A New Word in the Lexicon of “Liberty”

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 15, 1906

A New Word in the Lexicon of “Liberty”

Under the title “A New Word in the Lexicon of ‘Liberty,’” The Christian Advocate has this paragraph:—

So the land of the free holds “vassals,” like any feudal lord. A recent decision by Judge Hough in the United States District Court contained the remark that the Congress of the United States has so far “consistently kept Porto Rico in a state of vassalage. It is neither a territory in esse nor a state in posse.”

The Roman republic held many of its possession “in a state of vassalage,” and the American republic is following her example in this respect as well as in some others. The union of church and state in the Roman empire in the fourth century contributed to the downfall of the empire in the fifth century. If a union of church and state is formed in this country in the effort to uphold the spurious Sunday sabbath, the history of the fourth and fifth centuries will be repeated.