The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-02-20

they arc executed have no intention of
enforcing. The administrative lie pre-
walls, and transgressors, instead Of
suffering legal punishment, become
victims OF system of blackmai, which
enables officials to fattcn on the sins
and miscries of fallen women, GAM
blcrs and criminal saloon-kccpcrs.
Help must be sought through re-
turn to the principles from which our
civillaztlon has sprung and which alone
can give it pcrnancncc. Science is a
mighty force and has wrought won-
dcrs, culture adorns the mind and i'm
parts charm to manners, art cxalts the
imagination and gives tirmcr insight
into the possibilities Of human achieve
mcnt, wealth ministers in manifold
ways to mans more immediate and
urgent needs, but his true life, individ-
ual and social, rests on foundations
which only faith, hope and love can
build and make enduring.
They whose brains and hands are
mtcrfuscd and filled with gold still
think and speak approvngy of relg-
ION. 1t is a conservative force, it Of
icrs consolation to the poor and the
sick, ii tngcs the hard fact with a
glow that gives it softncss, it is valu-
able as poetry and music and the cllas-
try OF women are valuable, as the po-
llccman's club is valuable But this is
the mood and temper Of atheists, of
those who are as incapable OF true
faith as though they were but animals.
II such men are religious, religion is
a mockcry. Let there be no more of
it.
Let the hard fact prevail Let there
be no hypocritical employment OF what
is divincst in human nature to serve
as bllwark to protect tyrants and
nammonitcs who work niquity and
drink the blood of human hearts. If
things are to be made right we our
selves must be changed. Tt is not diff
flcult to constitute committees of i'll
vcstlgation and safety, to start cru
SADIE or a revival but the result is
transitory and Disappointing There
is truth and beauty enough for all for
millions OF worlds, but there is not
enough champagne and tcrrapin and
when the soul is made the slave of
greed and appetite, stealing and lying
and cruelty, fraud and sin and misery
spring like weeds in fertile soil when
the rain falls and the sun is hot.
"ln America the poor have never
hated the rich, though there has been
on occasion great outcry against their
dishonesty and rmhlcssncss. With US
there has never been any serious
temptation to overthrow and level
down.
'Incquality is law of nature, as
scrting itself in the ultimate clements
OF matter as in the mind of man. If in
the universe all were the same, all
would be nothing, to human thought
at least. Samencss implies difference,
difference samencss. The social or
ganism would not be true to the un-
ending variety of existence, if it failed
to include inequality OF possession.
The individuals right to property is
fundamental, and so, therefore, is his
right to increase his wealth by honest
means.
Property riches are sacred. but not
absolute. They do not imply that
man may do what he likes with his
possessions. He may not do what he
likes with himself, but only what is be-
coming and worthy. A decent physi-
cal existence for those who labor for
employers should be considered first
charge on the business. and the wages
should be sufficient to make it possible
that they found a family under cond-
tions compatible with right human life,
and favorable, therefore, to mental,
moral and religious improvement.
"The wage doesn't constitute. the
sole relationship between master and
workman, for in all human associa-
tiope rights and duties are involved
which MONEY cana t,ara, \ haa - -,