The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-29
DEMANDS THE RECORDS
MIR PHILLIPS DECLINES TO
 GIVE UP THE BOOKS.
Rumored That MT. Theo. Lacy Will Return to Selma and Resume the Duties of Circuit
 Clerk.
Advertiser Bureau,


 Selma, Oct. 2s, 1901.
 Circuit Clerk J. H. Nunnclee made demand on Crawford Phillips, one or ex- Circuit Clerk Lacy's deputies today TOT the books and records of that office. MT. Phillips declined to turn them over 10 him. Mir. Nunnelee will probably take some legal steps in the matter before Judge Mabry tomorrow. In connection with the matter there was a rumor going the rounds today to the effect that Theo. Lacy would be back by Monday. When this reached Mir. Nunnelee's ears he said sif Mir. Lacy comes back and will state on his honor as man that he wants the office for his own benefit and that he will stay here and run it, then am out of the way"
 Rev. A. A. Little. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church preached an able sermon to a splendid congregation Sun day morning last on the causes or anarchy" He took for his text lsa. V, 20: Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil"
 MT. Little opened his discourse by say ing, that no apology is needed for dis cussing a a.question of the hour. when 1t Is a great one. He spoke of the modern methods of the world and alluded to the anarchists as a people without country, a race without a home. The anarchist 's found in every civilized and semi-civiliz- ed country in monarchies, oligarchies and republics. In the lana or 1reeoom they are more numerous.
 By the report of pistol assassinating our beloved President" he said, i've have been startled to note this fact. The anarchist is here. Without a personal grudge, with no desire to wreak tivate vengeance, one stands to shoot doEn an amiable man because he was our chfef magistrate.
 No sooner was the smoke of his re- volver cleared away than in New Jersey. Chicago in San Francisco and New Mexico, applause was heard from fellow anarchists. In the midst of unparalleled prosperity and profound peace this act was committed.
 "Is the text descriptive of the condi- .ion described above. Isaiah sees far. | He sees certain evils eating like a cancer. among them being the love of wine and | the love of money, and a confounding of | moral distractions. Men call evil good | and good evil. This is whaat the inspired | prophet saw, the cause of the condition or | Judah, eating up the very life Of the | nation.''
 He then went on to say that the des- | truction of every nation has been from | within, an obliteration of moral distinc- l tions. The anarchist Is only the straw 1 on the surface.
 The principles and aims of anarchy are | not difficult to see. In Geneva in 1892 a number of them met and promulgated | their creed: First our ruler Is our | enemy. We anarchists are men fighting | against any rulers who'have usurped any power or wish to usurp it. Our enemy | is the owner os the land, the State, any thought of authority either God or devil | our enemy is the law"
 | From this four points emerge at which | anarchy is at variance with the word Of God and the moral distinctions of right and wrong" said Mir. Little, First, 1t is
 opposed to all government. There have
 been three theories of the rise of gov | ernment. One that 1t arose and exists
 by force. The strong rule the weak be-
 cause he is strong. Second. another of | Rousseau, that it Is a social compact;
 third, that it is ordained of God for the
 suppression of evil and the welfare of man." Rom. xiii, 1-6.
 Anarchy repudiates this. confounds the moral and immoral basis of God
 calls the horrible evil anarchy good and | a government ordained of God evil. It denies the right of property. A man has
 the right to that alone which he can hold by force. This is the rankest commun- ism. It differs from the communism of
 the Book of Acts in that it is compul-
 sorry and diabolical. The Scriptures ev- anywhere recognize the right Of proper
 "One of the commandments is thou shalt not steal The anarchist denies
 this. rules out the distinction between meum ct tuum.
 ''Third-It scorns the majesty of the law There Is moral basis of common
 law All the great principles or Jurlspru-
 dence are laid down in Gods words, and not upon the eternal distinctions of right
 and wrong The anarchist holds that law
 is but chrystalized custom. The only
 reverence and obedience springs from its
 hoary antiquity. When, on next Tuesday
 morning, the murderer of our President, is electrocuted it Is because the execu-
 tioner has the power ana not because Gods law says, 'Whoso sheddeth man
 blood. by man shall his blood be shed.
 In this they have forgotten Gods law
 and obscured the moral tenets that he
 has written upon mans nature.
 "Fc,lrth-Denies the existence and de- fies the authority of a supreme being.
 The anarchist is a virtual atheist. Away
 with every thought of authority. whether
 men call 1t God or devil, is Nheir motto.
 The Bible nowhere enters into an argu-
 ment to prove the existence of God. Up-
 on the Heavens. which declare the glory
 of God. upon the physical frame Of mar,
 wonderfully and fearfuliy made ana
 race God has written his name. The an-
 archist gives way to unbridled passions.
 sears his conscience, denies the teachings
 of the Bible and the result is, God the
 only good, becomes great expressing
 evil, and the evil heart of man his sole
 guide and authority.
 But what means this to us In this , quiet city of churches? What mean these murders in and around our city?
 This liquor power. dominating our poll tics. debauching the best and brightest of our poung men; these gambling dens and devices involving the good name of even our honorable council these lynchinRs in our land? Are they not because we have called evil good and good evil? As like causes must produce ike effects these are half grown anarchy whose full development was seen in Buff faIo in the assassination of our President with our attitude and the attitude oi the Christian, we ought to keep clear and distinct the difference between right and wrong. Everything has its mora side We must look at things from 2 moral view point. If right, approve and ! do, if wrong avoid and loathe. Our sec ond attitude is that we should stand like a stone wall, against the wrong agai,ns aI,1 whether on the street or in the fashion able home. the, lax observance c;s, of tn tho which will not punish crime under all circumstances"