Arizona republican., 1910-01-03
THE SPREAD OF ANARCHY.

The most difficult and menacing feature of the general life at present prevails nor in the large amount of | pauperism. but in the prevalence of what will best be called the spirit of l anarchy
 Anarchy, when 1t becomes extreme. we are all of us prepared to resist But every extreme begins by being moderate. Anarchy is a Greek word and means contempt for authority. Respect for authority is essential to the character of the individual and to the harmony and security of the pub lie.
 The ability to disobey law is one of the greatest of human endow- ments Of all created things. man is the only one that can stand up in the presence of law and in the face of God and say. T won't" That he can do that is what makes him human; that he does do that is what makes him an anarchist
 Obedience to law is the fundamen- tai virtue, both in the child and the citizen. It plays the same part in building up a mans character that horizontal and perpendicular do in the erection of a house Decorations and ornamentations will make building pretty, but neither it's pret tiness nor any of the rest of it will stand unless the main lines along which it is erected run straight up and down.
 And the place to begin learning obedience to law is the home. The home is an exceedingly important and serious institution. It is the bottom of everything in the world that is good.
 Any movement that even suggests the idea of lessening the emphasis laid upon the home is a slap at our civilization. There is no more seri- ous duty incumbent upon any of us than to resist every kind of move ment that tends in the least to shake the foundations of domestic life.
 The average home, unfortunately. does not seem to be all that it once was in this matter of requiring obe- dience. There is as much authority there as there used to be, but it has changed hands. It is a great thing to be brought up. There is great difference between being brought up
 
 True and safe manhood is founded on obedient boyhood. Homes of fifty years ago put iron in the constitu- ton. or. if not iron. ribs-something that held the flesh from sloughing off.
 The effect of much of our school and college training is to confirm the infant anarchy acquired in the home. Things there also run in the direction of the optional" which is q fine word to look at. but means do as you like" If you don't like one kind of study. study anything that you do like; don't let your studies interfere with your regular college course
 We believe very cordially in any law that we do not care to trans gress. The laws that we do not like and that we want to violate we call absurd. forgetting that those who do not like a given statute are just the ones that that statute is legis- lated for. The rest do not need it.
 We who travel the city on foot believe in, the speed limit law as ap- piled to automobiles. We like it be- cause 1t dose not apply to us and gives us more chance of crossing the street without being ground up The automobilist calls it ridiculous, be cause he is the one that it fits on to. ana he has very likely a law-con- science that is so feeble that he will run his auto in way to vio- late the statute if he is fairly sure'l of avoiding detection.
 Laws are for those that don't like | them, and the spirit that prompts to the violation of them is a mild form or anarchy-anarchy in the green Rev. c. II. Parkhurst