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TlIK VOSSTITI'TION IN THK W II
I.IC SCHOOLS.
Tim Han Francisco Argonaut prints
the following article relative to (ho
comd Million in the public schools,
wlilch cannot full to bn of Interest to
our readers:
Wide dliroroneo of nontiniPiit fxlsts
throughout Dm United State on Iho
subject of Iho Bible in thn public
schools, anil oven Protestant clergymen
nro divided ti pon it. although tbo larger
number advocate II, nit they contend
against th (Jodloss" schools. Ro
man Catholics oppoHfl thn llible in the
schools, because il Ik tlio Protestant
Hi bid and not thn Catholic Illble which
Ik contemplated. Hut the great mass
of the people Jews end Gentiles, de
ists, atheists, non-believers, agnostics,
and others aro of the opinion that it
is not thn province of Iho public schools
to tench religion, and that, therefore,
the Hi bio tdiould not have a plaoo
among the text-books. This is In ac
cordance with the letter and the spirit
of thn federal constitution, which de
clares against "an establishment of re
ligion," and forbids prohibiting the
free exorcise thereof." Those ho cry
out that "God is not in the constitu
tion," and advoonto an amondmont in
the great charter expressly recognizing
deity, in similar spirit demand tlio Bible
In the public schools, which would in
effect lead to the teaching of religion
more or less of denominational or sec
tarian form. The general and secular
sentiment is that the teaching of re
ligion In schools should be committed
to the Sabbath schools and the prbato
schools especially Intended for the pur
pose, in which the children are taught
In conformity to the religious belief and
desire of their parents,
There is a plane upon which all can
stand and be In harmony, In connection
with Instruction In the public schools,
free from sectarian Influence and with
perfect equality, in keeping with the
duties of citizenship and without com
plaint of taxation to support a public
institution with rules against their con
science on the part of any. Make the
constitution of the United States one of
the class-books for the public schools,
and with it might well be taught sound
history of the republic. John Van
Dure n many year ago humorously and
wisely remarked that 'common sense
was not so common as was commonly
supposed." The remark will sen'e in
relation to the knowledge of the aver
age, citizen In respect to the constitu
tion and to American history. Silas
Wright, an eminent statesnan, after
many years in public life, a senator
from New York and governor of that
state, once said: "No one familiar
with the a fl'u Irs of our government can
have failed to notice how largo a pro
portion of our statesmen appear never
to have read the constitution of the
United States with a careful reference
to Its precise languago and exact pro
visions," and he continued, "It has
long been a favorite wish of mine that,
in our public schools, the constitution
should bo a class-book, that it may be
tttrly thoroughly undrrtooil hy
Ihos who nro to lu I hp volets and
rulpr of (hp M.itp." ThU Ignorant
of th constitution, as of AniPtican his
tory also, nn the part of the tpoplp, l
more common than Is pmrally sup-
Mwd. A conspicuous Instance of this
enteral Icnoranee was shown in our
own state In the convention of I,
which framed the new constitution.
Of the oiie hundred and fifty-two dele-
T1(1'B mill VUIIIIMWU llll.fc V II 1 W II i
It is within the bounds of truth to say
that not one-fourth had definite or
practical knwledge of the federal con
stitution, and, in fact, one-half ot
them had never, apparently, read It- a
few of thorn sould not. Yet the votes
ot these were equal to the votes ot tlio
very small number of those who had
read, studied, and understood the con
stitution. Moreover, these delegates,
densely Ignorant of the constitution,
had been chosen to re-framo the con
stitution of California, to make and de
clare the organic law of the state.
It is now the demand of citl.ons gen
erally that no alien shall bo admitted
to citizenship unless he shall have road
and fairly understands the general
tenor of the federal constitution, This
should bo the invariable rule, but It Is
with Indifferent grace that It can bo
exacted of aliens while so many adult
native and naturalized citizens, if sub
jected to the same rule, would forfeit
the voting franchise. Make the con
stitution a class-book of the public
schools, and every pupil attending
them would be instructed In this lirst
requirement of Intelligent citizenship.
It should bo made obligatory by law -the
duty of school boards and of teach
ers to teach the constitution from the
text of the Instrument, and to Impress
It upon their charges In the schools.
Men Wanted,
The great want of the ago is men;
men whe aro not for sale; men who
are honest, sound from (entire to
circumference, true to the heart's core;
men who will condom wrong In friend
or foe, in themselves as well as others;
men whose consciences aro as steady
as the needle to tlio pole; men who
will stand for the right If tlio heavens
totter and tlio earth rcols;mcn who can
tell the truth and look the dcvl right In
the eye; men who neither flag nor
flinch; men who have courage witeout
ihoutlng.mon in whom tlio currents of
evorylastlng life run still, deep and
strong; men who do not cry nor cause
their voices to be heard on t!in streets,
but who will not fail nor bo di scan raged
till Judgement bo set In the earth; men
who know (heir mossago and tell It;
men whe who know their place and (III
them; men who will not lie; men who
are not to lazy to work nor too proud
to bo poor; men thet aro willing to eat
what they have earned,and wear what
they have paid for. Exchange.
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the creation of a drunfwn,
ihicuing and lustful mob, and
consequently must always act
as the mob dictates.-Omaha
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