The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-06-09

pie. have not been educated. Itw..
In France: st was - in South Atner,-
The whole truth Is that the charrb -
not. The church hiss not the mach,re--
outside Of the state 20 educate a t..,l.
SIXTEEN MILLION poI1An
How futile would private Effort \, .,-
be illustrated by the simple staten.
that in the United States S6.O}a r,.l =.
givcna year 60 education thrunrb -
waite sources. while Si6. Ooo. 600 l. g..
q year In Sew York state alone ,n ,.-t.
lie education. and this Il scarcely 49,,
the amount really needed. Tho 50,
emily has the compelling power no,.l.-.
To save the child from improyiasr,
careless, ignorant and brutal par,n,s--.
There are thousands and thoussras ID
mothers and fathers who have M do
/ 10 educate their children. have no s.,...
Of responsibility, and who. unl,S, g..
sts.te assumes the responsibility. th-.--
j. 10 the dogs. We say thai the ,.,-,,.,
has the primal right Of the inanas,,asvr
Of lie child. This is in one SENSE ,-r..
/ and yet il is true that the state j. o..
| one power 20 which the child cafn,-. f.-
bread and guidance.
II Is question Of surgery or hvrl.-..
| We say the state has the night tn do Ia,
work Of tho surgeon; why not gran, a.,
state the right 20 prevent disca>s o.,
scientific. hygienic laws; know r,.nlr
marry and claim the right to d. win,
they please with their offspring a.,
have they the rightg Has not s,,.igf,.
some rightss In q heather land ,hry
have curious ceremony Of marriage
If a younger daughter in the family
wishes 90 marry before her elder sister
by the laws Of the country il cannot l.,
done except in some way the elder sister
first marry. So IL she has not found d,
husband. she goes out and marrics &.
tree, aud then the ceremony with IA,
younger sister can proceed. There A.,
great many women who would ba
much better off if they had married "a
tree than some men. Tho state must
confront these facts, and sooner OF lat.
it does confront them. Our reforna-
tories, asylums and alashouscs bear
ample testimony 10 the fact that tho
state does meet them. IL costs five dol
lars in the way of state surgery with a
lapsed child and lapsed citizen To save
the body Of society, where ono dollar
invested in the child would have saved
both the child and society. Surgery il
a sad business. Hygiene is the coming
science of medicine.
THE RIOT ACT.
So in tho moral world. Let us save
the children while they can he saved
Our rcforrnatories and asylums and aims.
houses arc institutions built on quaran-
tine principles. There is not much hope
for the inmates We can only try 10
save them from contact with the world
outside. Let us cherish, then, one and
all, the public school, for all alike arc
Affected. The salvation OF the state is
involved. Our prosperity is bound up
in the prosperity of our nation. Let
Catholics stand shoulder TO shoulder ana
defend the public school against all enc
mies-in the church or out of the church
There are plotting priests in the Prutes-
tant world who do not believe in tho
public school. There are plotting PRIESTS
in the Catholic world who haya NOT
proven friends to the public school. Let
those who love their country and look 10
the future, see TO it that this enemy is
met face TO face wherever found. Let
us strengthen and enlarge the schools
until their work shall be thoroughly per
formed, until they shall give TO the child
? true education of all the faculties.
until his head and hand and heart shall
be trained and thoroughly trained. And
let us see to it that education is pro-
vided Tor every child beneath the hag
of TIL nation. If parents stand in tho
way, then they must he taught their
duty. The state owes it to itself, owes
it to the child, owes it to God. If gov
ernments arc corrupt and fail to make
adequate provision for children, as in
New York city we have thousands of
children turned into the streets for lack
Of buildings, let patriots lay their hand
upon such government with a grip of
steel, and firmly read to them the riot
net. 1t is not question of theory. 1t
Is question of politics. 1t is n question
that involves the life and future Of tho
Republic itself.
IN indian woman, during our recent
OF the Indians ON the plains of
he vest, when we turned our Hotchkiss
runs upon them, seeing that her own
life was practically lost, sought in that
moment of supreme crisis q solution for
he peril Of her tribe. As she retreatcd
before the terrible fusilade Of shot she
elzed babe, babe of the tribe not
Ter own, and holding the little form be-
lind her body she retreated before tLs
blazing guns. Her own body was ri -
lied with bullets, and she fell wi
many mortal wounds, from which hi
life blood gushed. But the babe wa
ound without scratch. The instinc
hat led her thus to grasp this child am.
brow her own bleeding body before i
vas the true outburst of patriotic love
Let us see to it, one and all, that
may be our own fate the child
saved. Ii the child can be saved the
r1be is saved, the nation is saved.