The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-16
PEACE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE

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n ! Labor Day message 70 Aneri-
can workers. Warren S. Stone, Grand
Chief Of the Locomotive Engineers,
made the following statement:
Above the struggle for bread and
butter. above the humdrums Of the
Idaily task. arise the standards BY which
Labor seeks to guide humanity toward
la just social order. The sacred purpos-
les to which Labor Day is dedicated do
mot need great volumes or long phrases
flor their expression. In three brief
words Labor enshrines the highest and
Iholiest aspirations Of mankind, peace.
liberty and justice. This is the beacon
(which has summoned us to the struggle
against selfishness, greed. and lust for
Epower. This is the goal that has in
lspired the hearts Of the toiIing masses.
Through struggling centuries. through
Iseas Of sweat and blood, as the men
who do the useful work of the world
have freed themselves from the stigma
of slavery and serfdom and stand out
fearless and free-the bulwark Of de-
mocracy."
| Mark IVAN, many years ago, told
about a class Of people who spend
their lives in the accumulation of ig-
lnorance, and this accumulation of ig-
Inorance Enormously believed to be
knowledge) is the greatest obstacle in
the way to the attainment Of peace,
; liberty and justice.
II should not Be 50 very difficult for
any one to discern how he-she can live
in peaceful relations with every other
human being. Every attitude. DISPOSE
ton or act that anyone would object
to if exposed to them should as mat
ter of course be refrained from. As
| MIR. c. A. Kratzer says in his booklet,
"A Friendly Review and Plea for
. Liberty:
Rules and regulations of human so
! ciety which require us not to trespass
upon the rights Of others, correspond
to eternal right. and we are under OBJ
! Legations at all times to obey them. All
other rules Of state or church are ar
E ltificial and arbitrary, and we are under
no moral obligations to obey them, I'm
less we deem it wise [prudent to dc
E SO, and any attempt Of others TO force
E such rules upon us against our will is
y tyranny and should be resisted.
! There can be no question but that al
e artificial, arbitrary and capricious i'm
positions and aggressions called laws
: whether exercised in the name of God
y monarch, an aristocracy, a pluto
E cracy or even a majority, are Inherent
+ lily tyrannical. All genuine laws anc
E rules of conduct are immanent in Be
!, ing, in Nature, and they are ascertain
E ed by investigation and discovery
which Herbert Spencer pointed out a
! the only legitimate source for legisla
n lures to derive laws from for the pro
vi per conduct Of public affairs.
i As a general rule the propose1s o
j. constitutions and bylaws always wan
) them for the other fellow. They wan
n to restrain people from without insteac
,f of working for training and cultur
J. that will write courtesy, decorum AM
j. respect for the individual selfhood Q
) every other person in the heart Of eacl
4 individual Thoughtful and sympathet
IS ic mutual respect is the panacea for al
!. human ills, and it can result only fror
" suitable education.
]. The majority of the Llano colonist
realize this and therefore they do ne
wish 10 hamper the free evolution an
growth Of the Colony by hamstringin
provisions and bylaws. And yet thi
a disposition on the part Of the colonist
does not countenance the disregard Q
r an orderly and concerted industrial az
IN lily nor the prophecies Of civil soc
a Iety. 1t is believed that the sense G
es right in people inspired by the ideal c
a Ithe altruistic cooperative ideal is an
e ;ply adequate to secure all the essenti;
is iobservances of a PEACEFUL. industrior
D. and well-ordered community
ht The spirit of good fellowship an
II. fair play are more efficient as peac
ar preservers than meddlesome restrictio
as and interference. SeIf-government
De not the government Of one individu,
IS Iby another, but the government Of eac
III Individual BY himself, This is the CIR
ed ator's gift to each soul. Under no po
he sible pretext has any human power II
ks right to take this gift away from an
.a- human being until that person has a
he tuaIly displayed his unfitness TO Ii,
is among his fellows unrestrained witho,
in jeopardizing their freedom and secu