The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-08-01

it is our duty to convey them unmpaired the latest
posterity Unless cur Craft were kooo, ana our cai
ing honorable, should not have lasted for so many
centuries, nor should we have been honoreo with the
patronage of so many ustrous men IN Gil ages, VINO
have shown themselves ready to promote our In
| terests and defend from all adversarles w are
assembled here to-day in the face OF you ALL to bulo
hense which we prAy GOO may deserve 10 prospe.
! by becoming place Of education Tor GOOD men, ana
| promoting harmony and brotherly love throughout
| the world till time shall be no more Amen
Atthe conclusion of the Grand Master 5
address, James Anderson, Esq, member
of Manitowoc Lodge, No. IS, A. +. 4 A.
NJ, delivered the following grafton:
| BRETHREN OF THE Masonic ORDER KINDRED So
cIETIEs FELLOW CITIz2Ns We have met to-day to lay
| the CONVERSIONS of new school building, new
| Temple of Education 1t is fitting and proper that
we celebi ate snch an occasion as this 1t is one
than usual significance. 1t is mere occasion
where party, sect, exclusive organization have
rejoice in its special success 1t is the people
gathered together dedicate edce to the culture
and training of generations to come.
Those who have given of their to erect this
building will but little direct benefit romt Their
years of study and requirement Rave gone bv. Their
children and grandchildren will tread the halls which
here to arise, bnt they themselves will but seldom
enter therein. Yet should they for moment entertain
the selfish thought that it is folly to build only for
Others should there be misery regrets arise at the
expenditure of money required in this undertaking
those who entertain such thoughts and such regrets
| are untrue to their trusts as American citizens
1t is now considered self-evident truth, that
cornerstone of Republican Institutions. So
WINGED have tho New England people been ofthis fact
that several of the New England States have Made it
qualification of their voters that they be able to
sign their legby and be able to read in the
English language, the constitution of the State in
which they dwell. These laws may work hardship
individual cases, but experience has shown them to
be of immense value influence in favor of edu-
cation.
Sleep perceves the value of intelligence in the peo
ple and has appointed commission to study the
American Public School System, with view to intro
ducinG it in that country.
When our New England forefathers established the
snoon snay uul 1 ns Of en,3
cation, but could not see the foundation they were
laying for Republican form of Government Yet
when the system perfected free government re-
suited naturally the night follows the day. And,
should free government, should the doctrine OF the
equality all before the be lost sight of
on the American continent, it will only be when lg-
norance is led to the polls by crime.
So long as the common schools cherished by
the people, long each generation cares for its
successor the perpetuity of our liberties is certain
these times it is well that we giving more
than usual attention to orr schools 1t is period of
unusual mental hustle and activity. There are
schemes being advocated which threaten to overturn
and change the whole fabric of society. continued
battle is being waged between labor and capital
Communism with its thousands of followers, is de-
mandng that all distinctions of rank and wealth and
the right of property itself he totally abolished The
political equality of women is demanded With cour
age and pertinacity that is worthy of admiration.
These ideas and schemes fast ripening into is
mere bidding They must be met and battled with.
The good that is in them must be applied to
and whatever is evil must be conquered and crushed
To meet and successfully cope with these ever re-
curing questions requires correct method of reas
oning pure morals and broad and liberal culture,
the basis of which must be laid the public schools
The principles of the right of property
of political economy and constitutional govern
ment can be, and are taught there as well as else
where. --t
That method of reasoning which keen and incisye
cuts through al the fogs of sopliistry and goes
straight to the mark, generally known as hard
common sense should be cultivated. Teach the
children to think to speak and to write about the
common every day things of life and they will be
better htted to graphic with these problems which
arise in the field of politics which each American
citizen decide for himself with decision which
will effect others so largely.
This restless activity of thought this coEtriving
and experimenting i'll the realm of political social
science which is characteristic of people is far
from being a thing of evil omen. To my mind it is
one of the brightest harbingers of coming glory.
pease this activity, let become torpid, cold and
unlnteresied in governmental aairS let them sleep
upon their rights and they are aware their
lights are gone. ETERNAL VIGILANCE Is THE
PRICE OF LIBERTY
I see in the bright and glorious lake that lies
shmmering and glittering before with its restless
waves, type of our people. Rivers pour their tur-
bid streams into it and threaten to wholly change and
discolor it, Yet there 1t lies with its
moving rufied by the slightest breeze, and tossed
into high rolling surf by the tempest. Its waters
clear crystal and its spray drops flash like
diamonds in the sunlight. All its purity is the d-
rect result of its ceaseess motion. Could great
power seize this 1iuld mass ana hold 1t mOtIOuless
could it be made TO lie there dead sea- it would
long stagnate and rot beneath the of the
its healhfu breezes changed to deadly blasts of mi
asm and pestence.
So people are. here with the turbid streams of
immigration pouring in upon them. Like the
tiers they ever moving, active, precptating
the evil and evolving the good. growing better,
prosperous and more happy rs time passes.
There is agitation on every hand men and woman
are urging reforms in thousand things, Of
them important and rad CAL others trivial and slg ht
Some of these persons rise the surface to-day and
history the fixed in the heavens The
world is the better that these have lived. No mat
ter whether they seemed to achieve much or little.
1t is the boast and glory of this nation that most
of these tators and reformers have been educated
in the public schools. 1t is certain that nearly all of
those who pass judgment upon the issues advanced
by them have been educated.
In view of all these things it becomes us as true
and faithful citizens of common country to be unit
in support of all educat onal measures 1t is
told of Thaddeus Stevens that occasion
young member of the Pennsylvania Legislature came
to him for advice to his action upon acertaIn
question then pending. 1t was large appropria-
ton for some educational purpose. Stevens looked
sharply at him, anG then said: Never, long as
you live oppose any which has for its object
the education of the people,
1t seems to that, could the genius of American
liberty appear among in that bodily form
with which the ancients loved to clothe their abb
struct ideas he would say, like One of old, One
mightier than man, tn Estrns ct super hanc
I'strdn sdtfcdbo" "Thou art stone, and upon this
stone shall build