The Anaconda standard., 1899-05-24

land, whose estates went to increase
the patronage and influence of the
| king.
| With their disappearance the middle
ages came to an end
/ Our New Possessions-G Guy Davidson
Many years ago on the outer edge
| of the wilderness a little colony of
brave pioneers sought freedom from
oppression. For them the wild beasts
| of the forest and the more dreaded
savage red man held no terrors, the
| rigors of a strange climate, all the
hardships of blazing the way through
| the jungle of the West-for the pat
! of the empire was overcome by the
| force of indomitable will. Later the
soil of their new land was dampened
| by the blood of their heroes who fought
| for the eternal principle of liberty: to
| their sturdy sense of right, revolt
| against oppression was the duty of
every man, and the clash of arms and
| smoke of battle came upon every hill
| side in answer to the stirring cry;
| Taxation without representation is
| tyranny"
| The Americans have been aptly call
ed the Greeks of modern times Our
danger to-day is the lust of empire.
This is the situation of the hour, a
ed by any man who could think 10
minutes ahead of the present moment,
a situa tion which was inexorable and
as sure of coming as night follows day.
We only ask an Endorsement of the
declaration of independence. Surely
American citizens will not sneer at this
simplicity; surely American gentlemen
have not outgrown this doctrine.
The Philippine Islanders did not
wage war against Spain simply for
change of masters. They waged that
heroic conflict-for heroic it was-that
they might secure their independence.
They have rejected with scorn the high
| sounding manifesto Of the president of
| the United States. And now they stand
with their arms in hand undaunted by
our mighty fleet and our great army
of 10000 men resolutely insisting upon
independence and liberty as they stood
for independence and liberty against
their oppressors-Spain.
What excuse is made for this ag-
gression? We are told that the Fill
ipinos. are utterly incapable of self
government, and that therefore we
should take them under protection.
Oppression always has some excuse to
offer for its exactions.
The Great Public Schools-Gertrude Ro-
senstein.
Inc assured lHlelleCludi poSSesolpllS
of the present century transcend the
widest dreams of century ago.
Science has discovered and utilized
more than imagination had then con-
ceived.
Truths for which generations have
fought and died in the agonies of con-
fict or of martyrdom are now of uni
versal possession. Propositions which
century ago were only whispered in
bated breath or else shouted in revolu-
tionary defiance are now quietly assum-
ed and admitted.
In education the past century has
witnessed progress which fully keeps
pace with the other great movements.
The grand idea of universal education
is the creation of this age.
Before the privilege of the few, in
this century, education has come to be
regarded as the right and duty of all.
Our destiny as republic and it's place
in the march of civilization are involved
the maintenance or failure of a system
of free public schools.
These institutions should be support
ed, since it. more than any other one,
insures quality, the highest and mcst
precious, and gives an opportunity for
self-government. Here race, color, be-
longings, outward or visible express
sons, let them be what they may, all
F dividing lines are erased. ne4ther can
tinction; the law does not request a
certificate of high birth or gentle breed
ing for adms ssion to her public schools.
1t must be evident to all that the high
est mission of the public school is to
impress on the mind that the highest
liberty is freedom from ignorance and
that men are, equal only when they
obey the laws whose protection they en-
joy.
The public schools are established
that all may have a part in the bless
| ings of civilizations that they may be
prepared to stand on an equal footing
with others and possess such knowl-
edge as shall fit them for a life of in
dustry and usefulness, not only to
themselves, but to their country.
Teaching Profession-Agnes Hanley.
Public schools are not charitable in
stitutionS; they are institutions on
which the safety of our public life de-
pends. Our government has established
public schools, not to give every poor
boy an education, but to provide for
itself worthy citizens; for an educated
people, and for such only is the repub-
lean form of government the best in the
world.
The distinctive office of the school is
to train the mind and to furnish it with
knowledge on which to exercise it's pow
ers, but the highest demand made upon
the school is the upbuilding of charac-
tar foil In foil ip oil