The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-18
TEMPERANCE DISCUSSION.
Hiram Young Responds 20 "a Ger
man Citizen"

Luah SIuzehs
Correspondence of the Register.
WHEELING, March l6.
"a German Citizen" refuses to be
comforted. He says completely lodged
the charges made against me, and with
almost the same dash of the pen says,
.let this discussion end" can assure
"a German Citizen" as we'll as the pub.
lie, that not hing but desire to place
myself fairly and squsrely on the record
could induce me to prolong a discussion
with one who refuses to give his name TO
the public. He must know this discussion
did not originate with me, was not of my
seeking, but sprung from the groesest
Misrepresentation, evidently Tor the
purpose of placing me IN false attitude
before the people, and particularly my
German fellow citizens, among whom L
am glad to number some OF my warm
est personal friends, and to whom, If
nave not been sufficiently grateful for
substantial favors in the past, l now re-
turn thanks He must also know l am
not to be driven from ny position OF duty
by the cry of fsnsticism. That word
has no terrors for me, and is but
too commonly used by those engaged In
defense OF wrong. Now for complete
refutation of the charges made by some
body, the Lord only knows who. l still
stand by my card of the 18th inst, which
if not sufficiently explicit, will now en-
deavor to make so plain that he who
runs may read and the wsy.fareing man
though q TOOL need not err therein.
What did not say ard what l did say.
l did not say the Germans are response.
Bile for the wide spread intemperance
in this county. l did not say
the Germans are the lowest class Of emf.
grants that come to this country, being
ignoraat, and nine out Of ten OF them
have given way to intemperance. did
not ssy their intellect goes far enoug b TO
tap key of beer and drink glass after
glass until the keg is empty; that they
are fools and do not know any better
and that they have learned this immod-
crate drinking in Germany and continue
in it in this country until they ruin
themselves and their families. Now,
what did say, is this: That
the business of saloon keeping
in our midst is conducted mainly by Ger
mans, msjorlty OF whom, from their
standpoint, do not see as we do the evil
tendencies of the traffic, and therefore
should not be held accountable. Does
this include all the German citlZensT
Certainly not. To do so would be an act
of injustice of which am incapable. II
affords me pleasure to note that large
number OF them denounce the business in
unmeasured terms. Now l will go as far
US "a German Citizen" in defending
these gentlemen IN their lawful rights. l
know but too we'll the business is legalized,
but that it is conducted in quiet and
unoffending manner l deny. "a Ger.
man Citizen" says the Germans have in-
troduced beer drinking into this coun-
try, and any one who is real friend OF
honest AID genuine temperance should
thank them for helping to do away with
the use of the vile whisky, which wa.
once the only liquor drank by the ma
tive Americans. This all looks well
enough on paper, but what are the facts
There is not, il am correctly informed
saloon in the city at which the vile
whisky cannot be obtained just as read
lily as beer. This is the sum and sub
stance of my offending. Let the people
Judge. / will abide the verdict.
HIRAM YoUNG.