The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-03-12
rnrE DISCUSSION IN ENGLAND,

Ed DEM0CRAT:--lh great lack In
most land Is reAdom OF discussion,
Even 10 this free C0uIt,y cltlZens are
educated IN 0ne-lided politics. Party
Ism runs 80 high that the people aCJ ~
though they were deadly enemips 70
each other. IL n country Ia tO D'Osper
thiq muat be broke through. Solomon
says: "He that answereth m tier De.
f0ra h heaTeth II, II Is FOLLY and shame
unto him" Solomon can not mean
hera, that a man answereth before he
hears a. all; that would be absurd. 10
IL obvious then that he means both
sldea, A great bArlAter once said. "A
slate has two sides, aud though one
a 10 may read very paus bic, You can
not tell what IL on the Otner side till IL
IL turned np." JOnn Stuart Mill says.
"Bnt on every subject on which differ
ehce OF opinion IL possible the truth de-
pends on balance TO be struck between
two sets Of cor nAicting reasOns," Cicero
left on record that he studied his OppOn
ent's cause with M great, II not still
greater, intensity than lis own. j. 8,
Mil say: What CictrO pIacticed ~
tho means OF forensic success requires
10 be inflated by all who study any
subject In order TO arrive mt the truth"
81, Paul says: "PrOye all things; hold
fast that which Is good" ST James Od.
ylaes TO try the splrit-that IL, tho diff
feTent opinions or doctrines taught NJ
that time. "rhe Lord himself says:
Come and lot "a reason together"
a Pa "a
Milton says: LET truth aud falsehoOl
graple; who ever knew truth put 10
fight 0y fair and open encounter"
And some writer has written: "Truth,
like a torch, the more It's shook II
shines"
Discussion Is n reanCr. We can know
nothing as we ought TO know unless II
goes through tho reininlng furnace Of
debate.
Freedom OF diccusslOn pleyatea peO.
pie more and foster than anything else,
II puts into play all the dormant facul-
Ties, and makes a man bring out with
energy all tho powers he In capable Of.
" makes him watchful aud jealous, be-
cause he knows 0thcr eyes are on him
and all he says will he criticised. II Ii
the refining fire, and Il Is the fundation
on which popular governments must
rest.
England owes her liberty 10 freedom
OF discussion, and there is not q country
In lha world no free aa England to-day
In this resp ct Any man dare teach
any views ~ he plAa'e', and II one po
liiical party hle a meeting, the other
can olfer IN that meeting, from the same
platform, an amendment to the resOlu-
tiona put and the amendments are often
carried.
They have what Is called local par'ia
ments, each party chooses their own
members, and they bring In their hills
and put them through In as orderly u
manner NJ In the House Of Commons,
and they often fortell the House on im-
porlaut questions,
do pol know OF newspaper In Eng.
land, and | am acquainted With many
that VIII refuse 10 publish both sides
and allow q discussion. have myself
taken part In u newspaper discussion
which lasted ten weeks. II giyca
2ost TO the subject Gni those who do
not notice an article get warmed up on
q discussion as TIE debate proceeds and
the subj o. becomes Interesting. This
10 what IL wanted In this country.
Those who object t0 their views being
discussed are worse than the Jewish
pharlsees, or the heaihrn4 who had the
insci iption 10 the unknown god. The
synagOgnes Of the Jewa were free to any
one TO read and expound the law and
the prophets, and questions were put to
tho eXp0undor.
Any who obi ct are mOnopNlIsts of
mind, and muat he towards, for they
must no Ofraid Of being put to the worst
and evidently would rather see the
world suffer for want II tho truth, be.
Ing satisfactorily set forth, rather than
give up their own solhihl ose, aud they
are hyp0crltes II they pretend 10 be
Christians, for Christian IL enjoinpd to
be reody at all times to "giyo u reason
for the hope that Is In him"
They ought to pray; Lord give us
more OF the mind that wds In Christ,
john 3, MILLER.