The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-03

ice to each other which will lead us
from this hour of indecision and dis
sension into ways Of pleasantness
and into paths of peace.
"What are the real basic princi-
Piles for which we must fight in or
der to preserve our country as a
great free and enlightened nation,
leading the van of civilization and
preserving freedom to all mankind ?
"The great necessity is that we
save, enlarge and broaden our great
free public school system under which
the mass of our population is and
must always be educated so that they
can, with their own minds, properly
understand and correctly gauge the
ideas that are presented, the laws
that are enacted, and the acts that
are performed under their system of
government. .--..-
Education Safeguards Liberty.
"While the American Constitution
holds it to be an inalienable right of
every man to be free and holds one
man the absolute equal of another,
all men must recognize their respon-
sibility under that right guaranteed
them by the constitution for correct
and positive action in all matters
concerning their own and their coun-
try's welfare. So long as we have
an educated people whose ideas have
not been warped by the individual
minds of their teachers and the or
ganized efforts of agencies which
seek their own purposes, an educat-
ed people whose minds have been
led along the simple pathway Of
right and duty into a realization of
what their minds and their con-
sciences are for-that long will lib
erty be safe and sound government
assured. ~ ..-
"The companion of education is
necessarily the right of every free,
rational, conscience-bound citizen of
any country to give expression to his
thoughts and ideas both in speech
and in press, and thus by the con-
tinued exchange of ideas and dis
semination of truth he will enlighten
the whole people and bring common
understanding to higher levels and
greater possibilities.
'"The word LIBERTY encompasses
and carries within one small portion
of it's wide meaning the things of
which I have already spoken. What
are the agencies and who are the
people that would try to circumscribe
the educational possibilities and pre-
vent the enlightenment of mind and
conscience which comes from a free
and broad education? During all
ages a brutal and religious priest
hood was sought through supersti-
ton, ignorance, and passion to pre-
vent the emancipation Of the human
! souls who come within the spread of
cheir influence. Slowly from age to
age the proponents of real liberty
have come to see and to know from
the history of their past and the acts
of their present that the only sure
way to insure to people independ-
ence of thought and action is separa-
ton of church and state and the
broad education of the masses Of the
people.
aslowly, from age tdied, the he
roic thinking men Of dependable
character and sterling worth, have
registered with their lives and their
influences, protest against the men
tai enslavement of their people and
the consequent degradation of their
race. The first great duty of any
state is to bring its citizenry to the
highest possible level of efficiency so
that the services rendered to their
state can be greater, and their con-
sequent enjoyment Of their liberty
more pronounced. Thus concretely,
the greatest duty Of any government,
the one duty around which all other
duties should congregate is to pro-
vide education and increased enlight-
eminent for the age that is to follow.
"When politics and religion
through selfshness and superstition
gather the reins of government, con-
stitutional government is in danger
and liberty will rapidly lose her
standing place.
White Supremacy Is Age Old.
"Now from the experience of cen
turtles of mankind's history, the fact
of white racial supremacy has been
demonstrated in every age, under all
conditions and everywhere upon the
face Of the earth.
!. "Sixty centuries ago when all the
races of the world took an even start
in their journey from barbarism
towards civilization and from dark
ness to light, the races were free and
equal, not only in the sight Of AL
mighty God as human beings, but
alike free for action and alike capa-
BILE Of performance, but while the in
ferior races, which are all the races
except the white race, were dallying
with the primrose paths Of pleasure.
wasting part Of their existence in
idleness, sensuality and laziness, the
men Of the white race were moving
steadily onward with ever increasing
strides towards enlightenment and
truth.