins.', , . ;.- . '
Heretofore table Wait has- been mad
from rock salt by the tedious process ,
of 'dissolving the. latter and evaporating
the brine. An Englishman has invented
a plant by which the rock salt is tnelt-..,
ed,i then aerated by compressed air,
whloav leaves the sslt pure .and whita
and free from Impurities, whicli the ale
drives out - - . " .
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