St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-08
LAWYERS WILLIAMS AND HAL
LAM DISCUSS THEQuESTION
OF PATRIOTISM.
THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL
INSPIRES ONE TO DEENUNCIA-
TlON OF MACHINE pOLITI-
CLANS.
SECRET POLITICAL ORDERS
Are Unnecessary and Foreicn TO
Our Land, Says Lawyer
HaIiaIn.

a patriotic platform meeting was
held at the Peoples church last even
ing to discuss Patriotism in Com
mon Life and patriotism in the
Church" The former topic was
treated by W. II. Williams and the
latter by Oscar Hallam. Both gen
tlemen are local attorneys. H. c..
Capsar, president of the young peo-
pies society, presided. There were
about thirty people present, of which
half We're ladies.
Mr.. Williams was of the opinion
that the ordinary celebration of the
Fourth of July was induced more by
a cort Of superficial self-conceit than
any deep, abiding patriotism. Re
ferring to the Sons of the Revolution,
he said that he doubted if Venera-
ton of the past was true patriotism,
for all the patriots are not dead.
God is still able to raise UP just as
devoted lovers of their country from
among the ranks of the newly ar
rived immigrants in this land. Ger
tain conditions must be provided be-
fore a genuine patriotism can -four
ish. Such a quality cannot exist in
a country where the poor are being
constantly ground down, where the
rights Of the citizen are ignored,
where justice is administered through
the channels of bribery and corrup-
ton. Only by maintaining these
violated conditions can patriotism be
built up. Popular rights must be
preserved intact. Government by the
people means government by an in
telligent will. To keep this will in
telligent it is absolutely necessary
to watch over 1.-The little red school
house. We cannot allow this SYM
Dol of one of our greatest American
institutions to be inSulted in public
professions. In order to maintain
a solid basis for patriotism, politics
must be conducted upon a high and
honorable plane. A great party can
not be allowed to exert itself solely
for the purpose of remaining in
power. The recent meeting of the
Republican league clubs pretended
to represent the Republican party,
but it was a gathering of machine
leaders, wire pullers, dealers in cor
ruption. Every vital issue was
lodged on the plea that an honest
platform might iInperil party sue
cess. Unless politics can be purified
in this country, the growth of gen
uine patriotism will be rendered we'll
nigh impossible.
DUTY OF THE CHURCH.
Mr.. Harain was convinced that the
common soldier, in every great war,
is actuated by something more than
mere desire for fame. He is influ-
enced, perhaps, by something Of bra
vado, yet he cannot but possess a
large share of pure patriotism. War,
as an institution, is being left behind.
We are developing the unselfishness
that exists in every man. Perhaps the
highest duty of the church is TO de-
veiop these possibilities Of good citi-
zenship. The church and state are
both necessary public institutions. Ac-
cording to the law of the land, they
cannot be united. There was a time
when the state was absorbed by the
church, but the latter is necessarily
too emotional to maintain a wise di- ]
plomacy or a stable government. At
present the United States probably
presents a more complete separation
of church and state than has ever eX-
listed before. Yet scarcely a denomi-
nation but makes some attempt in the
field Of education where so much is
being done by the state. No apparent
reason exists why this cooperation
cannot be continued. The present
generation is not to be hoodwinked or
kept in the dark. If the church is to
educate, its work must be done in the !
light Of modern science and discovery.
If it endeavors to teach doctrine and
to avoid the results of modern thought
and investigation, it had better aban-
don education altogether. for it v-iI1
then produce nothing but infidels. If
the state attempts to incorporate pc
rochial schools, trouble will surely fol-
low. But nothing is really to be
feared in the line of an encroachnlent
by the church upon the state. The
tendency is rather in the contrary di-
rection.
No occasion is presented for the |
formation of secret or clandestine as
sociations. The necessity rarely exists |
for such hidden political forces, and |
progress is never upon these lines. /
The best panacea for political evils is |
the light of publicity. Patriotism is |
by no means declining. II we were all |
better acquainted with the history of /
political events hundred years ago, |
we would realize that there then ex-
listed even more partisanship than at
the present time. No event in our
history showed a more general de-
votion to the common interests than
the speedy and harmless manner in
which the great labor troubles of last
year were adjusted by the national
executive. But the problem of govern
ment is not yet solved. The mightiest
nations had gone down in the past. |
The English nation had endured the 1
longest of all, and the United States
expects to endure even longer. Yet
every effort should constantly be made
by both church and state that patri-
otism be encouraged in its pureSt form. |
Rev. DR.. S. G. Smith announces that
next Sunday evening a sermon would
be delivered at the Peoples church by
the Rev Addison Moore, pastor of the
Park Baptist church, upon
1.-The Ethics of Music; or the Art Path
to God"
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