The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-23
"Love Your Neighbor us YOURSELF"

Communicated
Is the divine command given on Sinai.
What was 1t that caused the 'Naza
rene teacher who spoke as man never
spoke before to exclalm THE Son
" Man hath not where to lay His
head" The divine command WAC dis
lbbeyed then as now. and causes many
lDf Gods children to exclaim. even
now, | have not where to lay my head.
Ibid God make the earth and its fruit
Hui products for the use and benefit oil
all His children. or only for the priyl-
Ileged few? II Jesus, whose bure feet
Itrod the stony roads Of old Jerusalem
should come again and go into some oil
Jour money centers. where are congre
gated usurers, bankers and gamblers
lin the sweat and toll OF Gods children,
would he use the same language now
US then, aye have made it den OF
thieves" lie that tilleth the ground
shall eat the fruits thereof" ''Ile
that keepeth the Zig tree shall eat the
FIRST fruit"
Why shall man beg Of his fellow
worm the privilege to toll for his food
and clothing? IL is said that the popu
lution OF the earth is one billion foui
hundred millions of souls. and about
Itifty thousand own the earth and Its
contents. What libel on the wisdom
and Justice OF a wise and beneficent
Creator.
In Levlticus XIV, rs we read: 1.-THE
and shall not be sold forever, for the
land is mine, for ye are strangers and
bojourners with me-"
How does that correspond with our
system Of to-day, some men with mil.
lions of acres and some with not
enough to set their foot upon, except
in the public highway, with the va.
grant law staring them in the face.
Did not the same God who said Thou
shalt not kill" thou shalt not steal"
thou shalt not lie. !" say, Sell not the
land forever"
Judge Blacksion. the head of the
legal profession, once said, II can see
in nature to Justify few
lines on parchment giving man u
right to hold land he cannot use and
making his fellow man pay him FOR
The use of It,"
See what untold misery violation
of this command has brought on the
human family. Take Ireland as an
example, with less than five million
people, and three -foufths of them in
poverty aud misery. Why SO? Ire
land is capable of keeping In happi-
ness ten or twelve millions OF people.
The land is owned by only a few, and
i'm order to live on their native land,
with their eturdy sons and rosy
Checked maidens. they must give ali
their best products to the "land lords
for the privilege of life. They must
live In hutB with the chickens and
hogs they are raising for payment TO
absentee "land lords"
Let us take look at this virgin
country OF ours, that God made a
paradise, and SEQ what the greed of
man has made of 1t, with its seven
thousand millions OF acres. Take u
ride on the elevated roads in New
York and see the palacse in which
there is palace for every member of
tho family Then you come to the
flats. tenements and novels OF laborlng
people in which, in one room, live q
family OF probably six; 1t is parlor,
and Kitchen; all the ne.
cesslties of life and home are perform
ed in that one room. Sometimes chill.
dren are three OIL four years old before
they see the light OF Gods sun or
breathe His pure air. Is 1t any wonder
we have q criminal class; the only
wonder is they are not ten times m ore
criminal. Nature has done more in
providing the jungle for the tiger.
than this usurious cutthroat system of
land, finance. and transportation, have
done for these images OF God.
Who builds these palaces? It Isl
those ingenious, Industrious laborIngl
people who live In these novels. After
building these palaces and handing
tho key to the land grabher, or usu.
rer or gambler, whocould not make
nhinkan fhnfF 0Ilatu.HI
to enter one of them again. Now you
are told, that by deed they own this
land, from whom cid they receive the
deed; let us find the original deed, |
ard who made that deed.
III the earlier stages OF human exiR-
tence. while the people were busilyt
engaged in agriculture, and tending
their locks and herds, they were over
run by bandits. who laid them under,
contribution. and parceled out their
lands, and after sinking the name OF.
robbers. which they were, into mon
arch. king, or emperor, began to give.
out land titles.
If you want to purchase piece Of
land now the first thing Ii to fee n
lawyer, to go through musty volumes
TO see who some Old bandit had given
the title OF it to. Tho claim made that
discovery gives the title, that ia he
who comes first is the owner, and all
others shall pay tribute to him. Now
in the language of Judge Blackston,
what teaches that he Is entitled 10 any
more than he can occupy and use, is
IL the fact that he came first, II 80 If |
go to the theatre first and get ticket
and enter first have | a right to close
the dooTR and demand that the play
shall go on for me alone, or II go to
the depot and secure my ticket and
get in this car first, have l n right
to take one seat, and scatter my bag
gage over the rest of the seats, and de.
inand the train as mine, shall 1t pro.
coed for my benefit alone2
Now, In case OF war or foreign in
vasion, when this property needs
protection. who has to defend III Is
IL the bankers, usurers, land grabbers.
railroad kings, (the respectable class
or Is it the laboring class, as govern.
ments always hire the money OF the
rich, ard on their own terms, but
draugnt the bodies OF laborers to make
breast works of for bullets, that is, the
money of the rich is more sacred than.
the flesh and blood of labor. / know
some OF our respectable business.
men and citizensn will brand me a.
communist, but l have received it,
from the word OF God, and If tho
Bible Is not true-is not tho inspired
word of God-I have be9n deceived
and would say:
All your talk of love to God.
To common people sounds like fraud,
because our Pharisees, like those OF old /
are ready to sell their souls for gold.
DIR. j. ID. WEIGH.
Wilmington, Del.
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