Evening star., 1922-01-15
Republic in Greatest Peril
From Its Misguided Friends

ana are opposing every lnITlnge-
ment on the ancient ideals OF the
republic.
! make bold to say that there Is
many a good thing that ought not
to be done. that there is many a
right purpose that should never be
pursued. America 10 in no dan
ger from military assault from
without, nor from bolshevist prop
aganda from within. have no
desire to stop any mans mouth
who longs to speak. Put him on
a soap box or hire him a hall and
let him openly voice his senti-
ments and the good judgment OF
mankind will answer him. / have
never understood the fear OF the
southerner with reference to ne
gro domination. I cannot get II
into my head the idea OF any
domination in this country save
that Of brains and culture and
the fear of negro domination lest
expression of II might lead to the
conclusion that the negro was a
superior race and that 1t was only
by reason Of numbers and power
that the white race exercised su-
premacy.
dare not hang an ideal. Superb
ority must ever consist in out
thinking and outliving the other
. fellow. When our government
ceases it's attempts to prevent
men from speaking and shall in
sist that when they speak tney
shall speak loud enough TO pc
heard by all their neighborf. the
Ideas and conduct.
Admirer as / am of Grover
Cleveland because Of his many
sterling qualities. I have always
regretted his 1--WE are confronted
by a condition and not a theory.
That declaration seemed to inspire
good men to drop their principles
and to legislate for special con-
ditions. We have not yet gotten
away from the tendency then
started. The maternity law. only
recently enacted. was to meet
condition. This is not the hrst poi-
sheyist idea that good people VINO
believe in our institutions nave
inerafted on them in the name OF
a. condition, am unable to un-
derstand how the state can iorce
itself into my home at the nouI
of the birth Of my BABY Wltnoul
having the right to take IT away
from me and train II IN sucn wa!s
IL were to make my choice be-
tween having a lot of government
agents inspect my home, my wife
and NV child whenever they chose
so to do, 1 would prefer the Dol,
sheyist's idea and turn the chiid
over at once to the charge OF pup
lie authorities.
have an old.fashioned notion
that in a government where free
dom Of religion is guaranteed 10
the citizen. as the father OF chio
have a right to train 1t along the
lines of my own religious belief.
7 have always had a sympathetic
feeling for the mother of Alton
Locke. who was so strong a Cal
Whist that she feared to pray for
his salvation lest thereby she
might interfere with the olvine
dcree. I doubt that any ohcer IN !
Washington, however. gifted ana
hiehminded he may be. can have
a tenderer regard for my child
than / myself possess, that he can
more sincerely desire his health,
happiness and success. Unless de-
yoive into such q brute as TO oe
unfit to take care OF my chiio anu
thus warrant society in removing
him permanently from my custody.
Z should be let alone to- look aft
er his health, care for his wants,
guide his education and instili into
hts mind such religious 'views as
think will enable him to stand
against the temptations Of tenn
pestuous world.
AS a. protagonist OF the common
school system Of America, / be-
lieye the state should compel the
parent to send the child through
the esehth grade, but believe also
in the doctrine Of local self-gov-
ernment and feel that the people
OF the state should be permitted to
determine what the compulsory
studies shall be. 1t will be bolshe-
country shall be conducted from a
bureau in Washington. Yet such is
the manifest purpose at the pres
ent time. r
when Washington takes charge
Of the mother before the baby Is
born. stands sponsor for 1t when
it makes its advent into this world.
DEGREES its exercises and says when
It must eat. prescribes it's studies
and looks after it's health during
school age. 1t will be high time to
invite Lenin and Trotsky to tour
America and offer criticism Of our
institutions. Have backbones be-
come eepasse in America. =
Copyright. 1922. BY Thomas r. Marshall,