| Show IT radicalism to lobe be worthy odthe name must go down to the roots of thin things s tho the main inari who attacks an abuse without discovering tho the principle which would overthrow it is more a fanatia than a radical we wish our bright neighbor the toledo index would seriously study this truism in its tilt against christianity it his discovered some unfair advantages allowed by the state stat to christians and as if it were the first to discover these abused it ma is bugging them with ill all tho the heat ofa of a favorite aversion indeed it seems to that not attack them nobody else will forgot rut hil itis ilia by christian people and evangelical papers that these relies relics of an established church haj ha e been longest and most Agorou vigorously bly opposed it forgets there are many other similar discriminations which should be abolished for broader reasons than an any religious one it KICKS out its defiant banner fur 1873 evidently expecting to confound by its boldness the ranks of the cc enemy only tf if it will listen for a moment it v will ill discover that its halting radicalism haill needs further spurring on and that so io far from charging ou it we shall welcome atas it as a timid follower never did praise his hia wife moro more warmly than christian chriatian people have for years been extolling the beauty religious liberty and now that our freethinking free thinking friends hayo have caught a furtive glimco of it they are arc trying lilo liko to kill the christianity which has shown it to them we cannot no he help them in this assault but we are arc glad gl that they lire are learning to admire i th the prilley principle ale wo we have been preaching IV we adventure a little further instruction st ruction clion in the larm ot of comment on the platform of the index Tl these escare arc its dern damanda dc manda ands 1 that ecclesiastical pr property opery should bo be taxed so we have said again and again it is a shame and disgrace that three hundred and fifty millions of church property should selfishly ask secular property to pay its taxes but here the index is not radical enough to suit us wo we bee no reason why I 1 his big exam exemption eption should bo be denied to a church and allowed to a school or college it is not dot because a church is a religious institution but it is a private institution that it should bo be taxed any institution which receives the protect protection lou of the state but is not controlled by it should pay for its protection tec tion tile tho index needs to widen its radicalism linni 2 that chaplains should bo discontinued tila ed in the he state and national ionita tiona to this we as say yes with an explanation soldiers prisoners and paupers haupers ought DOt to be denied 4 cried the relis ous erifile privileges es which they desire vat at the should not pay the expense when it is Ios lo biblo to rely upon vitto devotion of believers to their laith the Gov ariment should allow chaplains but only in taro rare cales cai cs such guch perhaps as in vessels at sea should it provide for the religious needs or whims if the index will of its tin em aloyes just ajuntas juntas u it provides tobacco for sailors who might bo be better off without it but who must have it 3 that no public appropriations bli choul ouli 1 bo be made lot lor at al or here again the index must learn ofus a little genuine 0 radicalism bui not only sectarian institution anit ions should be denied grants gr aritt batall but all others that are arc not supported and controlled entirely by the keate bbate Il halyard arvard and yale though has no business to aak the liOB state talc to pay its il bills if it is M oRed by private individuals lot let them find fiad the money 4 that religious services tu stained by the government should be bcd anil and especially the use of the bilio bible as a to religious 1 I ivious rut authority in schoola anthis on thia ioa the index has been a learner us u and we ve are glad to see sec it coming up nil t to 0 4 our dur position 5 that the president an and 11 the tha governors go vernord or ol baates shall cease to appoint feasts and fasts so far as fast days aro are concerned we quite agree with tho the index but the people do want family festivals fc such inch ni ai 1 day ay new tears day we ve think the government ament does docs right in recognizing izing these thesa occasions occa siona as aa legal holidays and tand certainly thack gavidi dif day is is IQ in no songe sectarian if than ing day shocks tho the tastes taste s of some come atheists on religious grounds so does docs independence day shock somo some resident fore foreigners ignera on patriotic grounds gro let both jo KO or stay to together Iother 0 that theau the judicial acial oath be ref laced by simple affirmation there is is nothing sectarian n in in requiring ine bac eich h witness to swear ly by what is most solemn according to his hii own religion ie be it christian a or r buddhist sL the state wants the truth and whether a christian liss a book or a China maii kill a cock utterly immaterial to the question of religious iou equality 7 that the law requiring the 0 ob b ser bertance Tance ot of sun sunday day as tho the sabbath le be rie repealed pealed to this wo we again say bay yes tho the state has baa a right to protect the quiet of worshipers pars on tho the sabbath but kotono not ono particle of right to further to regulate the private action of jews or infidels on sunday ay 8 that laws based on christian Chri I 1 i as 03 distinct from universal morality bc abrogated and no DO special privilege bo be granted to christianity ghisi i is il a very general demand and wo we suppose refers to laws against usury th though ou h th that 11 t is dij jewish rathor rather than christian christia n profus rill i ly 7 etc cicro era again wo a aro are grad clad that tho IN I 1 index lo x agrees with us M the got goti i ern crement ment is not intended to control opinions opinion nor to reward or punish conduct I 1 except as it directly affects t tha material interest the bodies and tho the I 1 to cleta or of those broin arom whom A it s spring rings sJ we cor cordially diaDy welcome the in load ex as an ally on this field of radicalism it might have been more logical in the orm of its propositions if its 13 face had bad not been set so EO lile like a 2 flint against te re 4 1 ligion that it i sees only abuses connected therewith bat though of the most vital importation in ake tko fife of the in j religion is but incident incidental ai in the affairs of the state it must come under the category of private in rests and bo treated with will no more more and no loss eai regard than others or of iut its class wo we do not need to t aspuro those who vrho have been our readers that in our view religion is vot cot made more sacred but rather profaned b by beco becoming a ma mau 6 ter of compulsion a and 7 so 60 far MIDI rem irom be ing strengthened is weakened by maki I 1 ing ng any ling ito or queen or congress take the place ma mans a 9 own con conscience clence as defender of tho the faith 1 I 1 |
