The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-04

records prove, to add deep and
daily scores on the calendar of
crime.
1t has been said in eXtenuation
Of the multiplication of murders,
homicides and bloody encounters.
that the increase is relative, not
actual; and that there is no greater
number of these crimes than can be
explained by increase in population
If this were true, it would be a hu-
initiating confession Of the tardy
influences OF civilization and Chris
tIanity; for we ought bumbly, and
yet justly, claim that "as we grow
IN age We may grow III grace
But the increase of murders and
deadly collisions is not merely
relative; it is actual. And it grows
out Of the increased facilities offer
ed to the bloOdthIrsty or passionate
propensity. 1t has its origin i'll the
invention of the revolver, a weapon
easily concealed, handy in use,
multiple in effect, deadly to the
victim, safe to the wearer by the
perfection of its mechanism. The
old flint and steel, or even the
percussion, pistol was numbered
with It's projecting locks and was
nearly as dangerous to the bearer
as it might be to his adversary
With the use of weapon so readily
concealed, so effective, and so quick
in action as the revolver, physical
inequalities are brought to the
same level, and the pride Of the
spirited weakllng is filed that he
is made the full equal Of the ram
pant bully.
But not only does public opinion
sustain the carrying Of concealed
weapons; the law encourages the
practice by giving unrestricted
license 20 the manufacture and sale
of them. And the 'stradc IS quick
to avail itself of the privileges
allowed by law to accommodate all
classes Of purchasers, and graduate
his prices according to the length
of their purses, so all can be sup
piled, and supplied openly, though
1t is a matter of fact that the article
purchased is to he used secretly
and in violation of the law.
The evil does not end here. One
of the aliases Of carrying concealed
weapons is to infame the initiative
propensities of boys to ID as their
elders do. They grow up with the
belief that it is manly to do so, and
long for the time when they too
shall yindicate their manhood by
the quick punishment Of their Of
tenders. And they so through a
course OF training authorized by
their parents and ignored by the
law, and IN the tender years OF
childhood become familiar with the
instrument of death and callOus to
their deadly consequences. Toy
pistols, tIObert rifles, pallOr rifles,
are made the pIaythings of boys,
with the direct results that they
lead steadily up to the practic6d use
of the mortal realities.
If there is 10 be a check to the
flow of blood in the land, d cessation
Of strife or sudden collision, it must
come primarily through the dlsuse
of the concealed weapon of death.
That disuse must come through the
creation Of healthy public senti-
ment. The creation of such senti-
ment must come chiefly from the
| pulpit. There is no nO0ler nor
more important work in the scope
of the ministry than to impress
upon their people that III the
gospel there is nothing more true,
nothing more noble, nothing more
distinctive of its mission, than that
it came to bring ''Peace. good will
toward men," and that its mission
is not accomplished, that It's Pre-
muIgator is insulted, so long as the
land flows with blood shed in hasty
temper, the direct results of bearing
concealed weapons. Let the pulpit
take up the subject and press it
vigorously. c.
No one DOUBTS that Dr.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy really cures Ca
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