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Show Destroy Law; We Revert to Barbarism Justice must be done In the cases of those responsible for the recent massacre of coal miners at Herrln, III., "regardless of affiliations," If the United States Is to continue as a nation. na-tion. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy Department declares. "We are In the midst of troublesome trouble-some tlnn'8," he says. "And there are more ahead. There are. doctrines abroad in the land which, If not controverted con-troverted and overcome, may lead to the full of this great country as countries coun-tries of the past have fallen. "A blot of this kind on our escutcheon es-cutcheon can be wiped out In one manner, and one manner only, and that la by due process of law. If we are to exist as a nation we must be law-abldfng. On the law depends our society. Destroy law, and tie country reverts to barbarism overnight Destroy De-stroy law, and we will be back in the days of slavery, rapine and pillage, La i", when the strong oppress the weak, when interest triumphs over honor. Without With-out law, our civilization crumbles. Our government Is arranged In such fashloa that it provides a method whereby we who compose It can change It. "Grave as this tendency toward lawbreaklng Is, It Is but one of the dangerous dan-gerous tendencies of the present. There Is a doctrine abroad la the land which Is Just as destructive. This doctrine Is that our function In life is to get by with as little work as possible. Where would we be now if our ances tors had refused te work over and beyond a time sufficient to give them the bare necessities of life? We would be living in buts and hovels and prancloj about dreaaed In animal skins." |