The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-07-24

Last wesk's eR4sbsisss contained what Pur-
ported 70 Be the synopsiS of sermon, (so'ne-
thing 1t has not attempted brsore, } on the sub
ject Of Temperance. Il seems rather to be
sketch, in the Repsksoa,s vesscslar, taken from
sotes in the srrmon. In it re mud the following
compliment tn the Germana:
Temperance We are harise tv.bic, yiss ar Gsrn,a
eitsens whosssa aetesesa tss.eabl.h thsr
come Gsrn..s Lsre-sv. iSs ss.rty xslea.e-sa, e
them Ess~ dat iste.i = ralsA sy thea ssd .hsa
sss ss s s: ~ ssas :ss
In6dels. guess the ehsi1eL
There. Dutch InRdsels and beer-drinkers. take
that! The Devil has selected you for bis tools,
to come here and ruin this country. We welcome
you-hesrtily wrleome you-but you arc expect
cd to adopt onr habits and religious views!
We have u good many German citizens-some
in town. and large numb~r in the coantry
round; but We have never yst heard Of any -
rious troobls caused by them. Individual Cor
mans sometimes break the laws. the same ss in
dividnal "pioas, s"ber' Americans; bat - class.
Doniphsn County has no hotter citizens than the
Germans.
Germaps have certain Sunday customs in their
native land: and having heard that this was
land If perfect religions freedom. they desire to
continue those cnstoms herr. American people
have been tanght to look upon such proceedings
with horror, and conflict arises. Tho Germans
do not seek to practice this cnstom by stealth |;
but holding that there is no wrong in it, they 60
out openly in daylight, keeping to themselves
and indulge In what has always been their rec
reati"n. Without admitting the right or argu-
ing the wrong Of this, il u we'll enough to come
down 70 solid facts. ,Whi1e the 'Ipfidel Dutch"
openly carry ON their Snssday eonvvialities, what
are the 'piour" Aa,rrieans dsing, who have GU
acted the Sunday laws, and cry ont 50 boisterous-
ly st their violation. These Americans drink
more whiskey, do moro gambling, carousing.
rowdyisus, devilruent; engage in more pleasures;
plan and carry ont more seduction and licen-
tiousness on Sunday thsn-we had almost said
during the entire balance Of the week. But they
do it tsneakingly, to evade their own Sunday laws.
II they did their Sunday deeds openly, as the
Germans do, the "Infidel Dutch would be 70
horrifed with the spectacle. that they would Ell
ther demsnd tho strict enforcement Of Sunday
laws, or get out of tho country as fast as they
could.
Taking this County, there are ten saloops kept
every ono kept by . German. There are hun
dred drunk.rtls of other nationalities, for every
drunken German. In crimes, the relative pro-
portion is tho Same. Then, why arc the Ger.
mans, among oil the other nations, singled out
as the enemies and barriers to temperance re-
formf Is it because they make profession Of
piety, while others hide their d-baucheries under
the cloak of reIigioni
These Dutch Infdela, becr-drinkers, law-defy.
ers, and tools Of Satan, ought to be thankful for
this timely publication by the Doniphan County
Repxblicas especially since it is notorious that
that paper 10 the servile organ and defender Of
the greatest whisksy -swillers, and patrons and
upholders Of saloons. in the County. IL has new.
er published q synopsis Of sermon exposing the
vices Of these great lights
To put on the HnhbinE touch Of consistency
the same number Of the Republican contains sew.
eral advertisements Of liquor establishments
one Of them being Dutch saloon!