Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-06
MAFIANISM SCORED
Dr.. Jackson Vigorously Handles
the Moral Wrong Of Riots.
RELIGION 4 SAFEGUARD FROM NOBS
Dr.. Johs Grahsm Illustrates the Usasty
81 Chriss's Character asd His Eni-
nsnt Jnnueaes Ina shaping
the Worlds Destiny.

large audience last evening at the Foun-
tain-street Baptist Church. lie read
the text, 1--WE are in danger TO be called
IN question for this days uproar." He
continued: "It is now three weeks
since that great tragedy in New Or
leans that stirred this land % nightly,
and we have had time to form clearer,
msturer judgment. There is, think,
grest difference in the mob at Ephe-
sus whose actions occasioned the text
and the mob We have IN consideration;
trst IN the ends sought, and second IN
the chai acter Of the band OF men, Al
New Orleans We find band OF men
hound together, it would aeein. for the
m0et ignoble purposes. There are, too
analOgies: Both were advised to stop
and ponder lest they should be called
to give An account Tor this days work
A great social question is presented be-
fore us. We find band, the Mafia.
whose aim is To prevent law and take
human life. Any kind of an organlza-
ton banded TO take law in Its own
hands. must be rooted out of this coun-
try. We are not in Russia, where Sc
cret societies are the only methods
toward freedom. Do our law makers
realize that there is a Mafia, and that IT
should be choked before it has dealt
out death? 1t 10 time that the people
understood that these things should
not be and that Malta should be crushed.
Wrong Impressions Abroad.
Another question arises, too, in the
international relationship. The i'm
preston abroad with many, no doubt,
is that these men were shot down sim
ply because they were foreigners. No!
This il not true. There is no country
like ours for the desires for freedom by
foreigners; yet they must, to be one of
| US, relinQuish their old allegiance. We
cannot be many nations under one flag.
was pleased the other day to receives
| foreigner In our church, for he said:
81 want my children TO worship as
Americans" Haste the day when
there is not PAPER issued except in the
English language. Our schools may
some be taught i'll foreign tongue,
but we must have one great unlried
system.
The Jury System Exposed.
Then another question comes up
the use of the jury. Do you know
| how our ancestors fought for trial by
their peers--a jury? 1t was triumph
Of liberty. Yet its use is now ques-
toned. Then it was an honor to know
| something; now the jury system is in
dlefavOr because a premium is upon
| ignorance. Jnrorsdare notrcad ne ews-'
paper or form judgments. Tho time
/, should come. when the question is, Is
this man honorable and justT = There
! is a class of men who hang around to
F, exc out livelihood at sitting on juries.
/ would, under the present state of the
system, rather that my cause were tried
! by Judge than with our jurles.
| The man who attempts 10 bribe or
trife with n jury should be given the
sentence imposed for the otfensc for
which the convicted criminal would be
punished.
Justice In Some Siobs.
Then there arises the question of
mob law. We look upon it as horrible,
but there are times when 1t seems to
F.! have in it elements of justice. Some of
! the clergy even defend the action of
/ the mob IN New Orleans. We should
/ look at the question only from moral
standpoint, and l can not endorse the
sentiment. When we resort to such
methods, IL is confession that we
| alone are TO blame. Let public scnti-
ment put guard about these things.
| The White Caps of Indiana have
| whipped many a criminal, but also
many an innocent. YouGg men. il
you are ever in such a mob rs at New
Orleans, think not only Of the result ut
that time but also OF its after results
farther reaching. Better 10 let ninety
and nine guilty men escape than that
one innocent man be punished. A
man Is not man who does not do his
duty by. his country in putting good
men to the front at National, State and
municipal elections. Ii this fair land
| ever follows IN the foot steps of old
Rome, L will be when the gospel is
neglected.
We Need Christian Faith.
When men wander off from the good
old Bible teaching, you may surely ex-
pect corruption. Men may sneer at
Christian faith, but we need it.. 1t
| could GO To the Malta, and believe it
| would uplift these wretched men.
| There are two ways to deal with such
questions: One. to shoot; and one, TO
| teach and save them. Let them see the
better Christianity, and they can he
| saved.
The speaker cited the case Of cam
nibal island made the home of Chris
tiaDs, as an instance of the power of
Christian teaching.
l tell you, as we stand before the
| problem, it must be eolved with the
bayonet or with the gospel, with the
sabre or with the word