The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-30

er thing. 1t has been found out that
brains are better soldiers than hands.
That is a great discovery. In olden
times it didn't make and difference
whether man knew anything or not
it was battle of avordupois. One
of our batteries of artillery would thin
out regiment Of such soldiers in a.
minute. The principal cohesion OF
our armies is the intelligence existing
between the SOLDIERS.
Anything that tends to unfold the
brain makes men. They used to find
of these city boys in the regiment that
they didn't get sick so often, they
marched better ant rested quicker,
and when wounded got well sooner.
This has been found out not alone by
ms, but IN the last French and Ger
man war. The French soldiers were
as q class ignorant. The Germans
were educated. 1t was the German
schoOlhouses that knocked down the
French f2rts. France has found this
out, and Vie very camps Of the French
army are schools to-day.
Throughout our whole couatry
work is honorable Children are
taught that they must work mus,
make their own bread. The vice ~
business IN our northern states is its
intensity and continuity. Brains
are overtaxeds Beyond tn 5 overtax
Of business Is politics. There is So
much OF it. Every four years men
get furlously excited over politics.
You and | will get fnrioasly excited
next year, and gee red in the face
over the presidential election. IL
might seem as though there was one
place where men could cool Off That
Is the church. But that is the hot
test place of all. This nation is bet
ter educated than any other. We are
not educating a class; We are attempt
ing to educate the whole people.
There is no parallel to onr system.
and it is from this that the reign of
the common people proceeds. In the
long run the wisdom and Judgment
of the common people Is the govern
ment's power. I'll 90 farther, and
say that it is the best government. In
our late war the common people were
always a day ahead of the government.
The sentiment of the people was al
ways ahead OF the acts of the rulers.
In Europe they say this experiment
will be disastrous in the end; that we
owe our security TO the easy attain
ment of land; that when this gets
scarce we shall have to change.
We want depository where simple
people-poor people can make in
vestment, and if the government has
her two thousands of millions Of
bonds, then people can invest in them.
Where is there another nation
that could have done the samel
Where is there another nation that
coolly cut off forty millions of annual
taxes because they didn't want itl
Governments as they become power
ful, become compact. As things
grow to be perfect they become COM
plex or compact. Was there ever a
government so complex as oursl There
Is no such example of a complex
government. We had 0,O00. 900 of
people in 1880. The census is always
wrong. 1t always lies before you can
complete it, we grow so fast. .There
were 5000, 900 foreigners born, and
4 1000, 900 enfrauchised and ignorant.
Twelve millions untitled TO manage
the government, and Of the balance
hnwv Favw H., g.,
question is then, do the people pick
out the best men 20 represent theml
Did you ever 20 into legislature and
see what sort of fellows they arel The
first duty OF a legislator is to see that
he gets back there next winter. The
second duty Is to serve the party III
whose interest he went there. The
third, if there is anything le;t If him,
is to serve the people.
The church is stronger to-day than
ever before. Education has not de
stroyed it. To-day young minister
knows very well, If he knows enough
to preach, that he does not
know half 50 much as many
members of his congregation. An
thority is coercion. IniideIity is an
absolute impossibility. Theology is
changed, changing; and 1t will change.
Nobody can anchor it; nobody
can prevent it from being a
thing of growth. As men are rehned
and enlarged they will Judge Of the
old medieval doctrines; and they will
change them. The old black sticks
standing on the side of yonder NOUN
tam do not change because they are
dead. Growth means change, expam-