The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
V DICE Of the People
MuItitudInous Anfrnet.a.,.,.

mo lidHor OF Tho Times Dispatch.
usage n ana nave aye, followed Contrary to
Innate Seattle affair in your state, and
MIL constrained to say that 1t is as
r tsun u, OF pa, stain on the historic old
commonwealth as stigma on the han
iess victim OF his own unrestrained
ueslTes, wherein can be found q
Speaking moral for both South and
In analytic consideration OF the
Iase-l do not accept tho New York
foets blast In Tuesdays issue-It is
meceessary to glance broadly over the
ohvironmental status or the epoch 10
Glutch the cause for such a horrible
Iapse from tho accepted principles OF
i ocT 81 the Gonfrontation reveals a
experimenting. and fully accounts fer
this Instance, and for tho widespread
criminal conditions that degrade ma
ar utni s'ah ,.l. and hinder real pro-
mo Key to II all is the relentless
Si eSout every othor consideration
TOT money and place has lost us touch
with the staunch purposes that dis
.inguished the actions of the creators
OF our nation. and the hest gives way
TO the expedient, to tho atrophy OF the
national spinal column.
perfection. unless all tho worlds
s soi4,ts mental, physical and
personal and national goal, and no
specious reasoning for private ndyant
age can hide that mission OF infinite
crime Is to strike a blow at tho good
God directly and Indirectly at His
WORKS, spear Mt the pcrfectibility
'h AZ raises Uses, us above tho animal plane.
, inc south Is largely responsible for
the disintcgration manifest over tho
entire country by It's stubborn stand
tor an extreme individualism. II has
discouraged more complete orCanizn-
ton of the nation from the early
dawn of it's settlement, and much hap
1t suffered thereby
Curlously, had the Initiative and
referendum been in vogue and In use at
the time OF the great controversy al!
tho money and nves lost In that most
nnciVil war would, doubtless. never
pic conlescing would have reached an
honorable solution satisfactory to each
contestant. 1t is true the nation would
nave missed It's Lincoln and its Lee.
ana they tho pain and anguish Of II
all.
Returning to Beattio: he surely must
nave had the elements OF n man. for
tho manlincss that DISTINGUISHED his
last words signalizcd fair ahare OF
the qualities that qualified his for
hears. the pioneers who carved from
their interminablc lengths from sea to
sea, this civilization, with it's irstru-
mentality for good.
As last word, II would be we'll IL
80 S'"tH Couid IcullEe tHHt our Iu-
turc growth as nation is wrapped
up In the exploitation OF all the fnc-
TORS that connotc our. material great
ness. chief among which Is tho ma
ttonal government, whose potencles
are illimitablc. And the object lesson
OF the railway plumber bund on South
eern soil should stimulate broad and
Impartial estimate OF social values,
conducive to the welfare Of the whole
than to delayed individual chance at
the expense OF morality and spiritual
growth.
The industrial plant OF tho nation Is
practically complete. and the purpose
reach of inventive genius and only
the functionary government IS quail
fled to do fhat without injury TO the
body polite. a KENTUCKIAN
Brookline, Mass