. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . Yet there are manymillionaires who would willingly surrender theirentire income in order to enjoy the public con-fidence which goes with these high offices. Jury Service.—^ Another duty of citizens is toserve on juries in the trial of civil and criminalcases. For this service the citizen is given a smallremuneration, but it is a duty which is oftenirksome and disagreeable. To sit through a long,tedious trial, perhaps for weeks, listening to testi-mony and the arguments of attorneys, and thento be shut up with other jurymen for hours, or ev
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . Yet there are manymillionaires who would willingly surrender theirentire income in order to enjoy the public con-fidence which goes with these high offices. Jury Service.—^ Another duty of citizens is toserve on juries in the trial of civil and criminalcases. For this service the citizen is given a smallremuneration, but it is a duty which is oftenirksome and disagreeable. To sit through a long,tedious trial, perhaps for weeks, listening to testi-mony and the arguments of attorneys, and thento be shut up with other jurymen for hours, or evendays, until the verdict has been agreed upon, isoften a very undesirable experience. There is noduty of the citizen, however, in the performance ofwhich higher demands are made upon his charac-ter. All our laws rest upon the people. Theymust ultimately enforce them through juries in SOME DUTIES OF CITIZENS 27 all parts of our country. AMien a man has com-mitted a crime, he ought to be punished. Heshould neither be persecuted in malice nor freed. The United States Supreme Court Room through pity. The majesty of the law must be up-held. Often when jurors see how a man has beenled into temptation by others, how he has failedthrough weakness of character, and how his wifeand innocent children will suffer through his impris-onment, they are moved with compassion, and itbecomes a hard task to condemn him. Yet itmust be done, because punishment is meted out to 28 CIVIL GOVERNMENT offenders in order that the people may be pro-tected. Upon the character and intelhgence ofjurymen depend the enforcement of law and thesecurity of the people. Army Service. — Every citizen of the state isunder obligation to defend his country in case ^mmi Dress Parade, West- Point of need. Should our country be attacked fromwithout, the citizen must be ready to come to itsaid. At such a time he is merely standing up forthe defence of his home, his family, and all that isdear to him. In times of war the
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