Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-15
LIBERTY.

Liberty is the embodiment of human
happiness; it lies at the very foundation
of our great Republic; it is the cradle
in which the infant natien was reared |
but wO to the nursing mother who, tax
ing the place of a work house COVER
ness, instead of an Alma Mater, aroused
the child from its semi-comatose state to
open rebellion.
Since our cOuntry's natal day the
spirit of freedom has developed with the
nation it has bven taught until the ex-
preston Of, This is free. country"
has become a very common one it
hangs on the lips of every school boy,
and is found in the vocabulary of the IL
literate it has become an innate prin-
ciple in the minds of the American peo-
pie. There are no privileges but what
some will abuse; the old adage, "Give
them an inch and they will take an ell l."
is fact deduced from abused freedom.
To aspire to independence is product
of civilization but, to-day that spirit
pIedominates over the better judgment.
The people of the U. s. to, day are
running not with sham banner Of the
patriots Of '76, and trampling tho heav-
eu-given principles Of our forefathers
bereath their feet. Why is the politi
cal atmosphere of our country to-day
over cast with dark and murky clouds:
an executive has occupied the chair who
held the reins of government with firm,
unselfish and impartial hand, the filthy
countercurrent of our political ocean
was stirred up by the immortal Garfield.
and, in reinstatlng justice, as detective
among the vicious, was rUthlessly slain
by his victims. They do the bandits of
the territories take the lives of so many
men for their money, or, simply ''shoot
to see them fall, as many of them have
said is it not because the wildness of
that country affords them a good oppor-
tunity to act out their natural evil IT,
clinatiOns. What we mead in the exc,
cutive department of our government is
men who will act from the principles of
right, and enforce the laws without fear
or favor and what will apply in man.
aging the affairs Of nation, will, in
principle, apply in the government of a
school or family. There have been re-
marks frequently made by persons who
were reared SO yeaos ago in the merid-
ian light of freedom, IN regard to the
''forwardness" of the children at the
present day instead of their being ODE,
dent, the child now takes the parental
scepter and commands and it is done.
There have been extremists in all ages of
the world ; and to-day the advocates OF
moral suasiun are sounding, their trum,
pets, and deluded world bow before the
shrine Of the mock elephant moral sua.
sion is the great foundation principle Of
divine government; but, there must be
righteOusly inclined subjects or the gov.
ernment will not be infallible; but we
are dealing with depraved beings and
should do all in our power to develop
the moral nature of the child; but, there
are some phases of character that cannot
be reached by moral incentives: GA
whip for the horse, bride for the as:
and rod for the fools back" is a pro
verb too sacred and too full of sounC
sense to pass unnoticed. Yos, We wan
the stern unyieldiDg will of our fore
fathers we want their love and sym.
pathy for the child; and then their com
mon sense to educate it for usefulness
and not for the gallows, as many do TO-
day It does not show love for shiIC
to allow them to act out the evil pro
pensities of their natures. Use mora
suasion on the moral, and physical sua
sion on the vicious. RoDELL,