The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-19

| exercise the power by military 05SpoIlsIni
and this becomes our instruction to man
kind, individually and collectively.
The constitutional compromises made
| with slavery, rendered necessary BY mill
| tary danger made 1t impossible 70 provide
in our constitution any charter or personal
| rights and liberties. The compulsory ac-
| ceptance Of state sovereignty renders II
| impossible for our national government to
| protect its citizens in any state IN each
! state. therefore, the individual is left to
the absoluism Of a majority. The scheme
| devised by Thomas Paine and declared by
Jefferson and Madison 10 be the true re-
| publican principle. was that an inviolable
| circle should be drawn around the moral,
intellectual and religious rights OF the In
| dividual not 10 be invaded by any ma
iority.
Real liberty means that a man is per
fectly free TO Go what he likes so long
as he does not enchroach upon the equal
right Of others TO do what they like. Her
! bert Spencer. William Won Humboldt, Mil,
| have shown that the principle OF deSpot-
/ ism IS Involved n every restriction on
| individual thought or conduct, and that
! the state has no right whatever 20 en-
! force either the theology Of the morality
of the majority. so long as public peace
! and order ara not broken and no demon
s,rable damage is done by one TO another.
/ Our national tuition has normally been
/ che reverse Of this For seventy years
/ after the foundation OF our nation II was
! held consistent with liberty TO hold mill
tons In literal slavery, and there is stl
a color line IN citizenship. How many Of
our new Philippine subjects could land in
| California without finding themselves Ia
! bic to anti-Chinese laws? Are we TO IN
| clu de our negro allies in Cuba under such
privileges Of arbitrary Acknowledgement
as those exercised by the whites of South
Carolina and Louisiana?
When Louisiana was purchased by JEFF
ferson the people there demanded imnedi-
ate admission 20 statehood, and also that
the term for cessation Of the slave trade
CS08) should be extended for their benefit
| Thomas Paine addressed TO the French
there letter in which he said:-'You see
what mischief ensued in France by the
possession of power before they under
stood principles. They earned liberty IN
words. but not in fact. The writer Of this
was in France through the whole Of the
l "
speaks; for after endeavoring to give It
principle lle had nearly a fallen victim
to It's rage
How much of this Is today true of our
whole country? We have the power we
have earned liberty in words but do we as
a nation understand its principles? Are
we not Still lconfusng the liberty of certain
non-human boundaries, called states. with
the liberties of the human being in them?
Have we religious liberty? BY what right
does the nation tax Us all TO support its
numerous chaplains and by what right,
except that of brute force are we prac-
ticaliy taxed TO support religious sects .
the extent of the exemption Of their prop
erty from taxation? The Sabbath IS i'm
posed on all in defiance OF religious free
dom. Under pretext Of morality the most
immoral proceedings are instituted such
as led by Colonel Frederick Grant to re-
sign his municipal office in New York.
Literature and art are under a sort of
White Cap censorship.
In these matters we are behind the ma
tions Of Europe. No Sabbath laws inter
fere with personal freedom in Germany,
France, Italy, or Spain, and If there are
established churches in Europe they be-
long to the whole people, without respect
to creed, and are under their control.
Thought and speech literature and art,
are free IN Europe with the recent excep-
ton of Germany, and we do ourselves
little credit by bullying France for re-
turning to US criticisms nowise more Sc
we're than those we directed to her on the
Dreyfus case
If we are to go out among these foreign
peoples, as seems inevitable. It may be
some compensation that we may be cured
of some of our provincial superstitions
about them, as well as ourselves. Among
other things we may recover from the
superstition that liberty is an American
a notion that equally prevailed when we
held millions in slavery. And it is TO be
hoped that our pulpits will be delivered
from some of their prepossessions. A
good many of their recent utterances seem
to assume that God himself IS an Amer
lean, and one Hoboken doctor of divinity
thinks that the Almighty exploded the
Maine in order that we might lay It on
Spain and go 20 war. Omniscience is get
ting to be our pious foible, and Providence
is always on our side.
The present Archbishop of Canterbury,
who is rather sceptcal about special prov
licences. was talking with a lady who said:
my aunt had engaged her passage for
Australia. At the last moment something
prevented her going. The ship was lost,
with all on board. Doesn't your Grace
think that was a special providence?"
We'll, you see" said the archbishop. 'T
don't know your aunt"
We seem TO have no misgivings about
Tour aunt'-that IS, our own country. All
others can go 70 the bottom. providfng
'our aunt" is safe. But, after all. there
Is some thought and consideration due to
the aunts Of other people.
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Y'Pays For Her Husbands Affections
Minneapolis, MINI. June 1S.-A special |
to the Trobune from Champagne SAYS: /
The jury In the case of Mrs. Mile Ma /
more against Miss Grace Howard. daugh- /
ter Of Joe Howard. the New York jour |
nalist. for alternating the affections OF her /
husband. Joseph Manore. tonight brought |
in a verdict awarding Mrs. Manore S2o9) !
actual damages, in addition to 5000 ex- /