The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25

Must a nan satisfy the demands OF his
conscience in every instance The man
NAV be incapable of good Judgment.
He may be ignorant Possibly he is SO
tickle that his conscience demands one
thing this hour and its opposite tho
next. Perhaps he is used To relying
upon others, and it may be that he
shows good sense more in that way than
in N other. He may be the slave of
prejudice. and for that reason the sug-
gcstions 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 merges
himself into the people that through
united effort his personal ends, as well
as the good Of the whole, may be adj
vanced. Suppose this individual put
his conscience above the church, Sup
pose he rank his wisdom above hat Of
the party? Mr.. Curtis say this is man.
illness, but is it not rather rebellion? l.
it not the o%utgrowth Of 4 sclf-snfiicien-
CIV which no amount Of wisdom or
purity can warrant? The views of the
whole are c~rystallized 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
It's manly man is 10 rule how shall we
regulate any kind of government. or
will there be any government at all'
The child's conscience Is as sacred to
him as that Of the parents is to them:
so the child must not be disciplined
against its OWE 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 instructions are
unwise. he will cease to follow them
and Immediately proceed TO instruct
himself. The duties Of a subordinate
are necessarily of an executive charac.
ter; but it is not difficult for him. il he
be a truly manly individual. to assume
the duties and the authority of his SUI
perior. Why. with the same principle
Of action carried ont, should not the
ordinary soldier refuse to obey the or
ders of men higher in command? AND
what is 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 sovcr.
eign will?
Mr.. Curtis is careful not to saw tina,
the delegate of a convention should re.
fuse to ac:- In most of the cases men.
toned the emergency of the manly
man can be escaped by resignation: bur
the delegate. though as such be repre-
sents not his own views 80 much n
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 MS
" wisdom and ignore that OF the As.
sembled multitude. His knowiedg,
and his purity are better than those oil
the majority. He ''iocks alone. +"
grand. gloomy and peculiar. The con
vention must come 10 him, he can no,
90 to the convention. He is modest.
however; he readily grants that the
convention has IS good . right To bob
his nomination as he has S0l bolt il.
pominsfion.
Perhaps. - the truly manly mar
seems 70 think. the subject ends righI
here: and vet il ID really m interestibs
question what kind Of government ~
should have, or II We should have any