The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-06-08
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o.. l I,.,.' ,lrornl vo quoted uurtc uu tho
tor.r o' rns.Ieh law and i's sheer no,ceru,. to
,hscf
Whom Gnrl'h law ,a no, mrons enough 'o
protect rhc humh'cst citizen in hls hu, ou tho
banks OF tho Gnngca the nohlomrn Ia NOT nto
In his castle ON the banks ~ the Tnamon'
TO the aamc general principle of law hut In
n more delightful and less rriudlo1u"ut way.
Abraham Lincoln paid tribute In those words.
"Iot not him who BE- huusooss nun down
the house ot another, but JET him Work am
gently and build ono Tor himself. thus hY
example aRuriur that hl9 own Hh'N 10
Httc from violence when hulll'
In thor, two quotations. I'm tho ono quite as
much as the other. can hc found not only m"
solc justification for government, but also IA"
unacceptable necessity for law and order. u
You pun down the house ~ another you havc
Sc, aroot tho acoda of dafolution that viii final
lv cnEuf YOU and yours
Tho Russian dchaolo continued 70 he painted
in glorious uots by those who have responded
10 tho hlood lust of sclfish rodlcnlam. and there
IL a great craving for precise information ~ to
how matters arc really going lu that land rulcd
by forces Of destructive thought and action.
Tho craving is absurd. Because precise
knowledge of conditions not essential TO
correct forecast or the inevitable consequences
when ono po.scsscs key to the philosophy ~
any given movement. and that key 10 tho PHI
iosophy Of holshcvism the whole world pos
scs~s Rolshcvism Is destructive philosophy
from top to bottom. Thcrc W nothing oonstruc-
tive in It At any point. 1t began by pulling
down the house Of another, thus lnsurinE with
metculous certainty that eventually its own
house will fall about its what transpircs
between tho Alpha and omega Of the movement
can be nothing more than a background paint
cd In by tho evolutionary processes ot tho
movement.
In stnl another way General Ice summed up
tho same philosophy We arc hero paying tribute
to and offering as tho certain and safc rhilo"o-
ply for all mon to accept. Iis opposition To
tho secession of tho southern statcs was well
known. even though no stands forth az ono ~
tho really heroic leaders In that movement. His
reasons were thus given, In effect:
Secession ia wrong. II Is an unsouui
doctrine. Rocauso II the southern sthtcs
succccd In breaking the bonds NJ union they
will have not only lot themselves hcrcft ~
adequate defense against similar move
mcnts within themselves hut certainly pave
tho way for Hu'h a movement the moment
any act Of the contcdoracv is disagree
ahlc tn any ono Of the states comprising n.
That auch act viii not ho long delayed YOU
ty hc sure"
what Leo perceived clearly as an immutahlo
law Of logic most mon have since come 10 ac-
ccpt with equal assurance. \ government thut
can rau apart at will Ia No government AZ an.
there Is no security I'm such q structure for any
Of tts component warts Likewise sorlnl tnh-
RE that faus TO DO Justice to Tho rcckcst and
most helpless citizen, as pointed ont by Burkc.
affords NO security TO tho wcolthost and most
influential Tho mind is incapable ~ concciy-
Ing worse condition ot affairs than a social
structure without the discipline OF stern and
Just government supported Icy its citizens.