The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-22


pain OF the individual more. We
loathe crime and dishonor. We
forret the ruin, the hes-tbreak.
perhaps the suicide from despair
CT thousands. in our molluscous SYM
PATTY for the conviction OF the one who
has been their undoer; and we shudder
at the minor discomforts Of poverty as
a more manly time did not revolt
from larger tcrtureS- This exeeSSivs
sympathy with unpleasant conditions
has It's rise in the New Eejopisna. which
breaches ease and luxury and pleasure,
the qualification Of our appetites, pas
sicns and senses as the nineteenth gos-
pei &C glad tidings. The restraints OF
discipline. the deuialS OF prudenee,l
how disagreeable they are. How much
more jolly il Is 20 do Just as we like
bess. without regard - that fuSty fos-
81 Mrs, Grundy, with her stupid old
moral Juaxims. preaching down-no. n
daughters heart this time. but her
wild desire for freedom AID expert
enco' And. say the promoters Of this
new apotaesis, IL folk do desire this
unrestricted freedom. why on earth may
thoy not have 10 In these days when
nothing should be forbidden which any
one wishes 10 have or DO. morality IS
dead, therefore immortality does not ex-
list It Is the doctrine ~ the anarchists
all through. It Is the law alone that
creates sin. Take away the law. and
everything would be permissible be-
cause nothing would be prohibited
Throw down the Parx palinr> and level
the garden wall with the high rad,
and punishment for trsspass would noe
exist. Without individual property
there would 10 no robbery: without
government there would he no disobe-
dience- II parental authority Is not
right. flal undutifulness Is not wrong;
II modesty is not a virtue, i,nmodeStv
3 not vice. So the chain Of reason
ing Grags along, and morality dead
letter, dissiPates immortality into moth.
ingness
This disintegration OF the moral life
passes with soEe for progress -evoIu-
tion-a parting with the old cramPcd
form 70 emerge into something freer,
wider, higher. Those who have taken
suit and service under the new banner
congratulate themselves on their cour-
age and look with contempt on the
huudrum followers ~ the OH Bat ia
reality their new method Is the setting
free Of those activities Of covrup-
ton which life restraints and
death releases Il - not tho butt
tertly emerging from the chrysslis
which IL pleasss these Others -
gay. We have no longer the suborliua.
ton, the intaracrion. the order, the
Thythmical discipline Of a living or
SaniSm, where the various members
fulfill their several unctions. and har-
TaOny Of relation produces the whole
sonsness OF eoordinatsd energy. We
have instead tina crOwGing and multi
plicstion Of those ~vierios OF putrefaO-
ton" which create the loathsornenesS
Of corrUptioD--which yet is intense ac-
tivity OF the individual and disintegrst-
ing kind The old order disth rather
than changeth. ard the vibrios of NOR
nj putyefactioa are In full activity. In
time we may come 70 something better.
That 'stream If tendency making for
righteorsnezs" is surely not dried up.
ana the living waters have not ceased
% flow. Once "oUt Of the eater cams
forth Ineat--out Of the strong sweet
ness" So perhaps when the present.
season OF transitional disorder las
passed We may once rnore reconstruct
society on wholesome principles and
stable elements
Meanwhile, things are dishearteninR
enough for those who care for Tho
good Of their country, the honor q the
English name. and the general we'll
being OF society. For, socauling up
the sttuatLon, what do wo end? Tho
forces Of disorder strong and bold. face
20 face with n gOverpneat weak, tim
"a and trucking. An outtrcskof fem
snfne tnpatienoe Of restraint which
can but head 20 general dlssolutsnsss
and lowering Of tina moral standard
in al that relates 70 purity II mind
and ncdsssy 81 nsnDers- Together
with this 0uthTeak. In soule ksB-s In
telligibls enough IA the girl, we hAvS
the open advocacy II older women.
who, therosgfves mothers, should rs
the careful guardians q thoss maiden
" characteristics which hitherto all
nges have agreed 20 reverence and re-
qui-e. Instead q this, H. - they
who formulate the d0rnAnds q
the revolted daughters, whereof
the right 20 De acquainted with v1ce
f. The chiet item We have the
thsraelesSness Of TIE Ss~ HsioniEa
preaching ths right 81 the iatfytdusl
70 Gas treess possible zrs=cise - al hi,
passions, al bis kIstfnc.s, AL bis
seuses-tha: Sew HedoniaTn -h4eb
CONDEMNS the cralas. veneaS Of zrriage
Is . san against the g-nsrositg II tbs
,ocial instinct We have the ki9cous
ssiaalIDe.- Of ''st-tksrs'' "a whom The
ruin Of innocent men and women Ia
ALLIED trades. the irTts4Esexabls damages
done "a ths commercial Vro<psrity 90
the country By the diveTs-sn q capital
sud the closing Il avenues. az well a.
he tyranny exercised over Eou-
unLoaisss count as zbs1lutsly not irZ
compared win their o7sa lUeis,irai
Sesirsa We have tAs cis. ntagrStor of
tas empire and The traitors - re "a
Eonsi Gag, -hozs = strSogsr grnsr-
Etson exo1ld hsys axzzigvnd tr- h3gV
treason AI.d ia all Die re ses only
the yrxssge e aiS~stz- ard a. was
sd. the aetfvgties - dsssy net ths
orderly snsrgiss Ct growth Bst y -
IL New Apothso<ss, sd zE'i. taAs
bastard sffslgs1ses has eTInt itS&!t
cut. We rsEst snbuIss - ths ecLPae q
TIC sans yzre- GIT z LTss LEr0s
Medal al Is q. = NOR low een