The Morning herald., 1878-09-23
wILM1NGTON. De, .s.pt 20, ISIS.
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THE BEDROCK OF TnF QUI IEssTsIll0teN. sllte

wrote uS d letter on Saturday conmeho-
in9l rather tartly upon the polieyiad the
Democracy, in the West and sOuth:-alsoI
coorndem or liea ing in toto, the labor movement a
The m writer gritt j. gentleman Standing Ghigh
among % what called svapassesalrt aslt chris hJs 4
tiaps--bence has pecuiilars 81 claims VI sqpop eu'
for a fair, and full anawerf,u A. VI we under
stand the labor movement tits a. demand
by ,workingmenthat there labor shallo asr
s,,rsto them; at ileastthe necessaries OIL
lifsot As our correspondent, 10 pious, and
believer IN the bible, being the sole rule
offait,, We will endeavof to ans wery him.
ii ttye authority he invokes as. his rule o.
Iif,. o''''"4 '''T .grora ri1eq5gadt rg1.g
.Whatis mean. by the esnecessarie ofdife
arebottl,e crtitnbs which fall, from the
mans n,, table, which the llabQrfr may share
in com oany fWish1the dogs, -butasuch as 7afd
ford him and his family ifhe has one,
sufficient hsalthy and nourishipg foed, gsf
that hemaybeabls to odooia fair days
work without wasting excessively his phys
steal ;s,repgtb,gend. clothed with raiment
90 decent that she profession of labor may
not be degraded, 70 He is not entitled to
expansive luxuries in afpod or clothing, but
he does iastly claim theright iniaviftuf O
.rendeeing "a faithful and honest service, tc
aeon Portable living, as has ustlbeen de.
scribed .. Capital mast grant thisl right Il
The lsaboreir, Or deny him a livelihood b.
claiming for itself an absolute dominion
oyersits goods. But man. individually o
corpporately has no absolute dominion owe
propertv. "The earth is the Lords ant
the fullaess thereof the, world and al
they that dwell therein" .";--Psalms, Co
therefore, is the sovereign master Of al
things-mati included-and cannot spr
render to man, or angels even, any portion
of his absolute dominion without denyin
his own sovereign ownership, Man, there
fore, holds property by no absolute 'rigt
in his own name obut as the steward {
God. Reason, faith, Scripture and th
positise teachings of Christ are unanimor
in evidence of this'truth. Tile civil Stat
which holds it's powers from God, and
temporal affairs in His representativ
maintains His truth, implicitly, az 1eas
when it taxes the peace. abiding citizen f
the expenses incurred BY the law -breake
the rich to support the poor; the learne
to educate the ignorant, showing tn
wealth is held primarily for, the publ
good and secondarily for the iHnddividu' ind
Silence, private interests must yield Vi
the public good" Now as the individu
or the cooperate body is only the stewal
ofGod's gifts, and in civilized life on
holds capital in trust mediately throus
the State, itfol1ows that they must eth
employ their wealth according to II
mind Of God in creating it orbecome ,''uu
faithful stewards who squandeEed th'
Masters good, and unfit to be stewar
any longefHT yd'" TH0E l''Iri' JOE On
The will of God in creating ailthings
learned from Genesis verses: "And G
blessed them, saying: Increase and mql
ply, and fill the earth tlhldst, ans, subdue suqbu It, q
rule over the ifshss,1of the sea and
fowls of the air, and all living ereatu
which move on, the earth. And God So
Behold give you every herb bearing sc
upon earth, and all the sreesrthat have
themselves seed oftheir own kind 10
your food. And all the beasts @ +, of q !,
earth, and all the fowls ofthe air, and
which move on the earth and in VIII
there islife, for food" AS true as n
created,te serve his God, 80 true W
all things else created for mans use Q
bsnefe1to 'sayfhe least. to give him Z
necessaries of,lf,e aA described above 7
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