13be Conservative *
on minds of peculiar structure , reason
and experience both forbid us to expect
that National morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principles.
"It is substantially true that virtue or
morality is a necessary spring of popu
lar government. The rule , indeed , ex
tends with more or less force to every
species of free government. Who that
is a sincere friend to it can look with
indifference upon attempts to shake the
foundation of the fabric ?
"Promote , then , as an object of pri
mary importance , institxitious for the
general diffusion of knowledge. In pro
portion as the structure of a govern
ment gives force to public opinion , it is
essential that public opinion should be
enlightened. "
From all the foregoing comes the
conclusion that the essential element of
usefulness , which the scholar in politics
should develop and exercise , is moral
courage. In the presence of frenzied
and clamorous ignorance demanding
that government shall run railroads ,
telegraphs , farms , and warehouses , or
confronted by combined and arrogant
avarice , commanding that taxes shall
be laid upon all to make incomes for a
few , the patriotic scholar must , with
unruffled equanimity , and unwavering
courage , standfirmly defiant in defense
of the limitations of powers , which our
Constitution provides.
JAiid though a majority of millions
declaim for a debased circulating medium -
dium , and declare the government
capable of creating Value by a mere
fiat , it is nevertheless the duty of the
rightly educated citizen to firmly stand
for the solid and established truth that
governments con create time and mem
ory and reason , suspend the law of grav
itation , and abolish eternity by statute ,
just as successfully as they can , by
mere edict , create a coinage which the
commerce of modern civilization will
accept at a mint valuation which is more
than twice its commodity valuation , in
the very country which emits it.
Only educated and conscientious citi
zens can conserve and perpetuate this
Republic. The
To Conserve scholars in Ameri-
The Republic. can politics are the
peaceful but potent
guards to whom is confided the continu
ance of constitutional government , and
asserting their intellectual independence ,
with courage , they will prove the trust
wisely imposed and triumphantly ac
complished.
He who wavers from his conviction
of Right and Justice for the noisy ac
claim of the Present , loses forever the
gratitude and regard 'of the Future.
The men who , in all ages , do most for
the elevation and advancement of hu
manity , pay least attention to the
clamor , prejudice , and fallacies of the
times in which they act. And ho does
most and best who all the time bravely ,
studiously , and conscientiously , con
tends for Justice and Right , because he
incarnates in his person the duties and
privileges of the enlightened citizenship
of this Republic , and demonstrates
them to bo the best and choicest results
of our civilization.
Strive then , educated men and wom
en of America , to become honestly and
efficiently
"A part of that the Beautiful , the Sacred
Whichin nllclimes.men that have hearts adore
By the great title of their Mother Country. "
One of the worst
THE DECLINE OP features of the con-
INDIVIDUALITY. ceutrated life of
modern times is
the loss of individuality and personal
characteristics.
We do not find in our national life , at
the present day , the striking , strong in
dividuality of early history. The hew
ing , polishing processes of modern civil
ization seem to grind away all of the
sharp corners of individuality , and ev
erything tends to assume a conventional
form. People seem to be run in the
same mold.
A strong , striking character is a rare
thing in these days. The individual is
lost in the mass. Cities grind away and
erase independence. Unfortunately ,
there is many a man who seems to be
content to be one of the crowd , and not
a leader of the crowd.
With some notable exceptions , news
papers lack individuality. Their opin
ions are impersonal , and the editors are
lost. Few people know who writes the
editorials or the leading articles. The
days of Dana and Greeley and Bowles
seem to have gone forever. Nobody in
particular is responsible for any opinion
or policy. Everything is referred to the
stockholders. Not only do the editors
lose their individuality , but so also does
everyone who is connected with each
paper.
Concentration in large centers is
largely responsible for this. The dis
semination of knowledge through news
papers , and the multiplication of books ,
magazines , and libraries , has added very
materially to this unfortunate loss. The
strength of a nation lies in the stalwart
individuality of its citizens. When this
is lost , civilization becomes insipid and
powerless. Orison Swett Harden , in
October "Success. "
Butter is a good
OLEOMARGARINE , article with which
to spread bread
and grease the machinery of deglutition.
But Adam and Eve frequently gathered
around the domestic feeding board with
out a speck of butter in sight. In their
day of low-necked raiment for ladies
and diaphanous pantaloons for gentle
men , oleomargarine was. unknown and
the Jersey cow had not become a lobby
ist for a bill to protect creamery butter
from all sorts of price-reducing compe
tition.
Things have changed since the pro-
prietors of Eden had a monopoly of the
dairy trade of the whole earth , and
bestial Packing Houses have arisen like
mammoth caruivora all over the land.
These tremendous monsters have
undertaken and accomplished the task
of getting a butter
Short Cut. by the short-cut
route. They kill
the bovines , snatch the fats from their
cadavers and by mechanical processes ,
in a cleanly and wholesome manner ,
produce oleomargarine. It is as palata
ble , as digestible , as healthful as butter
made from milk distilled by the Jersey
or any other siugle-uddered cow. But
oleomargarine is a product of talent ,
tallow and capital combined in large
bulk.
The common cow confronts a trust.
The common cow cannot compete with
the combine of
A Trust. capital , tallow and
automatic machin
ery in producing an edible fat with
which to appetiziugly veneer the
bread which goes into Ameri
can mouths for daily mastication.
Therefore the common cow , like a com
mon communist or populist , appeals to
congress for a "be-it-enacted"protection
of her output of butter against the steer-
tallow output of oleomargarine. Even
the brute creation in the United States
maintains a lobby at Washington to
work for laws which shall tax out of ex
istence the exchangeable products of
one set of brutes so that those of another
set of brutes may have a monopoly of
the market. Thus butter fights oleo
margarine. Thus the gentle and guile
less cow is dragged into political discus
sions and all the economic calves and
vealy publicists in congress , with filial
affection , stand up for the cow aforesaid
and denounce and legislate against
oleomargarine.
"The common
WISDOM. people form the in
dustrious , intelli
gent and patriotic element of our popu
lation. They produce the nation's
wealth in time of peace and fight the
nation's battles in time of war. "
The foregoing could have been uttered
by only one peerless populist. An anx
ious and curious reader desires to know
under which head the peerless aforesaid
ranks himself among the common people
ple ? Does he get in under the division
of the "industrious ? " Is he admitted
as one of those who produce the nation's
wealth in time of peace and fight its
battles in time of war ? If so , does he
include the mouth-worker as a wealth-
producer for the nation , or the soldier
for-photographic-purposes-only as the
one who fights its battles in time of
war ?