The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-26


for his theme The Newly-C oine,
.Americanism," Rev. j. r. Eggiestor
preached an interesting sermon IL
Wesley Methodist church. He took hi!
text from Chronicles H.. 1913. "He for
sock the counsel which the old NOR
gave him. and took counsel with th'
young men that were brought up witt
him"
He said in part
Our text carries us back to tn.
coronation of Rehoboam. There wer,
a great many circumstances attend
ing hts 'enthronement over Israel, which
were encouraging and promising. II,
was hailed as tn" prince Of the PEG
lie. Whatever discord that had existed
in the royal household was healed. "a
the return Of his exile brother. Zero
boain, from Egypt would indicate. r.,
established closer relation hetwStI
the crown aud the subjects in TIA
he dealt with his people directly rathel
than nediativelF, as the entertaining
of the request Of the people about hi
policies of government and iuvittni
them to return for his answer would
attest. All of this bespoke a glorious
reign for the new king. which nevel
materialized. Instead the kingdom o
rsrael was divided and Rehoboam be
came and unpopular and unsuccessful
king over a part of Its dismembermen
-Judah--and his memory passed int,
an inglorious history. The reason TO
this he changed the policies Of tht
empire. He discarded the old priv,
counsel to King Soloman, his father
and appointed new cabinet made on
OF his chums. with new ideas and ways
The central thought here is the adop
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me to my subject. The Newly-Coinet
Americanism, I shall make some YER
plain speechss on this subject. whir'
are not in accord with the popular SET
timent of our country, and which M
doubt will subject me- to much advers
criticism: yet spurred by a sense .
conviction aud duty. | shall not ~
deferred, bur wiil venture,
There is much that is new in ga
tmericanism Of today. or this neN
Anericanism the first thing | call YOU
attention to is stat" regulation.
state Regulation.
state regulation In corporate md in
dividuai life. Il would have been tn
height Of irurertinence to even sugges
20 colonial father. or a pioneer citt
zen of the United states or an ante
beilum constituent. state interference
Today the state regulates business au'
Individuals 10y imposing laws restrain
trg capital ard labor. commercial acti
vitIes and personal conduct The reaso.
FOR this Is 20 meet need os self
trol This policy Is revsrstVc Of tn
bedrock principle Of American demo-
racy-'self- government which Is ex
pressed In every declaration OF lnde
pendence, every song OF freedom an
every memorial OF liberty Though W
are doing r.. yet It Is not best to b
governed By multiplicity OF laws, bu
as has been said. They are soverne'
best who are governed least TheT
may be some necessity for this poiicN
but is not the wisest.
Woman Suffrage.
Another new piece OF AmerlcaHlsn
IS woman suffrage. This moveuen.
which has deprived woman OF all gen
der. that she can no longer be calle'
ne. she or l.. Is OF foreign extraction
- our women so often take their Gu
n many things from the East so hav
they taken this II Is European
.dea. and not an American. There va
"a time when our good women nm
thoughtedly lived on 4 higher plan
than men They were charmed WIKI
the delicate and womauly side or HE
shey delighted in motherhood and th
rearing OF children. and home was thet
imperial kingdom. the power OF ~hicI
swaycd and controlled the masc uiiu
world Bat today some OF our wome
look with disdain upon these pokS way
81 our grardmothers and mothers an
I ,ong TO be men. wear pants, chew to
bacco. make speeches. go to congress
run banks and a few other things the
- 10 * yla..
convention Of motherhood Is poodI
logs. and they have not other use n
nome, than place to hang up thei
hat. occasionally. This may be all right
but | taii 10 see It's ear-marts OF VIZ
Cou1
Our Nentrality
Another novelty of our Americsn!su
/ L. our neutrality. l have no time q
discuss international law. and = doe
not make any difference. as no on
seems to know what il is and will sim
ply state the course Of our neutrality
We declare we have heen neutral an
perhaps We have somewhat in the Ii:
ernl sense Of international isw but ac
-pally and morally we have NOT NJ
reason for n; We have supplied Or
eide Of the belltgercnts of Europe wit'
The upkeep OF war, and Ne haNe JUST
ned our action ny aef3a inS 'Hat !"
embargo would be ayt1olatiou Of on
neutrality. Notwithstaudiue We haV
placed emh3reoes on war supplies q
Mexico. Why is the International |aS
such timsy code that il makes Ger
tain course right with one nation. nu
the same course wrong with anothe
nation No. 1t Is our one sided neutral
fty. While admitting the violation o
our rights under international law ha
been greater by the central powers thai
the allies: yet We have forced the issu
with one and weakly protested IN
other. Again our one-sided neutrality
Morally We have been absolutely pro
allies when we broke diplomatic re
cations with the Teutons We tried y
ally all the neutral nations with us y
this break. Again our neutrality fai's
Finally our armed neutrality is tn
climax OF this new piece OF American
ism. which is nothing more than
declaration OF war and the conversion
/ of our merchant boats into nava
| scouts
Mediation and Peace Method.
Another novelty in Amer'canism /
our mediation and peace method. W