The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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168 concern is that we are so sure, by reasonof our strength and power, to be immune from touch that we may some day be unjust by reason of that very immunity. But the peace which is the vital question of the hour, and which you descendants of a brave ancestry, and all of us who are here assembled, must fight out unless free institutions are to be a failure in this country, is peace within, peace between class and class, peace between em- ployer and employee, peace that will recognize not only justice, but recognize, as an incident to justice, the right that every Dutchman claimed, the right, as I have stated, to work for whom he pleased, for what wage he pleased, and on exactly what conditions he pleased. QL0ud applausej A THE PRESIDENT: Our next speaker has recently appeared in a new role. He has crossed the briny deep, travelled into distant countries, and inter- viewed all foreign potentates. At one time some of us thought he might be adopted by the Czar of Russia of by some other distinguished ruler on .the other side, and it was a great joy to us to know that 'he remains American. He might have been a Rooshan, A A Turk, or French, or Prooshan, Or perhaps Eye-tal-i-an,- But in spite of all temptations A To belong to other nations, He remains American. - And he comes back to us as American as ever. I have very great pleasure in introducing the Hon- orable William jennings Bryan, who will talk on PEACE. E E E C6 , , V Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.

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167 the contest will be between those who have not ery great respect to and those who have. With V those who .thus view the coming contest, and in no way questioning their sincerity or high mgtiveg, I yet venture to assert that this line of cleavage between the classes is as mischievous as it is lack- ing in Justification. As we value our industrial progress, as we value that which is even higher- our social happiness-let us so far imitate the wise thrifty and industrious people of Holland as to feel that life is a great symphony, in which each man is given an instrument suited to hisaptitude, but to the complete harmony of which the loyalty of each player is indispensably necessary. The Composer of that symphony intended it to be one of harmony and notof discord, and woe be .to us, His creatures, whether we play the first violin or only the cymbals, if we mar the harmony of that composition by that discord of class hatred. which, since the world began, has been the baleful 'evil of communities and nations. fApplcmse.D ,a a . The distinguished speaker who is to follow me, and whom I have already unduly postponed, is to speak on peace, and I have no thought of tres- passing either on his time or his subject. But let me say simply this about peace. I suppose he will refer to paciiic relations between our nation and other nations, or between nation and nation, and in that respect it is a beautiful theme upon which so eloquent an orator is to speak, but if there be one nation that is little concerned with peace of this class it is our country, for the time iS HOW, of in any event will be soon, that it will be so great that no nation will ever dare to menace the peace of the United States. CAppZause.j And THY only

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