The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-11-17
NUMBER AZ.

man who abuses that freedom--ose man
that he sbases, and to the Stats that owns
nim--and that one man. is--he II the
drunkard that ! came here 20 isQss To- oiRht,
lie: above all other NOR, insuif6 tho genius
OF liberty and OF the law; he insalts the
genius OF liberty by his own act, by freely
and becoming slave 10 the svilest and
most tyrannical pssaion tlint over yet as
serted itaelf 10 tho blood OF the body OF
man. There u no tnan wh0is 90 thorough.
" slave as the unfortunate stifunkard
there Is oman who cannot resist HE pas-
ard. And why 2 Becanse there u no form
Of ain that excludes the consisting voice
Of reason there 10 no form Of Sin that ex.
clndcs ths whisper of conacisnce, exec
that one ain that destroys roason and
parsly zee the conecience-.fahes away the
its base desires behind. 'e t@s.estt
Again. my friehds, he not only abuses the
liberty that he enjoys, bnt he makes him
self, by this acoursed drunkenness, ineaps-
ble of obeyipg, or apprecisting, oof even Of
making the laws. The word law-that 10
community means tho expression Of
judgment and reason, msditated profound-
iy, scientifically and practically, for the
public good aud for the good af all men.
1t 10, therefore, an intellectuai fact
the existence Of law. Why 10 there no
law amongst the inferior aninnaisi Be-
cause there is no intcilect amopgat them.
why is IL that In them the NECESSARY in
stirct takes the pface of the dictates Of In
telligence, prescribing o frsedomfs Because
they have no intelligence offreedors. There
fore that vice, above all others, Is the ene-
my Of Law which destroys che rrason in
man, which annibiiates liis tadgment, aud
leaves him incapable Of knowing what the
law says 90 hiw, incapable OF 'otpy ying IL,
and, above all, leaves him Incapable of de-
Tending 1t whenever that iaw, which is the
palladium OF liberty, is attacked. What
10 the conseqnencef You night as we'll
endesvsr to set up repnblic or FREQ
State among the hogs down In OhiD, or out
in the West. You might 90 we'll get these
hogs together, and say, "Nows hogs, elect
your president for yourselves elect your :
mayors !; elect yonr senators and congress-
men make yonr own ia va it viii be hog
law, to be sure, but IL wilt be good enough
for you. We leave you perfectiy free.
We've been in the habit Of takinS You to
Cincinnati, and Louisville, andaat these
places kaIiing you In tl'e fAns ssaeon and
ealtiDg yon In the winter. There 10 to DO
an end Of that. No man In the gpture must
touch even pie'e tail. There must g., an
end to eating bacon, ham and ALI these
thipgs. A hog is @ most EespectahIe citizen
with his own liberties and his own empire"
You might ss wela any that and expect the
hogs or tito cattle 90 act upon &c, es to col
lees together q nation Of drunkards and
say TO them as We give you your liberty
to make your own law" They would be
az incapable OF It as the brute beast, that
haa neither intellect, or will, or freedom.
Aud this is the very nature Of the ain by
which hell aud the powers Of he'll hay siege
not only to the soul Of mas snshrlned
within him for heaven, bat lay siege to the
very human natnre and powers that God
gave man for the purposes Of society upon
the earth, as we'll as for the highest pur-
poses OF heaven. Aud have We rot mel