National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-03
LETTERSFR FROM THE PEOPLE

ILEIIEkSFk0M The PEOPLE
Views OF CORREsP0NDENrs ON "
RIOUs TOPICS. IL.
"A MOTHER OF sONs'' DEFENDS THE W0
MANS CRUsADE-PLEA FOR THE WORK
| lNGMEN BY ONE OF THEIR NUMBER
| WHY, IN THE OPINION OF A CORRE
sPoNDENT, THE WASHINGTON SENTINEL
ATTACKS THE WHISKY WAR.
To the Editor Of the National Republiean:
Sir: was grieved to the soul to read in your
paper yesterday morning the letter Of Mrs. Dahl
gren on the 'liquor war" Personally unac
quainted with the lady have been led BY com.
mon report to admire and esteem her for her many
amiable qualities. Surely her letter was written
| without due reflection, and II she will think the
subject over in all its bearings she must be led to
different vein. She pleads for the rights Of
these men rs citisens" Citizens! Rights!
poison administered here to all who can be sntiosd
to enter" be treated Is worthy of eatixcaship a.
having any rights 1t allr Can the liqasr dealer,
in his horrible traffic, have any rights which tAs
spect? Woman has been long -saHering In this
matter. She has appealed to the Law until she
has become tired Of tho farce She sees that
Legislatures, composed in great part Of drinking
men, will hot legisate against the qualification Of
their sppetites; her prayers and tears are Of no
a aye nss PasisnSe and sndor,nce snsct nothing
What, then, can she DOT .Pray to heaven!" If
your neighbor, Mrs. Dahlgren, kept . wild beast,
children, and YOU we're told that there was no law
to protect you from that beast. would you be con-
tent to pray to heaven to save your loved ones. 1
rather :hink the tiger which slumbers in every
breast WOuld haar Tn fak
the law in your own hands and destroy the dan
gero1S creature In any way which might seem
If your neighbor across the way should reproSe
your action.
Woman has waited already too long In this mat
to the Church, for help, in vain, and now, when
made desperate by the daily increase of the evil,
which threatens the very foundations Of the lber-
to protect her natural protectors; no matter how
illogical, how fanatical tho means she uses, bid
her God-speed. Discourage her not, for every
Of encouragement to those who would destroy her.
pose il is mob is That It appears to me-. 1. bet bet
be dealt with. In the days when boat racing on
the lakes and on the Mississippi was 30 common,
and explosions, with fearful loss Of life. were the
frequent consequence, do not remember that the
law ever punished . captain or engineer, but I
verify believe that If mob law had hung one or
two Of those officers the racing would have been
In the same light Is this liquor traffic to be re-
garded 1t is IN evil threatening the peace of
every family in the land, and it Is an evil which
will never be put out Of the way until woman,
abandoning all idea of help from man, takes the
matter into her own hands, and, II needs be- fights
IL OUT o. e.stenee: Inc efforts she is making nov
but they are arousing the whole country to such
of the subject as has never been
The very eToensss and fsnsticis% Of the attack
may open the eyes, soften the hearts and clear
the brains of our Legislators, and show them some
VIII y oe nes shen
everywhere, If you cannot openly encourage these
brave women, at least give them . silent prayer |
a MOTHER OF SONS.
MECHANICS VS.. CLERKS.
To the Editor the National Republican:
SIR: When 30 much IL being said and done in |
behalf Of the clerical force Of the Government, |
why is it that not word is uttered in favor of the
who bear the heat and burden
IF the dayf
Many articles have appeared In the press In op-
position to the bill recently introduced in the
House of Representatives for the reorganization
If the several Departments of tho Government;
,ut far, not ono has been written in defence Of
hose who have "the tingc Of the shop or the dust
sRg abE thas EVERY one should
eive q fair compensation for their services, no
natter in what capacity: but while those who re-
ended, nothing, absolutely nothing is said or done
or those who labor eight or ten hours day. Why
9 this distinction? In the mechanical branches
Rs'iis aa s s @as1 X
hip, and In sofhe instances more, and yet less pay
3 received for It. Only few days ago petition
igned by number OF capitalists was presented
lour law. And why? Because, as stated in that
'aper, it was demorali.ing to their employees.
Those Of us who have been so fortunate rs to be
mployed under the aforementioned law know
hat statement to be without foundation in fact;
n the contrary We are better for it in every re-
pect, fully as much labor is performed rs under
he ten-h0ur system, and we use the time We have
D spare in improving our minds in fitting our
elves for higher positions, and, like other men,
, endeavoring to be useful and respectable citi-
ems.
Mr.. Editor, while capital is willing that "bone
nd muscle crack from tension, to expend the
1ealth of State" at the same time know that
lad to have them with us at the present time
Who will speak or write for the American work
u man? MECHANIC.
MRS. DAHLaREN INDORsED. i
o the Editor of the National Republican:
SIR: The men and women Of our community
re much indebted 70 Msa Dahlgren for the very
snsible article which appeared In your issas q
esterday on the extravagsnt female crusade
ow carried on against intemperance. Tint
rticle may do good among reasonable people.
ut 1t is useless to reason with fanatics and what
urprises us in the present case 10 that mon who
re lawfully engaged in the liquor trafiic do not
ssert their rights against the Amazons who A.
all them. !. Jacques Rosseau once said, In re-
ard to certain class Of unbelieyers that IL
Iould be doing them too much honor to refute
lay say the same Of those strong, OF, rather,
women who are now wsging such .
cree war against the liquor saloons. It 10 use
,ss to argue with them; but they should be made
ensbe OF their duty to respect the rights Of their
eighbor. All men who are assailed by these
Utility women arrested for 0bstructing their prem
es and sue them for damages sustained by their
lwless proceedings. A. SUBSCRIBER.
THE REASON WHY.
o the Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR: person would probably ask why it is
hat the Washington Sentinel 30 earnestly and
denounccs the temperance cru
ade that claims SO much attention throughout
he land, The secret of the matter is that the
aper mentioned Is very much interested-avari.
iously interested-in the sale of Intoxicating
Kinks. Tho editor Of the Sentinel, in calling the
ttention Of Congress to Its table of figures in the
,sue of February %, did not make any allusIon
o the following facts Out of two hundred and
ixty Of the advertisements in last Saturdays
,sue one hundred and .Dfy-thrce were for intoxi-
ating liquors. while the leading daily of the same
nd eighty, only eight, and an evening paper,
Star,) out Of three hundred and thirty-six, had
My four advertisements for LIQUORS, exclusive
grocery stores.) fear 1t is the almighty dollar
nj not the rights Of the people that the Srnfinci
FOWLS for. READER.