The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27

supporting the government, and are satisfied with the results of the admin istration of public affairs? We all know how the great metropolis of our country is governed, or misgoverned. We all know how our own town is governed, or not governed at all. We are all familiar with the fundamental idea that "The government of the peo- pie, by the people and for the people" depends upon who the people are. We are not OtSurprised that the most lawleSs, notorious citizen in the community can be elected to represent us in the legislature. It is
 NOTHING STRANGE TO US THAT THE
 LAW-BREAKER IS CHOSEN AS THE
 LAW-MAKER,
 or administrator of our public busi- ness. We are not much surprised when money is demanded of us in the name of the State, in the form of taxes, and is directly squandered, or devoted to the.actual support ofpoliti- cal pauperS. It is no new thing to us when the officers of the law shield their friends and prosecute their en- emies for the sake of the money and power they can make by it. We are used to paying for privileges and bene- fits which we never realize. At every great election the social and commer- cial interests of the whole country are thrown into panic and confusion. Periodical and persistent stri kes agi- tate the people, and large sections of our land are at this moment in stages of insurrection, or dominated by lynch-law, or some form of social dis turbances. The labor union assumes the right to suspend the productive in dustries of the country, to picket the plants and properties of the manufac- turers, and to persuade and prevent other men from the inalienable right to sell their labor; and in some cases the local government sup ports them in their lawlessneSS; apd the, worst feature of all is the fact that the public largely sympa thizes with those who have vio- lated the fundamental laws of human society. And so the government does not govern. Law and order are every where at discount. There is little reverence for our rulers or for the in- stitutions of government. Authority in every form is disputed. The manner in which our children and youths cele- brate our national independence, un- restrained by parents.or any official power is typical of the real social and moral state in which we live. Our young men and maidens do not learn as they should to ':honor their parents, obey the civil authority and submit themselves to their governors, teachers, spiritual pastors and mas ters." The love of home and country is not, cultured in them as need be for the common good. The spirit of anar- chy is bred in the nursery. and rocked in the cradle.
 Here and there, in the first flush of excitement man has uttered the vile sentiment of his heart, and was glad that our beloved President was shot. Why? Because, William Mckinley was a Christian Ruler and Magistrate. Are you surprised? Isitstrange that there should be a nest of anarchists in every city? Is it wonder that thousands and tens of thousands should in secret, sympathize with what to them is the attempted overthrow of the hateful tyranny and oppression of government. Think of the Swarming multitudeS in our land who were nurtured in the spirit of defiance and resistance against the divine right of all rulers. Reflect that during the last quarter of cen tury the demagogue has done his best to set the labOrer in organized op- position to the capitalist, and to cause the poor to envy the rich. And within the'last few years the enemies of the disappointed poli- ticians, social agitators, the sensational press, the culturedlfanatics, ,andeven the pulpit have been free and unrestrain- ed in utterance of abusive and treason able sentiments against the Executive Head of the nation. Not long since it was discovered that the United States mails were being used to incite discon- tent and disloyalty among our soldiers on duty, in time of war.
 Verify, it would seem that the
 BULLET OF THE ASSASSIN IS BUT THE
 CONCLUSION AND CLIMAX
 of a most dangerous condition of the social and moral life of the people. And if the sufferings and death of a great and good ruler shall awaken the citizens of our country to deep and lasting sense of the evils that confront the future of the republic, he will not have suffered and died in vain.
 No nation can prosper, whatever it's form of government, except as it's people are loyal to God. It is only as we are true to the Christian ideal that we can live in peace and safety. Society is the creature of the Supreme Ruler of the universe. The true be- liever is always good citizen. We must heed the injunction of St Paul: Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers; for there is no power but of God. Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shal
 receive to themselves judgement. Fol
 rulers are not a terror to the gOOC
 work, but to the evil.''