The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-13

we bear to our countrymen is the hatred we mani
fest for the world outside. 1t is the incarnation OF
seihshneSs and greed, and It falsely Clothes the
meaneSt attributes OF man in patriotism noble
garb.
believe that in no land or age, since has
served his feliowman has the Iaborer yet received
the fuil product Of his toll he stands to-day before
the world with callOus Ia ds and iurrowed brow,
his head bowed low with thought and care, cheapy
clothed. and housed aud fed and begging for the
night to serve-he stands living challenge 70 the
system that takes from him so much and gives so
little back
believe the time viii come, nay, is coming now.
when those who toll viii be the only who have;
when the fierce and bitter warfare OF strife and CON-
petition. which takes from the weak 10 denver 10 the
strong, will be melted and fused INTO the humane
and helpful system of corporation and mutual aid.
When each, looking abroad all humanity, viii
stek not 10 serve his selfish ends but the common
veal; when men TO man, the world Ger, shall
brothers be, for a. that"
When that comes, the day for which philanthro-
psts have ever dreamed and worked, then want, and
SUITE ring and crime will be banished from the earth.
We cannot reach the goal to-day nay our eyes may
never rest upon the promised land but we, at least,
can march in the direction where II lies.
That end can never come by developing the selfish
ness Of the human soul II can never come by rails
ing here and there some being high above his fellow
man. it can only como by lifting up the mass at
once.
Humanity is like the sea, tossed by the tempest
ard the gale driven here and there by every blast
in spot lifted for moment TO the clouds, and in
another sinking swiftly 10 the earth. But ever in
the fury of the storm silent allprevading force is
smoothing down the crest, raising up the deep and
establishing the level and the calm. 30 the iaborer
comes and goes, each individual unit is but
atom in the mighty whole, and cannot long stand
high above the rest its condition must be improved
by working the top but raising up the depths
below. The other day saw some wOrkmen rearing
stecple toward the clouds by placing one brick
upon another far into the mist above; but however
high they built the tower, the great structure
derneath not disturbed had they raised the
foundation below the pinnacle would have been
lifted too So with society," all the elevation and re-
fnement above, while below. the is held in
mlre and dirt Is 4 mockery and sin.
More than eighteen hundred years ago great So
cal relOrmer taught the foundation truth OF pOlit-
cal economy, in a simple moral principle. which
shall live long truth and Justice shall find a
restng-place in human souls Standing among His
disciples He announced the doctrine Of the universal
brotherhood of man. And no EFFORT whether made
by the economist or the aborer, that ,es not ac-
eept and act upon this truth benefit the world.
IL is idle and criminal to raise society by building
caste on caste; the stream cannot rise above the
source, and humanity is the foundation head.
Protection and universal brotherhood have no
common ground; every act that divides man from
man, that alienates nation from nation is q step
toward the darkness and the past while every effort
rers, uniting humanity in bonds Of common inter
est and love- is a step toward the morning aud the
light; glorious promise Of the time when swords
shall be beaten into plOwshares, and all the nations
OF the earth shall dwell in harmony aud peace.