, 1873-06-15

Sunday Morning, June 16, 1873.
TIE sAI.DoN.KEEPERs ON THE RAMPAGE.
The aaloon-keepers, or that portion OF them
who insist on selling liquor without license and
against Law, have again exhibited their gross 1g
noranca Of their duty as citizens, and the lntem-
nerance Of their zeal in the work Of disorder.
Two or three weeks ago they held a meeting and
resolved to keep open their houses On Sunday,
with the ayowed purpose of defying the Law, and
OF bringing public authority into con-
temnt. This resolution was carried into effect. 4
few days Of sober reflection. however, induced
the majority to rescind this resolution On
Friday last they held another meeting, and,
under the instigation OF demagogues, again
lost THAR reason, and by their action voted them
selves to be diao1der1y characters, whose notions
of duty as citizens seem to be that the privilege
of selling liquor is OF divine origin, inherent
in man, and above all laws. On the trial OF
one Of these sa1oon-keeFers for violation
of law. the defendant demanded q jury
trial. The officer appointed to SUMMON
the iury, instead Of selecting his men from the
neighbo1ing saloons. entered Field, Letter d
Co.'a store and summoned number Of sales
men-much to the dizmay OF the clerks and
to the annoyance OF the proprletors.
The jury failed to aequit. Whe1eupon the Staots
Zeitunq denounced Field d Letter in round terms
with having instructed their clerks to copsict
the saloon-keepe1s, and appealed to tbs II Ger
man" population OF Chicago to buy no
more dry goods Of Field d Letter. Dis
gusted st this indecent assault, the
Freie Presse, another German pspcr, stated that
Field i Letter had never instructed their clerks
how to act as jurors, and knew nothing whatever
concerning the case. Upon these facts the b.
loou-kecpers who met On Friday passed resolu-
tioas denouncirg Field Letter and the Ereia
Press, and e1tol1ing the Ssadts Zeitung for their
respective parts in the proceeding.
This second exhibition Of disgraceful conduct
on the part Of these ealoon-keepers-and
OF those participating in this meeting
perhaps large number had already
been convicted Of violations Of law
will probably excite no more disgust among any
portion of the community than among the
Germans who are not sa1oop- keepers, and who
have no sympathy With needless. violations Of
law OF wantou rui8Auinsn towards decent snd
!, law-abiding citizens.
1t may as wen be underBtood at once that, in
any contest at th9 polls in which sa1oon-keepers
as q party shall represent one side md demand
that the municipal laws shall be repealed or
modified to suit them, and to enable them to do
business as they please, the entire body Of the
hw-ahiding people will unite against them, and,
in SO doing, will aot for the very best in
terests Of society. There are thousands OF
cilzans who haye no sympathy with sumptnary
lsTB; who have no desire to interpose
legal restrictions upou the personal freedom
End social customs Of any portion OF their fol-
low-citizens, and still less to impose religious OBJ
servanceB upon them; who viii cheerfully CO.
operate to establish the largest liberty to all
consistent with the maintenance Of law, order,
and public decency, but who will not act With
nor vote with saloon-keepers' party. There
aro but few who hare any sympathy with saloon
keeping as an occupation. II it we're ques-
ton affecting merely the keepers OF saloons,
tho business of the latter would hardly re-
ceive any public countenance or respect
1t is the rights OF the public at large-the par
sona1 liberty, the social freedom Of the peaceful,
law-ahiding, and orderly citizens-whioh are re-
spected. and which the general sentiment OF the
community desires to mnintain. When the
the disorderly portion Of
thsnl-hold public meetings, and proclaim q
crusade against the community; when they
undertake to threaten and bully respectable
who are attending peace
fully to their Own concerns, they make
war upon both public and private rights, |
md give warrant Cor tha belief that they |
nre in" fact enemies Of social order. |
f our advice could have any weight Hith these !
persons, ne would suggest that they |
bold one meeting more, dsband their organiza~
:ione, and adjourn sine die. II their rights and
iberties are not safe in the hands Of the sober,
impartial, and iberty-loring people Of tbis city
it is useless for them, by resolutions
md speeches Of adisorderly and asnfne charactex
0 seek to change public sentiment in their owu
ayor. 4 few more such meetings and resolves
$ those of Friday last will preauce such politi-
al results rs these plaekguards neyeF dreamed
1 before.
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TIE DEAD PAST.
The most interesting Investigations Of the
resent age afe those which re1ate to the an
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