The evening world., 1889-01-29
CITIZENSHIP.
DR.. Henry M. Leipziger Tells Of TIA
Rights and Duties,
One Of Six More Lectures in
1.-THE Evening World" Course.
The Discourses Again Well Attended,
and the Interest Growing.

That The EVENING WORLD knows vhnt thu
people will like and what will entertain them
to their taste is attested by the increasinu
popularity of the course of free lectures in
the public school buildings, inaugurated nv
its efforts.
Last evening there was a large attendance
at all the school-rooms where lectures were
given.
The lectures for the evening were How
to Study Science at Home, " by Prof. Sloane:
Rights and Duties of Citizenship" DIR.
Leipziger; THE American Idea," Prof.
Lincoln The Chemistry of What We Eat
and Drink" Prof. Mott Tho Eye and
Ear. :" DR.; Tans.ey, and American Poets"
Grammar School No. A. 80 Allen street.
was the place where the " Rights and Duties
of Citizenship " were expounded, and. Incl.
dentally. the great American eagle was un-
loosed and permitted to Flap its wings.
countries where they are subjects. Here
every man. 80 long as he conducts himself
properly. Is an uncrowned king.
Here there are no self constituted, So called
mobiles to look down upon the masses.
Here in thisc country the masses are para
mount. Majority rules. The vote OF the
hardest working laborer counts for as much
as the richest in the land.
Inc auopteu cltlZen mas equal rights with
the native born. The German boy sits along
side the Irish. the Swede by the Italian, and
so on. And they are all learning to become
useful and patriotic citizens.
They will be even more intensely American
than the native Americans.
In 1776. when the three millions of people
along the Atlantic seaboard of America cast
of the yoke of English despotism, the con-
seryaiives of Europe. shook their heads and
declared that nc people could govern them
selves; that only certain individuals, of fam
lilies sent from heaven, could rule the mill
Ions.
These ideas nave scarcely been justified.
Our country has passed through many terrific
crises, notably that of the great civil war, the
most terrible known in history. Yet, when
that war was over, the soldiers put aside their
weapons and resumed their peaceful pursuits
with a readiness that caused the whole world
to marvel.
Every four years. too, a fierce political bat
tie is fought, and when it is over the van
pushed party phi]osophically accepts the
result and cheerfully aids in carrying out its
opponents policy, and the President elected
by the victorious party Is not President alone
of that party but of a united nation.
Anarchy and Socialism have been forced
prominently on public notice of late years.
Most of the misguided followers of these
Ideas come from countries which are ground
down by the iron heel of despotism. They
are too much embittered against any kind Of
authority to distinguish between a country
controlled by the will of a single despot and
a government framed by the sovereign will
of the people themselves.
Absolute liberty would produce the same
results as anarchy, as the strong would OPP
press the weak; The liberty we enjoy Y,
erty conducive to the general welfare.
Where the best laws are there will we find
the greatest liberty.