Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-01-30

tHDly luS Nuiiu SUSPECTS 'A"' - ~
inner life Is even worse than its out
ward expression.
Men sometimes have not the courage |
to commit the crimes they desire, but |
by their actions incite others to COM i
NIT them; but God and man hold them
accountable for the acts OF their |
agents. AS Henry ii. Of England, |
goaded by the arrogance OF Thomas
n Beckett, connived at his murder and
was punished and humlliated as Sc
verely as IL he had committed 1T with
his own hands, so those who use other
men and profit by their crimes are re-
sponslble for them. Like the usurper
of Naboth's vineyard, he does not slay
with his own hands the Jezreelite; but
like Ahab, he shuts his eyes and allows
another to commit the crime he him
self is too cowardly to do. He wink
eth with his eyes" may mean "the
wicked man shuts his eyes to crime
which is being committed In bis
name"
Mans Responsibility.
"Oh," says the candidate for ofiice,
~ am an honest man. l never let
dollar stick to my hands which did not
honestly belong to me. l never spoke
an untruth in my life" Are you hon
est, my brother? How about that $lo'-
600 subscription which you made for
campaign purposesl How about that
other $4,000 donated by your party
friends? Are all those moneys In
tended for circulars and speakers and
legitimate campaign expenses2 If they
are you are honest. II you expect to
keep your lips sealed and have your
lieutenants bribe the voters at the
polls you are dishonest. Your "lan-
guage of action" proves 1t. "Oh," says
the merchant, II am an honest man.
No customer ever heard me break my
word" Are you honest my brother!
Do you forbid your clerks to make
wrong statements In reference to your
goods7 Do you see that your adver-
Using agents print within the right
limit short Of exaggerationr Ii you
do you are honest. You are dishonest
If you allow other lips to falsify IN
your name. That conspiracy makes
you a falsifier too. "Oh," says the
CAPITALIST, 81 am an honest man. l
am not responsible for what my agent
does. If he rents my house for illegit-
innate purposes his good name Is tar
nished, not mine" Yes, my capltai-
istic friend, you are responsible Tor
what your agent does. The same dogs
that licked Jezebel's blood licked
Ahab's blood. Sin Of allowing others
to do a crime in our name may be just
as condemnable as though we commit
ted the crime with our own hands.
Your Language Of action proves 1t.
Every man is responsible to more or
less extent for what others may do In
his name. as was that father In refer
ence TO his boy who was very I'm
portant witness In New England
| trial. After the cross examining law
yer had in vain tried to break down
the lads testimony he at last turned
and said, "Your father has been telling
you how to testify, has he notT Yes"
er-h Area Walter. ''he has" Then,
INV boy, tell US how your father told
YOU to testify" WELL" said Walter,
"father said that the lawyers would
try to tangle me, but IL would just
take my time and be careful and tell
the truth | could tell the same thing
every time" Though that father was
not at the time on the witness stand,
by his Language Of action" the father
spoke when the boy spoke. Thus, my
brother, by the same law we are re-
sponsible for what our dependents and
representatives do In our name.
How Evil Is Exposed.
wicked mans evil actions are again
manifested In his unwillingness to pub
ucly protest against evil whenever be
NAV see IT, Silence itself can some
times make a man a party to a crime
although personally he may in no way
he benefited by that crime. For In
stance. a few weeks ago the three not
ed Chicago bandits, Van Dine and Me
dermeier and Roeski fed to Indiana
and lived there in a dugout. Whii'
refugees from justice those three mer
one day entered country store u
purchase some food. A country scnooi
teacher saw them and recognized then
by their published pictures. Had tina
schoolteacher not telegraphed his IN
telligence to the Chicago police In ont
sense he would have become q party Z
their crimes. So, my brother, II In pup
lie you hear the name OF Christ Dias
phemed, II you see young manhood
Young womanhood, about to be degrau
, ed and utter no protest; II you see al
Injustice about to be done another ant
lift no warning voice, then, by you
Language of action" you become
marty to Satan's infamies. AS an non
est man, speak when God bids you I
sneak. AS an honest man, keep siien
, when you please, provided no one Is t
be injured by your far reaching silence
A wicked mans evil actions ar
again manifested in his Willingness I
take advantage Of helpless brothe
|, | or sister through a technicality OF th
law. By that I mean that through
technicality he is willing to become
moral criminal, usurer, swindler,
destroyer, q vampire, If he can oni.
do 1t and escape the "fne tooth comb
Of the law.
Actions Rarely Lie.
!. There goes an old proverb, "At time
, nothing Is falser than figures and moth
ing more unjust than exact legal JUS
= tice." So at times we have seen me-
become thieves though they could no
l. be arraigned in the criminal cour'
We have seen men become liars thoug
by the Language Of action" the
could not be proved perjurers 'befor
any legal tribunal. One day, about
3 year before Abraham Lincoln was non
t mated at Chicago, Mr.. Lord entere