The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-05-14

is. the quotations of Cundiff or the
strabisnus of owen.
My good and venerable brother,
Cundiff says of me, HE has not
written a word or a line on Social
ism, neither can he. He does not
understand Socialism. He has not
the faintest conception of the princi-
pies, program and philosophy of
scientific Socialism.
And yet brother Cundiff and his
oolaborers have used more than a
whole page of perfectly good space
In the Republican trying to combat
my "illiteracy." See?
II will be noticed that those who
do not agree with brother Cundiff on
Socialism are Enthusiastically ill
literate.' No brother Cundiff, So
cialism has anything in it that looks
like principle, science. or philosophy,
/ have failed to discover it after a
study of it for four years. But ii
does seem to have a program. And
that program seems to me to be ut
terly to annihilate the principles OF
peace on earth and good will among
men.
Brother Cundiff says, "in all things
it, (Socialism) ignores religion" Now
brother if you and your co-agitators
had said that some time ago there
would have been none of this con-
troversy. 1t is very good of you to
make that admission only it does not
fully set out the truth. But let me
refresh your memory. Did you So
cjalists not bring champion of your
political faith from Texas here to
this county to champion the affirma-
tive of the proposition, THAT the
Ethics of Socialism and the Ethics
Of Christianity are identical?"
Now they do say that you are so
highly educated that all else seem
"illiterate" TO you. Hence if the
"ethics" of the two are identical, the
things SOCIALISM and Christianity
themselves must be identical since
things equal to the same thing are
equal to each other"
But. brother, taking what you say
in regard to Socialism's ignoring re-
ligion, as the least word in Socialism,
are you not a little inconsistent in
quoting scriptures to sustain your
Socialistic foibles?
And are you not little unhappy
in your citation and Interpretation of
scripture. Had you noticed that
that was Gods chosen people? And
that Palestine was the especially
designated land where God would
have them permanently abide.
Have you not read how Abraham
recognized the right of ownership of
the land which was to be his and his
posterities' after him, in that he
bought a grave yard from the in
habitants. Did he not assert the !
right of ownership of the land when !
he gave Lot his choice of all the !
land? u
: . ote what Peter says to Annias: !
But Peter said, Annias why hath !
Satan filled thine heart to lie to the .
Holy Ghost, and to keep back part
Of the price ar the land? While It
remained was it not thine own? Acts !
5,2 a.
Brother Cundiff says Jesus Christ
was communist, etc. Well brother
that to be true, which 1t
is not, and / challenge you to the
scriptural proof of your statement. !
What does that prove for Socialism
since Socialism in "all things ignores
reljgion?"
You say Jesus and his disciples
held all things common.
Will you specify what things they
held in common, or tell me where in
the Bible to find ~
And Jesus said unto him, foxes
have holes and birds OF the air have
nests, but the son of man hath not
where TO lay his head. Luke 9-5S.
Brother Cundiff has put all Anti
Socialists under the ban of infidel-
lily.
must confess that do not know
by what process of reasoning the
brother reaches that conclusion since
he has so completely divorced the
two.
The fact is the brother lays down
a proposition in the beginning of
his article which he utterly ignores
clear through the article,
Brother Cundiff says, in the Hart
ford Herald Society is not com
posed of classes and OF people who
have antagonistic and warning econ
omic interests"
The Socialist platform says, $50
ciety is divided into warning groups