The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-06-27

God-ke is it all sin to leave.'
-LONGFELLOw.
"Men are lead by strange ways. One should
have tolerance for a man: leave him TO try YET
what he will do.'
"Mav we not again say. that in the huge mass
of evil as it rolls and swellS there is ever some
good working imprisoned; working towards de-
liverance and triumph.
will suppose the prisoner to have
completed the sentence imposed upon
him, less the time allowed by law for
good conduct, and he is provided with
a certificate signed by the warden. of
such good conduct while undergoing
sentence; which, on presentation to the
Governor, entities him to a restoration
of all his rights and privileges as a
citizen. He is once more free-a new
man filled with hope and trust in his
fellow-man; determined that
Each deed
That carried shame and wrong shall be the sting
That drives me higher up the steep OF honor
In deeds of duteous service"
During his long confinement within
these walls, he has learned many things;
he has pondered over his past, and
come to the conclusion that wrong
doing does not pay, that it yields no true
happiness, that it lowers, and degrades,
and eventually brutaliZeS the man who
will persist in it. He has seen many
of his fellow prisoners go out, and
persisting in crime, again return to
Imprisonment. He has seen and heard
of others who have gone forth, and by
honest toll, and manly endeavors, have
made, or are making, position in the
world for themselves. He has studied
and done all in his power while here
to fit himself, to take mans place in
the world; and he goes forth fully re-
solved to labor honestly live soberly, and
conscientiously strive to redeem his
past, and build up future for himself
and it may be for those depending or
him. He has been taught here, tina
the state, that is society, does care fo
him: that it does interest itself in hi
we'll being, and in his reformation; an(
is anxious to see him do what is right
And he believes this, because whil
here, he has proved it to be fact.
Society does care for the prisone
while in confinement. When he is fre
and again reSturned to Citizenship
What will society do for him then
Will it do for him, as it has done wit
others in the past, dog him with it
police, pursue him by detectives, driv
him from the honest work he has OK
tanned, and is willing to do, by pro
claiming the fact that he is an e,
convict: 'not to be trusted,' etc., et
and the thousand and one other metl
DDS by which in the past they hav
driven men again into crime? Witt
out crime, the necessity of detective
and police would cease, therefore it
policy for them to keep up the force {
criminals, and in fact, they have NJ
scrupled to employ any means to d
prive the ex-prisoner of the chance
earning his living by honest effort, ar
so again drive him back to his O
associates, his old way of existing, al
living, and SO back to crime, and
prison.
This system, both in the past and
the present time, is doing more
cOunteract all the good that the sta
is striving to do here, than all 9th
influences combined. | ask society
look into this matter, to see that t
work done by the right hand, is n
undone by the left.
Look for a moment at the fam
life of our people. Here is a fam