St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04
VIEWS OF THE REVIEWS.

1uC AOI LII 0lO-
bons is not of those who think that in
devoting their lives to church they
are released from the duties of citizen
ship. My rights as a citizen were not
abdicated or abridged on becoming a
Christian prelate. and the sacred char
acter l profess, far from leSsening,
rather increases my obligations to my
country" is the opening sentence of his
article on patriotism and Politics"
Every political question bias moral
side which should especially enlist the
earnest support of that class Of men
who give their lives to the advancement
of morals. Incubation of Christian
doctrines and citizenship should go
hand in hand, for the bad citizen can
not be a good Christian. In higher
sense the church and state are inSep-
arabic; they are buth based on the 10y
atty, the high sense OF duty, the sacri-
flee of self, the reign OF conscience.
which characterize alike the patriot and
the deyOtee. For the evils which have
overthrown the earlier republics, and
which are active forces threatening ours
today, the cardinal would provide par
tial remedies, all designed "to foster
and preserve what may be called
Public Conscience" That light which
directs the man between good and evil,
which reveals to him the right or wrong
of his acts, must be his guide also in
the affairs of his political life. For he
is anSwerable to God for his political,
as we'll as his personal life" To this
end he would have laws to preserve the
purity and privacy of the ballot box, a
GI1Io tN a
yigiIant and fearless press to expose
and denounce violations, aided and
supported by the citizenry. 1t is the
duty of the citizens of a free country,
not only to encourage the press, but to
cooperate with it; and it is Il miSfOrt-
une for any land when its leading
men neglect to instruct their country
and act on public opinion through this
powerful instrument for good" lie
would incorporate into the lessons of
our schools the duties of citizenship,
teach cyics by precept and example !;
Undue the youthful mind, in its recep-
tive and formative state, with love of
country and adherence of all practices
which injure it. He would also have
patriotism taught by a more hearty
celebration of our national holidays,
deeming this especially necessary be-
cause of the immense influx of foreign
erS who are strangers to our
institutions. He would maintain
party lines 'as all indispensable
means for preserving political purity"
1t may be questioned if the cardinal
does not oyereStimate the value. as q
means TO that end, of that watchfulness
Of the opposition, its exposure of the
biunders and defects of the other party,
which he regards as the chief benefit of
partisanry. Those who have observed
closely it's effects in our country have
seen now whatever efficacy it may have
had or might have has been lost
by its abuse. Partisan papers. iii their
zeal, conceal or excuse OffenseS against
the state If committed by their parti-
sans, and are too prone to misrepresent.
falSify or greatly exaggerate whatever
relates to the opposition. They have
bred in the public mind a habit of dis
belief of their statements which de-
prives their function of all value. The
most serious charges are disposed of by
the party against whom they are made
as only another newspaper lie;"
while experience has taught those Of
the same party not to be too
creGulouS of what their own papers as
sert. For this the press Of both parties
is to blame, and with them the remedy
lies. But that political strife - the
struggles of parties-is healthful, that in
the general results they are educational
and beneficial is evident. 1t is ques-
ton which thoughtful men are discuss
ing today, whether we should not in our
republic follow the Athenians. and COM
pei men to an interest and participa-
ton in the decision of the political
cnhmitfaH OF nnoh nlnOfinn
Rights and duties are correlative; if a
citizen has a right to vote, which he
may enforce by law, then it is his duty
to vote, which should be compelled by
law. The attempt to prevent the oppOr-
tunity to bribe voters which the open
ballot afforded. by providing the secret
ballot of the Australian system, is already
being frustrated by the corruptionists
by bribing men not to vote. Voting
will have to be made compulsory to
meet this device of the enemies alike of
good government and good citizenship.
Under the caption, ga Southerner on
the Negro Question:" Thomas Nelson
Page, the charming teller OF stories,
finds the chief difficulty in the way Of
the solution of the problem III the diff
ferent views of it held by the two sec
tions. The North regards it as an ab-
stract question of the right of the negro
to vote; the South as great race ques-
ton. The North made it question of
race when it enfranchised the negro
in order to give supremacy to the then
dominant party. 1t made it the para
mount issue. 1t gave to the force bill
significance in the South which the
North could not sense. The racial diff
far nd ionF III
Theories, distractions, will not efface it.
1t is the difference between the active,
pushing, developing, progressive race
and the inert, stationary, unpro-
greSsiye one. Mr.. Page reaches the
same conclusion at which Pro-.
Bryce arrived-the problem must be
left to be worked out by the play OF the
unavoidable conditions which environ
it. They may be aided by eliminating
as far as may be the political factor
which has been so irritating, not by
deprivation of a suffrage unwisely
given, but by capitalizlng the negro as
a party asset. Add incentive to progress
by requiring education as condition
precedent to citizenship. The concud-
ing sentence presents a condition which
must be taken into account in any con-
sideration of this problem. Mr.. Page
says: I'VE have educated him; we
have aided him; we have sustained him
i'll all right directions. We are ready
to continue our aid; but we will not be
dominated by him. When we shall be
it is our settled conviction that we shall
deserve the degradation into which we
shall have sunk"
An Unlucky Locomotive.
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