Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-28

resolution on profanity serve as
tombstone OF "Cloul's" and the HE
runLrcA>'s views: Shall ,ca>T'r
allow profanity II ;iiGlt Sfocl
the public sense Of pronur'y 10 I" :
step further and ASH, Shall he prac
ticc profanity Very likely the Re
PUBLICAN will agree, certainly the
public Will Insist, that the practice i
immoral and corrupti,is, snd Tot t.
DO allowed in an instructor OF youth
Cannot "Cioud' help the right side
by insisting that this resolution
should be adopted in word and in
life Cannot he ci,e little Of his
Indignation TO the EEfrbrICAss pro
nunciameEto against positive moral
instruction Let us return to the
question. Shall a teacher allow pro.
family? Proper efforts to check and
uproot this evil would require him
"to give positive inst, uction on NOR
al topics Is it best for t. acle"s to
be csh.ent, il, suet case, with tbs
silent influence OF their lives and con-
duet - Few Will doubt how to an
aver Tins question.
Bat what is there so Objectionable
IN the resolution that Cloud should
make such display of sweetness
and light and tho RErunLlcts
should send forth its bias. against
mixing education and theology ?
Leaving out the Unnecessary " ord,
it says; I'VE will at all times CT
deavor 10 impress upon The minds Of
our pupils the necessity CT . .rne re.
gard for tho Christian Religion. -
No doubt the writer OF this resolu
ton, and those who voted for it,
would object to a sectarisn in,srpre-
,a,ion as unnecessary and wrong. -
They believe tLat the religion of
Jesus Christ deserves ,ha regard Of
our present and prospective citizens,
and claims from them an observance
of its duties. Because we have not
State religion we are not therefore a
nation. The religion Of our
country Is Christianity, - distin.
yushed from sectarianism OF! the one /
1snd, and Judaism, nelolity and
Free Religion on the other-Chris-
.iani,y, tolerant of tree thought, but
moving aud determined 20 maintain
Ter rights. Look at the history of
'ur country, anl it will be appa.
ent that in paving high regard to
Christianity we are rendering but
light return on great and constant
ebt of obligation
The resolution adds, we will en-.
Icayor to impress npon the minds OF
'ur pnpilsl - sense Of
heir obligations TO God, to their
their neighbours, and them
selves Would "Cloul" say of this,
there it stands III all its ne,i:o ugli
mes. Is it xectarisaism for the State
TO recognize, In addition to our lower
duties, that when u TIC ha.ls or all,
duty to God I? Not TINS though, the
trainers Of the Constitution, WHEN on
the motion of Franklin, they sought
"the assistance of Heaven and ITS
blessings on their deliberations. =
\ OF thus thought Washington, when
he wrote, 1T is the dn,y OF all ma.
tons to acknowledge the providence
of Almighty God, to obey his will to
be grateful for his benefits. and hum
bly, implors his protection AMI ia.
vor.' Not thus thought our people,
when in their hour of peril the
thoughts OF all turned instinc,ivsly
to the Great Ruler OF nations, in pc
tition for blessings not sought in
VAIN. Not thus, the recent Congress
that ordered to be placed on gold
and silver coius that legend Of faith,
In God we trust"
But TO all such utterancss. Cloud"
and the REPUBLICAN object. The lat
ter even objects to any teaching of
duty toward anybody or anything.
For the substance OF moral instruc.
ton is duty and obligation. Can that
education be at all practical that does
not tell the citizen what no shall do,
and how no shall do it? On what
principle of right can the State take
to itself the education of it's youth,
it they are TO be left with no sense
Of political obligation, untaueht in
loyalty to country, and regard for the
rights Of neighbors, undisciplincd III
"sslt-reyerence, sclikiowlsdgc, solt-
control p Should not our citizens
be taught reverence Tor the marriage
bond, and for the sancti,y OF an oath:
Has the teacher no night to give IN.
struc,ion III duties like these? Yet
this is positive instruction on moral
topics; and the grounds Of such in.
struc:ion are religious truths. In
order 10 right instruction on these
topics teachers should impress on
the minds OF their pupils sense OF
their obligations TO God"
We hero encounter the great edm.
cational problem OF our time. Shall