St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
SOME EAD.tAb VIEWS
Expressed II Lev. -. c. Pope in a
SaPrnnn on civil Service

tNTTCt St q y Lev ~ \. L opO ih @
sermon on civil service.
Rev. W. c. Pope. of the Church of the
Good Shep herd. preached sermon yes
CAV nlling On civil service reform
from the text: Render unto Caesar the
hings that are C3Sar'S.' lie sum-
med up as fellows: Compliance
with this test requires that a
citizen of the United States must be a
gojly. intelligent lover Of his country.
Nothing short of cody Will answer the
purpose. Tie distinction between rich
and Door is becoming greater. The
pnor man must be more gOdly i'll order
~ bear cOntpntedly his poverty. The
Tich must he gudlv in order to be liberal
and use his power Alright; otherwise
there viii be- rebellion among the poor.
and tyranny will be exercised by the
powerful.
Among the Romans was often heard
the cry, "PaHem ct eTCreuSes' -bread
and tie circus. The Roman pOpulace
demanded food and amusement. In
EuIOpean countries IL Las been the Gus
tom for the rulers TO go 10 war in order
10 distract the attention OF the Peep
from the government itself. By this
means have the turbulent been cut off
and food and amusement afforded the
people. Ii is not thus with our own
populace. nor will they be turned aside
from examining the affairs Of govern
nent.
Low, degraded men, possessing the
power of the ballot. will WELD it to their
own and their connlry's destruction un-
less tlty are trained in ways OF gOdl
ness. Allow me then, to plead for car
own parish school. The Manual Train
ing school. lately introduced into this
city. is naSed on right principles. As
one of the instructors informs me-the
whole bny-phySical and intellectual, is
to ne edurated. But. do the physical
and intellectual parts make UP tile
whole boy? Does not the Apostle tell
Us that he consists of body, SOUL and
spirit?
VI hat shall we say of an education
which teaches the young, besides the
various school branches, the arts of
man. training school which teaches
them the science which would organize
item INTO military brigade and vet
leave out the training of the spiritual
nature? Il is education which is based
upon the right principle of education
the whole naturr-and is yet deficient
in the principal part in the education
OF the spiritual nature The proper ed
ucatiun OF an American citizen should
The American citizen must thor
Oughly understand the principles OF
Amer can government and his duties as
citizen. 1t is obligatory on judges OF
courts, granting naturalization pa
perS. TO see that applicants for
citizenship shall be persons of
this deScTip tiOn. As matter of fact
We know many are made citizens who
are unworthy. The law is defective in
that persons are allowed citizenship
after 90 brief a sOjOurn in this country.
The Emperor Napoleon said he would
willingly grant more liberty to the
French if they were fitted for its enjoy
ment. IL is seen since his dethrOnement
that he was correct in his estimation Of
the French people. Various changes in
the French government have manifested
the tact that her people had not been
fitted for the privileges and duties of
citizenship.
Emigrants of the lower type than the
French are continually fiOcking to our
shores men incapable of understand
ing the principles of our government,
or approaching the privileges whirh
citizenship cOhfeTS. 1t behOOves the
American government to see that citi-
ZenShip i'm the United States is not de-
graded by being UnwOrthily conferred.
country is the advancement Of civil ser
vice reform. When Washington was
about to enter upon the duties of preSi-
dent he received many applications for
office. He declined, entertaining the
applications, saying he would enter
upon the duties untrammeled. When
he becamS president two persons ap-
piled for Office-one friend, the other
political opponent. TO the astOnish-
ment of the people his political OPP
punent received the Office. In eXplana-
ton he said: "My friend | receive to
my home and heart, but he Is not a
business man; my opponent is fitted for
the office. lam president of the Urited
States and not George Washington"
This principles governed the presidents
until the time of Andrew Jackson: then,
to the chagrin and Indignation of right
minded people, capable men were
turned out of positions to make place for
political faVOrItes. The nation now
iamrnts the death of Hon. George n.
PendletOn, the author of the civil service
bill. What corporation, society or bust
ness firm could expect to be successful
If every four years it turned out its
capable employees and filled the vacan-
cirs Oh other grounds than thnse Of
business? The American government
has no reason TO expect tnaC IL snail Oe
carried Oh successfully and hOnOrably
while acting on any other
principles than a business firm
would. In foreign countries a
boy will go into diplomatic corps in
tending to make diplomacy the business
of his life; when at mature years he
will have arrived at an honorable posi-
ton in diplomatic COPS, and will be
therefore eonversant with the duties of
his profession. In this way the EN-
pIOyes of a government do credit to
themselves and the government which
they serve. From what has been said
it will be concluded that Render unto
Cesar the things which be Caesars"
has far more reaching intention as
applied to citizen of the United States
than when applied to Roman of the
first century. The sole duty of Christ
ian of the first century was to be sub
ject to the higher pOwers-which per-
chance might mean maTtyrdom. The
duty Of an English subject in the six
teenth century meant loyalty to per-
sonal sovereign. But these duties did
not require of man as much as is re-
enired of the American citizen. He
must be godly, intelligent and capable
In the highest degree, for not otherwise
can he do his duty to his country, "Ren-
dering unto Cesar the things which be
Caesars"