, 1873-05-22
tnlny Tyranny hnl GcTrrse.l
Ql1urcitH1a

Front tho Illinois Slaats-zeilun1,
! Il can justly bo said that tho immense ma
churches arc decidedly opposed to tho puritanical
Chicago.
| German protcstants and Catholics know, from
their recollections Of the old country, that ro-
lfgion mud churoll-pioty very we'll exist with
! out Rach tyranny. And il NO would bo indis-
! croot, NO could namo some very much respected
ontrnan ,. syen Of tne 9nt
puritanical Sunday laws do great injury to ro~
iglon aud Church, because they cmEltter many
truly religious minds against the Church, In tho
name OF which these laws arc enforced and
slowly drive them into the camp Of tho enemies
Of tho Church. :. :.
It ia an old trick Of tho Puritan fanatios to
represent s tho fEht against Sunday tyranny as
posed to auch laws against tho opponents Of
thia tyranny.
Those WHO resort to such tricks Intentionally
confound hatred Of religion, and toloratfon, with
zach othor. Tho fight against the rigorous Sun
day laws ID by no means fight against religion,
but nEht for mntual toleraton, and for mutual
goodwill.
As little as the thinking md honoHt enemies
Of Bunday-tyranny wish to deprive the people OF
thoir innocent recreation, just "a little do thay
wish to doprive thom OF their Sunday devotions.
Mayor Medill was Informed, ut every occasion,
BY representative Germans. By committees m. T. ap-
mtttee Of tho meeting at Vorwaorts Turncr HALL,
that tho Germans would RcauieRco In the closing
Of tho saloons during tho time Of religious
eeryicea on Sunday forenoon, as is done in many
cities in Germany, Switzerland, etc., provided
that, during the remainder Of the day, no obsta-
clio should DO thrown in tho way Of decent ontoy-
| mont Of lito in decent public reaorts.
He whoao religious convictions DO not permit
him to share in such enjoyment Of lilo on Sum
dny is certainly perfectly at liberty to abstain
| from it.
It ia useless to discuss hero tho idle talk OF tho
very to" German fanatics WHO pretend that the
use Of oven tho lghtest spirituous beverages,
even on working days, is q ain for }lo who haa
| read tho Bible knows, from hundreds OF pas
anges, that tho nttempt to represent the fight
against coorcive temperance laws as something
unchrietian Ia direct insult Of tho authority OF
| tho Old and Now TeHtaments.
The haais above pointed out-cloang OF tho
saloons on Sunday forenoon during the t1no Of
religious services, and tho right Of tho people to
nlent Of life within or without tho walls Of aa-
! loon-ia certainly one upon which all truly tolor-
| ant citizens Of Chicago can unite. Even Mayor
| Modll, d fow months ago, declared such COM
! promise to DO good aud just ono.
~;Wo request suoh Of our renders -as do not
| clnin any Sunday freedom for thomaelyeE to
weigh the eboyo remarks without prejudice j
| they will then, ,porlaps como to tho conviction
gion, nor IN tho interest OF mutua goodwill did
harmony, II thoy should demand that others
| should bo doprivedof tho Sunday freedom which
for themselves they do not wish to oujoy.+";y"
|. Those Protestant aocts which aro gancthlly
known to be opposed to Sunday lbcrty couuenot
few worahipora among the GermauB. Tho
Illinois Sfdats-ZeiinHg .llRs, Oh frequent occa-
slons, dofondod tho minority Of tho qor1nans
against the intolerance Of othorn, and proudly
pointed to thoir honestly their aolidityYa aid thoir
! patriotism shown during tho time Of the Civil
War. And, for this reason, wo bolioyo ourselves
| to DO ontitlod to demand from this minority Of
Germans tolerat,on for the vieWa aud habits Of
! the great majority Of Germans. :.
It does not look well :whon" Englisfl- American
| Natylats md Kuow-Nothings, ~ their brutal
rotor to Germans as being Agrced with the1u, tho
| e,,e1nioa of The great majority Of Germans. It
| is true, though, that those Nativists who refor
| to Germans in their crusade against Germans
| never dyuge tho names Of their Gorman back
| ora. But tho Gor,nau minority should tako care
| that fow loud-mouthed and unauthorized mon
| In thoir midst ahould in futuro furnish no op-
| portunity to Natiysm to mako such boasts.
It is Natiyisln which. to great ertent under
lies American puritaniEm this can bs proved
| from dozen Of Bymptoms. But, II Ruch Natiy-
ism should again achieve such tiooIsve viotol iog
| as In 1854 and 1866, those GormanH, who were
its tools, or were beloved to be such, would have
to suffer just aa much as tho majority Of Cor
mans, and poraapB even moro. TroaHon to our
inboyil nationality, oven IL unconAoiously COM
mitted and not cloarly intended, usually carries
with It tho most bitter punishment for those who
commit it.
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