The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-12-22
AtSt Michael,s Church yesterday
morning the Rev. John Kershaw
preached to.a very large congrega-

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flauor second, carrying concealed
deadly weapons third, lexity in the
administration Of justice by Courts
and juries. including the efforts Of
ccunssl 10 acauits even in cases where
tke gnilf isI Gear fourth, the spirit
of iaWlessness and disregard of the
sacrednesa .hnnan life, eDgendered
bF contempt Of iaw. the abuse Of the
plea Of self defence, the laws de-
lsys. she abuse of the pardoDing
power 81 he Executive, and result
ing Ia disregard of the rights OF
aociieiY, Rhich is snrely % much
enttsed fo consid deration as the criml
nsf who sets these rights at diff
ance.
The remedy This, said the
spesker, is nothing more nor less
Than The adoption aud practice Of the
Golden Rule Herbert Spencer's
eeosm and aItruiism ie essentially the
I same as the q ding unto others as
you would have Others do unto you, !"
Of The aufhoriative teacher, .come
SON God. (. There 10 q difference
III motive, however Christ bases
K on love, ii il motive, however.
Christ bases it on love, in it's natufe
unseIih The philosopher bases it
Oh self interest, Ia it's nature, selfish.
sIt lacks motive power. Il Is alto
gether centripetal It sacrifices the
ood of the individual, for never
] has self interest helped Itself except
/ A the expense of others. The
Gospel Of Christ proceeds on the
sprincipies Of unsel6sh love, working
for God and our fellow men in the
spirit Of Christ. and therefore furnish
es tie only cure for our ills and the
only preventive of our disorders
Legislatnres may tinker at and patch.
up our mgnlative system, hut to no
sVaiI The adoption and practice of
the Gospel alone is the reguiative
system that will regulate IL men
resist and refuse % adopt chat, they
mast susfer The consequences, and.
sse tae social organism dsift from
criiminality TO anarchy, with all it's
attendant horrors. He who falls in,
With and works for the Gospel. is 9
seo-worker with God He who does
not, must beware lest haply he be.
found fighting against God We are
obliged 20 be for God or against Him
Neutrality is impossible Nay He
direct our choice.
r Kershaw took for his text
Exodns. 10th chapter, 18Th, verse ::
rhou shalt not kin 2 After a brief
introduction, 10 which he stated the
necessity Of having public opinion
behind law before il can become
operative, and of the creation or
stimulation of public sentiment
against homicide before change of
existing conditions can be expected,
Nj. Kershaw proceeded TO treat his
subject under these three heads, viz ::
The facts; the canses; the remedy
He stated that The faoes we're furnish
ed by the Attorney Generals cf6ce,
covering bomicides cases disposed of
sby the Courts Of State from 1887 to
1885,. snd By Red6e!d's, Homicide
North aud South. /" published in 1883.
3snd BY the columns of newspapers
From these sources It appeared that
fifteen huodred homicide cases bad been
disposed of in the Courts during the
last teo years, eha. of other houicides
not disposed Of in the Courts, there
had been probably oDe thousaod 10 the
State since the civil var; that there
had been In the same period twenty
seven hundred cases Of assault snd bat
terry sitb intent TO kill; that this state
of affairs did DOT originate in and With
the war: tba. It had beeo going on for
seventy years aud more that as a rule
whites kill whites aod blacks k;iI
blacks; that the types of difficulties
we're the same in 1910 and ia 1880 Of
1890 that allowing one hundred aud
6fsy cases of homicide per annum 10
the State for the last tbisty-6ve years,
more men bad been killed TINS than Of
South Carolioa soldiers duriug the war.
though not more than half as many as
we're lost to the State in the war by
deaths 10 battle and BY disease or in
prison. aggregasing twelve thousand,
according to close estimates.