Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-13
lutions, including one urging support
Of the Victory Liberty loan.
INFLUENZA OF UNREST.
inspiration of Bolshevism 10 the Dew
il, Saws Editorial.

inspiration of Bolshsvism 10 the Dsv.
iI, Says Editorial.
Are we living in "a new worldT
Must we have "a new life? Must we
set aside all the established customs,
religions, sentiments and feeling which
we have cherished for centuries? Col
lege professors and some preachers of
the Gospel are joining with the L w.
W., the Bolsheviki and others In pro-
claiming a new freedom which In ef-
feet would prove to be a new slavery.
Witness Russia as an example.
The whole world, we are told, Is up
set. The war has made things differ
ent. The poor ought to be rich and
the rich ought to be poo We are told
that an easy road to success must be
guaranteed to every man. II he can
not make a living, or thinks he cannot.
the government must provide for him.
Not only that, but it must insure his
life for the benefit Of his survivors.
If he Is shiftless and lazy, that
should make no difference; he Is born
into the world, and the world owes
him q living. He did not enter II on
his own account; he was thrust into
1T, and has, therefore. right to de-
mand Of the world that It shall take
care Of him, feed him while he lives,
bury him when he dies, and give him
everything but q guaranty Of heaven
hereafter.
All this we hear. It seems to be In
the air. Everybody thinks that Moth
ing is right. The whole tendency IL to
kick, to complain, to denounce, to pull
down and to destroy. Is 1t reflection
of the spirit Of the Hun? Like the
influenza, waited from Spain, it Is per-
Ivading every community and reaching
every station, high and low.
Is the world really so bad7 Was the
work of the Great Creator so badly
done that 1t must all be done ovor
again by the fanatics Of the Bolshevfk
stripe? Has the fine spirit of inde-
pendence that made American man
hood and womanhood 80 strong, 50
vigorous and so envied, all gone:
Are we 80 feeble and helpless that
we cannot do anything for ourselves?
Must we appeal to the government to
take the place Of father and mother3
II so, God help the nation. for ell the
splendid, militant spirit that made its
men and women strong has left US,
and we have descended from the high
plane on which our forefathers stood
and wallow in the mire Of the COM.
monest herd.
: But we do not believe that this is
the situation. 1t is fiction. 1t is pure
ly imaginary. It has been developed by
the evil spirit of despicable and de-
plorable selfishness and comes not
from above, but from below. It
is not from God, but from the dew
II. The reign Of terror in Russia now,
as in France during its revolution Q
century ago, finds its inspiration In the
impious cry, mo God, no master.
This is the cry of the l. w. w. and
the Bolsheviki. It is utterly selfish, de-
structive, inhuman.
Though it rings through the streets
and though 1t is heard from the house,
tops, though it is echoed in some pull
pits. and in some halls Of learning, 1t ts
not the cry of manhood, Of patriotism
or of consecrated service to humanity.
It Is the cry Of the weak, the wicked
and neither ever led an army to VIC
tory.
Let the nation wake up. Let the
people think. Let God be once more
enthroned, Let religion once more Dc
revered. Let faith, hope and charity
combine to minister, as they always
have ministered, to those who suner,
and strengthen, those who are weak
and who need strensth.-Leslie's