The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-08-22
Our Chicago Letter.
CHICAGO Aug. 10. 1867

CHICAGO Aug. 10. 1867.
EDITORS TELEGRAPH:
An issue which bids fair to be of the utmost
Importance not only to our local politics but
to those of the entire state, during the COM
ing campaign, has just been opened here, and
is nothing more or less than the old temper
ance conflict which has been SO vigorously
pushed in the east, and is now impending here.
In the New England States, and even in New
York, laws have been passed, which restricted
the sale of Intoxicating liquors, in some cases
entirely prohibiting their retailing and in 9TH
ers rendering illegal their sale, and even the
vending of beer on the Sabbath.
l do not intend in this connection, to ex-
press the slightest shade Of an opinion on
the right or wrong of the measures, or pref
erence for either sale or prohibition, but only
propose to deal with facts. Therefore, speak
quite without prejudice, when I say that the
whole course of the temperance people has
been of an intensely aggressive character and
has at length created the most intense oppo-
sition on the part ofvery many citizens, main
ly Germans, who protest against such laws, as
unjust and intolerant restrictions of personal
liberty, savoring of the wholesale tyranny OF
the old world, from which they deemed that
they had escaped on the shore of Gree Ameri-
or defendants in the great case of "Budge u.s..
no Bulge" held mass meeting at the Crosby
Opera House, and it was a significant fact
that the house was densely crowded with a
respectable, orderly and evidently intelligent
audience which was unanimously in favor of
the earnest utterances of the orators against
the so-called " temper ance REFORM and en-
thusiastic in its adoption of the resolutions
presented to the meeting. ihe main question
or rather the purpose of the meeting was
condensed into one expression by the Chair
man, DIR. Ernest Schmidt title Republican
party is on the verge of becoming temper
ance party; it is our duty to save 1t from such
disgrace. We desire to serve God in our
own way and to spend the Sundays according
to our ancient customs. These privileges
we now enjoy, and it is cur duty to maintain
them in their full integrity" Another speak
er, Mr.. Edmund Jussen, warmly denounced
the prohibltiOnists and Sunday restriction
lists" as endeavoring to destroy what the Dec
laratlon of Independence recognized as the
inalienable rights of man, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" and called upon the
Republican party to interpose in behalf of the
| foreign-born citizens who were so large an
element OF its strength. Mr. Hermann Rast-
SuAGOI VI blG Ct0UtS LGItlLlQ. uellV-
cred lengthy and able address. AS a sam
PIE quote one paragraph He said that no
other limit OF q citizens personal liberty was
admissible IN free state, than the civil rightS
ana nDertleS OF other citizens. II il was I'd
| be bounded by the religious creed of other
| citizens, there would soon be an end of civil
! liberty altogether. In Europe where IL had
| been tried for centuries and the doctrine nm
| iyersally accepted had been that the SOVEREIGN
power Of a state might dictate the reIipi3ns
nnIOIOns Of the npnn1p this bog H.
ten what was falsely termed infidelity because
the people had always too closely associated
| in their minds the priest and the hangman
the pastor and the constable, the cross and
the club, the chapel and the Jail. Such q state
/ OF affairs, he hoped, would not be Inaugural
ted III this free country. Other speakers
| followed, and at the conclusion of the meet
| ing, after the hearty and even enthusiastic en-
| dorsement by the people of such sentiments
as have quoted, q series of resolutions were
adopted, the real gist of which was a warning
that the German citizens would generally
withdraw their support from the Republican
party if 1t persisted in what they believed a
course of outrage upon them
have given this much space to this subject
because it is the inception of a movement
which threatens to be of the EXTREMIST i'm
portance in its direct results upon all political
issues, and IS made in such q way and of such
people that it is manifestly il deep earnest.
! One OF the most imposing religious cereno-
mars ever WItnesseu III Inls city came Off yes
! terday at the Cathedral of the HOLY Family
on the occasion of the conservation Of three
huge statues of the Blessed Virgin, st. joseph
and our Savior. Innumerable burning tapers.
/ the perfumes OF incense, the swelling music
OF the choir and organ, and the poInp of rich
Festments and costumes OF the several reig-
/ iouS societies which assisted in the solemn
rites, made up a toat ensemble of great mag
nifcence and imposing effect Not less than
four thousand people were in the body of the
church and fully as many more remained out
side, unable to gain admittance.
The principle which society here lust now
rolls as a sweet morsel under its tongue is the
| 1icknor Divorce suit-not that as a mere d
yorce suit, it is at all uncommon or worthy of
note, but it is a peculiarly wicked one. copse
quently particularly interesting, The wife
accuses the husband Of cruelty and immortality.