The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1875-04-17
SATURDAY, APRIL 17,ls76.
MORALITY.

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throw down the paper in disgust,
and say or think, "what do we
want to hear from him about
morality. We want to hear about
the mines, about the material de-
velopment and prosperity of the
Territory, about the arrival of
steamers and trains, about the &C.
cession of sheep, cattle and horses
ETC., but as to morality, we don't
want to read anything about it,
leave that to the preachers.
Now we advise all who think that
way and are set in that opinion,
to lay down the paper and read
no further. We do not intend to
Invade the domain of the preach
er. He tells us that morality is
one thing and religion another.
He tells us that a man may
practice all the moral virtues all
his life, be just, merciful and true,
be kind to the widow and the
fatherless, raise the fallen, cheer
the faint, heal the sick and lead
the blind, and then die and go to
an eternal burning birthstone hell,
unless he has in his life confessed
his faith in a certain set of dog
mas made by man Away with
such horrid doctrines. But they
are the great pillars of priest-craft
in all the churches called Or
thodOx. Without them such or.
CARNATIONS could not exist. They
distort that great book from which
they profess to draw their inspira-
ton, and teach that the great Uni
versal Father is a God of venge-
ance. They won't allow that the
purest morality does man any
good in the final judgment. The
poet Burns gives their teachings
in these pointed words:
Morality, thou deadly bane.
Thy tens of thousands thou hast slain,
Vain is his hope whose stay and trust is
In moral mercy, truth and justice"
Or in holy Willie's prayer, a
self-righteous preacher of his
neighbourhood:
"Oh Thou who IN the Heavens dost dwell,
Who as it pleaseth best Thyself,
Sends one to Heaven and ten to hell,
All for Thy glory,
And not for any good or i'll
They've done before Thee
1--WE bless Thy matcbless power and might,
Whilst thousand Thou hast left in night,
I'm here, BY gifts and grace,
A burning and shining light
To all this place ~
But we do not intend to enter
into theological discussion. The
poet Pope expresses our views
thusly:
For points of faith let graceless Zealots
fight
He can't be wrong whose life is in the
right"
No nation or people ever -four
ished or prospered long who did
not recognize the principles of
morality, for they enter in and re-
late to all the duties of human
life, politically as well as socially.
1t is lamentable to see the gross
immortality that exists to-day
among our public men and if not
checked, if it is allowed to grow
and spread at the rate it has dur
ing the last few years, our great
nation, with all its glorious his
tory, will go to the dogs. The
idea entertained by some that a
man may be a scoundrel in poll
tics and at the same time be an
honest man in his social relations,
is false and untenable. GA cor
rupt tree cannot bring forth good
fruit" ANY observing man who
has lived half a century in this
world must see that the great
cause of the immortality and vice
that prevail to such an alarming
extent at the present day is in the
laxity in training up the young.
A generation of hoodlums is be-
ing trained up. Boys are allow
ed to roam the streets at will, day
and night, and before they have
entered their teens they contract
all the worst vices. They learn