The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-30
RECKLESS PULPIT UrrEnANcEs.


"0nly those who have Travelled day and
night IN the great South and West. who
have ihet the multitude assembled in groves.
upon public Squares Or in vast halls can have
conception of the llerceness OF the class
hatred now sweeainEi over the land with the
force and fuzzy OF Sorilagraton Strangely
enough, the objects Il hatred are those who
IL times past have hden most serviceable to
the community. IN the city he VINO, by saw
ing what other men lwasted. has produced
S50o.000 is plutocrad and a baroai IN the
town, he who has $4,000 Is the public enc-
my; in the remote cdnmuDty. he WAC has
$4,000 is the object ofiscorn and attack"
When The Post hss declared ON more
than one occasion thet what the Eastern
people of the United States needed more
than anything else Just now was to get
cut of their narrow provincialism and ac-
qUiro in some way an intelligent appre-
citation of the social political, racial and
commercial conditions existing in other
parts of this great country than their
own, it thought It knew exactly what it
was saying. The above extract serves adj
mirabIy 10 confirm The Posts view as TO
the accuracy of this conclusion long since
reached.
In reading this extract a Southern man
would naturally conclude that the views
expressed were those of some obscure par
tisan Eastern paper, or some reckless
speaking politician who had been subsi-
died by the syndicate, interests. On the
! other hand, the extract is from pulpit
| address and a no less, prominent pulpit
than that of Plymouth church, The re-
marks were made by the new pastor OF
Plymouth church, Rev pr. Newell Dwight
Hills.
1t is reflection on the intellectual ball
ance and the attainments of the man that
he should reach conclusions so utterly at
variance with the facts. There is no war
fare In the South, or West on individual
wealth--any man ''who has trhvaled q dag
and a night" in these sections can tell
the Plymouth pastor that much without
fear of successful contradiction. There
is no class hatred" South or West, the
reverend sanderer to tho contrary not
withstanding Such opposition as exists
in the South and West toward capital i:
against trust and syndicate and monopoly
enterprises and is rather n movement N
favor of individual wealth and freedom Of
industry than a class crusade based on
jealousy and suspicion of successful indl.
viduals. The aggressiveness of trust capt.
tai and monopoly has simply caused the
people in these sections to seek defensive
legislation in their own interests-that l.
: the extent of the 'herceness" OF "class
hatred" in the South and West
1t is useless to argue with people, how.
ever, who like this new pastor Of Ply
mouth church, win indulge in the widest
flights Of the imagination to attract atten.
ton to their discourses and add the flavor
OF sensationalism TO their efforts, Still 1,
is unfortunate that soTc intelligent mar
is not present on the occasion of these po'
litical harangues from the Eastern pulpits
to rise and dispute the prop sitlons so
: reeklessiy uttered, in order that the mas
OF the people up there may not be nllet
with Ignorant prejudioes against other
sections of the country The successor o
Beecher and Abbott appears to be painful
ly short both on information, judgment
good taste. charity and veracity.