Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-09

any election TO stand Uncovered befort
the ballot box in the precinct where he
had the right TO vote. already has IA
miliarized his countrymen with the high
er ideals of civic duty which dedicate the
heart and brain and conscience OF Amer
lea to an intelligent interest in public
affairs.
The creed OF anarchy despises the OBJ
legations of the marriage contract. int
peaches the integrity OF domestic life,
enters into '"e homes of the people TO pull
down their a tars and subject the family
relation, which is the chief bond OF So
eiety, TO the caprices of the loafer and
the libertine. In all these things 1t has
an alliance, implied il not express.i, with
every variation of that rotten public
opinion which in many American States
has turned the court OF equity into
daily scene Of perjury and treason against
the "reminiscences of the community,
treason so fragrant that year ago, for
the accommodation of iagle man. the
Legislature o. Florida was induced 20 de-
seend below the level OF all Eaganisns
and all barbarisms by so amending che
laws of divorce as to permit winter
resident to legally desert the wife of his
youth, not on account of any fault OF
I hers, but because of the pathetic burdens
which she bore.
| count it of infinite value TO every de-
cent form OF civilization that against this
background OF unworthy living, from the
front porch of little cottage covered
with vines. yonder at Canton. the out
! line sketch of two lives has been thrown,
hnu MI In hal lntr al ~ ~ NM a n
other that good men everywhere stand
I in silence before 1t. while the woman
| hood of the world. seeing the knightii-
ness of love which alters not. draw near,
| from stations high aud low, to salute the
picture with the h4uediction Of their
| tears.
Atheism Its keystone.
| Tn, fatal word in the creed of anarchy
is atheism" Until that word is spoken.
| until all sense OF the moral government
of the universe and the spiritual signi6-
! canoe Of human life is lost, it is impossi-
/ BILE to conceive. much less to execute,
/ tbs malignant propaganda against the
| rights of mankind. 1t is not necessary TO
think or speak unkindly Of the noted
men, many of them living life of schol.
| arly seclusion, remote from the practical,
everyday problems which confront the
police of all countries, who in the last
generation have made the most influential
contributions TO the speculative litera-
ture of atheism. | doubt whether their
influence will be permanent. either for
good or evil.
No man who brings nothing with hiia
/ except a blind faith in natural laws,
which nobody made and nobody admin.
listers, viii ever find permanent disciple
ship in world like this. Ii is their mis-.
fortune that their works have had the
most influence among those who have
been least able to understand them.
| look upon IL at kast as a passing
misfortune for us that they have been
translated into the language of common
life by a famous American, now dead and
gone, who in the days of his strength was
the most captivating popular orator wht
ever spoke our tongue. On taking tn,
chair as president of the American Secu
lar Union he uttered these words: AWAY
with the old nonsense about free mora
agency; a man = no more responsible fol
his character than for his height; for hi
conduct than for his dreams" 1t re
quires no very deep investigation TO fine
in such sentiment the seed OF all an
arches, beginning with the bombshell
in the streets of Chicago and endinI
with chaos come again.