Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-01
.AI INTELLIGENCE.
Communicated ,r
,~,,v1puAL LIBERTY W.. "o'1
INDl' rrNrAL POWER.

rom the remotest Peri'''s Vi
f'o whose records are worthy Oh
his'o''' ,,ted among the facts OF eN-
le'as the question of the right OF
;,diyidual member of society over
Inc .,;,r opiuion, or even established
p'e one which has engaged the at
i'S w., Of the profoundcst philosophers
'e"' .,osmcn. from the time of Aris-
anu ~ hat of John Stewart Mill. How
~s.,.bli,hed custom may coercc the
!" -, one into obedience 10 It's
.1,,es. when his cccentrlclty c
liiaDa .',a., directly the c"ndi;ioh or
No. !. j.. Of others, Is one Oh inc pro
phi II - rroblc,ns in ethics or politics.
tol rna r;rlht of opinion is now no
IA" Questioned. 1t is granted by
loh-.' oic who can justly lay claim to
ever. ,,aI standard corresponding to
m,a in wbicl, he lives, as n the
!he Lii rights of a sentient being,
lR' iva surest guaranty against dog
anu ns,;. thraldom. 1t is only after the
l'a n" scrntipy of scepticism that truth
s,'; 8, with lis greatest e~tfulgence;
NV through the inStrurnentaIliy or
.a,,r;c individuals that the false
e..a.;cos Of society are brought palpa-
-. h.fnro its members, ami new inc
.n, wbole>ome ones inauSurated i'll
their stead. -..
.,ances of our existence, ~
Instincts, disposition to ape ana ioiioW
What the majority pronounce 10 III
c;rht-although rs far rom right as
I,irht is from day, in many "a>eS-thc
mi w,icl, by lis native spontaneity
L'r;Jas far in advance of its cotempor-
Er;a. is from these conditions uni
,nr-,llv pronounced eccentric, idio>yn-
.,.,,ic mnuoman;acal, or ever possess
,, that lack of mental equilibrium
%rrrr,pording to the definition of the
.ard insane. Every Improvement III
RI. S,.iencc or government, when the
r,,l1 has witnessed. has been subject
!, lis iprip;encv to this withcrIng ten
ancv of the human understanding.
rom tle time that Calico illustrated
Ii, doctrine respecting falling bodies.
rom the tower of Pisa. down to the
Era Of the practical application of steam
\ Il llioiNc l'"'i''''
tep ion has greeted every innovation
fixed practice, or novel ltea' III es-
abll>hcd science. likewise 100, nave
heV philosophers OF governments pccil
NriNcd. Human slavery IN tne
Cnlied States was ron 'cieiitiousiN
Feemcl un.il WITHIN Il lew years pasi
bv tho e~elura'el sou II of Mason and
lNon's Line, as an institution sanction
fd iy Go |. AMI as according Win OF.
fect notions oil justice me ii,ch' ana
ought proof III support Oh tiielr opih-
oh by recourse Tor precedent To diNine
ilt Try. To-day the wrong OF tniS
hanS,er eNll Ill government may DE
ait to nave general acceptance among
i the ihinNer> of the continent.
-rau> Is Ii seen. by 4 bret glance INTO
b pat. that what Is . ri-h; III II age
buy he. and frequently is. wrong III
>lcte linz epoch; and that human
lFaNehhth Is oltcn maternity checN-
by tenacious adherence to prac-
yes WiiFh gather Il shallow OF justice
iiE rom Their an EQUITY. This Is most
ea"lv 'ie case WIKI respect I" rc!l-
i'A' hit any 'u. the c Reference
tie later >Wblcct III ms paper
EhrA was intended to strike quite III
io ief dlrec;ion-is an unnecessary
'-Ie>>ioi' rom the uiti!na'c design @!
De essay. II lSthr duty of each per-
oa' men, III view OF The miailibillty OF
flEci OPINION, BON To himself IN
N'''ailE ana To society, OF which he
nr'''' 10 carefully weigh the pros
~ cons OF every new proposition
Dn.hi |" h. introduced mo public
pialr>, To call up the lessons Of the
psi IN support of it or against ii, to
Hiancc the amour; of protection which
so"riiS'ic> against its possible in
n'e'l'th, upon the freedom OF the
III ant then support it or oppose it
proportion rs he is sanguine of the
pre- ness OF his position. That is
"a. every citizen of IA Sta e or munich
.''lH Sio'ild rod as the paramount
u o. ms citizenship, and the siirest
,",e'or on his liberty.
.nt once OF representative govern
~ or ife purposes for which i'll its
~ Ptii"ti ol entity 1t was created,
-. ~! Which during the cycles of in
patn'h@ tiine to the present it has
#n maintained, is too clear to the
ma OF every reflective person to need
Eiefa ION here. 1t may be no IN
1aSeinent upon the patience of the
faier, however. to state. s~uccinc,ly.
IMllteiS view III the matter.
nAiIIliihigthat individual man does
'Hr'el towards the Increasing of
,nlpplneS>; anl every act of IA body
men l"-ethcr@>uppo>inw there to
;vh NV eoerrion-implieS the accom-