Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-08
They viii Take up Arms.

my WIN idhe up hIHSs
If Dennis Kearney should advise
taking up arms to carry political
point III this country, people would not
\ be surprised; but when the merchant
/ prince Of Chicago, j. " Farwell, the
{ head of the Young Mems Christian As
\ ISOLATION, calls upon the republican
I party to win the election by ballot ii
/ possible, and if they fail, then to resort
] 10 arms, it means something. In his
I speech before the fourth ward Garfield
1 club, Of Chicago, and in II church, on
Tuesday night lasts Mr.. John v. Farwell
/ said.
They fthe democrats) would col
onize %, 900 to 10000 men in Indiana,
some Of them coming from Kentucky,
4 others from Illinois If they do this,
\ ! do not know amy other way to help
it than 10 fight the devil with lire-to
60 down 10 Indiana and vote for repub-
licun-. Tie republicans should meet
them with their own arms, and beat
! thea, ,iaiS might seem strange doc
trfmc u teach Dut IL WAs tho correct
one under the circumstances, because
| il really WAS the only one By which the
nation could be saved from the threat
cned disaster. MEET THEM AT THE
BALLOT-BOX WITH THEIR OWN
TRICKS, AND, If THIS FAILED,
TAKE UP THE ARMS WHICH
HAD BEEN LAID BY, AND RE
ASSERT THE PRINCIPLES WITH.
OUT WHICH THE GOVERNMENT
OF TIE NATION CAN NOT BE
| HONORABLY OR SUCCESSFULLY
CARRIED ON.
The Chicago Times copied this
and called upon John V. Farwcll for
an explanations. The TmeS said
| If Mr.. Farwell has any proof that the
democrats contemplate the commissions
of such an outrage rs ne charges he
should give the proof to the world rs
the surest means Of prevention; but he
must know, if not Us Il politician, then
MS IL christian ard citizen, that the
remedy he proposes is illegal, unchrls-
| tian, and atrociously demOrallzing. Two
wrongs never yet made Il right. nc
must publish the evidence upon which
he bases his allegation that the oppon-
cnts of his party propose the pcrpetrn-
ton of M abhorent wrong, or he VIII
rest under u o suspicion of seeking un-
der cover Of u false allegation, to perpe-
tratc the very outrage which lie con
dennis, and yet would initiate. Mr..
Farwcll owes it 70 himself, tochristiani-
ty, of which he is conspicuous repre-
sentative, to honest citizenship, to
which, MS yet, he may lay claim, to cX-
plain that speech.
In reply to this editorial Of the Times,
Mr.. John V. Farwell wrote and pub
lished u letter in the Times admitting
the correctness Of tins speech and JUS
tifying it. OF courcc, so far ms Mr..
John V. Farwcll is concerned he would
be the last man in the United States
totakc up arms. He is Il moral, physl-
cal, mental and political coward He
would fly to Canada ut the sound Of the
first gun. But the influence Of such n
man to bring about another intcrneclnc
war in which hundreds of thousands
of poor mon would be slaughtered is
great. Mr.. John V. Earwell is n repre-
sentative christian republican, and his
advice to republicans To meet frauds
upon the ballot box with similar
frauds, and If that failed then
to resort to arms. must be accept
cd us thc'party platform. 1t must be
taken lis the principle upon which the
party purposes to act Here then Is
the doctrine and the openly and pub
licly announced plan Of operations Of
the republican party, announced by
the merchant prince, the president of
the Young Mems Christian AssociA
ton, the leading republican campaign
orator of Chicago. MEET THEM AT
THE BALLOT-BON WITH THEIR
OW n TRICKS Chat is frauds), AND
III THIS FAILED, TAKE UP TIE
ARMS WHICH HAVE BEEN LAID
By, and rcassert the principles, with
out which the government of the ma
ton can not lie honorably or success
fully carried on What do the people
think Of this -Ec.