It Is The Debtor That Is Ruined

My Judgment Is That Neither House Of Congress, Nor Both Combined, Have Any Right To Interfere In The Count. It Is For The Vice-president To Do It All.... There Should Be No Compromise Of Our Constitutional Rights.

No Political Party Can Ever Make Prohibition Effective. A Political Party Implies An Adverse, An Opposing, Political Party. To Enforce Criminal Statutes Implies Substantial Unanimity In The Community. This Is The Result Of The Jury System. Hence The Futility Of Party Prohibition.

There Can Be No Complete And Permanent Reform Of The Civil Service Until Public Opinion Emancipates Congressmen From All Control And Influence Over Government Patronage. Legislation Is Required To Establish The Reform. No Proper Legislation Is To Be Expected As Long As Members Of Congress Are Engaged In Procuring Offices For Their Constituents.

A Few Ideas Seem To Be Agreed Upon. Help None But Those Who Help Themselves. Educate Only At Schools Which Provide In Some Form For Industrial Education. These Two Points Should Be Insisted Upon. Let The Normal Instruction Be That Men Must Earn Their Own Living, And That By The Labor Of Their Hands As Far As May Be. This Is The Gospel Of Salvation For The Colored Man. Let The Labor Not Be Servile, But In Manly Occupations Like That Of The Carpenter, The Farmer, And The Blacksmith.

Partisanship Should Be Kept Out Of The Pulpit... The Blindest Of Partisans Are Preachers. All Politicians Expect And Find More Candor, Fairness, And Truth In Politicians Than In Partisan Preachers. They Are Not Replied To - No Chance To Reply To Them.... The Balance Wheel Of Free Institutions Is Free Discussion. The Pulpit Allows No Free Discussion.