The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-25


lr will be good thing when men
learn to practice the golden rule
that is to do unto others as they
wish to he done by. We should
then have peace, no war, no fight.
ing. no crime. We have looked for
ward hopefully tor the arrival Of
such time, but thus far we have
bean doomed to disappointment.
Phllanthropists have been full of
hope, they have eXhorted and re.
solved, but stilllegislators aud rul-
ers are ready to fight for what they
claim to be right, and in their et-
forts to maintain the right, commit
the gre attest OF all crimes. This
has been SO from the ere alton of
Adam and will continue to be so,
it seems, so long as human nature
remains unchanged. All know
their Creator 8 will, hut they refuse
or neglect to obey it. For Christ's
sake they will fight and die, and to
redress wrong perpetrate agreat-
er wrong. Even ministers of the
gospel are willing to buckle on
their armor and 60 to war, and
thus the battle goes on, notwth-
standing the tenets OF our creed
and the prophecy OF the coming
millennium, when men "shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and
lrspears into pruning hooks, and
learn war no more" The wicked.
ness OF the prolessed Christian is
not more than equalled by the bar
barian or heather and the civlliza.
tlonot the Russian and Anglo-Sax-
on is llttleSpreferable to that OF the
Chinese and the demons of darkness
seem to have been let loose to show
that the people of the present CEN
fury are no better than those who
existed 1000 years ago
The members of the Levy Court
and the Republican party are both to
be congratulated upon the prompt
and salts factory termination of the
mnddle. by the spassagc of the Seven
Commissioner bill.
When the two new members
Messrs. Willetts and Elliott pre-
sented themselves at the Levy Court
last Wednesday it looked as though
there would be prolonged and ex-
penslye struggle before they would be
permitted to take their seats. TWAS
a time for wise counsel to prevail.
There were a number of hot headed
ana lndlscreet self appointed Rcpubli.
can leaders who demanded that Eli
Oft and Wiletts be seated when they
llrst presented their credentials and
il there was any delay then many of
those leaders advised using force
and making a "roueh house" Of the
Levy Court. The attorney for the
Levy Court Horace G. Knowles map.
ped out the course for the Levy Court
to take, aud step by Step his plan was
followed and cad1d IN the seating of
the Two new members and the rcor- |
ganlzation of the Levy Court. 1t was
indeed no small undertaking to bring
about such Il peaceable solution of |
what was very tangled situation and
we desire to say that Mr. knowles de-
serves great credit for what he accom-
pIlshed. We regret very much that
some Jealous and enyiOus minded en-
emleS Of Mr. Knowles undertook to
his actions and tried to
injurc him with his fellow Republi
cans, but The end Of the Levy Court
trouble shows that Mr.. Knowles was
acIlng not only properly but very
wisely, and that those WHO started
out TO condemn him had personal
and wicked motive for doing 50. Do.
ing man deliberate injustice is
likely TO make him more friends
Than enemies Most men believe in
fair play and will not permit men
with malicious motives to push them
on man who has committed no
wrong