The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-26

llOfe nan oSAAJ AN ~
Following is synopsis OF the ser
mou preached at the Methodist
church last Sunday morning by the
Rev. II. J. DuECan. The sermon at
night was a continuation OF the
subject:
Romans xiii: -"
The peace of this world depends on
"cVery soul" being subject to powers
that be.'' Tho GNhOrtatiOn OF the text
Is based on the idea that God impaired
the power OF civil government. Then
cod gave us the State and cloth
ed it with police power. IheTe Is no
pOVcr however abused, but that comes
from God. Though the government
comes from God theaGOVernOr who ad-
ministers il may NOT be gOdly. Without
this civil government we could nave no
society, or security OF LIE or properly.
All would DG confusion ana anarchy. All
nations have some sort of constitution.
These are intended to promote the IN
terUSt of society, by being tic lOunda-
ton OF good ana wholesome legislation.
ILnis constitution forms compact be-
tween the Governor and the. governed.
Cixtl government being Il divine iEstl-
tuition, the Governor is minister oi
God.
You ask: What If he is immoral,
should h6 not'be ueposed"
No. \ little newspaper notice or the
drunkenness OF 4 Governor StirS COM
immunity as if 1t wore II Terrible thing Tor
a Governor TO get drunk. Pray tell me
when you had a Governor that didn't
get drunk? Do you not succeed one
drunken Governor with another? II
you put in All older, deacon, or
steward, does he not generally come
out a drunkard? You praise men
through the press as military heroes
and staunch partisans, who are known
to be drunkards. You put them in, aud
my contention is that after you got
them in YOU arc To bo subject to, and
obey them, as long as they do not Yio-
late the constitution or laws OF the
State. They are responsible to you for
the constitutiOnality of their adInlnls-
| tration and to God Tor their morals.
Rebellion against law, as we'll as the
| gubernatOrial authority, is equally
| culpable. Tho enactment may be
| grievance, a tra"esty upon justice, but
| the same power that Furnishes, resis-
| tance being ''of God" is pledged to cor
| rect the evils Of unwise legislation ana
| protect the subjects against their con-
| sequences. Obedience on the part OF
| the eitiZen and protection ON the part 0I
| tho State is tho principle i'll the com:
| pact. "FOr this cause pay ye tribute,
/ e taxes, these officers Of the Law
from Governors TO tho lowest deputy
are the ministers of God. "Attending
| continually upon tins very lining
| Their support by the governed is self
| evident thing. This requires moderate
| taxation, enough to support tho minis
| tors or officers of tho State government
economically administered. The TAT
| saIaried offices, and high handed mis-
| carriages of the law in' this State has
| driven her To such financial humllla-
/ tiOu that even alter scaling her ueDL
| ono hAII she is forced year Rltor year TO
! borrow money to pay oven the interest
( accruing upun herself constituted,
! scaled debt.
\ CIVIL GOVERNMENT HAS 4 CON Pill
| GATED CASE ON HAND.
| Organized capital and organized la
| Dor stand eye 10 eye with unsheAthed
blade, syHdiRatss, corporations, guilds
| and cOmbine strongly entrenched be-
hind tho law and bulwarked by bull
ION, present to tho American eye a
| fearful congestion OF woaILh. IneEe
| minify the man and he is lost sight OF,
| save when he goes to the ballot-bOX,
and even there his vote is often lost by
bribery and fraud and stuffed or stolen
ballot boxes.
Combined capital is destroying pO-
litcal freedom through the power of its
corporations. 1t is deDauC hing leglS-
latures, corrupting courts, and employ
ing tho best talent at enormous salaries
TO Keep it in the pales of the letter OF
the law while breaking the spirit.
What chance has poor widow along
this railroad, whose $50 COW has Deen
crushed by the cars when sne is told by
she can get only $lo?
| All this has the sanction of law. Tho
power of the stato is pledged Tor It's
protection. obedience is demanded:
Our uucOrrupted ballot and applied
Christianity IL our only hope.
Labor has the right TO organize.
Many of its movements are legal ana
beneficial. The right of petition is
or organization of men. hey have the
right TO demand OF "the powers that
be" that manhood be- madO bigger
| thing than mQuoy. II oy have a right
| to demand an increase of pay on PEN
atty OF leaving their places, but they
have no right to say that others shall
not work in places they have vacated,
whether such parties are orSanlZeu or
| unnrganized labOrerS.
| How on extremes the strikers are!
| The first strike known to history was
| in Europe in the l4th century. In l34S
| the plague visited Europe. 1t cOntin-
ued years. Two thirds Of the human
race were cut down by it. London bur
| ried 5O0}0; Venice 100000; Lubbock, 80
900. In the East altogether about 20,OOO,-
| 600 There was Il great demand for Ia
borers. They became such eNtortioners
that England had To enact "Stautes
of labor" or wago-labor law To protect
her people against the striko-the hrst
! strike known to history. 1t was mot 10y
law, Now they are met by bullets
| Strikes in the main are n failure. -They
harm most those whose interests they
| seek to promote. They assault society
in ways as dangerous as corporations
Tho one Soulless, the other sympa
thctic; they both bring suffering 10 the
innOccnt. The one upheld by law, TIT
other apprehonded and punished. /
good citizenship is bound to resist the
one with bullets, it is equally bound
, to r,,sIst the other with ballots
because the law should protect the
weak against the strong. Otherwis'
the battle cry of parties "equal rights
| to all and exclusive privileges u
| none," is n farce and fraud.
Corporations In this country ought u
have souls put into them or they ough
: 10 burst, I note with pleasure tina
) some of our larger railroads are becom
: ING more humano-doubtless the etfec
of applied christianity. was glad t
notice on the n. & C.-by the way one Q
/, the best roads in the South-that J, w
Thomas, whether to please his sweet
: heart or whether to fill with cheer tn
D weary traveller or toil-worn laborer,
z cannot tell, has planted beautifll
J tinxs,ar Gardens at the stations alonR tn