The Monticellonian., 1894-09-28

taelf pens. lHeY were all ngnt- ing for the same great cause and were anainated with the same spirit.
 That spirit was deep love Of country and desire to see it re- leased from British oppression. A time of war presents conditions which enable men 10 prove their patriotism in surer manner than in times of peace. Hence the cause of the word being associated ! with the idea of war.
 This we think to some extent an unfortunate association. There ! are battles to he fought in times of war, so likewise there are bat ties to he fought in times of peace. The former are battles between contendine armies where brawn and muscle are brought into play | and brute force finally decIdes the contest. Tie latter are battles 1 where brain is pitted against brain and intellect contends with intel feet; battles against fraud against corruption, against greedy m0nop oiy and against peridy to a com mitted trust; battles for honest government and constitutional rights. Those who ght the for mer are patriots in time of war; those who fight the latter are pa- trots in time of peace. The great need of our country now and al l ways has been, is patriots in time of peace.
 We can boast of OUT war pa triots by the score, but seldom do We see patriotism burst forth so spontaneously us that exhibited by Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and Grover Cleveland, neither of whom ever once unsheathed the sword on the field of battle to add lustcr to hls name. Such patriot ism rises above all partisan preiu. dices, all sectional aHimosities ard seeks the good of the whole coun try. It labors for the develop ment of our internal resources, for the upbnildihg of our literary in- stitulioES, for good govern ment and equal rights to all viti gers. That Is the kind of patriot ism, which NC, as teachers, should strive to inculcate in the minds of oul pupils A patriotism that will make honorable, Iaw-adiding citi. zcns of them; that will display it- self at the polls by every vote that is cast and by every public and private act of their life.
 In the development of patriotism lin our pupils the training of their IN Aoral' nature and their mental fac all lies must % hand Tn hand, and neither must be neglected,
 The educated man without mor- al exGellency is likely to be desti tute ot patriotism, for he will not scruple to violate the laws of his country only as he isrestrained by a policX consideration and by a fear of Punishment. Every pa triot will rSspect the law. which is but the expressed will of the ma jority even though 1t does not CO., incide with his own ideas of jus tice. On the other hand, it is al- most impossible for an extremely ignorant man. however honorable and upright he may be, to be a true patriot. He may, unwitting- ly, be made the ready tool of un- scrupnlous demagogues; he cannot appreciate the justice and equity of the principles upon which our government is based; he cannot be- hold it's almost perfect symetry, and view the harmonious working of it's three great departments. He cannot have much loye-mueh patriotism government about which he knows so little.
 We cannot hope 10 soon develop a spirit of patriotism in the thous- ands of foreigners who have land ed on our shores during the last decade when they were drawn hither by q lust for wealth and many of whom have never deem ed it necessary to learn to speak one word of our language. The great strikes which at frequent in- tervals paralyze business in some of our Northern States and even 1 threaten to disrupt the very gov