Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-28
Patriotism.
ID. E1uo wlUwooDI


 Tle day of wna, has been famiHarly called sprsad-eagle sentiment seems pretty much a thIng of the past in AmerIca. We are not given to noisy dsmoustIatiru DOW. Probably all aa,t. ItfTT5}7 hge. their day, and ours copying tue ways that obtain abroad, the sp.rIt not being apish, or subversive of reh.ious or political beliefs, there could be no objections to new ideas one would think. At any Tate, wiling ness to learn, and experiment. until methods have been tested and applied, or reie.ted--is moi a bad disposition as eNempliied m men or m nations.
 The Americans are practical people, given rather tO material than moral ideas. Morality, or the natural relation ships between men has always been presented here. Sull We IuIid churches, and we build them well, schools, and charitable institutions, aLd what not, then go cur ways. That IS America. There is one tuIug m our favor how ever, We ore builders Of devOtees of homes. | suppose that was tEe lesson 0t ~'16' and "6l' mainly. We owe European ideas something m tLe way of home adOrumeut, ald something more perhaps lu the matter of her ats and industries. But We owe nothing to her sucial Orltrs.
 People that love home love liberty. The uufri-udiy pressure of mobs VIII never very greatly modify this cIrcum- stance ] think. Patriotic devotion has
 uN La.a been appealed to in vain. The spirit .darlies all others ID the American character, though never obtrusive, and only coming Co the surface ou gala days, or when danger threatens.
 Ltis urged that We are following social custom. pro vaient under collective sys- fem- quite the reverse Of ours. That roverumer ts change with society. And that this was deliberately fOreseen and intended bure. By whGm2
 Admitting nothing, or anything, the matter IS too complicated and ad-o for present proofs. It can safely rest in ahrzauce. The racket of ages has not
 Iiuded us. IT We have permitted open .uiees to surplus waters, it was our fields rhat were wat red. They VIII be hseiy to remain SO. The whole business has tested eXpedieuts, and It IS beheVed Go the fullest intentions. lt has besides taken some of the starch ot seihshness out of us.
 Complauts mean a ground work O reason. Coucede that We have borrow ei as a national trait the habit of mind ing every bOdys business. That ve watch one another Gs If especially a. pointed and pad Go do SO. That as a re=uIf street. and ton nave come tOget i- ar on an exact level, with the adva t. I. --z of course all on the side of the street After all, the levelIng prOces. Is right. is it not, thoroughly republic In all caldOr. however, thls IS reg y The worst feature of all this mer al moEism, and community business. ( at averages Co lower level. Every good citIzeu must wish to see it all ~-- ya--rL Perhaps our old prejudicC Jf | every man mludiug his own bust ess vil. best and most quickly accomI lish . .be ~or6. The benefits of mOb-ruie hardly compensate fOrits disadvant' es. ! mean it's brutality, and its IuhU lan hate, and mahce-breediug.
 1 The lower passions need no en 1ur- azement, or but seldom ever. B1t mau'p p spiritual nature requires all .h3t ! has ever been devised to upbmlc and | uphold # Ard rms I'D their pl-r4ry purity and power. Good fellO r.p with base men once presumed mu ai- -avs be. Nebocracy means abOU nat, ! the TIC yu,ti0u of socIal nights q rough briIerv. intimidation, or com Icuce
 yr1tI mob demands. Pence an god order .,,- recognize no such Cle ms. ' The. .Oei.l .argon" is entirely n placed
 where free institutions and free people a-. not. The two cannot stay oce r.
 The matter has not been pre- ty v-l
 tested. Where moral sentin ut- are
 asserted the patriotic virtues -re; aud
 vice versa.