The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-12-24

FROM whence came man mas aSI-
tatcu the mind Of mankind for cen
turtles past. Much thought has
been given the question and much
has been written on it; yet there
are few who viii accept the find
ings Of the men who have given
the greater portion Of their lives to
the study of the question. 1t
makes very little difference to us
today to know from whence came
man; II that were rs far us our
observation would carry us into Il
study Of the history of our past.
1t may still suit the fancy of
some of us to believe that man was
a special creation, moulded into
form after the image Of God, and
after that the same God after
making the feeble tenement Of clay
brcathcd into it the breath Of life
Or we can believe man to have
been an eyohtion, We learn to-
day that the body of man is an
evolution, it having evolved from
a very minute particle OF one cell
to its present torn oS Il body com
posed of 1000, 900 cells or mole.
culcS. :
| hope what | shall say will not
be considered by any To be an in
suit to the human family. or that it
may be the cause of some not Civ
ing the question as much consider.
alton as they may. But upon the
other hand if what is said is an Of
fence to some, why be it so, for
our learning comes directly from
the wise and learned men Of today
and those of the past, and the
truth should cIuSc none to blush
with shame no natter what our
parents may have hceu.
Men have evolved from some
lower animal. We are the pro
geny of the little animal whose
actions We like to observe. His
antics and gestures us he moves
about within his prison walls
interest us. But what of it, If
1--WE are the progeny of some hairy
monster that rored wild in the
forests and upon the plains what
matters it. Has the man Of today
outSrown to any great extent the
parent man Of the past!
Let us leave the birth of man to
lie buried III past that we can
never know toa certainty, but let
us deal with the man of TODAY.
Let us IT,. and discern the general
make up OF him, and observe him
nom all points Of view. It is i'm.
possible for us to read from a book
and learn the truth as thorouuh]v
as we can from reading the life
tact with him daily.
Man $ general make up is one Of
love and hate. He is angel and
demon combined. He can sing
words OF love, truth and justice or
ne can hiss the vile oaths of
hatred. He is an angel by birth.
born of purity and love: but in
his after life his love is turned to
nate; he cares not for the rights of
othelS: he ScornS at their miscries:
he mocks them when they plead
lor justice: he inNictS pain at
every opportunity; he grinds into
an unShapon mass the tender
lives OF the buds of childhood that
are pluckeQ from the tender vines
OF love sent unto us from the
VI 'il>> 20 Slauton our
feeble and aged lives. and at the
Time when weighted down with
the cares OF 4 useful life.
As we see man the brute treat
the little children: rs we watch
him lntiict pain upon our women.
rs we observe his actions upon a
whole towards Gods anointcd we
are forced to hiss mt him
Brute! Is this brute still
man: No! ne only retains
. the form Of man i'll BODY: the mind
OF man IS removed to some place
OF which We know nothing today
1t has left its feeble tenement of
clay to play with its counterpart
on the Golden Shore.
Inc history OF man viii AGAIN he
written IN laws that will he easily
read by mankind: the force Of
events through educational ad-
Eancement will compel man to
stop III his mad struggle for GOLD.
1t Will compel him to consider
the rights OF others in order that
he may protect his own.
Man, oh man, Where art thou.
that thou hast deserted thy kind,
hat excuse hast thou to give for