Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-07

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remedy comes slowly, if it come
at all. That is why bigotry, hard
times and wars have required in
almost every generation for
many centuries and will continue
Ito recur from the same causes.
Jas Cardinal Newman said
l"Quarry the granite rock with
|razors; moor a vessel with a
Thread of silk; then may you hope
Eby those keen and delicate in
fstruments, human knowledge and
! human reason, to contend against
those giants, the passion and the
pride of man."
From 1888 to- 1885, from 1852
ito 1857, from 1877 to 1880, from
1894 to 18o7-in each new gener-
! alton of voters there Wer cru
sades worked up, at first secretly
and later publicly, by bigots and
politicians who disseminated half
truths or falsefoods against for
eigners or against Catholics, with
the result that neighbors8 and
friends were turned against each
other, and many men and women
lost employment; that elections
were disturbed or corrupted; that
homes and churches were wreck
ed or burned; and that innocent
men and women were beaten or
murdered by fanatics or GRIMM
lalS. At the election in Louisville
| in August, lS55,-on Bloody Mon
| day,-about 100 naturalized me
and women were killed on the
streets or burnt alive in their
homes. | have some copies of all
three OF the newspapers of that
time. showing the causes and re-
suits of those terrible scenes. Not
! one OF their aggressors were xii
/ ed. Gradually, but all too slow
ly, sensible, courageous and TN
selfish men gained control again :;
some of the makers of the mis-
chief, not ignorant, became asham
| ed of their folly and denied or
minimized their part in the wrong
and others, who were ignorant
and dupes of their leaders, skunk
away sullenly into obscurity. All
secret societies or organizations,
masked or un1nasked, who take
part in working up prejudices
famong our citizens, whether
against Catholics, Jews Or ne
groes, are dangerous and will
bring about the same lamentable
conditions as existed in the year
| have mentioned, and will have
the same inglorious, shameful
end.
You may know how Georgia
for awhile allowed itself to be dis
graced in this way but lately its
good citizens have set their faces
against this sort of dangerous
Etoolishness. You may know also
what disgraceful things have, late
~ happened IN. Texas and SOM
aother states. The lesson is clear
#and intelligent men and women
like you must set your faces.
sternly and at once against such
folly which is violation of the
Spirit and letter of the Constitu-
ton of Kentucky and of the I'm
tied States. Christ left no doubt
of His opinions Of Pharisees and
all and uncl1aritab1eness.N He and
His apostles and followers were
victims of such folly and malice.
He has left us, in the 10th chapter
of the Gospel of St. Luke, that
beautiful parable of the Good Sa-
marian, who must be our model,
not the rabble nor the Plarisee.
Love and charity for our neigh
Dor must be His motto for us.
Many intelligent men, during
the late war, thought that It
would produce, here at least.
greater morality and religion but
in the past five or ten years, we
have seen more luxury, divorces,
vices and crimes than ever be-
fore. These crimes were of all |
shades and degrees: thefts, defal- |
cations, robberies, suicides, as
saults, shootings, and murders. |
Even some public officers, in their |
honest zeal or in their passion or
by reason of their malice, have
themselves often violated the law
in the discharge of their duties. |
Disrespect for or defiance of the
law has become lamentably COM
mon. Nor have the churches |
swelled their attendance nor gath |
cred in many permanent converts.
The times are out of joint, and
we, like poor Hamlet, have not
yet been able toi set them right.
Too many cranks and criminals |
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