The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

effects. for illustrations sake, we VIII CAS-
sify as follows: good effects, and bad effects.
AS there is a cause for every effect. let us
look for it in each of the following few effects
of both classes. What is the cansc Of train
reaching safely it's destination? Order, or
good management. Aud what the cause of
train wreck? Disorder. or mismanage-
ment. What is the cause OF happy home:
Order. And what the cause of an unhappy
home? Disorder What is the CAUSE OF
health? Order. And what the cause of
sickness and disease? Disorder. What is
the cause of peace? Order. And what the
cause of war? Disorder in the community.
What is the cause OF virtue in society?
Order in society. And What the cause of
crime and iniQuity in society? Disorder in
society. Thus without much trouble we
find the cause of crime. IL is disorder or
mismanagement in society. 1t is the dis
order born of the avariciOllSness that mani
tested itself so clearly in the human family
Of centuries ago, when they mutilated the
principle of exchange The disorder was
born then, as was also its effect-crime. AS
the ages rolled on the disorder grew. and SO
did also it's effect-crime. Do you still
wonder why crime is on the increase? And
do you still wonder that all your refOrma-
tory methods directed towards the criminal
ing increase in crime?
AS stated above, deceit is practiced and
crime committed: thus the criminal is Gre
ated. And all is traced to the abnormal love
OF money. But after all, speaking for the
criminal, is the end worth the means? Can
the end ever be obtained. Sillce the end is
money, and the more the pOSsessOr has of
it, the more he Graves? Then why use
hazardous means to no end? The human
family. criminals and all alike, labor under
the erroneous impression that money can
give happiness and cOntentment. This error
is fully demonstrated by the millionaire who
Graves for two; by the man worth a thou
sand who longs for ten. Surely if there
were any peace of mind and happiness to
be obtained after the acquisition of certain
amount of money. is it not likely, that such
men as the GouldS, the Vanderblts, Roth
childs, or others equally notable, should
have reached that stage by this time? But
the fact that these notables now, as much
as. if not more than ever, exert all their
energies to the accumulation OF money; the
fact that they give body and soul to money.
money, money, clearly demonstrates the
fallacy OF such suppOsitiOn-it demon
StrateS beyond dispute. that there is no stage
at which the human mind will halt and be
satisfied. Then, l say again, why use haZ
ardOuS demonstrating at times life and lib
erty, and at all times peace of mind and
cOntentment, to no end? 1t is true, society
has but itself to blame for crime, collectively
speaking, but that does not exclude each
individual criminal from his own liability
to blame. AvariciOusness was the cause of
all. And had each individual been exempt
from this vice, there would have been no
crime. Hence the criminal must be pre-
pared to take the consequences upon his
own shoulders.
The vices of peoples have ultimate pun
ishment consequent upon them just as has
the crime of the individual. AS such must
be considered famines, pestilence,
and the tolerance of crime itself.
If ali society had remained as pure, and
as free from avariciOusness, as has that
good body of sOuls-the Quakers. would
there now exist, the crime the world is af-
f1icted with? To be sure, by constant in
tercOurse they have become contaminated
to degree, but as whole, they are, so far
as everything virtuous and honorable is con-
cerned, still we'll worthy and deserving to
be held forth in illustration of the true
principle of fair dealing and exchange.
How many criminals are created among
Qnakers? G. M. NJ.
Declines To BE PardOned.
Gov. Wilson has pardoned Enos Basham