The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-22

| the many distinct breeds OF horses Jacks,
cattle, swine, sheep, fowls, dogs, cats,
rabbits, goats, and other animals. There
IL no false modesty about IL. But let IL be
even suggested that the very same laws
] apply 10 human animals aud the very
same practices in relation TO them will
| produce like results, and the disgust
manifested tells the would-be benefactor
that he 10 classcd among the vulgar.
what kind OF n divine economy would
that be considered which recognizes n
moral distinction between real brute
with four legs and one with two2 That
would encourage the breeding of brutal,
NANCY children aud condemn the breed
ing OF NANCY colts or cattlo2 That would
dcstroya glanderod horse and approve
tho rearing Of syphilitie and scroiulitic
! children Who would recognize such n
| divinity, much less WORSHIP IL and make II
the foundation for religion. and churches.
! and consecrated teachers, and sacrcmenta,
| aud prayers, and hymns OF praigG2 Can
| human economy OF that character be any
moro tolerable than divine one would
be- Can human legislature, or church,
or society, Justly or wisely create and
maintain or tolerate distinctions that a dl-
vine economy would not2 Such q concu-
| sion would be, not only unworthy OF q
sane human intellect. but Is n DEGRADATION
OF human intelligence 30 tho level OF brute
intelligence.
History tells us OF one people among
the Greoian provinces that recognized
what am contending for and what false
uso OF the benefits OF civilization now per
sists In ignoring. Sparta regarded the
human race within her borders "a OF more
value than her animals, and she logislated
for IL and sought % improve il as we do
our animals and with most pronounced
success. She had no stream OF demented,
deformed, diseased and criminal human
offspring OF like parentagc pouring into
her social channels. No ono unfit was
| permitted 20 become n parent; aud q
moro chivalrous, stalwart and beautiful
race has never inhabited the earth. With
out Sparta there would have been no
| Athens. Yet they were no more so
than the race would be now II the
law, society and the church would
discard its fallAclous reasoning abandon
its false and mistaken policies leave be-
| hind its romance and sentimentalism, lay
down its supersttiona recognize tho
| economy Of real divinity, adapt them
selves 10 the operation Of the natural, ir-
rosistible forces hurled into existence with
matter by that divinity and apparent 20
oil who will look for them, and deal with
the causes OF degenerate humanity instead
OF with tho results OF that degeneracy.
"What wisdom Is there in the policy, or
what truth ~ there in the religion, or what
real charity is there in the benevolonce,
or what stability is there In the reform
that builds and maintains institutions for
the insane, the feeble minded. the found
lings, the paupers, the incurably diseased,
the incorigibe youths, the felons and the
petty offenders the taxation OF sound, hon
est, moral and industrious people, and the
forced conversion OF the products of their
labor TO the maintenance OF these places
by the hundreds al over the land, and at
the same time the permission OF usages
and social conditions that keep them con-
stantly filed with inmates, yearly incTeas-
ing in numbers and in physical and men
tai de.erioration2 What blindness is it
that makes distinction between brutal,
vicious, conscienceless, diseased male,
going at large up and down the land with
out restraint INDUCING his brutal i'm
pulses leaving his diseased and viciousy
tainted offspring for the public TO care for,
whether he goes on four legs or
two, and makes himself heard by
brutal roar or by articulated
speech? And that believes a divine
providence makes a distinction, and gives
one an immortal soul TO be saved or lost
and TO the other none, and for that reason,
the one with the two legs must be toler-
ated and left at large? He may Just evade
the hand of the criminal law, and yet he
may faint every mortal element, trample
on every moral law, disregard social de-
cency and order, debauch virtue, make a
bauble of chastity. defy and sneer Mt pub
lie opinion. furnish inmates for prisons,
homes for abandoned women and chill
dren, lying in hospitals, paupers for aims
houses and work houses, and leave poison
TO affect generations; and yet, so long as
he commits no overt act so as TO be taken
red-handed, hands must not be laid on
him, and if he comes TO the law and asks
Tor license to be married, the law gives it
for the asking, and the judge with the
dignity of his Office, or the minister with
prayers and benedictions, will perform the
ceremony.
1.-THE same reasoning is applicable TO the
worthless, unbalanced creature that comes
onto the plane OF the hereditary pauper,
too ignorant or worthless TO secure food to
live on, but with the ability to force upon
the community worthless and vicious
posterity without limit as to number and
largely under sanction of legal marriage.
So of the high intelligence, but criminal
mentality, that pIeys upon society and rem
ders life and property insecure. So OF the
incurably diseased, the weak minded, and
those of insane tendencies. What rational
distinction can be made between these and
the leper in providing for the public
safety? In the latter there is no wrong
only misfortune. Yet we claim right to
lay hands on him, put him away from his
fellows and perpetually exclude
him lest he shall communicate his
incurable affection TO another.
Why have we not equal right to
lay hands on the others, isolate them, and
prevent the spread OF the contagion they
will otherwise distribute far and wide?
The plea of human soul is lost here,
for both have souls. On that line what
becomes of the argument of the soul when
the question comes before the church or
the reformer. or why should these vicious
classes be free to propagate their kind and
bring into being millions of souls on the
planes where all must be lost? Under
what rule of logic or philosophy can you
say 10 the law, Hands off; the liberty OF
the person is sacred, the rights of the in
| dividual must not be interfered WITH
when, by isolating this one vicious body
with soul you can prevent the produc-
ton OF many more vicious bodies with
souls, all of which are likely or certain TO
be lost? The civil constitutions Ruaran-
tee only against unreasonable searches
and seizures and such as are made must
ha done in nursuanca of law Is guch n