Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-04

stronger voice OF the judges wife,
'have nothing TO do with this man! for
| have had a strange dream concerning
him." This is the voice OF
right, and is tho conscientious
hope OF the world. II is the sentiment
which protects aud perpetuatos judges
on the bench, and kings upon their
throne. Vox populi, Vox Del, but
when a judge mistakes the cry OF
mob for the voice OF the people and
therefore the voice OF God. he has made
a mistake which will finally undermine
judicial power and paralyze the arm OF
law.
What a spectaclel the Governor en-
Joined aud made powerlGss; a mob head
ed by the Duval Club; prize fight in
spite OF the wishes OF the State; Judge
d sarming the militia by his decree and
the Duyal Club generously agreeing TO
admit all the State militia who wore 3
uniform, at ten dollars head, while
othe;s paid twenty-five dollars q head.
II the devil didn't move quarter Sec
tiou Of his entitlements toJacksonvllle,
IL will be because he sees that his force
already are in permanent possession
the field.
4. IL congregates tho thugs and bnl
and sports from all the States, pt
pandemonium onIop, and relegstes
cency 10 the rear:>- seres
been some good men
the affair, but they were lonesome
All the crowd OF sports assembled. TIL
Sort OF performance which puts Il
bad on top, aud relegates the good 4
the background, Is hurtful and barmiul
to morals more than the angels tongue
can tell.
5. The influence Of these prize fights
furnish food for discussion In clubs and
saloon dives. and TO street corner loaf
ers, and is demorallzIag 10 an already
demorallzed people, and will bear It's
fruits which will ripen IN the penten-
tlary and be pncked on tho gallows.
&. The influence Of prize fights on the
young men OF our country, which fos.
tiers the love OF athlatIes, boat races.
football games, baseball, and so on, u
hurtful indeed. There is scarcely a seat
OF learning without its teams and beat
faces. Between Harvard and Princeton
4 football game; between New York and
Chicago the baseball match. This cul.
tivatlon OF muscle and the neglect OF
brain aud heart, has put the animal
above the human; muscle above man.
hood: the chorus above character.
is vel, even now, for the parents u
America TO call a halt and sibg aud
pray. where Is my wandering boy to-
niRht?"
have given there views as they oc'
cur to my mind. III have said TOO
much or too LITTLE on either side OF the
question, the fact Is due TO my over
weening anxlousness for the welfare OF
my country, or my inability to say what
ought to be said against the evils which
threaten our country and which Will
inevitably bring about a complete de-
moraIlzation OF our young men, and ths
desolation Of our homes.
have q son, now 10 years OF Age.
who will soon leave the threshold ofhug
home and demonstrate whether be v1I
be Joy % his mothers heart. and the
pride u his fathers life; or whetSff tbs
cad eyed mother. with Dleedindvbeart,
shall watch his dowpward conrsel 20
degradation and TO death, and the
father In the helDlessness OF the sltua-
ton, wish that he had never been born.
No people can stand the gait at which
we 20. Financial stringency and com.
mercial disaster Is but the harvest
which we reap as the Legitimate pro.
duet OF our sowing. No nation will
ever psy our Wall street bucket shop,
and horse race, and prize Fights and
theatre, and whiskey bills without soon
err or later realizing that the money
thus spent is worse than thrown away;,
and as sure as God holds man 70 an ac-
countabllity, these things will bring
temporal wreck and eternal ruin.
This is said 20 be tho land OF tbe
brave and the homo OF the free. Let all
good citizens make IL the land Of the
pure and the home Of the good. The.
reverse OF fortune. che wreck Of bust
ness and commercial shrinkage, has
Taught US that riches take to themselves
wings and iy away, and that the rich
Of this year may be the poor Of the next
year. wish we could all see, thet
muscles and money. prosperity ana
power, last only for q sesson. but thai
character, true manhood. honor and
purity arc the only commodities thai
have come to stay.
Yours truly.
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