Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...present system of state control of elections is dangerous to the unity of the section.- (a) Under this system the negro must necessarily continue to be defrauded of the rights of citizenship: Outlook, Aug. 10, 1895; Arena, II, 561 (November 1890).- (b) Open defiance of the Constitution breeds a disregard for authority and a revolutionary spirit: North Am. Review CXXXII, 247 (February, 1881).- (c) This question should be removed from the constantly increasing number of questions which tend to divide the country on sectional lines...
...towns and villages. Degradation in a man is easily recognized, but when scattered through smaller communities is unnoticed. The elements that inhere in New York are in our towns and villages varied crimes in extent and depth; the crime, also the degradation and the lethargy. Pure unselfish and loyal citizenship is needed throughout the country as well as in the city. Back in the country road vice lurks and purity waits long for succor. Each man's duty is nearest to his hand...
...dollar, and if every sympathizer with good government will but enclose this sum to the secretary, our University, the pioneer in the college movement, will be represented in what must prove to be the most efficient force in forming public opinion and in elevating the standard of American citizenship. Address...
...April 22, 1861. Here his principal life work was done. He remained pastor until 1885, and came to be the most widely known clergyman of liberal faith in the Connecticut Valley and Western Massachusetts. He did not confine himself to church work, but assisted in everything that upbuilds good citizenship...
...Annexation is inexpedient. - (a) Bad effect on our social and political institutions. - (1) Uncongenial population. - (2) Unfit for citizenship. - (3) Serious problems involved. - (b) Hawaii would always be colonial, (c) Annexation would establish dangerous precedent...