San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-12

But those who con tract improvi-
dent marriages, acquit themselves of
all imprudence aud folly, and saddle
all the blame on the government and
the law.
1t Is fashionable to make the gov.
eminent the scape goat for all the fCl-
lies, vices and crimes of all the men,
women and children in nation.
fla child is disobedient or tbievisb,
the fault falls on the government and
the laws, and not on the neglect of
duty and training by the parents.
If wife or husband is guilty of
intideilty, it is wholly owing to the
detects of the government and of the
laws, not to the passions OF the party.
If Jay Gould, through speculations,
makes $50, 1000, 600, it is because the
laws give the rich the advantages, in
the battle of lite.
II man starts out rich and is i'm
poverished by his own prodigslity
ana reckless speculations. il Is the
fault OF our unjust laws.
If man begins life poor
and is too lazy to work, or il be
squsnders mis- earnings at the gaming
table, or in dissipation, he is not
bit to blame, his poverty is the result
of unjust laws.
If a person is torn blind, or de-
formed, it is the faultof the govern.
ment and the laws.
If a man steals, burglarlzas house,
or commits murder, he is free from
from all blame. and the government
and laws are alone to blame.
Upou this foundation of quick sand,
theorists erect all their houses OF
stubble, cemented with chaff.
Children, born of improvident mar
rlages, must confront poverty on the
threshold of life.
That is the only legacy hequeath-
ed to them by their affectionate
parents.
at fault, and not their parents, for
their inheritance ofpoverty.
That is the verdict of the entire
tribe of theorists, and it is impossible
they should be mistaken.
All the wisdom learning, sense,
Judgment, COMMON sense, statesman
ship and philanthropy, extant in the
world, have been emptied into the
minds of the theorists and specula.
tors.
There is no possible chance for
them to be wrong or mistaken, in
their theories and speculations.
Heaven and earth may pass away
lin y -
may he wrehched from their founda-
lions and tost aloft like feathers-the
ocean may be dried up and seed
time and harvest fail but
every chimerical theory shall
be crowned with success, in every jot
and little, in the abstract and in the
concrete.
Thus say the builders and cobblers
OF theories, and are far wiser than
GOd-in their own estimation.
'FoOls rush in where angels fear to
tread" ought to be the epitaph on the
tribe of theorists and spectators.
When paternalism or some other
theory gets hold of the helm of the
'ship of state" throws overt board the |
chart and compass, and puts il on
new course, It should extirpats sloth |
and iaZiness, extinguish the propen-
sity to steal, the passion of lust, and
prohibit marriage, where the parties |
do not possess money enough to sup |
port them for six mon tbs. I
The sbsurdity of some men battles
and defies ridicule.
\ goodly number of them tabernacle
In San Antonio.
The speech making, choral exer-
cises, ETC., will occur in the Manufac.
lures Building, which will be fitted
with seating accommodation for So,
100 to 100, 900 people 1t is now thought
from 1900 to 5000 troops will par
ticipate in the dsdicatOry exercises.
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