The Worthington advance., 1880-09-09
ANOTHER OUTRAGE ON PERSONAL
LIHERTY.

charge Of publishing anil sending
through the y. S.<mails 4 stOryentitled
Libra Dawn, or 'Dawmsof l.iberty."a
sequel to "Cu pid's Yokts." 10y Mrs.
Maria l.. Follett. Information was
furnished by Il Methodist bigot known
as Il preacher to COmstock'S Western a.
Gency ut Cincinnati. A spy nan,ed Nc
Affee, of st. Louis WAS dispatched to
LeClaire, where lie secured copies Of
the Pilot; information WAS filed with y.
5. Attorney Lane of Davenport, and
the ar e It was made by Deputy u. :.
Marshal Dixon. The Whole anilnrs of
this outrage comes directly through
pure malice on the part of so-calletl
Christians of LtC|a!re, with the view
of breaking upa Liberal FreethoHght
paper located in I.eClaire. In the alb
sence of bail in the sum Of $500, am
held to answer before the US Court
that will convene ut Keokuk in Decem-
Der next.
| send you this information in all
vance of the Pilot, which will reach you
next week.
The enemies Of mental freedom III I4e-
Claire are now busy taking advantage
Of my arrest to secure the foreclosure Of
Il mortgage on the Pilot printing Office
az the sum of $500, and unlIss relief is
obtained the material will pass out Of
my control next week, which may cause
the suspension Of the Pilot, tcmpurari-
1y 1T least.
This infamous outrage Oh personal
liberty leaves me entirely without means
ofsupport for my famiIy(wife md daugh.
ter, who have already been compelled
<<>< mt ,,1
sisteEce. The stroke has been more
than can bear, and almost complete
physical proStration has been The result.
have been advised to appeal to the
Lib rails of the country for relief, bnt
would almost prefer to 20 direct top pris-
on and sntfer the full penalty "t the law
rather than resort to such source for
aid, knowing that Liberals have already
their hands full with cases similar 10
mine. l have counsel employed to de-
fentl me before the court, the cost of
which will he about $3.50, and | will on
ly ask the Liberal men and women OF
America to aid me in defrayiny That
one item Of expense. OF course tie re-
suit of the trial is yet rn be determined
some months hence, but as have em-
ployed eminent counsel, with no means
to pay, | feel that it would not be ask
ing too much if the friends of Free
thought would remit such amounts ;S
conscience or inclination might dictate
to the editor of the I.eClairt Pilot, I.e-
Claire, Iowa. I'LL of which will he duly
acknowledged, aud copies "f the paper
sent to each during the term OF this un-
just prosecution or imln isonment.
Liberal papers throughout the conn
try feeling disposed to aid us in this un-
fortunate affair. will confer Il favor ly
making Il copy of the above and send
ing the bill to the editor OF the Pilot.
which will be paid ut the earliest possi-
ble moment.
II. 7. BARTER.
All communications should he adj
dressed to II. L. Barter, editor L"Claire
Pilot, LeClaire, Scott county. Iowa.
Here is another victiN of the infam-
GUS Comstock law, under whicl. any ed
itor or publisher can he arrested. taken
from his Il"me TO il remote point, ludg~
ed III jail until his trial and then incar-
cerated in the p'nitent iary for merely
publishing story or i'll article to which,
his enemies may object.
Under this law john Il. LIANT, pub
Usher of the Toledo Sun. w;,s arrested
for publishing Geo. Francis Trains let
ter on the l;eec!lcr Scandal, Il letter no
more obscene than the details OF The tri-
al which were published in !! tie lead
ing daily newspapers of the country.
Liant was sent to the. ..penitentiAry for
two years, his business was ruined and
his family were left to suffer.
Under this law y. NJ Bennett, editor
of the New York Truth Seeker, WAS ar
rested, tried for sen'ling Il copy Of ''Cu-
pid's Yokes' through the mails, and
sent to the Albany peuitentiary for thir.
teen months. Every member Of th.,
government, and every prominent law
yer who looked into the case, decided
that the book was MT obscene, except
ing the Comstock gang. Two hundred
Thousand people petit;one,l President
Hayes to pardon Bennett and every
member Of III, cabinet advised it. Hayes
ordered the pardon made out. but Mrs.
Hayes, influenced 10y her preacher AID
her church, put l'er foot down on the
pardon and Hayes, like dutifnl hen
pecked husband, refused tosiyn the par
don.
E. II. Haywood was also imprisoned
and numbers Of others have been arrest
ed anu put to great expense to escape
the clutches OF the infamous CulnstOck
and his gang.
It is sncll legislation as this which is
disgusting thousands of voters with the
Republican party. The principle of the
inviolability of the mails wax consider
ed established until this law WAS passed
whereby a spy or informer can have any
editor arrested, dragged from his home,
and held until his business is ruined. 1t
was passed Ivy il Republican Congress,
and is executed by Republican officials.
1t was Il acowarelly Republican President
who failed to do his duty in Wlrdoning
one of the victims when he knew great
injustice had been done. This is one Of
the stei'S toward centrallZation and i'm
perialism in the Republican party of
which 50 many complain. Even SO
strong a ro-slavery man as Joh G..
Calhoun refused to join the fire-eatprs
i'll demanding that 'mcendiary matter,
or abolition documents. should be ex-
cluJe1 from the mailx, because lie held,
us did all the earlier statesman of our
history, that the mails were lnviol:tble.
1t was reserved for the Republican rar-
ty to violate this fundamental principle,
and its tendency is constantly in the Iii.
rection Of Il violation OF the constitu-
ton and OF making the General Govern.
ment instead of the State governments
the vehicle for pun;sEing crime.
We do not know that the Democrat
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