The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-05

NOTICE-n order regulate conduct of this column in
sign their register and lock number
to all queries submitted for publication Inmates names
will be published only initials of each querist
being used. (Ed.)
OWL you kindly reprint the paragraphs of Wash
ington's Farewell Address in which he comments auent
encroachment by the government and preservation
Union?-C A.
A:-Ih ne unity of government which constitutes you
people, is also dear you. 1t is Justly
main pillar in the edce your independence support
of your tranquility home your peace abroad your
safety Of prosperity of that very liberty which you
highly prize But easy that from different
quarters much pains will be taken, articles employed
to weaken in minds the conviction truth; this is
the point political against which the batteries of
internal and external enemies will be constantly
activity Though often covey and ndiousy dreced-is
OF INFINITE moment that you should properly estimate
immense value of national your collective and
individual happiness: that you should cherish a cordial
habitua and mmovabe attachment to it, accustomng YOUR
selves to think and speak of it of the palladium
political safety and prosperity: watching its preservation
with Jealous anxiety dcountenancng
even suspicion that it any event. be abandoned
Indignantly owning the first dawnng every attempt
ALLEVIATE any portion of country from the
enfeebe the sacred ties which link together the various
parts.
For this you have every inducemen sympathy and.
interest Citizens by birth of common country
that country has right your affections The
of America which belongs you your national
capacity must always exat The pride of patriotism,
than appelation derived from local determinations With
slight shades of difference have the religion manners
habits and political principles You have in a common cause
fought and trumphed togethe independence liberty
the work of joint joint efforts
common dangers sufferings, and successes.
sit is important, likewise that thinking,
its administration, confne themselves within respective
Spheres avoiding in the exercise of the
department, encroach upon another The spirit
encoachment tends consolidate the of all the depart
in and thus whatever the
men real despotsm just estimate of that love power,
and proneness abuse it which pedominate in human
heart is sufficient satisfy of the truth of this position.
The necessity of reciprocal checks the political
by dividing and distributing different repositories
and constituting each the guardian of the public veal against
nvason> by the Others has been evnced by experiments,
ancient and modern; of them in country, and
under eyes, To them be necessary
institute them. If, in the opinion of the people,
distribution modification of the constitutional be- in
PARTICULAR wong let it be corrected by amendment in
the which the Constitution desgates But let there be
chance usurpaon; for though this instance
he the instrument of good is the customary weapon by
which free governments destroyed The precedent
always greatly ovebaance, in permanent evil partial
transient benefit which the can, any time, yield.
gOOQ
cultivate and harmony with ALL religion and morality
enoin this conduc and be that good policy does
equally enjoin it? 1t will be worthy of tree; enlightened,
and distant period, nation give mankind
the magnanmous and novel example of people always
guided by exalted justice and benevoence Who doubt
that of times and things the fruits plan
would richly advantages which might be
lost by steady adherence it, Can it be that Providence
has connected the permanent felicity of nation with its
vrtue? The experiment. least is recommended by every
impossible by its vices?
O:-PIease inform whether the u S. Govern
banks invest the proceeds of sale of Indian land
actng Indian ward, course)
interest and the rate per cent?-H G. F.
Awe have referred your query Miss Miriam E.
Carey, Supervisor of Institution Libraries and referring he
reply regarding your question suggested that you
explicit in question, namely Does question refer
the of which the government receives from the
reservations? That would of be by
Indian Bureau. But your question understood
general fund.- but inquiries whether Indian handles
money received for his allotment does the u S. Govern
invest the money for him and gives him simply the
interest hereoni
The Commissioner of Auditors department
Minnesota says that eff Indian sells his land and gets
deed for he invests the money himself any other citizen
would He naturazed and has the privilege of other
citizens
OCan you tell me where the Federal located
"A. B.
A:-FederaI Prisons located Atlanta, Ca; Fort
Leavenworth, Kan; McNeis Island, Wash snare Island
CAL; *Boston, Mass and Portsmouth, N. H. *Naval
Prisons.
O:-Who the captain in charge of the prison at
Andersonvile and what was the prison used for?
A:-Andersonvie is in Sumter County, Georgia, and
during the Civil War Confederate military prison.