CIVILISATION IN DANGER OF BEING OVERTHROWN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3036, 31 December 1891, Page 2

CIVILISATION IN DANGER OF BEING OVERTHROWN.

TO THE KDII'OIi. Siu,—When political liberty to man goes ■th,;, 'id of thn evolution of man, then is eiviiHa'ion, for a time. ceil till to bo inerthrown, Without; a d uiM tho past, witliout, exception, Ims shown that such is so. All (lii'i peoples of iii-t'iry had glories iu an and architecture, which we, with the otva it. tgo oi time, cannot excel. 'Pliny had l«ws, which wn take as a foundation to bui'.d upon. Nevertheless, did these peoples fall fr, in liberty to anarchy, and from being great, a< ait s.uis and leaders of couimircp, they te 1 into a state of half civilisation in coiniiarisou to what they ha 1 been. Mr Editor, why was it that these peoples did not hold and maintain their glories past. It was hecause political ! nrugress was ahead uf man's evolution, and this being ahead did away with justice to man. Civilis ,tion, to keep alive and not die must hava justice to u.an as its foundation. Justice to man does u* t depend iKi'Jii man's political progress. This justico to man depends upon man's evolution. Political progress niu-t follow man's evolution, and not preceed it. What would be great j'l-t'ce m man's past state of evolution would oe gre.t. injustice in m.xn's present Statu of evol'ition. It may liave boon cj'iite wii'iin 1 lie lines L'OO yeirs ago for McC ilium M,„,ie to h-.iiia Cimpbell when lie thought lit, where is now it would be inurdtir to dn so. Socialism is a long wav ahead of man's pr-sent evolution, and the outcome of socialism .13 nian is wou il lis anarchy »wl Mood lied which to save Elicit ty would have to end in des-poti-111.—Yours truly, H Ml Al'Kl'Fi. H.arapepe, litli December, ISDI.