Arizona republican., 1898-02-05

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 pairing us with them are unju@t and
 erroneous. The social order thai
 characierizss our system is unlike the
 military republics of ether times. Our
 system delrives is streHg, h from the |
 justice and intelligence by W which cur
 laws are enacted and our institutions |
 are managed, while others sought to |
 terrify and exist by their power. Our i
 territorial boundary reaches from the
 Atlantic to the Pacific and from Flor
 ida to Alaska, including both. Cur population is immense and constantly increasing But our territory may be added to; our population doubled or tripled and the number of our states an hundred instead of for;y five wi h.
 cut danger to our government or in- convenience to our people so long as intelligence and honesty characterizes its management and those qualities aploe with us as a people. Every member of our heavan-horn Union will sustain itself and contribute it's influence for the general good; every pillar will stand erect and impart
 strength and beauty to the edifce.
 It has been said, and with truth, 1 that the common schools of our coun- 1 try are the bulwarks of our liberties
 Popular education is important in the i sense that it tries to iL0cu1ate the i principles which guarantee, to every one the grand and unconditional in-
 heritance of freedom. The love of ! this freedom is implanted in man by 1 divine hand, but the, history of the human race in every condition of ex-
 isterce shows that it cannot foe pro
 pagated where ignorance is permit ed
 to rule or have strong foothold. Just in proportion to the enlighten-
 ment of the mass of the people in any country will they be free-free to l think, to expand, to grew and devel- op their powers and usefulness. Again, 1 1t is not out of place to consider this question with reference to our in-
 stituticns. They rest in the hands of
 the people, and they are what the people make them, viz, the counter-
 part of themselves. They will rise or fall according as the character of the people is elevated or debased
 The theory is equality-equality of
 power, and implies equality of knowl- edge. Then should not the whole peo-
 pie be educated so as to have a proper
 knowledge of their rights and duties?
 Popular education is the best security
 for popular liberty, in the neglect of
 which the knowledge accumula' ed by
 the few will sooner or later perish If, then, we are to remain 8 great nation, whose influence will be felt
 and whose intellectual pre-emi nen ce will be acknowledged, the great body of the people must be educated. This is the great mission of the common schools. It is only through the aid of the common schools that we can
 throw the light of knowledge into the l dark places Tn our land, into the hoy l els of the poor. While this is all true, it Is no less true that the higher institutions of learning are no less important, even in the sense alluded to- The common schools are, of course, our main dependence because they are so much more easy of access
 to the people, and while, perhaps an advanced education is not of vital importance to the prosperity of our 5 government and to our people as a whole, yet it is of vast and well nigh 5 vital importance to some of cur peo- pie. The higher education, for g ? thousand reasons, is as necessary to g many of our people as the common 3 zfsehool education is to all of the peo- 3 pie. They are coadjurors and mus go hand in hand for the general good 3 and prosperity of all. The founda = ton of our government is the ballot e Upon the ballot rests its stability anG 2. upon this foundation the whole super z structure is raised. If the fcundat or = for any reason becomes defective, tht d defect must be remedied or the super = structure falls. It will not fall a e once but when ignorance, corrup iol r and crime dominate the majority ou e magnificent system will gradually de [, cay until mass of ruins only re l. mains.
 f Thus far I have addressed my re y marks in a general way to the pub l. lie, but I now want to say in a specif e way to the instructors here emp, ,oye, l. that the public is paying you fo l. your services and it has a right to de mand and receive from you your tim n and the best effort your mi an e body can furnish. We have furnishe e you the facilities you asked fer an l. we are paying you the amount yu l. think your services are worth w s. have a right to expect great benefit 7- to flow from this institution. In tn 'e course of time you will send ou lr among the people of cur young com te monwealth hundreds of missi0narie .e to diffuse knowledge among the pee l. pie. The knowledge they ga D her, a the good purposes which are i'm le planted in them and the me hods c ar teaching and of otherwise doing goo II that are here inculcated will all hay T. beneficial effect, the fruits of whic T. we expect to reap in the near futur le and which we hope to see exempMfie K in making Arizona a great and pros T. porous state; one that will be 1t bright, particular star" and not le "roiten borough
 To the young men and tha youn re women who are attending this schot Id for the purpose of becoming teacher 'h I want tO say: We have Q right [ 'y demand something Of you. We al ee furnishing you the f1cil.ti5s to cbta, ot these benefits free Of cha g. I'll ld people are paying the expense of builc al ing and maintaining this inStitlltio