The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-07-04
How Circumstances Alter Clasas

stammer 81 am very sorry to say Mr.. What
my bull has gored one Of your oxen. What
must be done about it ?" "Wen, my honest
man." says the lawyer" in that case it win
be no more than right that you give me one Of
your oxen" 60 l mistake ~ says the man,
at is your bull that has gored one Of my OK |
en-" go 90 that alters the case" says the J
man of the law. eve must inquire into this !
business, and if, and if, and if-good day sir,
/ have not time to hear any more about it to-
day" When it was his OK that was gored the
case was plain-thcre was no 'ifs" in the way
then, but when mis- bull has gored his neigh
boris OK, the case is altered and offs" arise in
rapid succession.
We have been led into the above reflections
by perusal of the Konosha Union of last
week. There is a labored leader against the
Republican party, based upon the fact that
ia the days of the odious Fugitive Slave Law,
somebody said there was higher law
against hunting men who had escaped from
slavery and returning them to their masters.
The gist of the article is that there can be no
circumstances that will Justify men in disre-
gardiug the law, however wicked or cruel it
may be. Mr. Webster winds up his article as
follows
| Until Christianity shall have accomplished more
of its mission on earth and man become a law I'M
to himself II will be better for civil society ii man
kind look higher for their duties citizens, than
the laws OF the country.
All right, say We but here are some of Mr..
Webster friends who wish to live in open vi
collation. of just and equitable law, and he finds
no difficulty in justifying them in that course.
He says;
Those OF our citizens who read The report made BY
Wallace Mygaft to the common council last week
and by the council published in the official 0r9in
as part OF their proceedings will concur with III
in saying that the report sanderous and scurril
Gus. and that the common council would better pre-
serve the reputation Of our quiet and moral city ,anC
subserve It's interests better, by keeping alive de
cent respect for our nation birthday and the mem
tory Of those who made us people, by celebrating
the anniversary OF our independence, than by APP
4 pointing bilious hypocondriac for Sunday police
man, and publishing his melancholy ellminations
provoked by his own folly, part of their stupiC
proceedings. Truly the ways of loyalty are pas
finding out.
+. The whole merits of this case are easily told
There is a city ordinance on our statute book
making it penal offence for liquor sellers ant
saloon keepers to keep their places of cuisines:
Iopen and sell any Kind of spirituous or fer
mented liquors on the Sabbath. This ordi
nance has been utterly ignored and disregard
ed for long time, by many of such dealers
and indeed until the Sabbath has come to be
regarded by them as peculiarly a harvest day
contrary to good policy and morality. The
city council for the credit and good name Of
our city, AS well as the cause of morality, de
terlnined to have the ordinance enforced. But
they were unwilling to proceed at once to Sc
we're measures. They thought they would try
argument and persuasion. Mr. Mygatt was
appointed Sunday policeman, to warn the
liquor dealers and saloon keepers that they
must shut up their places Of business ON the
Sabbath or the penalties of the law would be
enforced, He was authorized to go no fur
Their than to warn and advise, as his report to
the city council published two weeks ago,
shows, and as we understand it, it is not
claimed that he went further. There was
nothing scurrilous in the report, any further
than distinctly calling the names ofthose who
persisted in the disregard of the ordinance, in
spite of the warning. The editor ofthe Union
says the common council appointed ga bill
lious hypochondriac for Sundy policeman, and
published his melancholy eliminations, pro-
voked by his own folly, as a part of their stu
| pid proceedings" The common council an.
! pointed a man whom they could depend upon
to do his duty without fear or favor, and the
| only reason for styling his straight forward re-
! port, incl ancholy eliminations' is the mel
ancholy fact that many men are unwill-
! Ing to submit to the laws of their country.-
/ How Mr.. Mygatt's Gown folly" according to
| the Union, should provoke his melancholy
/ for. k1N,A
ably tell but we venture to say it was the
wicked folly Of the law-breakerS themselves,
That provoked the report, which the Union
| styles as above. In what respect the proceed
lngs OF the council may be styled stupid, we
do not see, but we presume the editor of the
Union can see it.
mat all may see that neither the common
council nor the Sunday policeman have
gone beyond, nor have yet come up to their
duty In the premises, we quote the following
two sections from ordinance XIII, entitled
An ordinance restraining and regulating the
sale of spirituous liquors.
Section. /. Be it ordained by the common council
81 the city of Kenosha: License to sell spirituOus
S1nous or fermented liquors, well as transfers of
such licenses. may be granted at any time to any
person or persons applying for the at the dis
cretlon OF the common council, upon such persons
executing bond with at least two sureties to be
approved by the council in the penal sum of $4,000
three hundred dollars conditioned that the party so
licensed shall faithfully observe and keep all ordi
nances Of the city now in force or which shall be
PASSED during the period of snch license for the reg
ula'ion and control. OF the traffic in said liquors. =
Sec. s. All persons to whom license to sell spirit
nous, Vlnous. or fermented liquors has heretofore
been, or 10 whom such license shall hereafter be
granted, are hereby prohibited from opening his
her or their bar OF place for the sale of such liquors
WIN intent to sell give away, in any manner deal
III, by himself servant, or any other person. any
splrltuous, ,vnous. or mixed, fermented or intoxi-
eating liquors on the first day of the week called
sunday; and from gaming with or without betting
by means OF carde. dOminOes or any other device
on that day and every such person or persons haY
ing such license. shall If found guilty Of violating
any OF the provisions Of this section forfeit his her
or their said license and be subject to fine of ten
dollars, and in default OF the payment of such fine
snail be imprisoned in the county Jail for period
not exceeding thirty days nor less than ten days
ORPHANS or SOLDIERS AND SAILORS In
our paper of to-day will be found the an
nouncement of the Riverside Institute of Bur-
lington county, N. j., for Soldiers and Sail
ors' orphans. This liberal and splendid enter :
prise commends itself to an intelligent and
humane public From the Philadelphia Eue-
ming Telegraph we CLEAN the following facts in
relation to the institution. 1t is founded for
the purpose ofgratutously educating the sons
OF deceased Soldiers and Seamen Of the United
States, and was Incorporated on the Sth Of
April las. In order to raise funds for the
maintenance of the Institution, the Washing
tArN iiN,-s,- o.,