, 1880-06-20
1.-THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
No Afarm-Bclfs. but a Rope for Burg-
lars.

INV fAaSA"0cA4es UuA 1aope l0f burg
| lars.
To the Editor ot The CAtcnao I44buns
CHICAGO. June 10.-1 notice iu TIE TRIBUNE
few lines from C. O. Lundbcrg proposing tha
alarm-bclls be erected OH dwellings, in order I,
secure safety from burglars.
II The insecurity Of life from thnt class Of be
ings referred to, and the encouragement the,
have TO pursue their dreadful vocation, induce
me to make few suggestions through the col
umns Of your paper.
What, pray, but murdcrers are those dfabolica
creatures who are prowling about here and there
in all large towns, seeking TOR booty at any
prico?
Many have already stepped their hands In the
blood OF their fellow-men, aud are still free tc
commit any crime If only their passion for greed
| can be satisfied.
+, Al burglars now go armod, and they are will
ing to accomplish their ends even at the sacriace
Of the lives Of their victims.
Scarcely e. "a week zee passes by without our seeing
committed by them. Wthin % short ] time Two two
gentlemen ut Lake View havebut Just escaped
the bullets uf those rasc.1ly. villains
nave murder In the heart are as guilty as II that
decd had been accomplished?
Now, sir, say lot US not daily with alarm bells
or anything Of tho kind, but lettho man who has
murder In his heart bo treated us Il murderer
/ Let us not destroy him rs be would his victim
and send his soul in q moment to the presence Of
the Great Judge. but, the eonrrury, give him
Few days or few weeks fu quiet reelection
and repentance, and then hung him. II n few Of
ne guiit' wrGtches have the punishment they
Portable.
If there are any among your readers who up
prove Of q law to hang burglars, please let US
hear from them. i. i. Z.
The objectionable Sin Of the De1no-
Gratis.
To ths Editor Of The Chilaqo TTtb1n&
CHICAGO, June 19.--lt is rcw about fifty years
ssnce the Democratic party of the South, follow
ing tho lead Of John G. Calhoun, committed the
political unpardonablc SIN in tho enuncation Of
the hercsy Of state-r1ghts- In 1861 that hercsy
bore fruit IN the attempt to disrupt the Nation
by secession; the Civil War which followed, it
was hoped By the friends OF the Union, would
settle the question Of supremacy forever But
no sooner had the work Of reconstruction
begun when it was discovered that the malign
hercsy of Secession and State-rights had only
shifted ground a little in order to sugar-coat It
for the Union loving Democrats Of the North,
andtt now skulks III all its former virulcucc, hut
IS known best Mt present as "Oppositon to Gem
tra]izatiou,'
1t is, however, when divested of Its Demo-
cratic wrapptngs, tho same old hercsy ennncl-
1tcd Dy Cnlhoun,-the ctuse Of Secession and the
WAr,-lnI is to-day tho very marrow Of tho |
unity OF the Solid South.
political sin, for it is without pa al
linuon or excuse, in thar It strikes at the life Of
tho Nation. The contemptihlo pretense Of tho |
citizen owing superior allegiance to his Stute
was never made BY my man honored and re- |
vered in National history. Tho chief concern ]
Ut Washington was the per1nanence Of tho Gov
ernment. Jefferson was first OF ail q UnIoulst. /
Jackson whipped in the NulAhcrs Of south Cur
olina. Clny nld Webster knew no country ex-
,ept where the flag Of tho Union waved in ur-
disputed supremacy. The immortal Lincoln de-
,troyed Slavery that he might save the Union.
iariicld has been found worthy successor OF
he long line of statesmen whose supreme al- |
egiance has been to tho United States of
America. Not only So but tho most humble
:stizen, native Or foreign boru must feel emo
ions OF gratitude rise to their full tide
vhen he contcnplatcs his country in nu her
greatness and unity, with the dear flag, the !
ymbOl OF her authority, waving over every
'tatc and rood Of her dominion.
Away, then, with that car1caturc of patriotism |
Fhich Is hampered by the boundary OF State;
has bceu tried In the balance and found want |
ag. On the ro'l field Of war its partisan banner
us boen W-enchod away, and ut tho polls 1t hus |
act and must continue to mcet, signal defeat.
We have Just entered upon another campaign !
. test tho strength OF parties, and to decide
'hethor patriots Or partssaus are the most wor~
by is administer the Government Look out, |
hen. about these days for the sano old TING
'orn heresy Of State-rigbts In Democratic plat
orms, both State and National. Doubtless it
i'll be rcvanped and rcstated, but stripped OF
Il subterfuges, it will prove the same uppar-
enable sin whith was not forgiven III 1851 |
either Gun be in 1850. G. B. CARTER