The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-02-03

ing us Ne DO that: without exception,
ministers belonging to: amy particular
church or Sect are under bonds" ITO
advocate the doctrines of that particu-
| lar church. The sunseemlys 1ollness of
the churches in laying their hands up
on every educational and other useful
institution under the plea of bringing
such Institutions under "reliyiuus ill.,
| fluenct" is Il crying evil OF this .sge, rs
F.; it has been in the past, aHd AL atfront
to tnyriads Of the truest frielitls OF flee
government and Of the human race.
We are pleased, therefore. to See 9TH
papers speaking cat to TVS, same effect
in connection with the St. Cloud wran-
gle. The st. Paul Globe says:
The only safety from the domination
OF the G. urch in educational affairs is
to exclude all cIeruymen from our insti
! tutions of learning, or to punish by ill.,
! slant dismissal the first attempt to fos-
ter any particular creed among his pm
pills. E-li .ious tyranny is the worst
species known in the history of the
world, and it can ONLY be avoided il,
this country by Keeping onr schools
free from all faint of >ectariauiSm.
Aud the saltwater Messenger says to
the same purport:
+ The conviction is rapidly gaining
ground that there should ht Il complete
separation of state ami school, It's we'll
us If church and state. We believe
that as Il rule from which there should
be few. il any variations. no Clergyman
; should be employed AS superintendent,
professor nr teacher " amy school sup.
ported hv appropriations from the pub.
! lie treasury.
We hope the So''d fight will go on I'M
+ till all our public schools are absolute
ly free from church and clerical 1omi-
nation. The clergy aud s-ct;,ris;s have
i field enough IN their Sertarian schools
! for teaching their several theological
errors without forcing them upon our
p:!blic schools.
THE LIQl'OH CASES-LE:7yEH FROM
ATTORNEY ROURER.
i EDITOR ADVANCE: Hrntl,er Oyle in
LAST week Journal says: "'rhp founders
Of the colony propose. Il to build up here
! ii. t. Wnrthingt"n) IL temperance com
Euuiy, and when PIof. Numiston. NJ.
B. S'ule AMI others framed our village
! cilaitel it was with the lauuable p,,r-
pose Of making this village for. yer Il
temp 'ranct riiI'uje.' [ propose to add.
! What the editor forgot the facts that
| prove this: They bound the Rail Road
I Company by Il contract, to Insert in
/ every deed for II village lot, that the lot
was forfeited il the owner permitted
the sale Of liquors us {, beverage on the
same. The Supreme Court Of the Unit
ed States. in the Colorado Spring case,
sustained the validity Of such 4 provis-
ion. They required every coloniSt to
! sign IA agreement IN his certificate, to
oppose the sale Of liquors in tits com
munity. They drafted the charter Of
the village, and with the full knowl-
edge that as the State law stood, the
Board Ut County Commissioners had
; the power to grant unlimited licenses
to sell liquor Oh every street corner of
| the village, and that this Board was G.
! iecteu 10y districts, and that the people
i Of the village bad E"t even the poor
! privilege ot Casting Il vote for or a.
! gallSt the two men Wl" c.>,nln,st IA MA
! jrrity of that Board. These men, WHO
| We're open ANA av,'Wed prol,iblilonis1S,
inserted il that charter u clause: no
License Shall b: yranttd' to amy one
| within the limits OF the village to sell
! liquors. They Went further no person
shall SELF ANY OF the aforesaid liz.
uors.' They provided punishment
far So doing. not II punishment Tor sell
ing "with"nt first obtaining Il licens ;"
| but for selling any liquor" just rs
there is punishment for passing cOun-
/ ter'eit money, not for failing first to
/ obtain Il iic+nse from the County Com
nssn,ers' to pa. it. They conferred
",i the Council the power tO tear down
ANY house in viii Ii liquor WAS sold.
They provided that suits for the infrac-
ton OF the law should br commenced
brfnrr the Village Justice. and 10
change Of venue to !. country Justice
that we had no voice IL clvCting, should
he allowed.
For what do You imagine all this was
done. 1t WAS done to place on record
SO plainly that a blin: man could not
fail to SCI it, the fact that the people
of WWthiugton village were utterly
stripped Of any control over the qurs-
ton of the sale 1T liquor i'll their midst.
That the sole and exclusive control WAS
| ctntertd in 4 Board IF Commissioners
| whom the people of the viilag. had no
! Voice il electing. The temperance l,p.,-
! pie OF WurthinytOn have been engaged
| for the past two weeks in enforcing
| this view OF the aW. Jury after jury
have decided as Sul-,nnly AMI ~ wisely
rs owls. that the Board If Commits
si"ntrs have the power and exclusive
pnWer IT, license any man to sell in the
village. Mem have been arrested and
! punished, who are charged with no Of
trnsr. except their failure to % to this
| Board Mtd ojtui" II license. 1t is the
only "tfe: st with which they are cl,arg-
I'd. A license from the Board is i per-
feet answer t" the "l,;,rgr.
! The prisoners and their counsel take
the high moral gro,.nd, that no lirence
means no license, that the. sale of IiQ-
nor cannot be )egalizpt' in the vill,g ~
hy any one, much less by III ali-,,
board. That 1t IS IN nffens. to sell in
EOrthinyt"n. aud no license from any
one can make it legal. We of course
claim that the prisoners mus, 90 free,
for they are not charged even on the
face If the papers Will, Ill Otfense. Had
| they Neh arrested for not having \ H.
cr''se from tie Governor Of Missouri.
The farce woald not he more complete.
l submit il all seriousness that the real
temperance ,,tople IF Wortl,imgt"n,
owe an alml"gy, u vote IF thanks and y
Testimonial. t" the prisoners and their
counsel, whn have taken up the battle
for prohibition in Warrington. H.
gainst Il few so-callrd temperance peO-
pls. who proving recreant t. their trust
and the traditions Of the village. have
gone over to the enemy. and are at
tempting under cover Of law. to place
in the hands Ut the commissioners Tire
legal power to legalize the liqnor traffic,
beside the home 1T every vi!lager. We
will fight this doctrine to the last.
l have \ wo' d to- say rs to the man.
ner these prosecutions have been con.
Quoted. can only conclude that eth
er iEnorance or malice ruled. Thpsa
men have again and again rendered