The herald., 1894-07-15
Some Queries.

bilty for the sentiments expressed.l
Some Queries.
EDITORS HERALD:-In rejecting upon
the sermonu delivered in the churches
last Sunday and various newspaper 0rti-
clss. it has occurred to mo that there has
been a great deal of unnecessary and
vapid talk about the majesty OF the
law" allegiance to the government"
ETC.. in consequence Of which l am
constrained to some inquiries. Should
alaw, or laws, manifestly unjust in their
practical application be upheld? Why
not more discussion of the laws, the cir
cumstances OF their origin, and their
effects, to discover where the injustice
lies and what the remedy? Why all this
apathy in regard to the CAUSES underly-
Ing present discomfort? They have been
accumulating many years; things do
not happen by chance either In
the physical or moral world, and pres
emit conditions are but the climax of
long series of wrongs safely intrenched
in the laws we are expected to uphold
by men who have been either wofully
ignorant and nearsighted or untrue to
their posts As statesmen-untrue to the
AAbotCbbb VA thOiA ioiiOW MOAs WCiC Wo
upholding the laws of George Ill. when
we engaged in that little tea party in
Boston hsrbor? Were We upholding the
majesty of the British law when we at.
tered with vox populi: ''Taxation
without representation is unjust?"
Were we voicing allegiance to our iormer
government in our Declaration of Inds-
pendence, or wss it higher, deeper law
that had found utterance Slay-
cry was once recognized in our
constitution aud upheld by the stat
utes of the land. Did the might
of law make it right? No: the
people addressed themselves to its aolu-
tion and after the struggle the law wac
adjusted to a different principle. Let
us talk about order and peacable set
Element, but but let US hear less about
the majesty Of laws that have created
and allowed such monstrous ineQual
tiles and special privileges, Let us hear
more OF ways and means for the speedy
adjustment OF law and government, to
the eternal principles Of justice and
right. Ii men COW wheat they will reap
wheat; if corn, they will reap, not wheat,
but corn. II they SOW corruption il
government shall they not reap tine
same? The eternal law of cause and
ohOCb III NV hhoChOu, oVon 1OQ
sleep 30 long as injustice is done to the
"least OF these my BRETHREN" 1t is q
question of the evolution OF more society
and government and must coRsinue 80
to bs amid struggle and contending
forces of right and wrong, until
as body polite and social we
realizs that if one member suffer
the whole body shall likewise
suffer; that whatever 10 an injury to one
should be the concern OF all; that all
material progress is but an uncertain
dream 80 long Gs this ia unrecognlzed,
So let ue not be selfish; let the nation
stand still, if need be, and wait on
| justice to the "least OF these" This Ia
called Christian nation, and read in
a book much uaed by it: Lord. when
saw we thee an hungered and fed thee?''
The immortal answer: 'Inasmuch as
ye have done it to the least OF these my
brethren ye have done it unto me-"
-This was not poetic eHusion from
masters lips, but statement Of prin-
ciple as broad as life itself; and we are
being made to realize our unity, our
brotherhood, as never before. Califor-
MIA fruits have suffered, to be sure, but
neither California fruits nor their equiv.
alents are of more importance than the
or the love which says: If my brother
suffer the tyranny of unjust condl-
tions, will stand with him and bear
his burdens until lifted. 1t is my irm
belief that the country people generally
would rather that a car wheel did not
turn for 10 years than that things should
! 20 on at the present rate OF inflated and
unjust use OF capital to the detrlment
and oppression OF labor, and no doubt
money would be more evenly distrib
uted at the end of that time. Apropos
OF this, is the remark OF a farmer (not
Popuiet either), ITO help the boys in
their struggle fora principle, | will give,
il need be, my pear crop and $3.50 in
coin," and it expresses a large senti-
ment in the country districts. The
brotherhood of capital is pretty well un
derstood and organized with trusts and
corporations. Shall we say to it God
speed, and in the brotherhood of labor
behold all at once terrible menace to
free government? Ia not the one
natural, yea, an inevitable outcome OF
the other? If Mr.. Pullman and
his brotherhood OF trusts may Gndi-
rectly) dictate to the great public, why
not accord Mr.. Dsbs and his brother
hood the same privilege? They are Co
equilibrium. The one monster, capital,
at the top, with taons clutched deep
into the hearts and habits oi men and
affairs; the other, labor, at the bottom,
sweating great drops OF blood in its ei-
forts to escape the grasp of its captor.
Weep, bewail and pray as we may, the
struggle will 90 on until we reallzs more
fully natures great law of brotherhood,
unity. Let US listen to her voice, for her
laws are inviolable, and the individual
or nation attempting to cheat her must
suffer pain or degeneration. She is
stern mistress, yet at her heart are
peace and love; her warning is like
mothers chi5ing: "Be careful, child;
you are your brothers keeper" Let US
coma close to her breast and learn OF her,
for the divine speaks through Ter and
tells us that the majesty of the law is
justice. MRS. ID. t. STEELE,
Compton.
A horse kicked II. S. Shafer, OF the
Freemyer House, Middleburg. N. Y, On
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