Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-05-12

tempted to cut his own throat in
order to escape this hell Of pretense,
piety and prayer
But lie Is no longer surprised at a
world war, for the only wonder Is,
that it was so long delayed, because
people who will sanction q tax
scheme which forces the builders Of
houses to live in rented shanties, have
debased themselves below tho level
Of the brute, who have dens Of their
own, In which to rear their young,
do not deserve the rich blessings Of
war, but should be compelled to live
on and rot in ignorance and crime
amidst the stiffness of peace, and
wallow in the poverty and filth Gre
ated by their devotion and loyalty 60
wooden god Of party.
"Kill not for PHYS sake, and lest
thou slay,
Some soul upon its upward way"
was written for the instruction and
guidance Of men, and none else, and
the vast intelligence which pulses
through the universe in mercy shakes
His body and the vermin bred from
It's heat and moisture devour each
other In war. War is the greatest
blessing brought forth by the eternal
unchanging laws OF the universe.
which laws are Gods soul, and will
>s'"tt and rule and rebuke wrong and
~aance.npon all peoples in
..5l..l nment and taxa.
ton Cnere Iul no III. s1inttsst. traca of
because justice being the
breath OF God Is the first law of the
universe; therefore the brainy writer
says, Vengeance Is mine saith the
Lord, I will repay you In full for
your stupid tax scheme which denies
to my children the use Of my earth.
And yet the stupid, so.called servants
Of God prayed for peace.
Their next act Of stupidity will be
a commission sent to the state legis.
lature demanding the repeal of the
law of gravitation, SO when German
airman tries to drop q bomb 1t will
fall up and kill the airman. These
sky-rilots because they by prayer can
raise brainstorm, have come to
believe that they can raise rain
storm b the same means. When all
the church people with one accord In
tho same day prayed for peace in
Europe, I prayed FOR war there and
mere also, and won out against che
whole gang.
Either I know how to pray, or else
7 have great influence or favor at the
court Of heaven, for every one of my
prayers for thirty years have been
answered. IF war comes in obedience
to unchanglng law, then our beloved
President was powerless to start Or
to stop it. The tiny creatures who
are attempting to bring about a
lasting world peace under the rotten
tax scheme which prevails all over
the world, may succeed for time,
and If they do, the world like Rome
under similar conditions will again
sleep in black savagery for a thous-
and years, again to emerge through
painful effort amid the smoke Of war.
Be not deceived, God Is not Knocked
that which We SOW, that shall We also
reap. Belgium, the mere mention of
whose woes, causes the person of sen-
sibility to weep with pity is reaping
just what she had sown and was the
first to receive the sword stroke of
Justice. Her people instead OF using
the resources of the land to aid them
to become every one of them rich and
wise, suffered the unearned incre-
ment Of their land enhanced in value
by the enormous expenditure Of tax
money to be drained away through
the severed arteries of private ap.
preparation, until with thousands it
was the bitter bread Of aims or the
red blood Of revolution and thousands
gladly rushed into the arms OF death
to escape the bitterness Of life.
Hear the great pacifist who would
hush the world into peace through
which all governments have hietherto
rotted and must continue to rot un.
less founded in Justice and fed by
just taxation. "Thou shalt not cru
city mankind upon cross Of gold nor
press upon the brow Of labor the
crown Of thorns."
Yet this very common commoner
for almost lifetime has witnessed
the degradation and crucifixion of
mankind upon the cruel iron cross of
corrupt political parties, while 1abor's
brow was pierced by the thorny crown
OF the general property tax, as she
writhed in agony upon the iron cross
OF party hate, bleeding from a thous-
and cruel stabs of tariff revenue and
tariff protection, and the great com.
moner backed by the purity squad
of pretense and prayer witnessed the
shameful and hideous crime without
protest Or shame.
Straining at the tiny gnat Of the
drink curse, an effect, and swallowing
whole this huge camel OF inirnitous
taxation, the cause Of poverty ana
Its browning horror war.
Here are some more OF It's fruits