Notes and Remarks [excerpt]

     It is natural enough that, in the first outburst of horror at the dastardly assassination of the late President, all sorts of measures should be advocated for the suppression or, at the very least, the effective repression of anarchy and anarchists. It can not be denied that in this republic of ours liberty of speech and the liberty of the press have been allowed to degenerate into what is undeniably license. Public speakers and writers are suffered with impunity to hold up to ridicule and contempt both the most sacred institutions of the country and individuals entrusted with our highest offices. Laws may do something to check the extravagance of this license; but, after all is said and done, the one great truth will remain—that the most effective means of safeguarding our future is the religious training of our youth. Merely intellectual training is no preventive of moral obliquity. Repress license of speech and writing, by all means; but see, too, that the children of the nation are thoroughly imbued with Christian principles.