The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-27
a blessing or an injury 70 The youth
Of our country

MA NNM 80 HNk -
riphti suporhcially yleNed, sould ap
pear 10 be untrue, hui beneath the
surface Nhere sometimes appears hni
a srrining mass uf var ana liusillrneo,
cruel selnshnessi injustice, cfliiiri
poverty anl suffering urr 10 sllil
strong undrrruirrni bearing us on
ward inaani light and Truth IA IL true
herause Goa b 10 iiis heaven, All ls
sell nn lhr earth "
This npparuntrtil .s hui tho effect ~
hrukrn laN, and ulis suffering ls nai
90 show us that er arc nni in inn" hiih
ihe innniie. TIE iarfesi hours ls hns
ihe travail nhicl proceeds nrs birth
/ aud mark nuf stops onward ioAhfu
I nud's klpglum, Nnlrh IN iur rign ~
psrirr. Iutr Ia nn one Nasif Sigh
/ of r.sn, ihni She ilmr has ia ssra nn"n
ryfrl nnn Thought, go spar ihn fnN
would pioli ilr child 90 lot us nut
nnerr in tne cemetery nf old Traditions
auu auru uui ldr-a. hui plfs ih'in
I 4u Gals aud Uasa uut afn'ns sea-
T asruasi ailn go timssi g inrfr is $50
l harkaaid muK snIru' geo reverse acAun
I 90 ihr lass ~ ihr universe
That corpora punishment las been
I abolished in nur sriu In ls tnHcirni
I nrnuL ihlnk, inai % 81 lu more nueu'
I al. ln uus l.illr c.lf.rl at Irasii 900 TIE
/ development, the rtu'aiiuus ni Things
/ SO mccall un. rnUrri Ourselves about
l ihu effect Punishment 80 ans kind,
I should never boz Indicted, except nhrt
I necessary Ca t'nrh ihr Interchangeable
| law al inr universe. fhnt wrong Hciioni
action cot 10 harmony siih ihn luN oi
love. nnd therefore uut ~ harmony
I with Unu. iur God IL love, as ~ hofc
upnris .Ar Nrrl balance 90 creation,
cank,ns Cnnfnslun, 81 scurl auu aANri'
lug. Tbs itssuu ui lose aud laN ls
tie beginning of wisdom, AID ihorr'
fore ihr most Important lesson 90 icach
child
Ans punishment eh'ch say, "l'll
teach you aho is boss, COZ n ich has
in Be- ihr slightest spirit ~ anger,
cruelty nr revenge, ls lu iisUlt - trans
grrs,lou of dis law, causlpg SUI
greater inhnfmouy aud Suffering.
such punishment Ia a relic 81 barhar
ism.
rndonhudiy corporal punishment
was once Necessity. because human
lty could Tor ages understand 900 force
but brute force. hit slowls ihls thought
81 love has penetrated iho thick dark
ness 90 animal nature. and mankind
u ai last beginning io understand the
wonderful tragedy 81 90, cruss, where
the earthly CAskct Na, bruised ana
brikon. that the lesson 81 self sncrihc"
and ihc spirit 81 love might 90 forth
into al the world, and after nineteen
hundred years. with this supreme rA-
ample before us. Their are some Who
sill N nix. that % torture tns defence
less body Of little child, h the only
way - leach him love aud Kindness, 10
teach him to be good. And 90 hrutally
kllA human being, who like them.
selves has but failed 10 understand,
l. the only way 20 teach men 20 ober
the law Thou shalt not Kill Thers
are some sill ciiuging desperately 10
religious creeds. highly favored with
birthstone. and kept alive mostly by
chicken pie suppers, ice cream socials
and strawberry festivals.
Some are hanging on doggedly "a
old political parties that have outliv-
ed their uss'ulucss, and are nov but
instruments In the hands of selfish
ness aud greed. and are helping 20
continue a system OF Injustice and
fraud. the like OF which has not been
known 10 history. The child who
sulks moodily after severe punishment
protests not 80 much against bodily
pain, as against the burning sense OF
injustice. for do they not every day
see exhibitions of selhshncss, anger
aud jealousy from these wise elders
who presume 10 chastise them for
some childest mistaken Mary Rogers,
a. she looked into the selfish sensual
faces of some OF th men who set In
Judgment on her deed. knows there Is
cruel Injustice, but she might not be
. able 90 tell you that death and disease
stalk unchecked through our land.
caused by the poison adulteration OF
food. and the embalmed, filthy and
diseased meat, sold for profits. Per
haps she could not tell you that -four
, hundred and hfty-iye thousand babies
are each year murdered, because able
fnancieres and shrewd business men
] lind IL more profitable 20 sell poison
. than pure food. She might not know
that in some parts OF the west 80 per
cent Of the cattle are afflicted 10y tuber'
culosis, and that many hogs die OF
cholera while being shipped TO Chi
cago, but large profits must be made,
so all this and much worse, is made
, into food for Americans, there being
practically no inspection of meat, ex
= cept that for the foreign market
! With this filthy embalmed stun they
! poisoned our ldiers of the Spanish
war. 1t does not require much BRAY
cry TO kill he pless woman who has
broken the law, but .he voters OF this
land OF the free are cowed and help
less before this mighty money thing
which bids fair to bring about the
; worst form of slavery ever known in a
! civilized land
1t may well be said "He that is with
out sin, let him cast the first stone,
! for what are we doing by our unjust
I economic system, but making crimi-
; nails and then Furnishing them. We
speak of John d. Rockefeller's i'm
, mense fortune, which is the product o
. other mems labor, as tainted money
but is not our whole industrial system
. tainted with fraud, robbery aud muir
u der? and is it not continued because
> there turks in every selfish heart,
, hope that by some turn of the whee
u of fortune. they may become rich anC
u grand and may be able to walk out Il
. success, over the bent and aching
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