The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-11-17
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THURSDAY. /: -: NOVEMBER nth. 1859.
RowpyIsM.-Over year since when
NO were endcavoring to arouse feeling
on the part Of our citizens to put down
rum shops and put stop to drunkenness
and rowdyism in our streets, it wa.
charged BY our contemporary and s,mc
Of our older citizens, that We should in
jurc the reputation Of our town. Some
Of them said, don't for Heavens sake cx-
pose these matters to the world but just
put the law in force and We will stand
by you oil the time. Well the law has
been tried, and some of these Same men
who were 50 anxious for the good name
Of our town, are not found on the side of
Law end order, if they show any feeling
At al, it is for the prosecuted-persecut.
ed they will term it. Some three or
four men have endeavored to enforce the
laws--they have had to stand alone, till
it got so that when any one was prose.
cutcd for any of this class of .offenses it
was said to be "Daniels" mot meaning
ourselves alone) against the defendant,
instead Of the State of Iowa against the
defendant. When case was tried, tho
liquor interest. sellers and drinkers,
would be on hand in force, while the
friends q of good order would stay
away, leaving the complainant aud his
attorney to stem the current of feeling,
10 the Court room, as they best could
The result has been, failures where con-
victions ought to have been certain, and
feeling, temporary, on the part of these
prosecuting, that the rest of the CON-
munity did not care whether the laws
we're enforced or not. The result of all
has been an increase of drunkenness and
rowdyism too great to be borne by civ.
ilized, aos to say christianized communi-
ty. On the night of the 9th inst many
Of those living in the vicinity of the
Court House Square, were kept awake
from 10 o'clock till l o'clock SUNDAY
morning) by the fighting and quarreling
Of gang of drunken humans. Nothing
has been done with them although some
Of them are known to the authorities,
And here We will say that while the au-
thori,ies may be at fault, the mass Of the
community arc more at fault, in tina. they
have permitted i, to appear to those in
power, that they did not care to have
the laws enforced, and it is a bootless
task to try to enforce any law against the
popular voice. The case above is not
the first or second Of the kind that has
occurred recently in our midst We
would ask all the citizens Of town if it
is not high time that they should awake
from their lethargy and put forth every
efor. in their power to put stop to
this eyil. What are cur ministers dung
Are they so much occupied with desire
to see their particular churches prosper
above all others, as to be afraid to rebukc
sin, il it is popular? Or are they afraid
that if they preach in favor of temper,
ancc they will be accused of preaching
politics." We suppose they will an
swer no." and yet if there is any force
to them and any power in pure gospel
they might do much. ifminsters would
do their duty, church members would do /
their duty, though they might be fewer
in number, and the prayers of the right |
eous avail much. We are not a theolo. |
gisn, and do not give this as ;heolos-
ical opinion, but We judge from the rea-
son Of things. How can any eAri.tian
give his sympathy to the rumseller -
Can he encourage a course, on the part
Of others, that leads to drunkenness aud
midnigh. broils withou, being himself
for portion of the sin -
We think not, and yet we could name
church members, we do not say chris.
,isns, who give coun.enanee, directly
Or indirectly, against good order and
'eligion. We have too many soloons Of
various kinds for the good Of cur town.
Ind we hear, for We do not frequent
hem, that some who consider themselves
Imong the leading men Of our town may
'c found in nightly attendance .. those
'laces. 1t may be that they wi1Seeeiye
10 harm there, but can they say the same
( the young men aud boys Of our town !,
rho may be led BY their example to IRE :
uent such places
There IL still another light in which !,
, view this matter, and that is the Geo. {
omieal one. There are four saloons in
Ms town aud there is spent a, each of :
hem probably FIVE dollars day, and if
time is money" the amount is more :,
ian that, tina, would make twenty dol !,
r. daily spent in this town for tina, p
hich certainly does no one any good, o
,c hundred and twenty dollars a week. g
ID six thousand two hundred and forty
,llars = year. more than twice the sum
'cessary to keep up our public schools