Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-06-22
From the Meigs County Telegraph. j


RESISTING THE LAWN our last num-
Der we stated that a liquor seller had
been required to give bail in the sum of
$500 for his appearance before the Pro-
bate Court on Monday. and that great
excitement was produced by the trial.
On Monday the cause was heard be-
fore Judge Heckard. Able counsel ap-
peared on both sides. The prisoner was
granted trial by jury. The Court
room was filed during the entire pro-
ceedings.
The jury returned verdict Of gull
ty and the prisoner was sentenced to ten
days confinement in the county Jail, and
fined $50. He refused to be taken to
jail, and, assisted by several of his Ger
man friends, made an attack upon the
sheriff, when about to execute the SEN
tence of the Court. This caused a gen
eral melee, in which the liquor party
came off second best The prisoner
was tumbled into jail, considerably
bruised, and those who assisted him in
endeavoring to escape, have left town,
We hope forever. Threats were made
that the jail would be torn down; but
nothing of the kind was attempted, and
it is well for the rioters that it was not.
Warrants have been issued for the 9TH
er rioters, and should they return to
Pomeroy, they will be arrested and pun
ished.
The young man who entered COM
plant, has been placed under bonds
for his appearance at the next term of
the Probate Court, for violating the new
law by getting intoxicated.
We have a few remarks to make to
our German friends, or, at least, those
who sympathize with these rioters, and
we make them in all kindness, and for
their own good. We hope they may be
pondered well.
/. There is large and rapidly in
creasing Native American Party in this
country which threatens to take from
foreigners all their political rights, be-
lieving them unfit to appreciate our the
ory of self-government. We have op-
posed this party, and are still hostile to
its principles. But, we now say to our
German friends that every occurrence
like that Of Monday evening adds hum
dreds and thousands to that Native
American element, and should those oc-
eurrences become frequent, it will not be
three years before that party will have
the ascendency over all others, and just
so soon as it gains that ascendency, Just
that soon will foreigners find themselves
deprived of all the political privileges
now enjoyed, and all further emigra-
tion discouraged. We repeat that no.
thing is so certain to bring about this
result, as the banding together of any
portion Of our Foreign population in re-
sistance of LAW. Republicanism is
yet an experiment. The American peo-
pie are determined that it shall prove a
successful one. Nothing is so essential
to its permanency as strict obedience to
those laws made by our own represen-
tatives. If the laws are unjust or tyran-
cal, it is in the power of the PEOPLE
to repeal or amend them. But while |
they remain on the statute book, they
must be obeyed, or anarchy will take the
place of republicanism, to be speedily
succeeded by despotism. Once let this
country be overthrow by resistance to
law, and we may bid farewell forever to
the theory of self-government. No
wonder therefore, that every good citi-
zen, whether native or adopted will sac
rifce his life, his fortune, and his sacred
honor TO maintain the lar.
2. One of the strongest arguments
used by Native Americans is, that the
great mass of foreigners who emigrate
TO this country are men who come here
TO feed and fatten on our vices-to PAN
der to our depraved appetites, and to
rise upon our ruin They point to the
great army of rumsellers in our towns
and cities, and Significantly ask, Who
are they? The answer is unavoidable
nine tenths of them are foreigners
While Americans, say they, are labor
ing to build up towns and cities and de-
NtlOp tilc IcSOuICtS VI .JllC COuubIl,
these foreign locusts are eating up our
substance, crippling our energies, and
destroying our moral and physical
health. That there is much truth in
their assertions no one will deny; who is
acquainted with the facts, and this on
ly adds weight to their arguments. 1t
is true, their views are partial and un
Just. Those engaged in this traffic con-
stitute but small portion of the for
eign population. By far the greater
on reaching our shores, imme- |
diately engage in honorable and useful
and by their industry. |
economy, and good behavior, merit all |
the success which attends them. They
are good citizens, and are not found yio-
lzting our laws, or even sympatbizing
with those who resist.
3. A large majority of the Native
population Of Ohio, favor the prohlbi-
ion of the traffic in intoxicating drinks $
The foreign population. with but iew
honorable exceptions, oppose Prohlbi- /
ory law. AT the ballot box, in the cleo t
ion of lawmakers, all are on an equali-
v. The foreigner-the rumseller-has 2
riObt 10 vote, if naturalized, and he is !
,Iso nermitted to use all his influence to c
ecure the election Of Representative $
vbo will favor his views, The infiu- |,