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Does He Lose His Citizenship?

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
April
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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The idea that because ;i man enters the employ of the state that he must become entirely neutral tn the affaire oï government is a preposterous one. Xo person loses his citlzenshlp in this country by entering the employ oï -Ui e state or nation, ia any capacity whatever, and all suela "arguménts" are but folly. The (langer to our free instltutions does not come f rom the better class oï people participating in politie:'.; caucuses, conventions, and elections, but in their not partieipating therein. A man who does not have suflicient interest in ithe government of his w&rd or townshlp, in his county or state to devote a few hours eacü year thereto In an effort to secure the nomlnation and election oï good men, is not a patriotic citizen. He ncglects a duty as sacred as is his duty to his family. Instead of Crlticising such men for taking an active part in such afïairs there ought to be a law compelling them to do so. This country lias nothlng to fear from tlie aetivily oí its good citizens in politic-s, whether they be professors, ministers, or business men, or employed in tmy other capaeity. But it has much to fear if they neglect their duty find allow affairs to be conducted by the idle and -''ioiiting" element of society.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier