The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-11-07


OMNTpOTENCE."
the criminal has not possession Of the GOV
eminent. The white people, the race
wr0nged and outraged, is III power ana as
they are the Judges jurors ana sherIliS,
there is not the slightest possibility OIL lhe
escape of the prisoner.
A mob is a sudden revolution. In does
not reason, has no conscience ana Its Flo-
lence is unrestrained whether IT burns
down an Ursullnc convent IN A'SStcHu-
setts or tOrturcS negro rut1lan IN leAaS'
4 mob of civilized but infurlate4 men OF
of hungry cnraged women, would violate
all law. human and divine. y mob SapS
the formation of society, uproots All gov
eminent and regards not GOD nor ii!ah'
Our free institutions cannot survive IL
dov eycppt upon the union of liberty ana
law. President Harrison uttered an ON
mons truth ut Chicago when ne Sald th@1-
'all social order, all domestic happiness anu
oll legal institutions are dependcnt upon the
acceptance by all the people OF the primer
ple Of obedience to the law
II is a grave error to suppose that de1lloc-
racv means the right of the people 10 any
whore and everywhere execute thdt popular
will Ours is Il representative govern
mcnt. 1t has been strlkngly and truly
said: "Justice is in the hands of the people
only when it is in the hands of organized
tribunals"
Province Of Legislation.
There is n wrong estimate of the powers
of legislation Too many people regard it
as a sort of secondhand providence and
are eternally asking their representatives,
:Wen, what are you going to do Tor u.s.
In cases of commercial disaster, agflcuI-
tural depression, financial crisis and ma
tonal bankruptcy we are too prone to
look for legislative cures, for poiltcai nos
trums Legislation cannot increase the
real wealth of the land which IS to be found
in the returns Of agricul ture. There are
fOOlS
who are trying to find IL short cut to nation
al and individual prosperity, but treating
wealth as if it were a thing that created
itself without the Intervention of labor.
Great charges and new systems IN trade
and finance are not 10 be ordered as you
would order a suit of clothes. History con
dennis south sea- bubbles. John law
schemes and shin-plastor currency. Build
ing Chinese walls around commerce never
made a nation prosperous nor the absurd
idea that what one nation gains, another
loses.
The Situation in the south.
We have had serious agricultural de-
preston. The abolition of slavery and the
war impoverished the south and paralyzed
southern industries The remedy is TO in
crease, to diversity and make more valuable
our products. We need intelligent and
skilled labor. ] heard man say the other
day II amt got nOthin' and don't want
nothin'." Now what good was heE What
we want is an alliance of brains and hands.
Labor is the source of wealth and the
more skill, the more production
In the United States over 2,0UO,O0,00O
horsepower tolls for us. Science III the
engine mas found practical application and
ceases the mere theory when 1t becomes
partner of the useful arts. Science mas
relieved labor from Il weary struggle III
almost every conceivable avenue of labor.
Lowering cost, choapcning necessares and
,riVino toll an iDrrp1ApI reward
The Place of Education.
This machinery of withdrawing in
dustry demands educated intelligence. OF
paramount Importance to the state is edu-
cation-uniyersal education. Here is Il
scope for the highest craftsmanship. Edu-
cation is the basis of civilization and the
one vital condition of prosperity.
William Evart Gladstone is the greatest
statesman the world has produced in this
generation. He is not only Il statesman,
but he is a scholar, a writer, an artist
and a critic of matchless ability. He
has shown his appreciation of education
by giving the commissioners of schools q
place in the premiers cabinet. Recently
he said, The department that deals with
education is the most important i'll domestic
administration. -"
One of the most important and profound
changes i'll the ends of modern education
is the incorporation in the curriculum of
manual training. 1t brings education into
contact with every day pursuits and our
most important interests.
In the past the three RS have been the
cabilstic dogma and the universal rule.
TO them let us add the three Hs-hand,
head and heart The ordinary graudate
with his arm full of diplomas is sad spec
tace. He has been educated away from
the practical duties of life-educated to
be clerk or professional man-educated
If without special literary tastes he is la
bic to become idle or disspated. If he had
been taught the use of tools and their ap-
plication he might have gone creditably
through the world. Our greatest thinkers
testify to the value of manual training in
the development of the intellect. In the
public schools of Philadelphia the use of