The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

he mas G01OWu OUT llVO tIAc 6tI CcL0y
can be, and is sent to jail, Or the
work house, for drunkenness, but.
the man who sold him the liquor is
that innocent being for whose sake
the German press threatens polit-
ical parties and Christian churches
/ want to strip this thing naked.
and exibit it in all its natural de
formity. Stript Of all its disguises,
and of its impudent audacity, it
comes to this. But neither the
German press or the saloons who
want license in any form, but, like
EpHRAIM, they want to be left alone
with their idols. But hear them;
let them speak for themselves:
Resolved. That we, the German
editors OF the State of Indiana,
pledge ourselves as citizens and
-., 80 .--~-e;ek any candidate
at the coming election for oIAse
offices and Legislature who is
known to be in favor Of the temper
ance law in its proscriptive form,
or advocate still more stringent
restrictions.
Resolved, That we are in favor of
a license law, which permits the
reasonable use Of beverages in re-
spectacle places, and tuppresses
every disorderly business of this
kind. ss $50 "t a
/ Observe, that we, .sthe. German
editors of the State of Indiana
won't vote for anybody who sup
ports the present "Baxter law"
| This is their right; but why nots
Because it is too stringent-that is,
it is In some respects effectual.
Now, let us turn back few weeks
to the distillers and brewers meet
ing in Exposition Hail. Whoever
read Judge Taft's speech at that
i meeting, will see that be ADVOCATED
really a more stringent license law
than that of Indiana--heavy license
and heavy bonds. If enforced, it
; would drive more saloons out OF
existence than the Baxter law oil
Indiana We now see just what
kind OF support such licensa law
would have from the fanatical Ger
man press. They want nothing Of
the kind. They want unrestricted
t drinking, and that only they call
'srespectable!' But now let us re
turn to few salient facts.
1. The German press does no,
e repl esent all the Germans, by any
means, and it is time that was nm
delstood. It does represent the
bulk of those in Cincinnati and
, Cleveland, and perhaps two OF thre;
large places; but there are many
Germans in Ohio and Indiana whose
7 views are not represented in Tho
. German press. There are Method
q tist and Presbyterian Gerins.z
a churches, Of native Germans, who
q are not in favor of dram drinking
., saloons, and who are slandered b,
being represented in this light
] g. While the German editors
) or French or English editors, hav'
an absolute right to do just wha
!. they please about voting, speaking
I or writing, it is nevertheless al
Il unprecedented and alarming thinI
!. for class of foreigners claimin,
Il to be such in the very words q
a their action-to threaten q politica
8. convention with their opposition
: because they don t vote or legislat
a according to their own views. Thei
g private influence they might exc,
it else in any way with propriety
1 their views on any subject Nigh
q properly be expressed, either in th
te press or in political meetings Blu
this presents no such case as tina
e 1t presents the case of an organize
), clan-orgnnizcd for the very pul
\ pose of intimidation, and presente
~ ~ formally through its Secretary.
is 8. No political party, in thi
v. country, can afford to yield to an
"a such intimidation. AL first it lool
r quite promising to get (whicl
n. however, is impossiblel, large O
ID ganized body Of German Englisl
French, or any concern, and thu
as they think, the balance of powe
But the balance of power is n,
held by any such people 1t is OF
It OF the laws of human action tn.
nd the same process by which we ga
st. one class of people will inevitab
r. ALLEVIATE another. We have tens
e. thousands of foreigners in th
an country who do not think as the Ge
ss mans do, by any means, on al
n. subject of the day. The ''ternpe
IN ance question, as it is called, b,
re to go ON, and it has to be solved l
Ia the American people in their ov
az way. A great ma jority of Il
Of American people are in favor
Is, temperance laws,although they m,
rit differ as to the mode A polite
he party which ignores this fact m.
at, succeed for one year and enjoy
be brief moment of power, but bri
no it will be. The American peop
es: have not yet lost their intelligene
di their common sense, their libert
of or their love of public virtue.
is we wished to do something whi
8 a would aid the most ultra of ten
ne. perance people, without regard
mt the means used, we should get I
ho German press to do just what it
an. doing, and get the City Council
at, Cincinnati to do just what it is
re- ing. If anything will wake up
ro telhgent men and moral citizens
to q sense of their present shame1
On condition, it will be Just such pc