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Show 153 persistently violate the criminal rude Hi the State Hf lllinnis hy lhis order is rapidly keeping their saliwns npcn I111 Sunday, taking an atlranced stand in educating its memhers away limit pruteet :1 the nld trihal feeling ml the past that it is right to l t is the duty (if tellnw trihesnian althnnelt he, is in the wrung. all fraternal men tn expme all lawln'eakers in llltsl‘ traternal «irders. l'raternity and open lawlessness cannnt Ilnnrish in the same househuld or in the same nation. \\‘hen it'aternal evlncatinn adyances tn that point where the memhers «it these nrders fully realize that open lawlessness means death tn true fraternity much of our present lawlessness \\lll disappear and the peace (If the wnrld will therehy he hetter secured. As lawlessness decreases in a natinn. s4) wars decrease in that nation. tantrum It was the 1a\\'1t'\~tte,\> oi the ahnlitinnists ()1 the Xm'tli. as well as the lawleszsness iii the slarehnltlers «it the Sunth. that hrnught (in cxur Civil \\'ar. The ahnlitinnists did nut reenenize tlte legal right of mne man tn hare pt'nperty in anflther man. altltnujzh the Cunstitutinn at that time j»'ti:ti':niteerl it. 'l'hesc men utten yinlated the law (it the land hy helping to deprive >1aye- hulvlers mi their proper -. 'l‘he >1Zt\'t'lll\1(lt‘l'~ niten yinlatetl the law nf the land in tryingY t'nrcihly tn extend slavery intn furhitltlen territory. 'l‘hus lawlessness grew to whnlesale prnportinns and we had war. \‘rar is whmlesale lawlessness. \\'arlil<e people are lawless people and lawless people are warlilqe penple. In Order to avoid nar we must educate ourselves to he a lawsahiding penple. Until we at" a la\\‘-ahitlin;: penple we are in danger of eiril wars as well as fureign wars. 1f \\e are nnt just and humane at hume, hmr can we he just and humane with foreign nations? The memhers (if fraternal rirders are taught to he just ant hu: ne tn all men. They are taught tr) respect the feelings ant Opinions of uthers. \\'hile it is true that all memhers of the orders rln not always practice what they preach. yet the ntajririty rit' them make their prrunise their performance. ntrittr» is. In times of peace fraternally educate t‘nr mare peace. 1t workingr men and capitalists cuuld meet, as lI'HlLIC‘ mm meet. they cmtld ~ettle their difficulties without murder. ln run}, during the strilw in (illlCfl‘Q'fL we saw a sad illn ration (11- this want Hf fraternal feeling hetween the re]tresentatiyes rtf c: and the representatiyes (if lahmr. llnth sides yivilatetl the laws of Illinois in trying to hlutt and hulldoze the other side, The free use of the streets was denied the citizens of this city, and lawhrealy'ers from other cities were impnrted tntu Chicago and armed with deadly weapons, contrary to law. The law, which is the only protection capital and labor have, was defied hy the representatives of huth sides until open warfare prevailed. Our Civil \Yar resulted from a 1)I‘t‘$tl~ltlti\\'ll of the religious and moral forces in our country, as well as {ruin a cunllict over slavery. Another civil war may occur in this cnnntry unless we encourage all religious and moral orrranizatinus (if unr land tn practice what they preach amnng‘ their fellnwmen. It may have been regarded in the past as a religinus duty tn 1(111 nne's tellnwmen. but that is not the case now in this ennntry. It never was regarded as a fraternal duty fur men tn l<ill their tr'lltmtnen. l'eace cannot he secured hy legislatiun : it can he secured only hy education. The cdncatitmal turces mt wur natinn alung {ta ternal lines slinultl, thereinre, he analyletl and understand liy all men. The silent threes (if a natinn gt; tn malye up the greatness of that nation. lt is nut necessary tnr us at this l‘eace (hitters ence to single out any true agency of peace and tn lahel all peace movements with the name nf this particular aeeney. hut we >llnttltl at this Cnnt‘erence endmmr t0 estahlish inure permanently a clearing‘ house or bureau of information for all agencies which are teaching peace. Ditlerent agencies fur peace must he permitted to teach peace in their own way. 1‘uh1icity at the int-thud» n1 preaching and practicing peace hy these various : arcies is the only safety for the peace [)1 future generatinns. livery rights minded citizen should cmnsider hintselt' a partner in all peace agencies. They need the personality hf every lawsahitlinq and peaceahle citizen. l'uhlicity. partnership and persnnality are the general lines along: which the human race must prneress in nrder to ohtain peace. The three great (thstacles tn the prneress «:I' the human race always have heen and always will he iealnusy, prejn~ dice and ignorance. \Vhen nne agency fur peace 11t‘t‘1tlllt‘x jealun: of another agency it uses its mm- in lighting that Ulllt'!‘ aet'nry and in many instances tails tn add anythingr tn the sum tntal makingr fttl' peace. \\‘hen um- ae‘ency fur peace is prejndit‘wl against anather agency fur peace, then that agency has nnthvwl |