The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-20
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49, ana erow;sh Of our school system.
osasequsatay Il b . question Of No
smail MON ant to determine how 4,
9 STATE = receiving the benefit Of thai
system. -"'
.ne STATE demanda that ii citizen,
% y Aslligent. It also demands. md
GU y Is imperaavely, that they be pat.
: sodc Our schools should lose ne ON,
portuniv to impress the virtue Of pat.
raoasm upon each scholar III attend.
saaoe. It Is not enough that a mn ID
Intelligent. That intellieence mnst h.
directed. controlled and applied
through the influences Of patriotism.
or 1t may be turned against the verv
object 1t was expected to favor.
One way of teaching patriotism Ia bv
example Our schools have their an.
sthors' days. and the lives Of our grand
and good singers. and their pure. en-
-nobltng thoughts find a Judgement in
the memories Of the participants.
Statesmen's days would be- even more
appropriate.
One pertinent question to be asking
ourselves ut this time Of the year is, IT
least, suggestive of what may be done
IN this line. 1t Is this: What made
Washington "tirst in the hearts. of his
countrymen?" Let Washington him
self answer:
Commerce and industry arc the best
mines of the nation.
To persevere Is ones duty. and IN
lbe silent is the best answer to calumnv.
1 am resolved that no mierepresenta.
'ttons, ~falsehoods or calumuy shall
make make me swerve from what T
conceive to be the strict line of duty.
The ruling idea of power aud the
right OF the people to establish govern.
ment presupposes the duty of every IN.
dividual to obey the established 90
ment.
AL Instructions to the execution ~
tho laws, all combinations md associa.
tions, under whatever plausible char.
acter. with the real design to direct.
control, %counteract or awe the regular
d~elioeration and acti on of the consti.
tuted authorities. Ere destructive o this
fundamental pr .nciplc and of fatal
tendency. ~
Toward tho preservation ofyour gov
eminent anf4 the permanency of your
present hiAppv state, it is requisite
MOI only chat you steadily discomfort
ance If. egular oppositions to its &C
now edged authority, but also thatyou
resif.t with care tho spirit of innovation
up on ITS principles, however ~specious
the prstexts.
A fire not to be quenched, the spirit
of party demands a uniform vigilance
to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest,
instead of warming, it should con-
sumo.
And let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can be main
tanned without religion. Whatever may
be conceded to the influence of refined
education on minds Of peculiar struct-
ure, reason and e%xperiecne both forbid
us to expect that national morality can
prevail in exclusion Of religious prin-
ciple.
It IS Of infinite moment that YOU
should properly estimate the immense
value of your national union to your
collective and individual happiness;
that you should cherish 2 cordial, hab-
itual and immovable attachment to it;
xscustoming yourself to think and
speak of it as the palladium of your
political safety and prosperity.
l hold the maxim no less applicable
to public than to private affairs, that
honesty is always the best policy.
A different opinion on political points
is not to be imputed to freemen as a
fault. 1t is to be presumed that they
are actuated by an equally laudable
and sacred regard for the liberties of
their country.
Cherish public credit; observe good
faith and justice toward all nations;
cultivate peace and harmony with all.
There is an opinion that parties in free
countries are useful checks upon the
administration of the government, and
serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
But in these of the popular character,
in governments purely elective, it is a
spirit not to be encouraged.
Republicanism is not the phantom of
q deludcd imagination. On the con-
trary, laws under no other form of gov
eminent r better supported, liberty
and property better secured, or happi-
ness more effectually dispensedt to man
kind.
The spirit of party seems always to
distract the public councils and en-
feeble the public administrations. II
agitates the community with ill-found-
ed jealousies and false alarms; kindles
the animosity of n party against
another, and foments, occasionally,
riots and instruction.
No people can be bound to acknowl.
edge and adore an invisible hand which
conducts the affairs of men more than
the people of the United States. Every
step by which they have advanced tt
the character of an Independent ma
ton seems to have been distinguished
by some stroke of providential agency
Promote, as an object of primary
Importance. institutions for the genera
diffusion of knowledge. In proportion
as the structure of a government give
force to public opinion, it is essentia
that public opinion should be enlight
ened.
The name of American, which be
longs to you in your national capacity
must always exalt the just pride 0
patriotism more than any appellatiol
derived from local Determinations.
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THE CHILD OF THE YEAR.