The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-10-01

citizenship. a higher sense OF justice.
higher order of wisdom and deeper
devotion to our country. not a doc
trine that vitiates every impulse es-
sentisl to our happiness. The mis-
cradle failure Of every communistic
experiment-and there has been a
thousand in the history of the world
should deter any well-poised mind
from its advocacy.
Take. for instance. Lanes great
Paraguaryan scheme. Here We have
an eminentiy fair and thorough test
of applied Socialism You hear lit
tie of IL. Indeed | doubt that many
ever knew of it. but. of course. since
they have thrown down the gauntlet
and with an Apache whOop. defied
and challenged all creation to NOR
tai combat, take it that the ag-
gressiye Ohio county contingent are
armed with as full knowledge OF
this as they should be of the teach
ings of their recognized leaders. Es-
pecially their gaunt champion. the
Lon QuiNote. mounted with lance
set. charging imaginary armies and
whose unsatisfed lust for notoriety
and shrieking anguish for the toll
Ing masses have well nigh upset his
hug-hou-e. leaving only an appalling
penchant for maudlin stunts in by
periodic rot and rant Anyway. no
body ever doubted the lofty purpose
and extraordinary ability OF that
brilliant Australian Socialist TO test
To its utmost a scheme he fully be-
lieved would revolutionize the So
cial and economic world. No colony
was ever promoted under half so
bright prospects and magnificent
circumstances. A brilliant. trained
and idolized leader. an oyerhowing
treasury. 500 families, not taken as
they came. as is now proposed. but
carefully c. osen from the thriftiest
OF all Australia's best farmers and
mechanics. and 500 miles square OF
the richest land in South America.
that produced 10 perfection the
greatest variety Of field and garden
products of any spot on the face or
the earth. II would seem that such
a colony would survive any system.
but that deadly blow to the funda-
mental principle upon which organ
ized society is founded. that vital.
natural right to the fruits OF ones
own labor. the right 10 own proper
ty. 70 say nothing of the yelled
q reat OF religion and morals, par
slyzed its hopes and energies and
Is collapse was d treflendous. heart
leniing tragedy. Soc 'alism IS a pure
democracy in its extreme sense with
out religion or patriotism and. TO
Us. q new and revolving code of
morals. Even a pure democracy is
quite beyond US. How infinitely
farther must be this mad dream of
a heaven on earth without the three
sraCes: family ties. love OF coun-
Try and a reigning God.
Boys. it won't 90. You are
headed straight for the dimnition
bow-wows. Better be maulin'. rails
or pounding sand in rat holes. 1t is
no. for you TO lay hands against the
tors o, your fathers.
Come back hone. Listen to one
no knew your fathers. many of
whom have died in as strong faith
in our traditions and free institu-
tions as ever inspired rugged, hon
esi, lion-hearted and God-fearing
men. Their shades would grieve to
know their sons had strayed Off af-
ter strange q IS and renowned ev-
erything sacred 10 their fathers.
Danger turks on every hand. Lis
ten 10 one who has studied these
questions for fifty years. Keep the
faith lie loyal Sons of worthy sires.
When the late John p. Barrett was
found me under the shade of the
Oh apple tree with Josephus, Plu-
arch. Rallins and that amazing en-
cyclOpedia Of all human knowledge,
"Burton's An tomy of Melancholy"
and I've ben an omnirerous reader
ever since. Not so smart, TO be-
sure, bur an untiring reader, large
ly on these lines.
Mind you I'm only contending for
the perpetuity of our institution. for
the best system ever devised by man
in any age. and empforing you not
% desert IL. IL Is painful to see
native son reared under its blessings
forsake the affairs OF his ancestry
and turn with unfilial scOrn upon
eli the hopes and sacrifices. the
fruits and triumphs of sixty gener-
ations.
It's a blind folly-sheer madness.
What do you know about reconstrue-
ting economies. political science,