Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-08-03
Cardinal Gibbons Glyes q GOmpFehGl'
! siYe Remedy for fvlIs.
.SANCT|TY 0F..fHf MARRIAGE.

and CIVIC unheaalitlhf full that is CIV,
Ing occupation ton now to 50 many muck
rakers'y" was asked. .,a.ai ....
That is comprehensive said the
Cardinal, 81 would rather attempt to
answer a dozen specific questions.
bat | think may answer this BY say,
ing; When the sanctity of the mar,
rage tie are more more fully realized and
religious training in the family be-
comes more general We may look for
better conditions, l.al u...2, "a
"Dlssect these questions as We
may, we. are forced back again and
again to the same CONCLUSION; Moral
and re. religious training in ire family is
essential, and just as it is neglected
do these evils increase, IL. .a.,! ID"
"By civic evils We refer to corpor.
ate greed financial I immortality and
official infdeiity, as ia the case of
the Insurance crimes and the groupe
tof crimes broadly classified as graft
1 do not know enough Of the facts
in the packing.house scandals to in.
clude them in this generalization, but
generally speaking this class Of evil
is due to a lack Of conscience as ap-
piled to corporate acts. '"''"' -,
'""Aman will excuse much ID his
corporation which his conscience
would condemn ID himself. "o| -.
Incorporate couscienceis negative,
1t minimizes responsibility and mul.
tiplies and naguifes excuses. 1"' .
1""A rudimentary moral sense will
keep a man from stealing bis neigh
boris goods, but the moral sense must
be educated to see moral wrong, sin
and crime in the uuconsciohable acts
of a corporation ~'i4 ''' ,'''" =.
"There has been Of late a great
awakening of what is called the pub
lie conscience. This has given rise
to much broad, liberal discussion of
prevalent, abuses and their causes,
fixing the responsibility and often dis
closing criminality, and is dong much
to remedy those abuses and bring
business morality back to the point
of safety. This is, at least, my hope.
| believe ! can see a DECIDED tens.
dency in that direction. Z .ac....U /
Public discussion brings under
standing and men who have been
blind to the wrongs of corporate
crimes have had their eyes opened. |
They now see much that they could
not see before. .'''''''"'2 ""''
81 believe the secret Of the great
increase of suicides is due to a lack
Of religious training. '''. ''''
"An awakening to the sense of
responsibility overwhelms a man
whose moral courage ..' has. not been
fOstered BY religious home training.
He - has not the sustaining force which
a sense OF the sanctity of bis own OBJ
legations would give This moral
lcowardice prompts him totake refuge
in death from responsibilities which
he has not been trained to assume
and discharge. ".s- ..s.iDr<
This is business morality. Social
morality depends upon something
more. The family, which is the foun-
dalton of society is the source to |
which We must look for its purifca
ton. The great crimes and scandals
which are now exciting so much com
ment can be traced directly to a lack
of sanctity in the family relations. Un-
til the sanctity of family ties is more
generally recognized see little hope
for improvement.
"The principal obligation of the
family is the religious education of
young, the importance of which is
apparent. With it everything may
be accomplished. Without it We may
have general revival of public con-
science, but relapses will come again,