The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22

not to be let alone; he ia to ues
trolled by men who possess the OOa'
ties which he lacks. When the SUatE
at Wardner marches to the work. uo0
corporation and proceeds to blov Ws
up with dynamite, it is not tho 'usa
nimity which enaO les it to be reo S1S'
able and prudent. When Cuban
dents in Santiago keep their Io'',
stables in their back yards. and aOu
their vaults to overflow with 9th
suffer the Oorpses Of men and of hoa1"
to rot in the public streets, thew nro"
that they have not the reason ~.
prudence necessary to enable then
do what the circumstances ROM"
and the six hundred dying evo,1
week before their time CRY out soain..
the assumed right Of the commnnit"
to slay the innocent by it's unreaso.
and imprudence. Self government =
a capacity, and the right to exercise "
capacity depends IN the possession ~
it. He who has no capacity to govern
himself has no inalienable right >.
pretend to govern himself and to t,n
to govern others.
But because self government is not.
right but a capacity, and a right onlp
as the capacity is first devotional
therefore self government Is the ideal
form Of government. For all tr,o
government consists in the control NJ
the lower and worse elements bv tho
higher and the better. When tho
lower and the worse control and tho
higher and better are superseded or
are in allegiance, there is no true gov.
eminent. A man who is under what
We call the control of his appetites O,
passions is not exercising self control
at all; for self control means the con.
troll Of the lower self by the higher
self. So a community which ia under
the control of it's passions is not sef.
governed; for self government means
the government of the worse by the
better. Mob law is only a euphemism
for l~aWlessness. Certainly all good
government is that In which the good
controls and the evil is controlled. Il
is quite evident, therefore, that the
best government is that in which in
every individual the good controls and
the evil is controlled, Majority gov.
eminent, which a great many people
seem to regard as Identical with self.
government, though it is quite differ.
ent, would make an internal bedlsm
out Of a lunatic asylum, for it would
put the physicians and the keepers
under control of the lunatics. Majority
government is no government for a
lunatic asylum. But, on the other
hand, self government is the end
which the physicians and the keepers
have constantly in view. Their aims
go to exercise their control as to de-
velop in the lunatics intrusted to their
charge the power of controlling them
selves. The lunatic is under the COM
mand of one who has ca lanimity and
is reasonable and prudent, in order
that, if possible, there may be i'm
parted to him such equanimity and
such measure Of reason and prudence
that at the earliest possible moment
he can take command Of himself Tle
luuatic has no right Of self govern
ment until he has the capacity Of SELL
government; but he is governed IN
in order that he may be endo we'd with
that capacity.
These principles appear to US to be
self evident; to need no argument
their support; to require only clear
statement to be instantly apprehended
as true. Their application to the H.
dian, the negro, and the Philippine
problem is not difficult. In the case
of the Indians we have ignored one OF
these two principles-namely, tnaI
self government is the true end Oh
government; in the case of the negroes
we ignored the other-namely, tS
necessity OF government to secure sel
government; in the AS Of the PnlDP
pines we are in danger from Oo'n
directions .-The New York Outlook
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