The Ocala banner., 1922-03-31
ANARCHY or ABSENCE
OF RULE

Rule of right or wrong as applied to
all vocations of life Anarchy: con
| fusion; lack of supreme power. Web
ster and others give various meanings
for the word, but all index the same.
| AS | wish to use the word, shall say
absence of rule in as broad a mean
ing as | know | hate the word anar-
chy. Why? 1t is, or should be, were
it not for absence of rule, an un-
American word.
Mr. Editor, is or is not any man or
| woman who rules against supreme
rule, ruling with absence of rule?
When a man violates the rules of
commerce, is he not commercial
anarchist, and also is he not against
law, political principles, society, and
last but most the law of God. Does
he or them, by so doing, not produce
confusion from absence OF rule? When
the Master Man said "ol this rock
build my church" for the ruling and
educating of mankind in and for re-
ligious and political government, had
not his father before him in the Ten
Commandments and He, in his Ser
mon on the Mount, given the rules
for the government of the church
From then until now, where we find
absence of these rules do we not have
religious confusion? How long would
you, Mr.. Editor, hold the exalted posi-
tion of reverence and love you do in
the hearts of your neighbors and noble
profession, were you to violate the
rules ad ethics of your craft? Would
not absence from those rules create
confusion and anarchy in the grand
old Banner we all love so we'll?
Now then, let us spell anarchy with
absence of rule" and proceed with
the object of this letter. e, the alb
sence of rules of the rules of the
foundation of our glorious country.
After reading my paper tonight, as
an old man, | have let my mind go
back to my childhood. I hear the old
men and women pioneers of the old
South telling what they endured in
helping others and doing themselves
to keep from being over-ruled-the
rules and laws of God and the political
principles which | hope yet are as
inherent in our American souls as the
breath we draw with love and thanks
to God-given aid-God grant it,
While not of the first, was among
the first of the second bunch of set
tiers of our glorious West and never in
my life have | met the American who
wanted those rules over-ruled To
night / am wondering whether it is
possible that our glorious flag which
has always before represented to men
and nations the trueness of inherent
man may now be denying my Ameri-
can Brother of these his aleinable
rights. / cannot understand why
those in political control cannot see
the confusion they are producing by
violating and absenting from the
American principles of Americas foun-
dation, after knowing the penalty and
cost of establishment, being quoted
by the wisest noted foreign states
man. Those Americans built wiser
than they knew" While | revere
those gentlemen for their eloquent,
cultured and honest statement, it is
now proving it was they who were
mistaken.
Our American forefathers had not
only the political and religious vision
of their day but until the day of Eter-
nifty to produce American manhood-to
forever revere, love and protect Amer
lea, God. country and home. Prove
that. What more proof do you want
than present political and religious
confusion and absence of rule. You
may tell me conditions change and
admit it so far as not to change a
divine principle There is not and
there never will be a true. honest.
American manhood, God, country and
home that does not emnate from the
Holy Bible. Read it, Brother, read it
with faith in it If you have not
faith in it, you will never absorb or
know the trueness of its clean, honest,
unselhsh, intelligent love to guide
you in your responsibility in loving
and protecting our glorious American
church. state and home. Next, read
all our regular newspapers for which
you have the time. | regard and re-
.spect our regular American press, the
most loyal to American principles of
any body of organized Americans, and
for their moral teaching for better
American citizenship. l lift my hat.
Now, let's all together-fr our
American pulpit and press to plow
and factory-as one American and
man, concentrate to inspire our Amer