The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-23

question OF Cain with the sublime re
!oinder, Bear ye one another's bur,
dens and so fulfill the law of Christ. .
Let me be practical and plain. ]
alluded just now to -strikipg exam.
pies OF criminal lswlessness because
wanted to bring the truth home tc
us all and show exactly at whose
door the real sin may lie Every
! one OF us who has led a life of indif.
ference to the welfare of our fellows
has share in the Columbia tragedy
and in the disgrace of the State to
day. Responsibility cannot be di
Nded; 1t is an integral individual
thing. The community is composed
OF individuals and there exists ir
this State an atmosphere which you
| and ! have helped to create. III
say Il will live NY own life and le,
other men live theirs, with no share
, ~ the general influence Of the world,'
the eternal compulsions Of the uni.
verse will laugh my speech to seorn.
As we'll might wsve in the river
start back upthestre ID and think tn at
DO confusion would result 1t is
absolutely impossible for any man
10 lead completely negative life.
; II will tell foy either good or evil,
snrel! for the one or the other.
Tie sins Of omission are equally
grsve and senous with the sins ,hst
Commit The mRn VINO is not will,
Ing 10 hssr his shsre Of the burdens
Of The world tslls 10 fulfill the law
OF Chris. hn. follows the law of
Chln. Ever! one Of Us hsve sat
passive sod Indifferent 10 the com
Dttl wesl while seeking our own
selfish Interests hss shsre iD the
c'-Das tbst shsme the S,sta For
W hhv% permitted tbrynEb coward.
10 =! uorAl lAziUass & cg1dltien cf
ill-ES - come - pHss wolch our io
1nalce might W. h5ve tin!~rei
I'hs s0ici3s Wig 4 ,-- hist low s1d
wr@;co+i criUa syai st nm m.e!f-
vo' BLOWS b1; ihst yoa lave msde
t-s c:.oe he easier hy frivolous
c:1aape-ilg u life, yonr example
;+'t:,A-tg that II Is "a luxury - be
E--' ~ --lg 4. II Is pleasant aud to
~ ting swsv The minute il becomes
''I:o+'-- :us;esd Q: { duty t. b.
-'.r'+ /: t-y r;s', with any psius.
n * t-lsoei If this has been
IL A,ta--:s 4 your life il the COM
HUM! E-i Il the world, then o.t
''5'I-sl1.! y21 have something to do
Will thsf poor wretch's desth.
b, -; u oring the subject nearer
boIne Lsw!easoess, YOU say, il be.
t1L1 e. crime AID Dies lot our
owr city sbo0ud in eviuencas Of the
loo-I aaricg c2uteupt for the law:
Irer% usy te 81 obno1io0s law upon
ira statute booEs: obno1i i0us. W. cou
c'41s. II every sense Of the word. Bot
TIE est Wy to sacore the repeal Of
bad law is " enforce it. Aud 80
long a. any law st2uds On the bookg
W. simply dare not disregard it A
Tltai principle IL at stake; the iuteg,
rity auo sacredne6g of law itself Yet.
IL ~ after II fact, the Christian
paople of this city seem 10 treat
these g,ozs abuse with complete in
difference, living the selfish princi
ple eet forth by the frat murderer in
bis ineolent murderoug question. A
Policeman goes oL the witness gtaud
and declares uuder oath that he ig
familiar with the existence Of gam
bling dens here, against which ample
laws exist, and nobody has yet been
found who claims that these laws
are Obnozions When asked why he
does not enl,rce the law apainst
them he replies, with unconscious
irony, that it is not his dnty to do no:
and then we go into righteous say
ings against the police force and city
government, forgetting the obvious
truth that every community has pre-.
clsely as good government as it do
serves, because the votes are in the
people's hands, and the people form
tho pnblic sentiment which permit
such things to be. The sanction of
the lawlessnegs Of Charleston rests at
the doors Of our Christian peo.
pie, because either criminal seIfisb.
ness or spurious courtesy or Il sor-
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