St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-22

precisely the same. That is to say,
a nation composed of few land
lords and of many tenants-the tenants
reSorting from time to time to mob VIC
lence, land the landlords depending upon
a standing army. 1t would be we'll, as
it seems to me, for the legislature TO fix
the amount of land that a private citi-
zen may own, The amount to be thus
held will depend upon manv local cir
cumstances. Let me suppose that the
amound of land that may be held for a
farmer for cultivation has been fixed
at 100 acres, and suppose that A has
several thousand acres, B wishes
to buy 100 acres or less of this
land, for the purpose of making himself
a home. A refuses to sell. Now ! be-
lieve that the law should be so that
can invoke this right of eminent domain
and file his petition. have the case
brought before jury or before COM
misSionerS, who shall hear the evidence
and determine the value, and on the
payment of the amount the land shall
belong to B. would extend the
same law to lots and houses
in cities and villages-the object
being to fill our country with the
owners of homes. so that every child
shall have a fireSlde, every father and
mother roof. provided they have the
intelligence, the energy and the indus
try to acquire the necessary means.
Tenements and flats and rented land
are, i'll my Judgment, the enemies of
civilization. They make the rich
richer and the poor poorer. They put
few in palaces, but they put many in
prisons. The home is
THE UNIT OF CIVILIZATION
the foundation of good government, and
IN SnpITrp hntnpS for q great majority nf
our citizens, would be to lay the founda-
ton of our government deeper and
broader and stronger than that OF any
nation that has existed among men. No
one places higher value upon the free
school than L do. But much that is
called education simply units men sue
ceSSfully TO fight the battle of life.
Much valuable time is wasted
in studying languages that long
ago were dead and histories in which
there is no truth. The object of all
education should be to increase the use
fulness of men. Every human being
should be taught that his first duty is to
take care of himself, and that to be
self-reSpecting he must be self-support-
ing. To live on labor of others. either
by force which enSlaveS, or by cunning
which robs, or by borrowing
or begging, is wholly dis
honorable. HEvery man should be
taught some useful art. This would
give feeling of independence. which
Is the tirmest foundation of honor or of
character. Every man knowing that he
is useful admires himself. In all the
schools children should be taught
to work in wood and iron, to
understand the construction and
use of machinery, to become
acquainted with the great forces
that man is using to do his work. The
present system OF education teaches
names, not things. 1t is as though we
should spend years in learning the
names Of cards. without playinga game.
The more real education, the less crime
and the more homes, the fewer prisons.
Ignorance, filth and poverty are the
missionaries of crime. As long as dis
honorable success outranks honest eff
fort-as long as
SOCIETY BOWS AND CRINGES
before the great thieves, there will he
little ones enough to fill the iails. All
the penalties, all the punshments are
Inflicted under belief that man can do
right under all circumstances-tha his
conduct is absolutely under his control,
and that his will is pilot that can. in
spite OF winds and tides, reach any port
desired. In all this. in my Judgment, we
must take into consideration the nature
of mantle facts of niind-the power
of temptation, the limitation of
the Intellect, the force of habit, the re-
suit of heredity. the power of passion,
the domination of want, the disease of
the brain, the tyranny of appetite, the
cruelty Of conditions, the results of as
ISOLATION, the effects of poverty and
wealth, or of helpleSsness and power.
Our Ignorance should make us hesitate.
Our weakness should make US mercitul.
l cannot more tittingly close this adj
dress than by quoting the prayer OF the
Buddhist: 81 pray thee to have pity on
the vicious, Thou hast already had pity
on the virtuous by making them So"