Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-23

From Jiu.- tu time ~ are told that
nvu are .-'nug their own thinking
lu other lli al uras could lie - wei
,uu.r us s-Heh ,,>Ursuo-. For all hope
Il fuid.m.u' IF tue purpose Of the eman-
.ts isr,asl,-si s-use-ot the
white mau auI th 80 depending upon
his rNaml',, is ia~rd upon the belief
that there b. got a. he fair dealing 10y
Freedmen with lbe obligations of their
advancement. TIE full Performance OF
the dat, 1T ciiiz'u under Republican
or Cou,ji,asoaai government is irk-
some. hat NOT so much So as could be
conditions should citizens assent I'M
thmkiugly 90 the reaciionary policies
Of men who so evidently distrust the
ability Of o., working class TO formulate
sound opinions concerning the several
problems pertaining to Church aud
State. Oar government lay public opin-
ion, Including the modern system oi
education. affords perhaps aS wide OPP
portunity for criticism and censure as
does the ancient republics; but such
pessimiStic views are due to prei".lice
in favor OF a clo,r-clipprd policy .Iher
than to sound aud nrrfutablr reasoning
For though the repatriation of sound
craftsmanship has never yet been
attained the fact affords no chance
for conclusive argument in favor of
advised drspotiSm, however good the
intention of its undertaking. For a set
of men fit 10 Toe entrusted with such re-
sponSibility even in this twentieth cen
tury are likely to give place to men
wholly unfit 10y reason of unsound am
billions. The egotism of highly educat-
ed men is food tor thought.
As to government by public opinion
which has never yet been ried ont as
has deSpotism, benevolent and otherwise
Surely our own republic is rightly re
garded as a young hopeful rather thai
gray bearded uncle. And there il
every reason to anticipate an honorable
old age, extended into the far future
r But this will not be obtained by "play
r ing ball aud leaving momentous Incl
s dents to shape themselves and fit int
D each other as best they may, or be fitte'
( 10y a wretched compromise on the par
: Of the ultra conservatives, who, Will
0 differing in some respects, are as on
q man in their wholly unjustiliable drea
3, of participation in government by tn
: partially educated masses. Though W
d of the working class express ourselve
Il badly at times we are able, perhal
= through a God-giveu instinct, to detet
the unsOundneSs of some of the prop
" Sitious of those having the advantage {
n great learning, which of itself cannot t
pe a man to take the lions share of respoI
m sihility. When shall we get rid of II
,g idea that morality depends upon educ
II ton?
10 Now there is no dearth of proposition
as affecting the interests of the young me
of of today. The newspapers and mag
90 zines set them before us in every issu
er Plans for education, revenue measure
he and the like and it would be interes
he ing to know what our boys mean to {
he in regard to it all. 1t is to be hope
ID that neither optimism, which is thru
of parts caelessuesS and the rest hopeful
tn ness, nor pessimism which is made .
he of the Lord knows what, will preva
ed Such conclusions of thought on al
ed part of public affairs are just as bad
re- fatalism and cyucism to which they a
ht allied.
If the men of today mean to reser
to themselves the responsibilities
p- government let them Justify their pc
of ton by making all good assuranc
#. sure. External vigilance is the price
Id safety" ESSEX.