The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-29

opens his mouth to- speak the truth and out
comes, not the truth, but what the people
their co~nsciences so that one has no longer
an individual conscience, but a democratic or
republican conscience. Even school teachers
everywhere but in Montana) find that their
success depends quite as much upon tact
to stroke the public fur the right way as upon
ability to teach. THIS %servility checks all
progress. The right question for man is not,
What is public opinion2 but, What is your
opinion? Subsection to tyranny is bad sub
lection to ones equals is worse.
Wendell Phillips says ga man dare not
speak the truth until he is fifty years old, or
has lost the hope of the presidency" We say
do as we please; then we do what is old or
foreign or the fashion or what our neighbors
Go.
Secondly, we abuse our personal liberty by
turning it into license; l ~criticise not the the
DRY which gives a man the right to look at all
creeds and weigh all responsibilities, but
that which absolves him from adopting any
creed and assuming any obligation. This
spirit develops in that class of boys who,
at ten, disobey their parents, for "whoSe bus
ness is it?" At fifteen, if they have the chance
to manifest some slight regard for others
feelings, still they "don't have tor at twenty
they marry whom they please, if they car,
and if they can't they say they were joking:
as boys they call their fathers "Gov.'' and
their mothers ''the old Lady, as men they
joke about the Bible and heaven and patron
ize the Almighty; they have absolutely no
bump of reverence. l say not that the form
er days are better than these, but 1 say we
honor, obey, love-nothing.
We Montanians are full of this spirit;
there is something in the atmosphere about
us; there is something in the TUFTS of bunch
grass beneath us which frees us. Let us re-
member that liberty is not license. We are
free to do as we please, but let us circum-
scribe please Or it will interfere with
SOMEBODY elses please. Shall our very lib
erty free us from allegiance to the
public good? We must do as We please, but
VIC must please to be public-spirited we
must have the public spirit which makes a
man serve willingly on jury duty, and cheer
fully clean the street in front of his own
h. use ; l would have every boy taught three
points Of obligation to the public. First, To
be well-posted on public questions. second,
To perform political duties faithfully and
share public burdens gladly. He who does
not, deserves to live under a despot. Third,
to have a political conscience. We are free
and happy when we choose to do right
when we wall our own natures close, bound
on one side by our own conscience, on the
other by a regard for the rights OF others
when we ste2r safely between the whirlpool
of license and the rocks Of subservance.
After another quartette, Miss Ida Hickson,
of the Walkerville department, read eth
Five Knaves," by j. G.. SAKE. A beautiful
voice, perfect articulation, and the best OF
taste in expression, rendered this selection
very good.
The committee on resolutions presented
the following, which were adopted by the
Institute
RESOLVED, That the Teachers Institute OF
Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties hereby
tender a vote of thanks to Messrs. King &
b Lowry, managers of Owsley hall, for the use
of the hall, during the sessions of the insti.
Ltttc. dt Iettlctu IdteS.
Resolred, That the members of the insti.
tute are under very great obligations to Mrs
Blaisdell, Messrs. kennicott, Mcmillan and
Others, for excellent music during oursessions
and to the Silver City orchestra and Prof
Metz and orchestra for music at the closing
entertainment
Res0lced, That the membe of the insti
tue are very grateful to Hon. John F. For
bis, Prof. Z. W. Reed, of Helena, Mr.. Stan
islawsky and others for addresses and enter
tainment of evening audiences.
t Res0lred, That the thanks of the teacher.
are due to Sup't W. E. Hall, of the Alice
mine, for his courtesy in exhibiting the ma
chinery of the mill, for explaining the process.
of working ores, and for the safe and pleas
ant trip dow into the heart of that great en-
=, terprise.
Resolred, That the teachers tender thei
: thanks to the proprictors of the hotels for re
l duced rates Of board and to the officers o
the Methodist church for the use of thei
beautiful auditorium for the lecture Oh thi
(Friday) evening.
l Resolred, That we recommend a meetin.
of this joint institute he held at Deer Lodg
? next spring.
Sup't H%ardenbrook thanked the teachers TO
their cooperation. and with another quartet
the institute of 81 adjourned sine die.
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