The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-09
Uhv Nerala a,la Welvs
BILL ARP'S WEEKLY LETTER
SOME REMARKS CONCERNING THE
FIGHT AT CARSON.
"inks Approval on tho Sly-I,oxIng Con.
tests arc all Right II tho Principals
aro Decent People, snys
william.

or natural born instinct that makes
man and beast take such an interest
in fghtY Bulls and dogs and
chicken cocks dident fall when Adam
fell, but they fight. St. John says
there was war in heaven; so it seems
that this fighting business has been
going on long time Cain killed
killed Abel about 0,0C0 years ago and
man and boast have been fighting
evor since. Tho men who don't
fight love to look on or read about it,
and even woman, loving and kind
hearted as sho is; always takes
sides and urges on her horoes to
victory or death. If woman hr1 not
been bohind us tho late war would
have ended in year. Tho preachers
preach peace and lovo and hold up
the Savior's teachings before us.
"Love your cncmics, and if Il man
smites thoc Oh ono check, turn tho
other to him also.,' But who would
do that. l have known preacher
to fight and boast of his victory. |
recall another who took off his coat
in church and dared n brother Law
man to 60 outside with him and ro ,
peat the offensive langaugo They
were good mon, but just human. So
l reckon this fighting instinct is part
OF our human nature, and if thcro
was war in heaven, thon tho instinct
did not como from Adams fall, but
wo would have had it anyhow.
"Peaco on earth and good will to
man" is yet fur off in tho corridors
of time. A few martyrs like Stcphon
have lived and diod saying; "Lord,
lay not this sin to thoir Charge"
but tho great majority of Christians
and all tho sinners cithor hate their
enemies or fail to lovo them.
Tho instinct of our human nature
ls resentment and it SO ncur akin to
selfprosorvation that it seems iusti-
fable. A man has as much right to
resent personal injury as nation
has to fight another nation. There
is no difference in tho Christian
morality, for IL nation is mudo up of
individuals. If 10000 may fight in
defenso of their country, then ono
may fight in defense of his homo or
his property, or oven his good namo
But both are wrong according to tho
Savior's toachings, and if only thoso
be saved who 1.-Two up TO those toach-
ings, thon wo arc all lost. But whom
one Of tho disciples got alarmed and
said: "Who thon can be saved 2"
His reply was: "With mon it is not
possible, but with God all things arc
possible" And on the othor occasion,
when a disciple tromblod under his
teachings and inquired: "Lord, arc
there few that be sevcd?" ho avoided
n direct answer and said: "Strivo to
enter in at the straight gate, for
many shall scck to entor, but shall
not bo ablo."
So our comfort is that if we strive
to do right we will got to heaven.
Strive is tho word, and it means to
struggle, to exert oursolf diligently.
Let us all do that if we can, and I
reckon we can or We would not have
been told to.
was ruminating about tho fight,
and my mind ran along into sthis
channel of thought. Why did 1 fcol
al interest in it? Why did havo a
lingering desire that Fitz should
lick Corbott? Well, took disgust
at Corbett when L read that he had
forsaken his wife and taken another
withontfjust cause or provocation. 1
remembered how the papors said sho
stood by him and encouraged him at
Jacksonville and other places and bo-
haved herself in a womanly way, and
30 wanted him punished. But I
was told today that Fitzsimmons
had done the same thing, and SO now
don't care which whipped. Now
Lot some other fellow turn up and
whip Fitz and I will be satisfied
corbetts first wife has been avenged
and his second camo to grief. II
don't take much stock in denouncing
prize fighting as tho worst thing in
the world. The worst thing about
1t is the company it keeps-tho bot
ting and gambling and drinking that