The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-08-11
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.

SENSE AND SENTIMENT.
lMaxvile Correspopdence)
As we have no news for the
SENTINEL, such as the Maxville
correspondent forwards to the
Valley Journal, viz: "How Joe
Oaks killed the lice and hair on
his old horse etc; we take Il
broader view and cast our eyes
upon the many stacks of wheat
and hay, standing like pyramids
all over the country, prOclaimIng
ibe never ceasing DeuevOlence OF
God. Yet, with all this bounty
there is dlscontent. Not with what
nature has given us, but in what
man converts into useful articles
out of natures store-house.
Homestead No! The blood Stain
ed field of misnamed place in
Pennsylvania, Is a sad witness of
the evil consequences Of discon-
tent. When one armed force.
withoutlegdl authority, enters the
sacred and peaceful confines of a
state and try 10 hush The cry for
Justice with winchester rifles, then
we retrograde below religion and
civilization. and so long AS the
execution of our laws are fettered
by an ignorant, .timorous and
vacilIating mind of jury, we can
look for the dark deeds of anarchy
and the cowardIy assassins stilletto.
Every rope whereby man is
legally executed, costs the State
of Ohio from $4,000 10 $4,000. before
all the legal :echnicaliiies are re-
moved by the Supreme court Ga
tribunal that ought to be exempt
from all criminal procedure.)
Theology is as misguided asJuris-
prudence an,; Justice. Those who
have to pass the ordeal of execu-
tion are so called prepared" and
90 10 heaven, and if true, heaven
is full of mur1erers, aud those
who escape the rope, go to the o.
L. for life and in a few wears are
pardoned by deluded Board of
Pardons and a sentimental COVER
nor. Public safety and justice to
a violated law of God and man
demands the execution of the
wilfull murderer. Public safety
aud the reformation of the evil
doer demands his or her imprison
ment.
Our nation is trying 10 wear the
doclle garb Of the lamb, and con-
sequently act hypocrItically.
Closed doors at the Columbian
Exposition on Sunday, (hell open
in Chicago at The same time),
prohibiting the laboring class 10
see the mighty hand of art and
science, and force them into the
beer gardens and vile resorts
instead. Is tins the object OF our
congressional actions
Man not only wants rest bnt
recreation, also. Our camp meet
ings are not merely places Of
worship. for the Lord knows We
have enough churches, bnt they
are places of recreation, ease, rest
and reunion; and if they have a
right to take ina dime on Sunday
nnder the cloak of religion the
Columbian Exposition ought to
have the same right, and will have
it. if they have the noted back
door or alley gate.
Strange as it seems, bibles.
churches and schools everywhere,
vet man can not learn three words:
sknow thy self" Education. dis
seIf-control and religion
will do it. We have a foreigner
in this country, who had no place
in Noah's ark during that wet
spell; he is IA child of amalgama-
ton, silly, lefiant and stubborn.
yet industrious under the iron rod
of compulsion. loyal 10 the core.
having served in all our wars
without bounty or pension, it is
the long cared American mule.
Yet with all his excentriciiy he
can be made docile and obedient;
why not man? Are some men
lower than a muleg Man, a species
of The animal kingdom, carries
within his breast the desire af the
animal. yet education combined
with a sense of self control, self
respect and consequent obedience
to Ian and order, elevate him
above The brute, and from man.
with unsubdued pas
sions he would shrink back TO the
level of brute creation.
We live TO a great extent by the
momentum of excitement. All
our public officers, from he road
10 the president are
ushered into office by a political
cyclone. Why not weigh the
deeds of a political partv and IFS
in our mental scale of
reason and unbiased judgement
before We voie2 This would save
the millions OF dollars spent for
one party 10 investigate the mis-
deeds of the other. Let our polit-
zeal papers and orators tell the
truth, for we all have learned that
the regime of Harrison will NOT
raise TIE price on iron or wool.
nor will the Cleveland admins
tratiou establish free trade.
,TOUN I. YouNKEI.