Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-05-17

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II In these latter days, when politi
clans and political parties have desert
cd unseen, and, l cannot but think
purely imaginary dangers to the pub
hc-school systems of the land, they
have overlooked the moro important
fact that the demands of tho times arc
not q moro cordial support OF our
school systems, but rather that more
: attention should bc given to the moral
culture Of youth in all institutions of
learning. 1t is the glory and boast of
: the Chinese system Of schools, which
in some points are superior to our own,
! that morality is the first thing neccs-
. sary TO bc taught. Reverence for par
cnts and superiors is instillcd into the
heart ofthe Chinese child at his moth
i. ers knee but when that child is plac-
Q cd in the care of the public teacher, to
/ this reverence for parents and super
4 iors is added as the first essential q
!. strict course of moral culture, which
4 places the Chinese citizen as found in
I bis native country on level TO which
r by no means cvery one in this cnlight-
encd Republic can aspire. If there is
, one thing demanded therefore above
Others in our school systems II is q
higher degree of moral culture; IL Is
that the lives of our illust,ious men
shall be held up before the youth Of
our country Tor emulation. And this
was never more true than Il is TODAY.
when corruption creeps into high places
and men holding offices OF high public
trust are found upfaithful; never more
important than it is TODAY, when the
sacred obligations Of the official oath
are forgotten and the indiscretion and
criminal acts Of public officials cause
the nation to hang its head in shame
at the deeds Of those whom it has
made its trusted public servants. On
this account, also, would / therefore
have this monument hastened to an
early completion, that the youth of
our land might not fail to study the
character Of the great and good men
who laid the foundation of this Gov
ernment and that, studying these
characters and the principles Of moral
ity of which they are the outgrowth
and upon which they are based as the
superstructure upon its foundation,
their own character may be so estab-
lished and their own lives be so shaped
that the future shall know them as
fully coming up TO the high Jefierso-
nian standard OF honesty, integrity,
and faithfulness. can conceive of no
higher compliment than the Judgment
of the nation that its servants have
been conscientiously faithful to their
trust; and l would permit no occasion
to pass unheeded Of making public
recognition of the wise deeds OF great
and good men nor on the other hand,
can picture to my mind deeper
degradation than is his who falls be-
cause OF his unfaithfuiness in the dis
charge OF those public duties which
are the attendants Of the public posi-
zion to which he was exalted. Let us
therefore not fail in our duty to place
before our youth, as permanent me-
mortal wherever it is possible, monu-
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good Of our land. Generations to fol-
low will reverence the memory Of
those who have not only been men Of
virtue in themselves, but who have
also not failed to pay tribute to the
virtues OF the great and good of the
past.
claim, too, that it is the duty of
every American citizen to inculcate in
the hearts Of his countrymen, and es-
pecially in the hearts of his own chill
dren, love for our country, her insti-
tutlons, and her men. Let patriotism
be instilled into the hearts Of our chill
dreni let them learn to reverence and
look up to the Government which pro-
tects them; let them feel that upon
them viii devolve duties in the future
In protecting our institutions, and the
country Is safe against encroachments
from without and dissentions from
within: Already have foreign nations
learned to regard us as model Repub-
nc, and, though trite, it is none the
less true that the oppressed and down.
Lrodden OF the world have learned to
ook to America rs an asylum and a
'eiuge' The last two decades have
the grand spectacle of pow
'rial foreign nations sending their
highest and most intelligent officials to
'ur snores 70 s'uuy our principles OF
p ana witness thelr applica-
;on. hven onina ana japan, our an
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