The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-01

NIt0Cn tneUSelScSs Note tie IeSuiHl
ticket" and thus support the men and
measures which the party Of their choice
shall dictate. But II is II serious ques-
ton (if man can fulfill h.s whole duty
by becoming part Of Il party machine,
by simply registering with his vote the
edicts of party leaders, aud going 1t
blindn for whatever receives the party
eutiOrsement), How shall he knew
which party to join? This is a question
he mus answer. Aud here lie may
make the fatal mistake of his political
life, that shall vitiate all the rest or,
ioi,sing the mercenaries, he may become
like the loose ballast of a vessel. always
shifting and always Oh the wrong side
How then shall be decide this first and
pregnant question Can his Instinct
be trusted, as some trust the freedmen,
to "know their friends and vote rs
they dictatep Once or twice, this year
and the next, this may suffice. But can
tnc nation lepose safely OH u basis no
more substantial aud reliable? Can "a
nation or party rest secure on foun-
dation into Which this merely Instinct
i've element thus a gely enters? Then,
again do they occupy the true position
who, distrusting man. place their sole
trust in God, and conclude that he will
save the people from their own mis-
takes, and supply the lack of human
wisdom by divine? Though all which
the most devout believer il, Providence
may claim be granted, and though, with
Franklin, in the convention for frami g
the Constitution, it is felt that except
the Lord build the house they labor in
vain that build it, is it any better than
presumption to calculate on the Divine
guidance and interposition in national
affairs until faithful use be made of such
secondary agencies and instrulnentai-
ties as lie within our reach? True, the
race is not always to the swift nor the
battle to the strong; and, after all Is
done that human sayacitv and faithful
ness may suggest, the Divine blessing
is needful for success. Still the general
rule remains that "God helps them who
help themselves When Napoleon de-
ciared that "God is on the side of the
heavy battali"ns," and when Cromwell
counseled his troops to trust in God
and keep their powder drt,' they gave
utterance to II sentiment that every citi-
zen OF this Republic should deeply pom
der, as he looks forward to the pos>ihil-
tiles of the future, estimates its dangers,
and seeks for means needful to avert
them.
The great necessity Of the hour is
POPULAR EDUCATION. The people must
be educated: Nor il an education ct tie
schools all that is needed, though that
is essential. An education Of the heart
and body, as we'll as of the intellect, is
necessary t,efore the people can be com
pietely prepared for the eXigtncies of
their position, for the dangers they may
encounter, for the duties they must dis
charge. There must be not only the
Sound mind in the SQUAD hody'; but
the conscience, so iamentahly wanting,
now, must be cultivated aud restored, if
possible, to the rishttul supremacy
There should be not only the know ledge
of books, but what Locke terms "the
roundabout common scnse' of every
day life.
And thiS is the duty Of the hour. The
war destroyed chalte hood. Under its
rough handling caste and privilege lost
| very much of prestige and power; while
those hereditary and arlstocratic dis
tlnctious and spirit that maintained
their ground in American society from
the first, are disappearing, and the re-
publican element becoming more and
more apparent. Man as ii man is be-
coming the dominant idea; while the
masses, whatever their pr, sent condi-
! ton; are to be made the lit and trusted
sovereigns of the State, L, this work,
} tIISb, pdiliJtiSN1, pIu''ti'tt, a''u ''S
great law of self preservation prompt, as
! well as philanthropy aud Christian be
nevolence. They are to be the rulers of
| the nation. How important they should
| be prepared to rule well.
There are millions of freedmen who
have grown up in an atmosphere of
mental and moral darkness that could
"be felt" under laws !orbidding letters,
and making it penal "t1cnse to teach
them there are millions too Of poor
whites who were kept in ignorance 10y
the same dominating class, and used as
their tools in the great rebellion and
there are also millions of foreigners,
with their numbers increased by the
weekly addition of thousands, reared
under aristocratic institutions, and away
( from the priceless blessings Of the com
mon school. The education of these in
creasing millions is the great necessity.
by such appliances as Il wise and earn
est purpose can devise end employ, that
should be the national aim and watch
word.
To span the continent with a railway,
to thread the dark reces>cs of the ocean
with the electric cable. to carve States
in a day from our vast Western terrific
ry, are grand conceptions and memora-
Die achievements. But they bear small
comparison with the mightier enter
prsts Of educating these millions to ell
Joy and maintain the institutions OF
civil and religious liberty.