Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-23

~~Nl-<IN>~~ forms OF oath MADE laws. As a mat
Of fact and history there law and
will be, that by holding up fear Of punishment can
pe man tell the truth took long time to get this
fact through the brain Of the law makers.
Robert Burns 0he poe said; the fear Of hell, hang
whip to hold the wretch in order and the TACT that
King Phillip Of Macedonia said "Oahs like toys, were
made for children and fools" last set the world to
thinking. Not that King Phillip and Robert Burns we're
the head source Of light but that King Phillip was the
greatest diplomat orator. statesman and General in the
old world and Robert Burns was natures nobest rues
Poet Of the modern world their least
furnished food for thought You may by law force man
TO do thing against his conscience and at the same
time he will curse in his heart the power that oppressed
him. Ii the nature of ignorance fear. ignorance
the night Of the braD the poor house Of the soul and the
hangnan Of liberty
Let US look the characters King Philip had 10 deal
with; first they the poor oppressed but on the
other hand it Kings, Priests and long line Of Lords
mobiles and courtiers that lived lie by punderng the
ignorant masses. King Phillip knew they had no honor
Phillip knew the Priest for sum Of money would con-
suit the oracles and make 10 suit the purchaser
he knew they too had no honor, and Phillip in dealing
with them had no homer to bestoW And when reminded
by them Of broken promises threw their policy in their
teeth and said Oaths were made for children and FOOLS
and they understood It.
What was the policy Of kings and Priests for one was
quartered the other they the Kings and Priest and
mobiles who all law either Statutory or Moral
furthermore they pade the law to hold the wretch in
slavery that they might reve in luxury.
They the Kings and Priest and mobiles we're living lie
and Phillip knew they had sown lie, and Phillip gave
them abundant harvest
Whatwas the Policy? Make the poor tell the truth
under penalty Of DEATH and for the rich they could do
they pleased about it, for where there law there
is no transgression.
What did Robert Burns see in his day. Burns saw the
land lord and tenant he saw the nobility robbng the
poor he the ignorant and oppressed Burns heard the
Priest shout Servants be obedient unto your masters
and Burns ptied them and seeing the Priest stood with
the MOBILES keep the peasants ignorant and poor that
they might more readily rob them. Burns to expose
them threw their policy in their teeth when he said The
fear Of hell is hangman whip to hold the wretch in
order and then wrote the Two Dog" The Coers Saur-
day night and Man was made to mourn
Such was the true condition Of the toilng masses un
der the Monarcha and astocraticaF forms Of govern
ment and the reader can see similarity Of conditions
prevailing now haprevaled in Phillips and Burns day
DSSouSS SlocS
oath bound poor has the fear Of the penenary held Up
before them by the prviedged few that fears no evil from
the party Boss and ignorant voter.
A Republic is that form Of government in which the
natural rights man is safe guarded and the greatest good
to the greatest number is insured
All standing equal before the law Indicates justice
and sets the throne the religion Of humanity to man.
This truth bonors the creator Of ALL ii vindicates liberty
il calls out the inherent powers Of the mind through the
Free Press free Pulpit Free Platform and Free Schools
il Robes and scepters the world and gives each and all
crown Of royal fellowship to stand glorious in the light
Of divinity
Ibe march Of truth has been slow, but ever ringing
d own the ages the bell Of time is constantly sounding
he death kneitc old forms, creeds and ceremonies.
The struggling waves Of truth ever and for ever smiles
the Armored and reveals the weakness Of lie eav
ignorance nude and hideous crippled and deng IN
theGht ofthe eternal evolving and dssolvng flight Of
years.
Truth isrhe wings Of the spirit Of progress. lie the
wings Of the Bat 81 the brain Aman that claims to be-
Converted man. that Will lie, either makes Christ
liaror convics himself II being the most vicious and
dangerous liar oE al liars