Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-12-12

as An pCgAOlZoH OOUH, tHeN \ Af'
cept the statement as true In general sense, AM
not otherwise. The individual man has much to
do in shapeng his n life and is therefore re-
sponsihle for his acts Responsibility implies OBJ
legation and ngation implies responsibility f1r as
a me ter Of fact if am responsible FIR An act,
two points arise.
First The act the result Of natural causes
over which had M control, secondly the act was
the result OF insanity, and in botn The wisdom
OF man lem by justice fixed no penalty, and
this too on the broad grodnd Of the absence Of re
sponsbty Man must first have the right to
act and secondly the freedom to act; for, it would
avail me nothing to have right, and then be plac-
ed where it was impossible to exercise that right
starving has the natural fright" 20 life but
if a superior force Keeps the from exercising
the right. Then it is that the man's freedom to
the means to sustain life has been denied him, and
the responsibility for the mans death not be
charged 10 the individual man hut must be direct
ly charged to the collective force (we).
Will any man saJ if I closed door and locked
it, behind and kept the man in the cell with
out food or drink till he died I wOIld not be re-
sponsbe for the mans death. Again will any man
say that if is charged with the crime Of NUT
der and mon 60 to the witness stand and swear
falsely, and the man is hung by the neck Ill, dead,
that the men guilty Of perjury are not murGerers.
Murder is murder and the means employed to bring
about the end constitutes nc defense for the set.
Suppose, (I) kills man. What do (we) do with
(Tsf) Hang him Of course. But suppose (we)
kill man then what Why (we) will 6nd which
one Of (we) did, find that out first. Again ID holds
up q citizen in yonr town and rob him, then what
does the citizens do with (Ps) Send him to the
penitentiary ,of course. But suppose Dhods MP and
robs the whole community then what does the com
munity dot Why, send ~ to Congress Of course.
Our present civilization stands for that degree Of
moral sense developed which govern the masses in
their social and economic relations with each other
the moral sense lies at the bottom and forms the
foundation on which nation rests for be il under
stood moral eense is the dial which the hand Of
time points out the degree 10 the face Of intel
lectua social and economic progrese; and no nation
can escape the record The fast that nation ma,
occupy high standard from the view point Of ~,
and invention commerce and great navies and in
terDal wealth does not argue superior moral sense,
for nation may have All these, and internal cor
rnptiOn tbTungh mis-. government force it producers
and subjects into open rebellion.
The truth ofbistory IL that tbe seDse Of justice
has always ahided IN the heart Of the pFoducere OF
wealth that manipulate wealth.
Those that toll know best the. vane Oi labor.
The amount u labor expended coupled with the ex-
pence required to accomplish completeness OF the
effort mnst in the nature Of things qnaiiy che pro-
ducer TO Judge 81 its value and amount Of legis.
lation or ialse values can convince the thrObbing
brain and tired muscles to tho contrary This truth
has ehbed and flowed III the human hearf, over which
tie wind 81 adversity sweeps and storms howl, and
will continue to ebb and flow, until the moral sense
ol man rises on the crest Of common honesty, and
kisses the brand "iustiCe' On the intellectual fore
head OF civilization.
Itis sad state Of affairs when we have bTaged
about cnr country to be forced TO admit We have
ovefdOne it
Did you think We have some fIty-twO million
aires - onr congress- and senate TO legislata iOr