The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-20

tHelT euu. Iney nave no respect
for law, but use SnY unlawful
means, in some places, 10 drive men
from their business. In one in
stance = man took shelter under the
law, and compelled them TO let him
alone. At this writing the war is
raging with violence all over Ohio,
and In parts Of Indisaa. There is
some talk OF extending IL into New
York. Our Metropolis. I.eaven-
worth, hes been threatened. Whist
the end win Re remains 70 be seen.
We are eoaseientoHsiy and Feli.
siOasly opposed 70 the manufacture
and sale or ardent spirits. Our
country hAs never been cursed with
such . plagse. The whisky irafRe |
Il the deaaIiest foe ka own to CURL
civilization. II has been and WIN
continue 10 be. AZ long AZ il Is toll
Grated by law, an nnmitigatsd evil. |
No one Pretends 10 claim any good
for It; il is universally denounced.
We hate It with 3 perfect hatred.
We almost hate the men who are
engaged in the Infamous business.
They onSht 10 be oatlAWed. The
whole business ought 70 be driven
''withont the camp and lie Iepre]
~, compelled 60 rot I'm loneliness.
The foulest blot On the fair name
OF cur blessed country is the fact
that ii fosters and protects, by law.
A'trafilc which is daily and hourly
stsiuing it with blood, and drench.
lag il with the tears of mothers, sis
tsrs, aud Wiys>. The law of the
land npholds trafac which fills The
prisons and Asyluns with iis VIC
Tins. The law protects business
which returns no good 10 any one,
but rather curseS every society in
the whole land. We need law,
and must have it, 10 banish the curse
from the land. II = prohibitOry
statute Is unconstitutional then the
constitution must bA amended.
The Unholy business must be out
lAWSd. Then the public will soon
rise up and Danish irfrom the cOun-
try. While the law upholds 1t, pub
lie conscience and sentiment are OF
no avail. Society is powerlesS
while an evil is sanctioned bv the
law. No nuiSance can be AbRted
while the Law oven allows it. 1t.
would be well for our law makers,
who wink ut this matter, to remem-
Der that they, in great measure, are
responsible for making this baMe of
all good, In some AeuSe, respectable.
But We set ont 10 say, that we are
opposed To this Incorporate move
msnt In Ohio. We are opposed to
such an effort because it is unlawful.
No one has right 10 violate law.
Nothing eau be gained ia the end
by uHlsw fully opposing the traffic.
ThOss women have no right TO 90
Into those saloons, and sing, aud
pray contrary 10 The wishes Of the
proprietorS. They have no right to
obstruct the public walks of = city,
with booths and nObs of men and
women. They have no kind of
right to use even the semblanee of
violence against a man and his bus
mess while they are in the bounds
Of law. Christian women, even,
mnst not set the example of ViOlat-
ing law. The law must be supreme.
Without IL order and safety are
gone; life and property, are endan-
RSred. II is Saf0st always 20 keep
the law. No christiAn can afford to
Viols,e the stAtuts laws of the land.
The rule Of the christians faith has
made Law sacred. .IesuB and his
disciples were subject TO heather
laws. We must, As good citizens,
submit To law. We can afford to
use ANY lawful measures TO put
down whisky selling, but unlawful
oneS, never. IT we break the law
in our zeal against the traffic, We
can't complain much If the whisky
men disregard the laws which Tend
to restrain the business. We must
keep the law and coDstrain them 10
do the same. Let us now Snbmit
20 the law which protects the whis.
KY man, aud then expect him to do
the same when the law condemns
his bnsiness. The time is coming
when we shall have to enforce pro-
hibitory laws, and we should hate
to think that whisky men would
resist the law. But can We expect
anything else il we set them the ex-
ample. The law must he hOnorSd
By all clssses of society. t
Then we dislike the violence, for
ii Amopnts to that, used in many in-
stances. With perfect propriety
tho ladies could have visited the
saloons, aud pctitiOned the proprie-
tors to quit their uRholy business
and where allowed, might have en-
gagged in worship. They might
have renewed their calls. and urged
their appeals, and held their meet
ings, aud prayed for the nnholy
rnnlssiler,. and devised ways aud
means TO make legal war nDon his
bloody business but to form into
Hsobs, and take advantage of their
sex, and violently pDsh their way
into = mans house, or surround his
doors and windows, disallowiBg al
iugrsss and egrsss thereFrOm, is
species Of violence that good men
and women muSt aiscOGntenance.
II is a species of mobocraey that
will nc frowned down. It's con-
trasy to The spirit Of christianity.
HeAtheuis@ aud hypocritss prevail
ed IA the dave OF Jesus, bat he lseY-
er Violently assaulted either but Ia |
tha one nuisance, aud that was in the
temple, hiS own house.
Sach Extravaganza always reacts, |
and the iaSI state Is worse than the !
ilrst. May saloons have been clos
ed up, and many toperH have run
dry but just ~ sapn as the excite
mcst dies out the saloons viii atari |
up with = freShaess, and the topers
will 20 back to their cups witha
Willingness that will astonish the
new excited crew. And then the
Temperance element win be dsmor-
allied and outlGwed, and aAny of
the preseAt adhcreAts will sink
Away 20 mourn over the wicked
neha of this world. We now pre-