The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22

tlOuS is tue STduu cdTuludl uOctTlne OF
a sound political faith. State pride
and sectional attachment are natural
passions In the human breast and are
50 near akin to patriotism as to be dis
tingnished from it only in the court of
a higher reason. But there Is a no
bier love of country-a patriotism that
rises above all places and sections,
that knows no country, no state, no
north. no south. but only native land;
that claims no mountain slope. that
clings to no river bank, that worships
eye to continent redeemed from bar
barism by common sacrifices and made
sacred by the shedding of kindred
blood. Such a patriotism Is the cable
and sheet anchor of our hope.
A second requisite for the preserva-
ion of American institutions is the
universal secular education of the peo-
pie. Monarchies govern their subjects
oy authority and precedent; republics
by right, reason and free will Wheth-
II one IIlttI1Ou vi Tue OlucI Will DC
better turns wholly upon the intelli-
gence of the governor No force which
has moved among men. impelling to bad
action. inspiring to crime. overturning
order. tearing away the bulwarks Of
liberty and right and converting civ
llization into a waste, has been so full
of evil and so powerful to destroy as
blind. ignorant and factious democ-
racy A republic without intelligence
-even a high degree of intelligence-is
a paradox and an impossibility.
What means that principle of the
Declaration of Independence which de-
,ares the consent of the governed to
be the true foundation of all just au
.hority? What kind Of consent" is re-
ferred to? Manifestly not the passive
and unresisting acquiescence Of the
mind which. like the potter's clay. re-
ceives whatever is impressed upon it.
but that active. thinking, resolute, con-
scious, personal consent which distin-
cuisines the true freeman from the
puppet. When the people Of the Unit
ed States rise to the heights of this no.
BILE and intelligent self assertion the
occupation Of the party leader-most
despicable of all tyrants-will be gone
forever. and In order that the people
may ascend to that high plane the
means by which intelligence is foster
ed. right reason exalted and calm
and rational public opinion produced
must be universally secured. The pub
lie free school is the fountain whose
streams shall make glad all the land
of liberty. We must educate or perish
A third thing necessary to the perpe
tuity of American liberties is tolera
tion-toleration In the broadeSt ano
most glorious sense. In the colonial
times intolerance imbittered the lives
of our fathers. Until the present day
the baleful shadow has been upon the
land. The proscriptive vices of the
middle ages have flowed down Will
the blood of the race and tainted the
life that now is with suspicion and
distrust of freedom. Liberty in the
minds of men has meant the privilege
of agreeing with the majority. Men
have desired free thought, but fear has
stood at the door, 1t remains for the
United States to build Il highway
broad and free. into every field OF llD
eral inquiry aud to make the poorest
of men who walks therein secure IN
life and reputation.
Prescription has no part or lot In
the American system. The stake, the
pibbet and the rack. thumbscreWs
sword and pillory, have no place OH
this side of the sea. Nature Is dlNersl
fed: so are human faculties. beliefs
and practices. Essential freedom Is
the right to differ, and that right must
be sacredly respected. Nor must the
privilege of dissent be conceded with
GOODNESS and disdain, but openly, cor
daily and with good will. No less OF
rank. abatement of character or ostra
cism from society must darken the
pathway Of the humblest OF the seek
ers after truth. The right of free
thought. free inquiry and free speecf
is as clear as the MONDAY and bounte
Gus as the air and ocean Without 9
full and cheerful recognition of this
right America is only name.
The fourth idea. essential to the wei
fare and stability of the republic, Is
the nobility of labor. 1t Is the mission
of the United States TO ennoble tol
and honor the toiler. In other land'
to labor has been considered the lot OF
serfs and peasants: TO gather the fruit:
and consume them in luxury and war
the business of the great. Since th'
medieval times European society ha'
been organized on the basis of a no
bility and a people. TO be noblemal
was to be distinguished from the PEG
ple: to be one of the people was to b'
forever debarred from nobility. Thus
has been set ON human industry TN
stigma of perpetual disgrace Some
thing of this has been transmitted Il
the new civilization In the west-a Ger
tain disposition to renew the old orde
of lord and laborer Let the odiou
distinction perish. The true lord Is tn
laborer and the true laborer the lord
II Is the genius of American lnstitu
tons, in the fullness of time. to wip'
the last opprobrious stain from tn
brow of toll and to crown the toile
with the dignity, luster and honor OF
full and perfect manhood. Clar'
Ridpath.. .o.,,roaa
TO work after short strike. They
will work one hour week less thar
hitherto. and the wage scale. which
xpges from S15 to $21 week, will b
~vised.