The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03

cause that ideal Is in their keeping. be-
cause II dwells with them as in the
house Of its friendsl
Were we shocked forty years ago, when
mailman killed a President; and, again.
when another mailman killed another
President, and, again when the red flash
of anarchy laid yet another President
low? Aye, we were shocked, and the
world But far more shocking to us all
who love our country than the homicidal
mania of a Booth, Guiteau, a Czolgosz.
in Its awful oppression should be our
apprehension of the dollar mania that
seems now to hold in its grip vast num-
hers of our citizens and far more ter
rifying to us all who believe that the
integrity of the nations life depends up
on the trustworthines5 of the peoples
trustees-far more terrifying than any as
assln's bullet aimed even at a Presi-
dent should be our discovery of anarch-
lists In public office-bribe-taker in city
councils and state legislatures, and In
the national congress-traltors to their
trust from the people--corrupters OF the
only methods by whic- republican form
of government can be maintained-an-
archists every one, striking at the ma
tions life from an inside point of van
tagei Anarchy from The outside Is rela-
lively a petty matter The individual an
archist is hurried to the gallows his
dead body to the ground-his memory
lives in the execration of mankind. A
President passes. another is at hand. Not
wheel pauses, not a cog slips in all
the machinery Of government.
inside Anarchy.
But anarchy from the inside.-and
what's the use of president? and what
becomes of the functions OF government?
of the government itself? To the extent
that such anarchy is, presidents are
powerless the functions of government
are not performed: the city the state.
the nation, are In the hands of an in
solent oligarchy taxation without rep
resentation is the order of the day.
Because such anarchy is, assuredly we,
too, have war to wage at this present
time for our God, our country, and our
selves; and 1t may be war demanding
heroism more heroic than that which
faces bullets
Keep the Faith.
! But not for one moment would | be
supposed to part company with the faith
that inspired the founders of this na-
ton. Not for one moment would l be
understood as uttering any syllable OF
despair, or speaking to any text OF pes
simsm | believe the faith or the tath-
ers was founded on wisdom that mas
, o,d,,rad and does endure. ana will en-
dure--triumnbant. | believe IN the ulti-
mate complete realization and triumph
Of the nations IDEAL as believe In the
providence of just and righteous Gou.
The corrupt and corrupting captains OF
industry will pass with the passing OF
Ignorance Oh WHICH my - 10. ~ 49,,
now, to higher education, IA thing their
money can not buy for themselves and.
lacking which. they have been without
grace to perceive the relative insignln-
canoe of their many dollars In Woriu
where Plato reasoned, and Titan painteo.
and Shakespeare sang,-and lts greatest
was the guest OF humble pubncans ana
humble snnersl Every man truly en-
dowed with higher education may be ex-
pected to move about the low ana iudl-
crous plane where money Is the CHER
thing loved and sought,-in realm OF
heart. mind and soul values, which need
no Dunn or Bradstreet to give them rat
ing. The reason why doubtless. there are
SO many of us money-mad. Is that so
many of us do not know anything bet
| ter. We shall be educated after a while.
We shall know something better. The
schools are doing good work. Their en-
dowment Is growing. And the churches
are going to do better work. helped by the
schools. AS the intellectual horizon clears
| and widens. the provlnciaisms of dogma
will disappear; and more and more there
| will be one one strong Gospel preached
and insisted on in the churches instead of
| n competitive fifty; and It will be Cos
! pei of truth-thlnking and right-living.
| n Gospel of ethics, human and divine.
N,t,on,s Ideal VIII i've.
And as the money-iiiauhess ol ,he peo-
pie will have It's healing, so the ideal
| of the nation will live on to it's utmost
| trumnh. The people are awake, today,