The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-19
TIE RA1ANcrD MIND.

upheaVals; in times of public unrest,
when intellectual anarchy threatens to
| supplant reason and add to the horrors
| of social anarchy, the priceless value Of
a balanced mind. is appreciated. The jul
diclal temperament is one of the highest
products of civilization. To be able, in
times of public excitement, to see the
truth through the fog of falsehood; to
instinctively trace effects to legitimate
causes; to discard prejudice and look
facts squarely in the face; to be calm,
and think and do justice in the midst
of moral and physical excuses, is to be
possessed of a balanced mind
The nation has been shocked by the
knowledge that social anarchy has
reached the point where it has boldly
assailed. and with success, the head of
plorable. Social anarchy should be
stamped out. though it require the en-
tire armed force of the nation. On this
proposition there is no room for discus
sion. This demonstration of the pres
ence and power of social anarchy has
brought to light a condition of moral
and intellectual anarchy that is scarcely
less reprehensible, in the abstract, and
| fully as dangerous to the wen-being of
| society. It seems that the pulpit, mis-
| taking fervor for patriotism in some cases,
and in other cases dasiripp to tfra of q r..
tention. has been boldly preaching moral
anarchy. DR.. Naylor of Washington, the
man who offered prayer at the funeral
ceremonies Wednesday; g. man who from
his position in the church ought to pos
sess a balanced mind, in speaking of the
| assassin of the president vehemently de-
clared HAD I been there I would have
blown the villain to atoms, If / had had
a pistol
On the same subject the Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, a man who has had the good
fortune to acquire worldwide reputa-
ton said, ct wish all the policemen in
Buffalo who seized the pistol Of the
scoundrel who shot our adored president
had taken the butt Of the weapon and
dashed the mans brains out on the
| spot"
Similar outbursts of moral anarchy
came from the pulpit on Sunday follow
| ing the first black Friday Some. OF
which Talmage is a type, spoke thus for
| the purpose Of attracting the attention
of the public through the press. The de-
| sire to be sensational was too strong
| for their sense of good citizenship.
Others, of which we think DR.. Naylor is
a fit type. voiced the vaporings of the
unbalanced mind. They counseled acts
| which were the essence of anaechy.
| They were honest in their feelings-they
were simply moral and intellectual an
| archists and cared not what effect their
| words would have
| When the first wave of hate and the
| desire for revenge had passed over the
| nation, and men began casting about for
| the causes which led to this most afro
| cieus deed, the unbalanced mind became
once more in evidence. The political
mountebank. through the press, declared
| that the assassin of the president was
| inspired by the opposition press and the
| caricaturtst. This theory was not the
necessary product OF an unbalanced
mind, but. rather, that of political
| shysters. bent on making capital for
| their party.
| The effect was instantaneous. The I'M
| balanced mind caught it up and we have
as a result William r. Hearst hung in
eftigy in the streets of New York, be-
cause he Is the owner of newspapers
which have steadfastly opposed the adj
ministration and in the pages of which
Mr.. Mckinley, in his relations to the
| government, was unsparingly carteoned.
! The people had been melted to unseemly
| actions bordering upon riot by an alb
solutely false presentation of facts. Nor
! did the influence stop here.
| This pernicious seed of moral anarchy
| fell on suitable soil in the unbalanced
mind. Earl Cranston, bishop of the
! porarily In this state) last Sunday took
| occasion to elaborate the evils of car
looming. He compared the cartoonists
to anarchists. Speaking without facts
and disdaining to reason, he declared
that "One hundred years from now the
cartoonists will be looked upon with
| much more horror than they are today.
People will realize the harm they do and
will look upon them with adherence
It is scarcely necessary to comment upon
| such rawlings. But when they come from
a bishop it is an evidence that moral an
archy, the disregard for truth and right
and justice. has taken firm hold upon
the common people. When men in high
| station deliberately refuse to reason
when they turn their backs upon the
facts of a great national calamity, and
attempt to turn public attention away
from the real cause. by laying the crime
at the door of an entirely foreign and in