The Idaho recorder., 1921-09-23
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FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE GIVES
INTERESTING TALK, TO MEN
BERS OF PROGRESSIVE Or
GANlZATION.
BOISE, Sept. 19.-An address that
has attracted more than passing at
tention was delivered Friday before
the Boise Progressive BUSINESS club
by William M. Morgan, former ehief
justice of the supreme court Of Ids
no, u we'll known attorney of Boise,
who took for his subject, why God
Hates n Coward" In part he said:
"lf towards were only ridiculous
and contemptible--and they are both
of these--probably man would Be able
to muster enough hatred to prop
erly attend to their cases, but they
are dangerous. There is no agency
which is responsible fer more misery
to mankind than Is cowar3iee, and
the job is so gigantic that one hasss-
pered by moral limitations Is unequel
to the task. and 1t is in order TINT il
be properly done that God hates =
coward.
.Within my own recollection,
preachers pictured our souls sub
merged in the eternal damnation Of
literal and material hell, composed Of
unquenchabls Are and inexhaustihie
birthstone, and fraught with unspeak-
able and everlasting torment. Then
they passed the hate. They seemed
to understand Il was their mission in
life to scare Us into heaven and out
of our money. That was cowardice.
"Then came Colonel Robert G. In
gersoll, and unpopular though his
task was, by satire, ridicule and rea-
son, turned mankind from God Of
vengeance, torture and death to one
Of love, mercy and everlasting life.
That was courage.
How Laws Are Made.
I'VE are governed by laws made by
Legislators who are actuated by their
feass. You have heard them discuss
ing proposed measures, not with res
pect to the well being Of the state,
but having In mind the popularity or
unpopularity Of y vote for or against
the proposed law. Consider the laws
on the statute books Of the various
states Of this Union which would not
be there II the weli-being Of citizens
had been taken into consideration
! rathe1 than the temporary advantage
of the legislator. Think Of the acts
, been for fears Of public disapprovai,
would have, been voted by the chief
executives Of the states upon which
! they are inflicted. Even the courts
/ are actuated to greater or less ex-
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| dation, and cases may he found up-
. holding these laws and brushing aside
| the constitutional safeguards OF re-
ligious liberty, freedom OF speech and
| the right to bear arms and the guar
, anty OF exemption from requirement
, to give evidence against oneself in
+ terminal cases, as well as the security
/ from search and seizure. Some of the
, courts of last resort have been known
, to lay down one rule for the disposal
of an appeal in burglary case and
| to announce another and more dras-
, tic one for the bootlegger. Not that
/ houscbreaking In less dangerous than
} bootlegging, but because there has
, been less systematic organization,
/ of voters against the housebreaker
than against the homebrewer Thus
, have some of the constitutional safe
, guards for which our revolutionary
ancestors shed their red blood baen
lost, in response To popular clanor
; and because of lack of courage on the
, part of their custodians.
/ Cowardice Asserts Self.
) I'm private life everywhere, cow
J ardice constantly asserts itself with
/ dire results upon its victims. The
{ young man just starting on the
/ threshold of business, as an employee
: of others, possessing the native abil-
ity to succeed By himself may, by
reason of his silly fears-throuQh all
his life remain hireling, and at the
end-totter down toward his grave
supported by the uncertain arm of
so-called charity, while had he pos
sessed the do or die" brand Of cour-
i, age he would have been u Marshal
: Field or Wanamaker.
: "One of the reasons why eowardice
: Is so contemplate is because II Is
: always selfinficted. Courage and lack
5 of il are habits of thought. The man
/ who is willing TO and desires to do u
n thing, although it Is dangerous. who
i oyercomes his fears when they beset
z him, soon shakes off the influence OF
g fear, while he who yields and hesi-
: tates from doing the disagreehle OF
the dangerous task soon finds It inn
: possible.
Q III you want to do thing which
e is neither opposed to good moral:
: nor in violation OF the laws of your
: country, do ii and lei the conse
e auenees follow. Think only brave
thoughts, square your shoulders
tick out your jaw and tell the cock
eyed world to come on
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