National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-04
MRS. DAHLGREN'S CARD.

AN INDIGNANT LADY IN RESPONSE.
The following letter IL from . lady who is evi-
IDENTIFY very indignant at the card Of Mrs. Dahl
gren:
SIR: desire, through your columns, to con-
graduate the rumselers Of the land upon the fact
that they have 50 able champion, 90 enthusiastic
aspect of their cause-as Mrs. Madeline Vinton
Dahlgren. Let them take heart and return anew
to their legitimate business Of robbing long suffer
ing women, who must not make laws to restrain
them, and helNless children Of their sustenance,
happiness, and even Of life. Will this estimable
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wronged, dsfrauded and suffering must waltz She
says sstrike higher, deeper" sLet US legislate
BY "as that she i ready to put her shoulder to
the Legislative wheel and allow her sisters to do
sof NBut next she doubts the ability Of legisla-
prayer r. as the only remedy We'll What kind Of
prayer, on the sidewalk or In tho olosetf In the
closet, no doubt; but does Mrs. Dahlgren ina CINE
Of agonized women, wives and mothers Of drunk
ards have prayed in their closets, and without
avail; The world has waited long for men in
pcwer to act upon this mattor, and all the while
corruption grows deeper and rings stronger.
What delivered California from the horrors of its
earliest society but the vigilance eommittee, who
were obliged, for lack Of power In the law to pro-
tect society from outrage, to take 1t into their own
hands. and strike terror into evil doors. True
s nSs sns sw
the latter proved the savior. We have all lived
long snodEh to know that armed with the law
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God (which can never take the side Of the rum
seller, the oppressor, the defrauder,) may be
chaos which she 80 WILDLY draws. Why, she
asks, SHOULD the psrishing sssmstress behold
other women ride about in easy carriages, clad In
rsmsins unpsidia Il seems to me an Intelligent
Wy. iaS..sI b iss:l,ss before fore ' &:
scaisd women, and y prsysr and SUI suppliessio6
she ON shame the pride that will not take pity In
privsss whe WI prevent TIL, ..psrishing seams.
starving laborer, "or any numbsr Of them, should
bloated eontrastoEs" TO obtain that just and legal
nmiliss afs TO BE- kept from starving, believe
this and any sympathetic community VIII take OF
nsSr,ss sr e h. nOs css
wrongt. By What nseromancy does abe md .
1. az ss q gf,yRY 70
pfsSsEsnd : .:asrss prairie IRE which Which dsvs..
tates the plain T17 - = -.I-.l-
do mot deicnd the movement; neither, until
But Il sssns e me there may Da possibly Be- Sue
against rum sefiine, which could not fail Of work,
itsed to Til us who il polite society shaiI take
precedence 70 fumseiiers, many Of whom quickly
comprehend the situstion in rs true light, express
themselves ashamed Of the tratic, and aceede the
right Of these women 70 use such means to protect
their own happiness and the welfare Of their own
homes; whyrshe should give them the protection
Of the law agsinst her own sex, and make Of them
martyrs, before those other martyrs whose tesIs
and prayers and cries MI all lands, whose viyls
arc unending, who inhablt Dante's !. Inferno"
since all hope must bs let behind 80 long q these
gilded saloons are q every corner, cannot CON.
prehcpd. Az for nnyselE-and I'm the only woman
whose movements attempt to control-Were any
grog-shop In the land to interfere with the happI-
ness Of ny children, % take rom as our daily food
and make our lives he'll upon earth, I'd ssop for
NO SLOW process Of law, dolsd out By men whose
chief interest e % ses that dram awaits them st
easy access. Prayer, even IN the cold and slest,
would scarcely serve my outraged feelings; but
Td smash that Grogshol I'll not one decantsr was
thoagh whole battery Of the heaviest Dahlyrens
were brought to bear upon mo. I'd prutect my
self and home with the weapons soonest used.
Protest eomettnes prscsdss law, and thofe are
dt6srsnt kinds Of peotssts. y. A. !. l.
ARti41r0N FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
I The statement Of the condition Of the Arlington
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