Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-03-09
PEOPLE AND PROSPERITY.

ton when the socialists capture the
country, we will learn how utterly i'm
possible il is to live a christian now.
Now, Mr.. Brannan, you are willing to
concede that God requires a man to
live such life in order to be saved.
Think over your statement minute
and see how reckless it is. If man
can't live a christian life under this
system of government, then surely
there canLot be a christian in this
country, and we are all. yourself in
cluded, advancing rapidly toward a
DEVILS hell.
Such statement is belittling of
the wisdom and power of God, and
would surely weaken and perhaps de-
stroy the faith of every christian who
could be induced to believe it. To
say that an all wise God would create
man and make a law for him to
live by, which an earthly government
can prevent him from obeying, is ex-
tremely absurd, and charges God with
Deing either unwise or unjust.
You may in your wild imagination,
come wheedling around for an earthly
government to interpose in your be-
half, and claim that you can't make
living in the grasp of monopoly,
but it does look like that you and
your creed the others do it, would
stop and think before you assert that
man can't serve God under any sys-
tenn or any circumstance. Christ
held out with nails in His hands and
feet and hundreds of others have suf-
cred martyrdom in defense of chris
tianity, yet you and your creed claim
that under a system of government
where all are free to choose their avo-
cations and where they have repeated
ly proved by example that they can
succeed, you can't live christian
life.
You are pleased to use that old
gag about voting SO and SO because
''pap'' did, and yet you boast of how
you have stuck to the religious prin-
ciples that your parents taught you.
No doubt they taught you some poll
tics too. didn't theya You have
stamped your foot on that. Look out
for the other principles they taught
you. or you may do them likewise.
In your account of the committing
of the sentence of Auguste Rossett,
you make great parade of the Presi-
dent as a despoiler of virtue, and
claim that he is operating the system
to aid in prostitution. Did you never
know u criminal to be committed or
even pardoned when the weakness of
the law or the lack of evidence justi-
fed it, This country knows that Mr..
Taft did not do this to aid the White
Slave traffic.
You have asked me and defied me to
show you one good deed done or tried |
to be done by Taft. You have justly |
claimed that the White Slave trade is
a shameful crime. On June 81, 1910,
President Taft approved an act Of Con-
gress for the suppression of this infa
nous crime. Public Document, No.
a47, Fl. R., 1885. This is one good
deed done by Mr.. Taft, and you are
bound to say it is, Mr.. Brannan, or
rescind what you have said in regard
to the White Slave trade. Which will
you dor
Again, you say the present system
forces Gods children to unwontingly
do things in direct conflict with every
of God. deny the al
legation and call for the alligator.
''Thou shall not take the name of the
Lord, thy God, in vain" I demand
Of you, sir, to show me wherein the
system of government forces Gods
to violate the above COM
mandment of God. If you can't give
a good and plausible reason why a
christian man is forced to "cuss' on
account Of the system, then feel sure
that you should recall that broad state
ment of yours and say that you were
mistaken when you made it. In other
words. You took in too much territory.
As a matter Of fact, a man is not
forced to disobey God on account of
the system or on any other account.
You also keep saying that President
Taft never held an office by vote OF
the people. What does that have to
do with his goodness or greatness
According to your fanatic theory, that
should stand to his credit, as you say
the people are dominated by the cor
porations, and that he is their tool.
You may call it courage if You
want to when you exploit this cranky
theory to the people. but it looks like
Instead of trying to place
all the wealth in the hands of the gov
you could do much good if
you would speak to the young men of
this country in laundering tones, ad-
vising them to rise up in their man
hood and force distribution of the
wealth by earning dollars and keeping
them, or investing them for their val
ne. You surely know that there are
scores of living examples of thrift and
around you, men whom you
have seen start with nothing and ac-
comfortable living. and do
II honestly. What they have done. II