We are sorry to observe, in certain quarters, a growing disposition to regard all immigrants as "a bad lot"; for while we concede that many of those who come here, might certainly be much better than they are, we would yet remind you that these "citizens by adoption" have repeatedly proved their loyalty to our national institutions, and their willingness to die in following our national flag.
Every good citizen will give attention to public affairs. He will not only vote for good men and good measures, but he will use his personal influence to have others do the same. Ours is a government of the people, and is neither better nor worse than the people make it. We should study the needs of our country, and keep ourselves well informed on all the current questions of the day, and then, by an honest and intelligent exercise of the privileges which the nation grants us, prove ourselves citizens of the very highest type.
XXXVI.
THE CITIZEN AND THE HOME.
MEMORY GEMS.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.—Anon
The fireside is the seminary of the nation.—Goodrich
Early home associations have a potent influence upon the life of the
State.—Child
Nothing proves more ruinous to the State than the defective education
of the women.—Aristotle.
The sorest spot in our municipal and national condition, is the
decadence of the home idea.—G. H. Parkhurst