The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-08
GOOD AND EVIL

and how difficult TO auggsst practical rem
edies.
Centuries ego it was written, 81 created the
evil as well as TIE good, Faith the Lord"
Since matter existed there has besn al equi-
libIium of good and evil. Each dominates
for time. While one is superior in one
place or thing or tine, the other is superior
IN another place. thing or time. All
thst exis'a or viii exist bss brought
and will bring its equilibrium OF good
and evil, and on its use depends
which will dominate. The object of our
form OF government is to have the greatest
individual liberty consistent with public
order. We have no government except the
laws, and they must be good and bad inter-
mixed, because men are so who make them.
60 of their administration. II good, they
may be made evil by bad administration.
AL remedies proposed for modification or
cure of evils themselves must bring good and
evil, because no good can exist without evil,
SIS there oaa not be anything without an
opposite.
Juoge Hsrgis proposes the eradication of
tie lobby. Then he aust abolish delibsra-
tive bodies and eradicate desire for gain and
personal betterment. 1t is the outgroTth
Of these.
He proposes that a majority OF 2 jury may
render verdict. Then he must provide for
the evils of Yerdicts without consideration,
merely on the impulsivs votes Of seven men
sgsinEt five, while the five may be right aud
the seven wrong; The five wise and the seven
foolish. The msjoriiy must govern through
out. The jury may ballot in three minutes
after leaving the box, aud majority decide
to return a verdict and do 80 in E SO minutes.
We car. not, by Law, tx the time, or method,
or course Of deliberaiion, for that will de-
siIoy the whole idea and principle OF trial
by jury. II we have msjority rule, unless
we also have this regulation, it will create,
for iuries, every evil Judge Hsrgis enumer-
ates-and more he does not-attaching to
legislation.
60 With his proposition OF scholastic educa-
tion. TIE best educated and wisest talking
man I ever knew was almost pauper, and
he could be persuaded or led against his
knowledge, his inclinations and his precepts.
His reighbor could neither resd nor write,
yet he knew bis leading rights and duties as
q citizen, rarely failed in Judgment, man.
aged large business and became wealthy.
The first would have been dough in jury
room; the latter would have reached q sound
conclusion en- the facts before him. While
eVs5y man should be able to resd and write
and cipher, the evils Judge Harg's would
cure have their origin fer back Of where he
begins. and the education and legal provi-
sions for their cure must begin where they
aFise.
The mentality Of men is at first born with
them and is largely the result OF accident
rarely of design. The surroundings after
birth are the same-secidsntal The educa-
ton, exemplary az we'll as scholastic, deter
mines the mental motive power and direc.
ton III life, only in part. Education can be
aimed to develop good and repress evil ten
denotes, but only 70 the extent the surround
ings and the mental organism will psrmit.
A person with acquisitiYeness, sscretiVeness,
caution and irmness will acquire property
Wsth 10 scholastic education, may be shrewd
ia business and have sound Judgment. One
without these elements may become great
scholar, but will be hungry for bread, with
out sound judgment.
With this give him reverence, beneyolence,
self-esieem and love of appreciation a1d he
will be public benefac,or. Give him edu-
cation and he will be all the better. Take
from him the four last, and with or without
Learning he will nave no soruples about ac-
QuiriDg property, and may be thief. Cau-
ton may save him or msy not. One with
out the four first elements and with the four
last may be great scholar, but will be likely
to lack for bread and be without sound jude-
ment. Give either the four latter without
the former and they would be enthusiasts
without practically, living aud giving at
the expense OF others, and could neither
make nor execute wise laws with all the book
learning possible to acquire. The same
conditions and relations hold good az to the
morals, and through all the combinations OF
physical development-pbysica first, and
mental dependent on the physical, first and
last.
Laws enforced and education directed TO
prevent procrestioD by criminals will de-
crease criminal mentalism and crimes. En-
forced lave for education that develops good
mental traits and suppresses bad ones will
make better men in everything. Simply
scholastic education will be wisely used by
good minds, and bad ones will use it to graft
~ evil tendencies Toe wiser the man with
bad mental organization the mora danger.
Gus he is, the harder to circumvent keep
from places OF influence.
While the right of suffrage lie too cheap
and love of license Called liberty, and of
personal gain, and Of individual power are
too great, and should be lessened and limit
ed, they are the outgrovth of our vastness-
our unlimited space and material resources.
AS we grow more numerous and jostIe each
other for want of elbow-room, and our in
terests clash more and more, new outgrowths
viii bring new forces-good and evil-that
will still maintain an equilibrium, and our
knowledge OF and love forlliberty will retain
it for Us and maintain public order.
Heaven itself locks on with astonishmsnt
to see nearly 10000. coo of people, occupying
nearly ,O0O, coo Of square miles, with the
highest civilization yet attained, and no
army or navy or national police worth NAM