, 1873-12-21
The Staats-Ze5tung Article of
Dac. 16.
Its Allegations in Regard to Mr. Gage,
i tho l,aw-and-0rder People, Tho
Tribune, Tho "Sanetimonious
phnrisces, " Honest
Joe,' &C.,, Sc.
Comments Thertsupon by Mr.. Viii
lard Woodard.

10 the taffaF " The Chfcafo TFitns:
Bin. Our attention lsas been called to nm
article In tho Illinois Stn7ts-Zeitung OF Dec. 1G,
1873S entitled, Whitone,3 Sopulehrcs !-Scratch-
Ing on tho Whitowasll- David A. GoBs, tho
Champion Of Law and Order, thp saiutly Among
tho sntntios, tho Pct Of the Fulplt, tho ,..Amur-
icau ProtcstantG Gentlemar ~ Dotween Wh%n and
on 1riBh Catholic Dctnoc,1It There Could Do No
Choico-ao aaid tho 'Ln'u-aud Order People
Is Derauler to All Am..unt OF Over ason,ooo
and confcBaedly d fclo1t.-Ilo reopto's Party
Fully Vinlicatcl"
Tho reader must fool THU. tho ohoyo is nomc-
what fulsomo titlo for prptoral letter Of groat
mnn to hls misguided subj jocts. It Is 1omnrla-
bio for itB calm. Aispaahitn,ato stylo. The pro-
ductlon IL Important only as 1t represents tho
best thought ana
THE ANCn Us
of tho head Of tic pooplo'sI purity. Great pains
have boon tuken to ctrculalo this nttic1o in Tho
German and English laufriugcs. Considerable
poBtago haB boon wasted. Nc aro led to inquire
What has happoncd that VIC should be thus
afIlictcd7
It acoms That, during thu Lust two years, an
impression Lad cropt into Tic public mind that
thoro wcro eome State laws,f city ordinances. md
contracts, that Ind not bea Ii enforced. 1t was
understood to be-; the duty Nf tho Mayor, as OK
pressed In tic City Charter, 10 "talio caro- that
tho laws Of the Stato mud til ordinances of the
city arc duly enforced, reapes:ted, and observed;
and that nll executive otfita ,rs of tho city dis
charge their respective dutica." III further con-
lrlnation of tls opinion, it ANS observed that It
was required thnt enoh office 4 OF tho city should
tpko au oath aud Boemn1y swear that Il will
support the Constitution Of tho United Statca
aud the Constitution Of the S ato of Illinois, mud
that will faithfully discharea, tho duties Of tho
ollice," eto. Many persons chilled tho attention
Of the Mayor to tho
FACT OF THE NoS-ES1 hoRcEMENT
OF somo lawB, aud tho injury: resulting. there
from. He did precisely what my honest man
must do who has taken the ahtsv oath, although
lie did not cuter upon tho work with much
oarneHtncss or filth. There vnoro two PARTIES
We arc bound to assumo, in tht, exercise Of char-
ity. that both roaIly and Aoussstly believed in
their positions. We aro all citin nens Of Chicago
Wo have common iuterosta. I9lat which hurts
ono injuries all. No man dos1riu'g tho prosperity
Of tho community wishes to SEQ tho wrong pro-
vail. One party claimed TINT thu, stato laws and
city ordinances On tho
usE AND sALE or 1sTox1oA1 .tSu DRINKS
wero right, md should DO euforct:d. The other
took the position that tho euid Ia ,ss wero wrong
and should DO repealed; and, uni il their ropcal,
they should remain llnanforccd. Tho first claimed
that intomperanco WINS fruitful q ourco Of crime
and poverty, and that it was Tho plain duty
Of GoYernment to control, mad to hold to
q strict accountability, those WHO engage
III tue liquor traffic. The ect,nd denounced
these lnws ns sumptuary enactmc TITS, and wrong
in thois tendencies. Tho hrstput into tho nrgu-
ment evory days observation, r'rison-reporta,
nnu Social statistics Of intempora' lie. Ihe other
cited tho condition Of those com. nunitics whero
tho sale of some kinds Of liquor was loft FREQ
md ,,nrca,ro;rod Focl, nortv ANA con,,iucot1
~. az .,.a:. ,aa.e.,,. 49,, m,
Wy tno arguments oo :ue4f 4eepecle'e slaes' 1no
verdict Vas ......r
AGAINST ALL suAr1uAHY 1aAwa.
Al aida tissues aud al candidates III uk into conf
pasatlvo lnslgnllcanco. :..,
We cannot SEQ how the n0ncoptl oiled salc Of
Intoxicating liquors III 2.700 rlacoH, every day
and year, can col'dnco to tho public wefaro. We
gropo in midnight darkness III that ,rospcet.
:, II the tlia! of the uoat two years should show
that entire treadom Is bottor thu T. partial ro-
strlct1on, we shall hail The e!ecta,n Of Mayor
colvin with joy and glatlncss. We shall be sur
plised to find that FREQ ,so Of Intoxicating
liquors conducos to tho presontu1n Of crime.
Patiently VIC await tho solution Of ito problem.
We canuoe admit for moment that tho contest
If tlB yiew should bo taken, it wca I'D rouder
all those denunclationa Of Puritan II, and tho
Committee Of Seventy aim1eFs I'D insipid.
What would the remark Of that prol d inent ind
nervous litslo banker mean, wien, ut q meeting
Of rejoicing Of the Peoples party, a1d flushed
with victory, he, 10 raa!so amends for paat cold
ness when tho cause was doubtful, de e'ared that
" No will anuso ourselves III .pGn''ug laws
again6t the C. d. purita1s."
We know that wo could ciuia that tho Com
nittce never lad ticket in tho teltl +: that it
wIs tho Iaoltlc Hotel ticket tlat waH tlefoated
aud that tho Citizepb Convention wertl forced to
adopt II MI tho best That could 10 d.,uo u,dcr
the circumstances. But still We noyor. will coli
sent that al those articles Of con- Ammunition
OPENING THEIR MEETING WITH II LAYER
he thus ruthlcssly swept awny. 1t s t,.no that it
might bo urged that 1t was no groat lfonso to
open meeting will prayer. It nigh DO said
that men prayed as the opening ct poll 'lual con
,yentions, aud tlat all our dtllberatIue asson'-
llies did it TINT ii WIS done by many asn ovcry
day tint our children woro taught no pray;
that 1t was doomed proper as marrisS,ca aud
4:&t.