FACING

THE PA. STATE

THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY

Our Country: Its Power and Peril

The POWER of Our Country, generated by Anglo-Saxon civilization
and made effective through the American institutions of State,
Church, and School.

The PERIL of Our Country, manifest in the claims of Politico-Eccle-
siastical Romanism to universal dominion, and in its relations
to political parties, politicians, platforms, legislation, schools,
charities, labor, and war.

The Republic FACES the twentieth century with the power to avert
the peril when both power and peril are recognized.

PRUDENS FUTURI

QUI TACET CONSENTIT

BY

JAMES M. KING

General Secretary National League for the Protection
of American Institutions

NEW YORK

AMERICAN UNION LEAGUE SOCIETY

1899

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AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

THE Republic, with the momentum secured in making more than a century of glorious history, is about to move into the twentieth century and work out its manifest destiny in extending civil and religious liberty to the millions which come under its benign rule.

Without attempting an elaborate discussion of any one of the themes here considered, I have essayed to give a brief survey of the sources of our civilization, of the institutions which conserve and promote this civilization; of the peril which menaces these institutions, and of the legal, organic, and moral forces which may be depended upon to protect them.

I hope to contribute a mite in producing that disposition of mind and poise of judgment among citizens which are indispensable to a people confronted with difficult problems for solution, and who have great responsibilities to meet and priceless liberties to perpetuate.

I desire to reach that honest citizen on the farm, in the workshop, in the factory, and in the different departments of industry in city and village, who does his own thinking and voting, and who counts one in the class of citizens who give character to American citizenship and vigor to American patriotism.

I seek to inspire that kind of patriotic pride of country, which is based upon an intelligent conception of the cost and character of our institutions, and which is jealously alert against the insidious approaches of any foe that would either compromise or undermine our constitutional liberties.

We are living in a seriously interesting and instructive period of both national and international history. The men

who created the Republic faced their responsibilities effectively and magnificently. We shall have both the courage and ability to face our broader responsibilities if we adhere to the principle that the safe method of procedure is for a nation to act from high-minded and unselfish motives.

NEW YORK, January, 1899.

James M. Hauly

NOTE.

In a word I desire to record my gratitude for all the assistance I have received in the preparation of this volume. Those who have aided me in any measure have one and all requested that no mention be made of their names. Their request is complied with, but their help is appreciated.

Conscious of the imperfect presentation I have made of the information imparted to me from many sources, I am thankful for the valuable and authentic facts, and trust that the readers will weigh these facts and bear with the inadequate method of their array. J. M. K.