The San Francisco call., 1897-07-06

the duties and responsibilities OF cltisen'f
MAGNIFICENT School System
Igrorance is Egypt; knowledge, Atpen ,
Ignorance is darkness; knoWleus', ;b
Ignorance is We akness; knowleage' So
Ignorance binds the shackles Oh ,ss
around the limbs OF man; kno"ieuse no
on his brow q kingly crown ana IN nls n"ne
scepter of corqueror's power. 90 ,,,aing
and so feeling, cannot refrain from u'e .
nnon Won. as worthy of your jealous care an
anxious solicitude, that magnificent 81 sten:
public school education which, though iinpei
feet and susceptible of Improvement 10
pride of our country, the crowning gloly -
our republican Institutions, the saies r:
better than standing armies AROUND .t',?
cons. itution and liberties of this great peoPto
schools where the rich ana poor meet oa@
common level and daily learn the neediui ies
sons of equality of rights and equahV ot
privileges-schools out OF when hHFe soH
and will go the Nations sturdy strehgth ~ ~
unfaltering hope-sehools wherein are traih
the soldiers to march and win paltles anu
crowned with laure.s OF yitory IN the lunN
OF peace. In these schools let not only aostia.s
truth, morality and the various hanolcraits
be taught; let love for that blessed banner, pat-
riotism, loyalty be iucuIcated; let the iunaa;
mental and eternal and realiZ principles an
truths OF the Declaration OF lndepenuehee -
written on tie heart and engraved ON tne
mind OF youth; let our form ana sysSe
government be made leading branch Oh" th-
struction, and the opportunities IT snoros "
deserving industry and laudable ambition DC
pointed out, SO that the rising generauoni
proud of their country and grateful ior the ::
heritage. may come more fervently to loveth
land of their birth or adoption, anG to practice
those virtues in the administration Of public !:
affairs which alone can render their coun-
try respectable among the nations OF the earth.
In Young Hearts. -
Fellow-citizens: The hope of this blessed
land. this garden spot OF liberty, rests with,
the young hearts that beat to-day with deep
and unutterable emotion. AS they stand upon
| the threshold of the.future over which heaven
has placed the bright bow of PROMISE let
| them be taught the duties and responsibilities
of citizenship, the rights OF honest labor, the
rights of honestly acquired capital. and let the
awful dangers be vividly portrayed that must
inevitably befall this country. their countryr
| by the development of opposing and antag-
onistic classes, from the lack of homogeneity-
! the lack OF common hopes and lofty, pure,
self-denying and disinterested patriotism.
| Teach your children, o patriotic fathers. ana
mothers of Americal that it is far easier to De
slave than a free man; that u republic IS
| no natural system, 'exempt from mutaoillty,
aud decay; that they who would preserve g.
| government must love it. Read to them the
| of Greece, Rome and Carthage and other re-
| pubIics that rose TO splendor and glery
| to sink into degradation and ru1n-anu
| teach them the lessons and philosophy OF his
tory. Let them be taught that In this country
labor is honorable; that white and delicate
hands are not the sign OF q manly SOUL and
| that uprightness of character and purpose,
devotion to truth and justice, make man
and a woman, we'll as a nation, worthy OF
| freedom. Teach them that beneath that nag
all men are free; that in this land there shall
| be absolute freedom of religious opinion;
| that no slave shall toll on Colum bias soil;
| that the loftiest mansion and the lowllest
hut must be protected; that honest labor
| must receive its just reward; that honest
! apital must be secur in all its rights. Teach
! them that this is a land of liberty and order,
! not of license and anarchy; that American
cit zenship is badge of honor shield OF pro-
| lection, and should bc conferred upon only
| those who are worthy Of it. Teach then that
! our only master, our only superior is the
law. of which it has been grandly said:
Her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the
harmony of the world; all things in heaven
| and earth do her homage, the very least as
feeling her care the greatest as not exempted
! from her power" Teach them that an.
| honest and uncorrupted ballot pox is the pal
ladium of our liberties, and that he who defiles
and pollutes 1t is recreant 10 his trust, false
y.
| eulcate and nourish and foster in the hearts of1
youth a fiiial reverence for the constitution of
their fathers, as the sheet anchor of their hope,
as the perennial fountain of all their blessings,
| and inspire them with even a ifvelier and pro-
founder appreciation of the liberty and gov
ernment bequeathed TO them by the immortal
! patriots whose virtues and achievements we
| recall and celebrate to-day with graft tude and
| JOY.
Feliow-citizens: A nations enduring strength
and lasting fame are based on character
a nations truest grandeur and highest glory
rest on justice. Hath it not been said by in.
spired lips: righteousness exalteth a na-
tom? A government of the people and by
the people must receive from the people what
ever makes it respected at home or honored
abroad.
decay of individual character precedes and
is inevitably followed by a decay o. the State.
.iWoe 10 the country" said Metterntch, the
Austrian statesman, "woe to the country
whose conditions and institutions no longer
produce great men to manage its affairs" The
grave and far-reaching problems that confront
us to-day call for the highest order of states
man ship And, sir, what this Nation needs is
great men-men great in truth, in private
honor in pub bile virtue, great in their attach
ment to duty wherever it leads, great and con-
slant in their patriotism, and great in their
devotion 10 that CnerlSneQ banner ana to the
principles of liberty and union of which IL In
the glorious symbol. 1 repeat that what thfs
Nation needs and will ever need, is men, high.
| minded men
Men whom the lust of Office does not KILL
! Men whom, the spo is of Office cannot buy, =:
Men who possess opinions aud will, -
| Men who have honor, men who will not lie
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries wi. .hout {:
winking. =.
Tall men, sun-crowned. who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking :
! Men with no higher aim, no loftier purpose .
than to serve their country and in their day
and generation contribute something to hes.:
stability and her glory. =:
Ihankfulness.
Let US rejoice, my countrymen; let us
| lift up our voices in Thanksgiving. Peace
blesses our Nation. From lakes 10 gulf, from
Plymouth Rock, where fref dom's weary foot
found rest, to Golden Gate, upon whose shores
| the fruitful sea chants eternal hsmn to
| liberty. all is peace. In the mouth of cannon