, 1874-03-01

Of love with those who drink and sell .into1i-
! eating liquor, had,, in this Nineteenth
Century, at least the merit OF originality. The
] phl!anthrope zeal which gives birth to thus
common sense it reveals. These women OF
Ohio and Indiana far better deserve the name at
freeIneu than the legal male voters who claim
to be their lords and masters They are trying
to teach their husbands, fathers, and brothers,
TINT, II the people in d Republic want anything
well and promptly done, they must do it them
se1yes. se1f-government should be the organic
law OF every free community. These womer
see this plainly, and mean to enforce it, too.
Though this truth is not found in political
Of every friend Of freedom.
Purely humanitarian IN its phaser, the Ton1-
ans movement calls for no guns or swords,
aud does not even invoke the terross Of the law;
thera will not grow cut OF it q stupendoua na-
tional debt, OF hordes Of Oolonels md Brigadier-
GeneratB, willing to hold all tha Offices it eau
give rise neither to perjured witnesses nor FORE
sworn jurics. II it do not utterly haniBh grog-
shops, it happily paves the way for an era OF re-
turning interest on the part Of the people in the
them. II points out plan by which it lB safe to
try and reform this country, without the assist
anca Of bummers, highfalutin' speeches, fraud
ulent ballots. political couptio., judicial brlba-
~, and drafts Of all able-bodied citizens to serve
as soldiers. OLD FoaY.
10 tho Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIN: Indorsing fully the able argument Of
Brutus in your issue Of the Oath regarding the
present temperance movement, nllow me- Ger
man citizen, to add few remarks.
1t is certainly impossible to prevent the use OF
intoxicating liquor altogether, either by legisla-
ton or by force. At the sa1no time, it is true
that there are too many saloons and that, in
general, people a1e INDUCING in drink too freely.
Many men are OF this opinion but on the 9TH
er hand is class Of tota]-abstinence
used to drink moderately from child
hood will not submit to this, and will especially
not allow others to force their opinion upon him;
consequently ha ia compelled to stand on the
side OF the traffic.
The temperance people might do some good II
they were temperate, and could temperate them
selres. Who is meaner,-those who are follow
ing legal business, permitted aud licensed by
the authorities, or those who nro inte1rupting
them forcib1y and in violation OF the laws?
The temperance people are I'm aristocratic class;
they do not associate with others .[anles8 they
pledge themselves to total abstinence); they
feel themselves above the rest they would not
help them aioug; their only object is oppres8~
ion. The non-tempcrance people arc bound to
hang together, or they would get hanged. How
many men are earning their living in brewez3es,
dstlleries, etc. +? How many mechanics are con-
stant1y kept employed by saloon-Eeepers
Where and how should those men make their
living? There is more improvement done aud
more work required iu this branch OF business
tran in any othor one, in proportion to tho capi
tai invested and employers aud vorAinsmen
are fighting side by side againss the common
enemy, because their interests are reciprocal
Many a laboring man who would often keep
away from saloons is bound to so there for the
sake Of bread.
II the temperance people are earnestly intend
ing to elevate the community, let them hunt up
those frequentng the saloons, give ther1 work,
pay them for it, and emancipate them from other
obligations. J.. L. ".
CHICAGO, Feb, q, 1874.