The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-03-16

oOvO OVVA ~ 1oOVA0O0 ~ - '" - SOO1
that Harry Hayward has been sent to his
account.
An OPEN LETTER.
HANCOCK, n. d., March II, 1896.
Ed. LxADxA:
In ages past, man in his primitive state
VAS to a great extent exempt from any
statutory law of society. But the brain of
man began to expand with the wave Of
progress. and as a natural consequence,
he folded about his being the cloak of in.
ward purity and a m forth to the world
as . criterion of goodness aud righteous.
ness thereby establishing tho frst Law il
that unwritten voluminous code, known to
civilization % the laws Of society.
In course Of time mans. mind became
90 taxed with hi. own importance, that
his brain began 10 relax the hold it held
on the pureness of thought, and to grab
at what he thought would be a help to the
hrst law given man. I cannot believe
mankind, sven in. its medieval state. would
have knowingly admitted an auxiliary
clause to that Law which was held sacred,
that would east q rs%proachful shadow on
its first achievements. But mans solidity
Of thought needed more mental nourish.
mont 90 he admitted a. an auxiliary to
his sacred code on trial, that which ha.
caused mankind since its admittance in
the sepulchsr of Thought, to lower, the
standard of tho human race to imbecility,
d~spravity and heliishness, without so
intending.
That trial was the fatal blow that stands
unsupported by any principal. It fell
without mercy on the head of mankind
That auxiliary contains to-day mere
amendments than any law known to 4
christian world. There are more diciplss
to its teaching in the midst of civilization
than there arc verses in the Law given to
by God.
I do not want any to think that I am
posing az a sanctifee in righteous robes,
or that 1 I'm trying to occupy the seat Of
a hereto or al atheist, or trying to occupy
a critics throne. 1 am not placing myself
before my friends al an instructor in any
Of the above spheres, but 1t is possible to
point out what appears to the thoughtful
mind the practice of decepticilm of those
whose anne are counted as authority for
the so called greatness and its teachings
of what is termed moral an intellectual
laws.
Tho last appendix to this law is no
an unwritten one. 1t has found its
way in . measure, in the pulpit. It IS in
the atmosphere of the hsretio's study; in
the home of the millionaire; around the
of the poor, and in the halls of the
What is this abridgmeat 10
tss law ! It is license for robbery. Not
those which admit Of ~highwaymen of the
James or Cooks type to prey on the pub
lie openly, but 1t 10 q written n hidden
under what is termed gausy state disburs-
menss and actual state financial mecca
saries. Hence the numerous vultuious
and msgpie financial 9rab-bsgs, made tor
all public Officers, TO hold what they can
carry Oh Of that which 10 not theirs.
One can N help saying that the mag
pie With ITS bag has its liberty n our state,
and it, pseking at the sonts-ts of our
state institutions are audible, We can
not keep from saying that the indiserimi-
nate judgment the majority OF our lsgis.
lators 10 to urge the psoking and tearing
at the public funds by this gay plumags
bird in more than enc way. It Is painful
TO admit that there are a few whom were
seat to the assembly halls, have violated
their pledges with their constituents, pro-
to support all measures that would
the sxpensesypft the state, thereby
relieving the taxpayer of the
strain on his purse. It is also paintul to
knew those whom We trusted have gwen
% the pill dupeism. They hsvssnot only
in increasing the ont put of mossy'
from their citizens pockets, but they sre
standing on the top Of the heap to hold it
down and crying to the farmer and tax
payer TO notice their elamor for their
financial relief. There are . few Of their
paid adhsrantswho still say that 10 reform.
Yes agsnains plebsisn way of reformation.
4 method whereby they subtract from
you the purchasing oommodltiss of OF.
istanoe and add the result 20 that Of theirs.
II 10 . simple problem in two fundamental
rules Of arithmetic. 1T. D.
Wssklag Hts 1aasa0e
Jaw Gould once told . story sboat
On freshman. II was whom there were
pscket-bosts On tho Erie canal. The
isishzn.n offered to work his passage
70 Buffalo, and they set him leading
The horses that lowed tAe bost Hs
worked faithfully for tws days. doing
. great deal Of thinking. On tho third
by be thought Il out by the pow.
srs." b I'D, Il noisht - we'll walk
o. work ne passage" And walk 10
lid, without ovon th11kisg hs ~