The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

has come when politics must be recog.
nized as one Of the highest expressions
of true religion. The municipality
the State, the nation-these are the
divine promises Of better social order.
They are at present under the domin-
ion Of the enemy. They must be con-
quered.
They must be transformed.
They must be made to fulfill the
divine end of their creation. They
must be humanized and ChristianiZed.
AS the State demands and gets the
treasure, the life, the blood Of her
citizens in the hour Of need, so the
State must in the hour Of the citizens
need fulfill the reciprocal obligation OF
sustenance and protection and train
ing.
A man died in a charitable hospital
in America the other day who was one
of the immortal heroes of the battle of
Balaklava. He suffered reverse after
reverse in his battle for bread and at
last become a piece of human drift
wood among a million other wrecks on
the sea of life. What thoughts must
have passed through the old soldiers
mind as he lay dying in poverty and
homeless wretchedness. AS his eye
wandered around the bare walls of the
hospital in these last sad hours did he
hear the fatal command on that event
rul day, '.Forward, the Light Bri-
gade"
THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIER.
Did he hear again the thunderpeal
Of cannon to the right Of them, to the
left Of them, as the brave Six Hundred
rode into the Jaws Of hell:
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
And yet his great mother, the State,
had forgotten him.
Surely it were time the collective
life Of the people expressed in the i'm
perialism Of law shall extend its func-
tons beyond the command to die.
If the State command to die, why
not the right and duty to command to
live?
Second-The hour gives a trumpet
call to the rich.
Wealth is tremendous power.
There never was an hour when it could
do more directed in right channels.
There never was an hour it was ca
pable Of greater harm directed in
wrong channels. Will our rich men
and women hear the call Of God to
conservation and to service in this the
natal hour Of new civilization:
Mr.. Bellamy has well said: The
only really safe investment of money
to-day for those who have more than
they want for present needs is to put
it into the work Of directing and in
structin@, while yet we can, the ire
mendous popular 70 ces which soon
will be beyond control. Let us while
we may prepare channels for the flood
so that when it comes it may not prove
a deluge."
There are so called heather nations that
can put to shame or DO sted cvilza-
ton in the relations between rich and
poor. 1t is said that in Japan, for in
stance, the rich do not seek to Outshine
the poor in the carriages and palaces and
jrwclry. Wealth is not thus absorbed,
but is put to remuneratlve uses. The
rich and poor are alike courteous. 1t is
not possible to distinguish employer
from labOrer by their behavior. All are
clean. All are easy and restrained
We are told that the governor let's his
| child 90 to the common school and sit
next to he child of the casual labOrer,
certain that his child will pick up no bad
manners and get no contamination in
| thought or III person. This equality en-
| abIes rich and poor to meet as friends
and gifts can pass without degradation
| The rich mobiles in the country, just as
the university men with whom we met
in Toxic, are thus able to give to those
whom they know to be in need, and
| friendship becomes the channel fcharity
We may be able to teach Japan much
| in the mysteries of mechanical progress
| but from her treasures of the past she
| can surely teach us here one of the divine
| lessons we have yet to learn. If the ricf
desire the highest and noblest service, il
can only be obtained by winning first thu
| love of the worker.
This is the secret Of the great generals
achievements. No great general ever
lived who failed to inspire the devotion
| of his men.
|
| service which made them great.
| One of the secrets of the success 0
General Lee was the passionate devotion
he inspired in his men.
| LEE AND HIS OLD COMRADES.
1t is recorded that not long after tn
| surrender, when rumOrS were abroad
| that Lee was likely to be executed TO
| treason, the general was living at hi
home in Richmond. One day a COnfed
crate soldier in the ragged remnants O
butternut uniform came up to Genera
Lee as he sat on the veranda of his hous'
and saluted very respectfully. The gen
eral saluted in return and asked the MAJ
what he wanted.
General, said he, "theres 80 NOR
OF us fellows round the corner"
Indeed! Why don't they come up t.
the house,
Too ragged, general. They're rag
geder II me. Now I'll tell you what Weir
after, general We hear that you re t,
be tried for treason. Now we've got
mountain hollow way up there, wher
nobody can get. There's right smar
of good land in it, and if you'll com
along, we'll work the land for you AM
take good care of YOU. and YOU sha n
| never suffer want!
Lee was much affected. He called tn
rest of the ragged veterans into tn
house, and while he told them that
would not be proper for him to hide i
the mountains or seek to escape in an
way from whatever might befall him h
was very grateful to them for their Offer
They went sadly back to their mour
tain hollow, but soon afterward under
stood that they We're free to take up TIL
ordinary emplOyments oflifeamOng thel
fellows anG that none were to die or los
their liberty for their part in the war.
This was why it was SO hard to Ell
the war. Let those clothed with tn
power Of leadership in the possession {
capital learn here a lesson. Ii you ar
a general in the industrial world, yO
can not hope for much success from ha
rebelliOuS, suspicious men. It's not til
poverty and rags that cut so much a
the sense OF justice and the feeling tina
there is nc sympathy and love betwee
the commander and his men. His me
were ragged and half fed and not paid a
all half the time. but they believed i
their commander Their muskets WEI