The Morality of the Riot: Sermon of Rev. O. B. Frothingham, at Ebbitt Hall, Sunday, July 19, 1863 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Each year their growing power consigns to pau perism millions of laboring people, takes away their occupation, with their occupation their earnings, with their earnings their bread. Cry sadder and more insensate could not be uttered. Of course it must be stifled in the blood of those who raised it, for society must not perish. Man must improve his condition, and if he will be convinced of this only at the barricades, then at the barricades he must learn it, in the spilling of his own blood; but every drop of blood is a tear, and the smothered cry is a smo thered prayer for forgiveness.
I have used this illustration because it is so strik ing. But if ignorance can thus make people dis posed to curse and crucify the veiled benefactors who would enrich them with material goods, of course ignorance would dispose them all the more to curse and crucify those who would benefit them in a higher degree, which they could even less understand and appreciate. If ignorance makes men mad with inventors, how much more will it make them mad with reformers, philanthropists, redeemers, who bring an uncomprehended and altogetht r fathomless benefit to their social and moral estate!
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reflection on the riots in New York City during the American Civil War, where the author argues that the rioters, while deserving punishment, acted out of ignorance of their true interests. The author also reflects on the ways in which the powerful and tyrannical often find support from the poorest and most violent members of society. The author believes that the ultimate solution to this problem is not found in the suppression of the poor, but in the weakening of the power of the tyrannical class. By advocating for the empowerment of the working class and the removal of the aristocracy, the author's ideas are more relevant than ever in an era of increased political and social polarization. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331511410_0
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