, 1874-02-06
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THE OHIO WH1eKY-RA1Ds.
! Tho fonalo crt,aadorH against whisky in 0hu
havo run againat n largo. Bizod stump. In ont
instance, at loaat, thcir prayors have boen SIP.
prosBcd, their psalms hnyo beon stopped, md
tho uncouth vehicle uaod by them as fortroHe
md coigno Of vai1tago from which to assail the
beor-shopa md drug-Htorcs Inns heon ordorol ia
move on, aud hos Ind to 60, with it's aggressive
cargo OF fonlalo reformers. This cyont has hap
penod Ia Hllnboro. THO gentleman WHO oh.
1octed to boing prayed out Of btlainoss and B,1ng
lnto bankruptcy is one Dr. Dunno, proprietor OF
the village drugstore. Dr. Dunno, unwilling to
bo dono for In this manner, aud fancy.
ing TINT he had aomo rights wliol,
evon female rofornor was bound to
respect, applied to tho Inv for protection. antl
tho law, boing no reepoctor Of Persons, stopped
In between tho Doctor aud tic female army etl-
gagged in its 'worlz Of love-" md ordered tho
latter to take up it's cart and wal1s. More than
this. DR.. Dunno has brought suit for trespass
and defamation Of character. Tho Doctor iB
oVidontly on tho war-path, determined TINT tho
women Bhall not have oil tho fun. This brings
mp tho squhre issue whothor lovely woman has
tho right to obstruct T. pharmacy with prayer
and song, 30 TINT business cannot bo conducted; !;
and then, because the druggist will not STR
render, mako his namo and that OF lis family oous
by prayorful objurgationa and melodiouH glan-
dor. DR.. Dunno having sol tho example, there will
bo plonty to follow It, Which will compel those
rural 3oans Of Arc to mako u change of base.
The wrath which thoY lave boon h.lrling against
dr1g-storoH, and uquor.ehopB, md beer -gardens
must now be directed at the courts. Whisky
and quinne will got respite, and tho perarnbu-
lifting mensgerie must tnko up It's line Of march
for tho residences Of the lawyors and Judges
and pray and Sing for favorable decisions.
II thoBo aggressive roformers had not carried
their purposes to tho limits Of destructive
fanattcsm, which mado them blind to tho
faot that thero arc certain inalienablo
rights guaranteed by Inv, thoy would
layo foreaoon this rock in thoir path,
and known that, sooner or later, they
would be brought up with a round turn for in-
vason Of private rights. No person, not even
praying and singing woman has tho right to
Interfere with or obstruct Legitimate business,
to bring odium upon porson's good namo, or
to disturb his poaco. Those nre universally
recognized aud inalionablo rights, and tho very
groundwork upon which society rests. Without
such guaranty. no ono is Becure in person or
property. II these women hive q right to OBJ
struot a druggists business with singing and
praying, and to bring his name into disroputo
because be does not deem 1t proper to conform
to their ideas Of what is right, then they have
tho right to blockade storcs where tobacco
is sold, If thoy doem smoking to be
wrong; to bescgo and break up \
ball. on the ground that dancing
il wrong to enter private premises md stop
aoclal game Of whist. assuming that cards are an
invention Of the devil. There is no limit, in
fact, to the aggression upon private rights which
would DO possible in such T. contingency. Judge
Stafford, Of Hillsboro, In his interview with tlo
correspondent OF the Cincinnati Commercial,
atated the plain facts in tho case whon ho said
that these women had no moro right to pray in
front Of Il mans house than thoy had to 1lle q
saw or grind hand-organ, and that il DR..
Dunno objected to the uso of his na1no which
was hia own property. in such manner as to
bring odium upon himself or his family, then any
Court would grant m injunction against
1t. There is no clearer principle in lar. Even
the strcet-preachor who becomes noisy and DIS
turbs tho public peace Ia obliged to quit his
harangue. Tho beer.saloon which becomes 30
noisy as to disturb church, or even private
citizens, is shut up by the law. Tic noisy rev.
eler upon the strectB and the organ grinder on
tho corner, ii thoy disturb my onoa quiet are
incontinentlv suppressed. In this temperance
cruRado, the case is still moro aggravated.
These fanatical women are not disturbing public
peaco, but they are interfering with husnosa
recognized by the Inv, aud are clearly amenable
to tho law.
We havo no disposition to deprecaso the causo
In which thoy aro engaged. nor to deny that in-
is crowning evil. The error which
they have committed ioB In the manner Of their
opposition and tho crazy excoaaos Of their opera
tions. into which they havo been urged by men
who ought to know better, and who, without the
courage to aBsuil tho evil in person. sock to do it
by placing the women in tho front, whose so1
guarantees thom from violence. Tho latter hnyo
been treated with universal courtesy and urbani-
ty by those whose rights were thus aurnmarily
invaded, but at last forboarauce has ceased to
be virtue. and the victims arc calling upon tho
law to protect them, which the law is bound
to do.
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THE GERMAN RELIGIOUS CONFLICT.
Tho imprisonment Of Archbishop Lcdochowahi
by the German Government, IN accordance with
tho sentence OF German Court. az announced
in tho cable dispatches, tolls us how violent is
tho conflict between the now Empire and tho Old
Church. Until reminded Of It by aomo such act,
We arc apt to think Of 1t az little moro than
harmless skirniah Of words between priests and
princes. Still the battle Is M earnest ono !;
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