The Hartford republican., 1912-05-10

WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING?

The faithful. true and patriotic citizen,
the higher critics, of thought and litera-
ture, and cultured and devout churchme
the rank and life of the sturdy and intel
igent productive laborers, and scientists,
sociologists, thinkers, and orators, as
well as all close observers and able stu
dents of human events, are inquiring
about our destiny, as a nation.
Men who are well versed in science.
history, political economy, and evolution,
and who are In close contact with all
the phases of human life. are asking the
questiong: WHITTIER are we Drifting?"
In view of the great aggregatlons Of
cults. of new political parties, of private
and public immortality, of bribery, cor
ruption, and misfesance in office, and
in legislation and government, of politi-
cad folly and economic fallacies, of wide
spread poverty, misery and i,lteracy and
of the seeming indifference of the million
who In their ignorance and stupidity and
mental stupor and moral lethergy, are
letting matters drift whether they re-
late to politics, religion, or civic affairs,
1t is indeed time for us to inquire
Whittier are we Drifting?'
Are we going the way of all lost and
ruined nations. which were built on rank
injustice, and buwarked by government
al tyranny aud oppression?
From prehistoric times, slavery of the
workers and caste distinctions have pre-
vailed, whether Under the chattel form
of slavery, the feudal form of slavery or
the wage form of slavery. Socisyl injus-
ticc and industrial slavery cannot endur
Riots. strikes, lookouts, wars. revou-
tions, and great social unrest, here and
there. certainly have a Significance, and
surely forbade something.
All compromising with fraud. political
corruption, and civic unrighteousness, Is
both foolish and futile, for a day of
ItthollnS Is toHiiilS.
Theodore Roosevelt has sounded the
tocsin of war on public policies which in
sure to the benefit of the few, to the
loss and detriment of the many. His
platform is for the masses, and not for
the classes
He is for Twentieth Century Political
Progress. Advanced and Enlightened Re
publicanism. and Popular Government.
In the midst of those political reaction
aries and non-progressive policies of
the times, one stands confused by the
Babel of Voices chattering for half way
measures and palliatives for Plutocracy,
Poverty. Punderbend, Perverseness, and
Prostitution.
ism and Capitalism) Of those things such
as excessive riches on the one hand
and extreme poverty ON the other hand, |
and abolish the acuses by the institu- !
tion of social justice and economic free
dom, and thus put an end to all evil So
cial. political and economic conditions.
Alas! In the midst of vice corruption |
riches, woe, want, moral degeneracy, po- |
litical decadence, and social unrest. We
observe but few persons who are alive to
the demands of the age.
Political absurdities and economic fall |
acies deceive the ignorant and trap the |
The majority of the people learn moth
ing new. Sons vote as their fathers did
daughters worship as their mothers did.
Nearly all believe and do as they We're
taught to believe and do, whether it be
right or wrong. No one. 1t seems, thinks
or reasons.
1t is reckless, thoughtless. and wicked
to procrastinate in social. political and
matters which demand imme-
date attention.
1.-The restless millions wait
For the light whose dawning
Maketh all things new.'
A new social order is in sight. 1t is
one of liberty. justice. fraternity, equali-
ty. love and brotherhood.
Men laboring for the New Society (that
S to be) may not. perhaps, shine as So
,ial stars. or be considered by their CO.
as either patriots or prophet
may even be maligned and misunderstood
Dut. however. when they are measured
N later times, and in accordance with
lhe high standards of just principles and
rational thought. they will go down in
history as the true benefaetors of man
Kind.
Reason and equity will finally obliterate
he last vestlge Of social wrong and gov
tyranny.
Truth is eternal. and the golden jewels
II right and equity shall adorn the
Crown of Truth worn by the coming maa
The Man in the Universan Brotherhood of