The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-09

any body Of men, attempting this wlth the utmost Christian spirit and with all possible grace. should be indicted as diSturbers Of the peace.
 In saying this, would not be under stood as in sympathy capital as against so-eailcd labor. or in sympathy with corporations as against individuals. l only mean that anarchy begins at the point Of concerted effort 10 control other peoples legiti fn,e aetivities.nnd | becomes punishable anarchy at the point where there is concerted action to tie up great arteries of travel and commerce.
 There s not time for the review of these last four weeks of rioting. they are known to all of you. Hundreds of thousands have joined these strikers who had no personal grievance. no diff faculties Of any kind with their employ CTS. All business has been paralyZed immense losses have been sustained and immense sufferings experienced. All classes and ,ond't ons arc being affect cd from one ,nd of the land to the oth- CT. A wild and ruthless war Is raging upon the public, ostensibly in the ''in- terest of freedom and equal rights" but really reckless and ruinous conspira- cy against the interests of the people, and In defiance of the laws of the land My wonder Is two-fold: First. at the slowncss of certain state officials to realize the lsA 10 and deal with these offendcrs-and 1 am inclined to ask, with the editor of the Chicago Ad- vance Was il politics that palsied the arm which from the start should have been Il terror 10 evil doers?" My won der in the second place. is at the calm ness, endurance and self-poise of the officers and soldiers of our regulars and militiamcn. when they are jeercd at. pclted with stones and bolts, and in peril of their lives.
 We all sympathiZe with the cause of so-called labo: in legitimate efforts 10 better the conditions of life, but we all condemn the conspiracy which has come to light. and the encouragement which seems to have been given this conspiracy by governing powers In their failure to act We find cause for national humiliation.
 | 1 detain you now for but few mo- l ments to look on the other side of this picture.
 | As to social life, there is an evident toning up of public sentiment in opposi- | tion to the brothel, to the open saloon, | to the pool room and to all sorts of gambling, while order-loving people are combining all over the country as never before to abate these giant evils. This | fact is shown in the formation and op- eration of law and order leagues, whose good efforts are manifest in our com monwealth, in our own city and else where, notably in New York and in Boston. The pool room is outlawed in Connecticut and has been suppressed in western Massachusetts. It would soon be outlawed in the whole land if men would break party letters and let their consciences control them in all munich pal and state elections; and the same would be true of brothels and saloons. If all Christian people and all order loving people would combine to cast off party allegiance it would not be long before these contaminating influences and forces would be done away. When will manhood assert itself with voters May God hasten the time.
 As to civil life, there is an evident awakening of public sentiment in favor of holding officers of the law, however high, responsible for the execution of law-as witness the Lexow committee, which has unearthed the foulest corrup- tion in New York city, other committees at work on the same line in Boston, and a stiffening up of the backbone of some in our own city-for which we will be thankful-to say nothing of senators and representatives in congress, chief among whom are our own noble Platt and Hawley, who cannot be bribed or frightened to conceal or condone cor ruption.
 Then as to our commercial and in dustrial affairs. Their settlement for the present is not far off, for law is sure to be shown supreme, and the common sense of the masses will say amen. We are not, therefore, to give way to any paralysis of despair or any mental con
 fusion. This is not the end of the
 world; this is not the end of our Ameri
 can republic. believe there is enough righteous principle among the people
 which will assert itself, to save oul country, with all our cherished institu
 tions, for the world. When the people reach sober estimate of causes and o
 consequences and of the value of law conscientiously executed, they will lool
 back upon their participation in scene:
 of disorder with regret if not witt
 shame.
 In the midst of all this wild clamor this almost binding confusion, we art , to keep ourselves calm, clear-heade(
 and look for the coming of the kingdom Enlightened Christian patriotism whicf
 has ever looked steadfastly into the face of the sun, and scared with the eagle to heights of wider outlook, vii see reasons in these troublous time:
 why every lover of his country should sacrifice for his country's good why our schools and colleges should be pro vided with lessons of virtue, and why , our homes should become nurseries O true American citizenship.
 To sum it all up the lesson of the hou is that we live in goodly land, who's :, years and decades, notwithstanding a
 intervals we have disturbances, panic and riots, frosts and drouths, are ricl in treasures for us all, are full of bless ngs for us all and signal with divine ia vors for us all. We are not to forge that capital is as essential to our pros perity as labor, for without capital ther
 can be no labor, as without labor ther , can be no capital; that justice for bot
 and protection for each, as well as char
 ity and magnanimity for all, are ou