The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-07

whose rooms are SaInOIlnS compare
ments, are just as guilty as the thug
who plies his art in the lower quarters
of the city. Let us hold up our hands
in holy horror at the vile species of
gambling in which the Prince of Wales
engages.
Let us also remember that the race
track of America is to-day claiming its
victims by the hundreds and thousands.
Let us draw the line at the race-track.
DOOR OF THE HORSE-JOCKEY.
Let us write it on the records of u
church, that no man can maintain this
institution of hell and occupy a high
place in the house of God. Let us de-
clare in language not to be misunder-
stood, that no man al pose as a cham
pion of religion on whose person there
is the odor of the h~orse-jOckey and the
race-track. Let us understand that
gambling is gambling, whether it be in
the parlor, in a game of euchre, at the
r~ace-track, watching blooded stock be-
ing manipulated by thieves and cheats,
or in the club with it's magnificent
furniture, or on the Stock Exchange.
H PRINCE OF WALES.
The Prince Of Wales, who is soon to
be the ruler in name at least of the
English people, has shown himself to
be no better than an ordinary blackleg
gambler. He sought to shield his com
rade in vice from public detection and
disgrace. Is it. not time that we shall
recognize in life the principle that gov
eminent is of God, that it is sacred,
that it is holy ground, that the man
who sits in the seat of authority must
be a holy man? 1t is time the aristO;-
racy of England learned this truth. If
it does not learn it and learnt speedily,
the radical element of English society
is certain to sweep the House of Lords
out of existence, and the throne itself
will become a tradition. Not only
this, but unless England shall teach a
higher and diviner lesson of govern
ment to the great masses of the people,
they will rise in their might, by and
by, and smash the whole fabric of
present social and governmental organ
ization. Peopleare not fools, and they
are thinking.
THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION.
l believe in the social revolution that
is to come. hope it will be an evOlu-
ton in progress; but if the men who
are in authority, who represent the
prerogatives of government and of
wealth, think they a indulge in the
lowest and vilest vices, denOminated
crimes on the statute books, and at the
same time punish the rabble for doing
that which they do with impunity,
there will be an explosion that will
shake this earth. We will not have
evOlution-we will have a revolution
OF gigantic proportions. 1t is time in
this nation for us to give the men who
make our laws notice to this effect!
HONOR AMONG GAMBLERS BUT A SHADOW.
A man who CANDLES is unfit for any
trust. A man who CANDLES will lie.
A man who CANDLES will embezzle. A
man who CANDLES will steal. The only
question is one of crisis, of temptation,
of opportunity. Whether Gordon Cum
ming cheated Or not, he is just as good
as the Prince of Wales, who stood on
the witness stand and turned up his
nose at his companion in vice. There
is honor among thieves; there is So
called honor among gamblers. 1t is a
shadow. There is nothing real in it.
A man who becomes a gambler loses
all conception Of the value Of money,
and ultimately of the value Of honor.
He has violated the fundamentaldecre
of nature. He has taken his neighbours
goods without an equivalent. A man
who takes his neighbours goods without
giving an equivalent has violated the
great commandment, "Thou shalt not
steal" There may be honor among
thieves, but it is not worth our while
to study it's code. It was bad for Sir
William to cheat; it was just as badfor
him to gamble.
TIME TO SWEEP AWAY THIS CURSE.
It is time the Christian world should
rise in it's might and make a worldwide
effort to sweep this curse from the
face of the earth. The integrity of our
government demands it. The defalca-
lions that recently startled us in
America have their foundations in the
gambling mania of modern times.
Where can we trust men? Who is
safe nowadays? We hardly know
what bank to trust, because we do not