Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-06

IDEAL OF true liberty procialmlnr
anew liberty throughout the lnnd to
uf liberty held by the few WHO see
also the mistaken idea Of liberty held
hy the many. Side BY side with tho
appreciation and application Of the
noble principles Of freedom do we aep
lack ~ appreciation and q misap-
plication OF these. side ~ eide with
the biossne of liberty DO we zee the
curse 81 license. Even in this onlight-
ened couniry and age. N a period OF
great Intellectual activity and nttain-
ment, among people with a broadenod
mental horizon and an enriched world
~ thought do we constantly find n
confusion OF liberty with license. Ill
~ because OF this confusion that we
have 20 pay such biR price for free
dom. II O. because Of this confusion
that our moral conduct, our POLITICAL
activities ana our religious life are
counted and weighed and found want
ing.' II IL because Of this confusion
That vice IL rampant and crime FREE
quent that acoHing irrevcrcnco has
replaced the sedate faith OF bygOnc
days that youth exuisa IN q fllppant
independence and a superciiloua indif-
ference. that family morality 81 de,
eaying and the Unsuitable pursuit OF
riches with ~ attendant extravaganza
and inequity. has become characters
istic OF american life. II was ever
thus when people ala not conceive OF
the true character OF liberty as the
free activity Of the highest part IN /
man according 60 the laws az excel |
loncc. IL was 80 IN Greece. during the |
InnrfaI.un nd - fa. A
at the present time.
Ana want to say right here that Il
L. not only they whom liberty means
lawiessness that destroy She very
sense and spirit Of true freedom, but
also those who destroy the essence OF
law by their very attempt 20 ieEaliEe. /
Those. for instance. who would BY
hook or crook drag sectarianism In /
10 The greatest OF our social insutu-
tions--the public school--when they
know. or should know, that the high
character OF our public schools has
been founded and can De maintained
only upon the basis OF strict secular
ism and non-sectnrianlsm, they are
destroying the very sense Of law and 4
the very spirit OF liberty. Those who
would prohibit on sunday everything
except Bible-reading and prayer
saying. when they know that cOmpu-
sorry religion Is worse than no reilg- 4
ion. are undermining the very fOun-
dalton OF both law and liberty. Those
who endeavor TO create temperance by
prohibition. when they know or should
know, that prohibition mnk0s for In
temperance, they are advocating a
measure which In detrimental 10 both
law and liberty. Those who cry and
clamor for the determination Of tho
social evil when they know. ar should
know, that such an determination Is
and ever was imposalble, when every
one who Is the least Intelligent and the
least Informed knows that the very at
tempt az abolition and exterminationl
means the pollution of city's inno-
cence, the corruption OF a city's NOR
ality and chastity, the hoodwsnkingl
az vice and crime and deliberately de-
stroylng both law and liberty.
Thus we see that while law and lgb-
erty, born upon the bank OF the Nile
In the shadow Of the Sphinx. has
made great progress Il has not yet
reached It's goal and contamination.
A. long as I'VE have licentiousness on
the one hand and legaiized lawless-
Ross on the other. as long an we have
the bigOt and the fanatic playing IN
TO the very hands Of the vicious and
The criminal we cannot hope "a have I
4 general appreciation or application !
~ the genuine God-glven liberty un-
der law