The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-15
Mr.. Curtis, Manly Man.

Mast man satisfy the demands Of his
conscience in every Instance The man
may be incapable Of good Judgment
lie may ignorant. ossibly he is so
tickle that his conscience demands ono
thing this hour and its opposite tho
next. Perhaps he is used to relying
upon others, AID it may be that he
shows good sense more in that way than
in any other. He may be the slave OF
prejudice, and for that reason the sug-
gestions of friends are better than his
own wisdom.
Religious or party organizations are
created that the best thought OF the
most people may be given practical
value. Armies are brought into the
field for the protection or,the prosperity
of the mass. The individual mergss
himself into the people that through
united effort his personal ends, as we'll
as the good of the whole, may be ad-
vanced. Suppose this individual put
his tonscience above the church, Sup
pose he rank his wisdom above that Of
the partyP Mr.. Cur is says this is man
illness, but is it not rather rebellionP Is
1t not the outgrowth of q self-sufficicn-
| cy which no amount OF wisdom or
purity can warrant The views of tho
whole are crystallized in the organiza.
ton, and If the system Of government
which all good Americans affect to be-
lieve right really is right the outcome
of the mass of brain must conserve the
interests at stake more thoroughly than
that Of the sequestered and uncompan-
ionable wisdom.
II the tender conscience OF Mr. Cur.
tis' manly man is TO rule how shall we
regulate any kind Of government, OF
will there be any government ut all'
The child's consc cno1 is as sacred tG
+ him as that of the parents Is to them
SO the child must not be disciplined
against its own Judgment. Mr.. Curtis
man is hired to act as the Secretary OF
q company doing legitimate business,
and If this Secretary finds, after pro.
found thought, that his instru tious are
unwsc, he will cease 10 ollow them
and Immediately proceed TO instruct
himself. The duties of q subordinate
are necessarily of an executive charac.
ter; but il is not difficult for him, ii he
be a truly manly individaa!, to assume
the duties and the authority of his su.
perior, Why, with the same principle
of action carried out, should not the
ordinary soldier refuse to obey the or.
ders Of men higher in commando AND
what IL to prevent the President OF the
United States ignoring the laws enact.
ed by Congress and substituting there.
for laws enacted of and by his sover.
eign willP
Mr.. Curtis is careful not TO say that
the delegate of q convention should re.
fuse to act. In most of the cases men,
toned the emergency OF the manly
man can be escaped by resignation; but
the delegate, though as such he repre-
sents not his own views so much as
those Of the locality to which he be.
longs, must value his personal prefer.
ences and not at all those of his con
stituents. And then, the nominations
having been made, he must consult his
own wisdom and ignore that Of the as
sembled multitude. His knowledge
and his purity are better than those o.
the majority. He !'nocks alone, II
grand, gloomy and peculiar. The con
vention must come to him, he can moi
90 TO the convention. He is modest
however; he readily grants that the
convention has as good a right to bolt
his nomination as he has 10. bolt its
nomination.
Perhaps, as the truly manly man
seems TO think, the subject ends right
here; and yet.it is really an interesting
question what kind Of government We
should have, or II we should have any
government at all, 4 the rule OF thi.
truly superior individual should pre-.
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