Kansas City daily journal., 1895-10-05

see the citizens OF a common country ih,
ehildTen of common mother divided int,
one camp inlamng their followers agains
their fellow citizens In the other camp
| images with flaming eyes and rcd gapinl
mouths, with dragons heads. with Smy
images. ur and down the ranks. and say
See, these are the images of your fellow
bring down ruin on the country they al,
as The aoln NAV 10 an, anSporuis,. s Y
them ana fight them. Self-preservation Is
the htst law OF life, and this is a war OF
| eNterminattou, All means are allowable
ana no quarter is to be given" Tie chill.
dren born IN the camp remain there as 3
one camp to the other Is TO be a traitor
| hated AZ home aud suspected abroad. You
| nght for your party, right or wrong; and
| take your share Of the spoil according to
| the fortunes OF war
To abandon the figure Of speech, you see
| that the political system Is wooden. The
| electors as mass have no liberty. Public
| vote on. the merits of questions as they
! arise. II Republicans take up good meas
| ure we. as Democrats, can not give II Ac-
| tive support, We can not believe 81 is really
! good because ~ has a tag ON II marked
support, We can not even keep quiet. we
| must 60 down to the electors ana sophisti-
feat the measure because rorsooth the dam
| age TO the country which would come by
.
good OF the proposed reform ] am Il party
man first. an American second, and an
honest truthful man last
We let prejudice and names lead MS about
hN tue nose | heard a politician express
his sincere happiness at being, opt of oiliee.
patronage, the friends be had lost. the cne-
mics he had made. He had been good
officer: he had selected his subordinates for
efficiency and integrity y,aud not for political
service; but he had been ~ perpetual hot
water. ! said TO him when he got through,
We'll. you must be civil service re-
former by this time profane but eX-
away. He had a prejudice against a
phrase There is everything in name
ey,grythins in trade mark.
tion should and does bsget political toler-
ance Liberal education gives man some
teaches him how Difficult; It is TO get hold
or the whole truth. X puts him on his
guard against the tricks Of words and
phrases. against the frauds OF passion,
against .h- deCeits of reason. 1t informs
him OF the ldrseness OF truth so that he
never thinks n" has caught the whole uni
verse under his hat. And, more impOr ant
than this, IL teaches him. in measure
how truth Is really propagatel; that is
by reason and persuasion and love- and not
hy force and threat ANA hatred. All this
beget~ tolerance.
Tolerance Is not Indifference; tolerance IS
good Indifference l. worse thsn bigOtry.
Tolerance implies positive conviction. II a
man don't care. he is simply careless, he is
is the willing consent that other men
should hold and express real opinions with
which We disagree until they are convinced
by reason that those opinions are untrue"
Tolerance does not mean that you leave
the victim of free trade heresy alone. You
10 nor. You 10 AZ MN hummer and longs,
only y, thr right spirit ana III the right
way. You do not wIlfully miSquute authuri-
.lr1 70 mn. EHu 10 Mot use dtsTlntnts you
a fool; you do not Try 20 force. him by stir
ring up prejudic"s against him: by belit-
ding him and d-rdinE him. You gO at him
al -
vert MIN Ana II y ends by your converting
EolfsSt 10 MS Views, 50 muth the bet
,.' nii1. men eNPegt that yop VII help
Sv!F" the Gliheult political, social and eco
nome tii problems which best Us You viii d
inls by strensthening the faith OF the mul- |
ttule IN reason and righteousness Faith |
in reason; Herr, for example. is AN ign1- |
rant ndn, VINO has H;tle piece of cloth. |
wants 20 Know whether that blood is hu- !
man or animal blood He does not know. |
science "an tell. He has no knowledge of |
seleuttn. processes ana no confidence in
.a.ryoy yaHt. or perhaps he puts th- uu-s-
tloH 70 D. vote. instead o.! yong away and
people. want 70 know about some OF these
= gaOm- questions, ana We 60 ana CON
~ai- the ,.a.rv0yants, or We make it
sieE eat.l, ana the question nj is " whdtfer tHt
~. disease is .ma.lpoX or scarlet fever
IT us Vote on IT, Tn. majority rules
Ta- question Is how 10 keep cholera out
u. ta- country and one party saws throw,
salt .u the sra whl.. the other saws Inject
y1s gen .nt, ~. air and We take a ynf= ON
g. Now, there are a good many 6iIe.fiogs
% .f- that yori cannot oct a, in ma Wv,
4uF sgr-. Of r.esa economic ulIasrio,s /
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