The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-01

= a writer has aaid, Tho crimes OF Coln
m1nity reveal the social character OF the peopi'
as much, or moro than thoy do tho corrup'
character o. the detected and convicted critnin'
al. Much OF tho social distress. poi''icA' GU
ruption and crime which exist. is owing 70 tl'
neglect or g1ol aud influential men to mex
their poWer felt IN politics, and in soclety.'-
Vboavpr doubts this ssatemcat has but 20 loOl
around him, or read rev pages OF history.
erl no will ind proof enough to convince TIE
most incredu'ous. IA every community We
fad mon rcldy 10 say, I'VE have law. and by
our law he ought to die. and - not this mau,
but Darahbas." willing to lot tho greater
transsressor 60 free, and punish tic less -
There are others, who, fearing to jeopardi2e
their own private interests by bringing their
full influence to bear against the errors or So
ciety, try 10 shirk tho responsibility by saying,
~ am innocent OF this"
To illustrate: A farmer comes into our city
from eight or ten miles in the country. and
being ignorant OF the ordinance against feed
ing teams on certain streets, and having care
for his team instead Of hltching them to post.
ms turns them around to the sleigh, that they
may be eating while be 10 attending to his bus
mess about town. Some city official finds the
team thus situated, and saving TO himself, - Wa
have law. and By Our law he ought 70 be pun
shed; he watches until the owner comes for
his team, arrests him, and has him fined
Another farmer comes into town knosciag that
there IL law against retailing epntuous liquors
and against drunkenness; but be readily finds
some one who N willing to violate the law by
selling him whiskey, and 10 he violates the
law by getting drunk, and abuses his team by
driving them home at their highest speed, and
he. Barabbas like, ia allowed 70 go unpunishcd.
These are not fancy sketches. but actual oc-
currsnces.
In our own City OF Paw Paw, not longer ago
than the eighth instant, n farmer living about
seven miles in the country came into town, and
finding some one who was willing TO sell him
wblskey contrary to law. he violated the law by
getting ''beastly drunk, II do not know where
this expression, "beastIy drunk" originated.
but ii seems very ungenerous and Inconsistent
TO SANDER the brute creatures thus. and If they
will forgive me This time I will not do il again.
This, thus degraded being was seen on his way
home, lying on his back III the sleigh, his horses
running at full speed throwing the snow ali
over hn. When within about a half mle Of
home he managed to run tho team into deep
snowdrift, got one Of the horses down, and
when the neighDors came 70 bis assistance, he
was trying 10 drive the other one over it. He
demonstrated against having any assistance,
and they had 10 take tho lines away from him
and unhltch the team from the sleigh before
they could get them ont Of the snowdrift.--
After eXtricating them, they asked him II they
should help him hitch on to the sleigh, but he
said no, when he wanted any help he woud
AK FOR It. SO they let hum alone, and the
horses SOON lett their owner and went home.
ile managed to reach home after q while. but
had not the road been fenced he might have
got Lost. Ii was q cold day and the perspira-
ton ran down and frozein icicles ON the horsee.
He Ind no wife and children to abuse, but ne
made noise enough TO be heard by his nearest
neighbors. and frightened some OF them badly.
This IL not the only time a hss been drunk,
nor IL he the only drunkard that has gone I'M
punished; and who II responsible that our
A@"n "Ao h'h 1Au any QltiXen VINO
loves law and order, and knowing that the laws
are being thus violated often aud yet refuses
Or nogects to make complaint to the proper
authorities, consistently ssy, II GIN innocent
OF this 7" Certainly not. Il 10 not only tho
duty OF every citizen not to violate the Laws,
but to usa his influence 70 have tho laws on
forced. He who knows that tho Lass have been
broken, and refuses or neglec<s % TAX, the
proper steps TO have criminals punished, be
Gomez, 70 certain extent, q partaker in the
crime. We have lavs enough IL enforced 20
pnrify sociosy,-to free IL from nost, II not Nil
OK It's corruption. II al lawsb,dins citizens had
sufficient moral courage to use their whole In
auencc to have tina laws vindicated Every IN
dividual has part TO act in the "Grand drama
OF human ifs." God has placed ''prompter"
Just hetnnd the scenes to whisper 10 ua when
We hesitate or go wrong, snd Ho viii hold N
responsible i, our parts Ars no, well rendered ~
THE First USIos TEMPERANCE MIar1ya q,
the wear 1872 wan held at the Disciple Church
on sabhath Evening, Feb. Is. After the al.
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