The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-08
McoSSELsvILLE' a. AUGUST g. 1867.
Communicated !
The way III Is Tlonc.


Lam informed that you seize the
! citizen under State wrrrant, and
take hlm before his Honor. the Mayor,
q tribunal that seems ito be organized
to convict" v-- .,-......
IT after you get the accused before
the Mayor, he should prove obstinate,
objecting TO the Jurisdiction, and in
sIsting upon an investigation Of the
Charge, first By an. Grand Jury Of Is
judiclous, disintei ested Honsehclders
Of the County, then by a Petit Jury Of
II impartial men, and then by Judge
learned and experienced in the laws OF
the land---see the Con stltutlon and
Bill of rights--you snoeringly stop the
citizen from urging and insisting upon
lhs rights, when charged with an OF.
fence, hy ,hreatning him with prose-
cutions in other cases, Of which he
may or may not be guilty.
BY such means you bring the often.
der to your terms, and compel him to
enter plea ofLuilty, His Honor, the
Mayo, all this time obscquiously per-
hitting such proceedings to take place
in his presence. without cautions or
AN observation to the offender Of his
rights and privileges.
Vol wher you have 60. along with
the case thus far then let his Honor,
the Mayor, speak and declare, that,
this business of selling aud drinking
liquor must be made odous aud severe.
| ly punished" Then he proeoe Is and
sentences the offender that for such
his offence for violating the. ordinance
of the one horse town of McConneIs-
vile, ho shall pay fine OF s25, or
800, and all costs ofprQsecution, with
an additional punishment, that the
offender shall be cast and confined in
the dungeon OF the Jail Of the County
not until he dies) but for week or
ten days and furtb CIR that he shall stay
there until the fine, cost, and all the
exrcnces are fully paid,
The Village MsrAhall takes the often
der and hands him over to the Jallor
Abou. the time he is to be pushed
through the IRON bound and grated
door Of the damp. loathsomO and filthy
dungeon, you rudely seize my prison
err and search him, not careesly as in
other cases, but the smell indicates
boncthng contraband about his per.
son, You Dok searchngly, eagerly
and willingly into his pockets; into lns
boots, uuder his shirt, all over and
finally into his hat for the contraband
spirits, If after this diligence you
| should find it, seize and condsticate, for
the profit of the Town Cpporation.--
.By.such proceedings you render the
cause of ! temperance "apower Of good
and thereby deprive the offender of
his usual and necessary stimulants,
made so by his habit of life, After a
few hours ofconfnement the offender
is thrown into fits andspaams,you then
leave him all alonerto fight death in
all his hideous form. If the Doctor,
who ls called in at the eleventh or lat
er bourf1il to cure the prisoner of fits,
then let him, ont to he taken by his
friends TO his home 10 die.
This Mr., Editor, seems to me TO be
a new way 10 dispose fthe liquor sell
Ter and drinker. ~ t
With n portion ofyour community such
u case may be hello to be justifiable
homicide, and find is apologists among
those who call themselves Christians
In sucn case the community may be
divided inopinlon, Some may be &C
reckless us to Justify for the good o.
the causes involved = moral and polit
ic0l--others will denounc' and cen
sure because of "mans inhumanity tc
man" for the hatred, malace, obstnacy
and criminal negligence manifested Il
the ease from It's inception to it's con
summation. Thus by this division o
opinion, tne "particepis criminis' before
and after the fact, may become Dol,
and arrogant end demAnd mors vic
TINS. 'f"@ HIi
shall close this article by Eivin,
! notice, that if any one knows ofan,
more liquor sellers and drinkers run
t ming at large lot them bebroughtalon
to Jail You have peculiar and ex
, lpedi,hous way therein McCOnnelsvill
to sep their wind and occupations ?
1t SET ms that you cast them into pris
ON, and then throw them Into fits, an
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