The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-27

above the slavery of partyism and takes
the out from under the pressure of ma
chine politics and blind prejudice and
makes me what nm because what am
Is right and keeps me from doing the
wrong because it is wrong. l have no
patience with the man who sells out;
have less patience with the man who In
scared out. Many man in this coun.
try would be better citizen If he had
the courage to be. Cowardice and con-
tumacy are twin brothers. The courage
that transforms opinions into convic'
tons, the courage then that follows con-
victions TO the gallows, the block, or the
stale-the courage like Saint Paul had
when he said: None of these things
mock me; neither count my life dear
unto myself"
Another element of good citizenship
Is neighborly spirit. An intensely
selfish man can never be good citizen,
but he who looks not upon that which Is
his own, but upon the things of another,
a neighborly disposition which makea
him u brother to every man, father to
every orphan. n husband to every widow,
good neighbor who always picks up
the wounded man by the wnyside and
carries him to the inn and foots the
whole bill from start to finish.
Another characteristic of good citi-
zen is that he is q man who fosters all
GOOD. He believes in the churches, in
Sunday-schools. in Y. NJ. C. AS, and in
every institution which tends to elevate
man and which tends TO develop the
moral side of man. | have no patience
with the American citizen who gathers
q lot Of buns and thugs around him
and who says the church is full of fools
and hypocrites, and that Christianity is
failure. I believe an iuddel is incapa-
bic of being n good citizen, for no man
can be friend to men who is an enemy
Of God. This country has never ele-
waited an infdel to position or place, so
far as know. Faith in God and good
moral character are essential to good
citizenship.
Another element of good citizenship
Is industry. The man who chooses ra-
tional employment and stays by his job,
earning his bread by the sweat OF his
brow, is good citizen--not the little
stock Spectator who lives on puts and
calls, bears and bulls, and ups and
downs from the New York, Chicago or
ST. Louis stock exchanges, or the wheat,
corn and cotton future speculntious of
this country The man who to-day
plowed an acre of corn, or made pair
of shoes, or dug coal from under the
earth is better citizen than any mem
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everything else being equal. Industry
in essential to good citizenship.
Another essential element 10 good cit
izenship is sobrety. No habitual drink
ing man Is good citizen. lie furnishes
not only II bad example to his own boys
but despisablc example TO the boys of
all other homes. No good citizen will
vote for or patronize the saloons, for the
saloon is the worst enemy any govern
ment can foster or any citizen patronize,
for there is not a worse thing this side
the gates of predition than an open
saloon. The drunkard would not be in
the gutter but for the saloons, The
saloon would not be in the state but for
the law that created it. The law and the
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IN existence but for the legislature that
made the law, and the legislature that
made the law, that created the saloon,
| that made the drunkard would not ho N
existence but for the voter; and after
all the voter is at the bottom of every
| good thing and every evil thing; and
when good citizens only vote then we
will rid this country OF every evil thing
and only create and maintain that
which is good and that which makes
good citizens.
\ good citizen is also man Of integ-
rity. His word goes. his promises are
sure. You can rely upon them. His
word is equal to the bond of million
aire; his character is worth more than
sureties. \ good citizen is man who
| Is "A good husband to his wife. n rood IA