Decorah-posten., 1882-06-21

In short fellow citizens / refuse to be
lulled into security or in any way thrown
off my guard by the syren tongues of pro-
| hibition leaders. jefferson says eternal
| vigilance is the price of liberty" We
know that the liberties which we possess
including even the right to o { upon
this amendment were won byour fathers
through the sacrihce of blood and treas
ure, and were by them transmitted to
their posterity in that great deeds duly
executed and recorded, which we term
the constitution of the United States
Let us IN like manner transmit them In.
impaired to our children. Let no persua-
| sions induce us to surrender one consti-
tutional guaranty, nor n principle OF
liberty.
But if you are still disposed to believe
that the prohibition leaders ale friends
of personal liberty, | will give you
quotation from one of their campaign
documents, which will settle the ques'
ton forever. / copy froS the North
western Ne,os' supplement. Speech OF
John Z. St. John, governor of Kansas
delivered at Des Moines, Iowa, January,
q, 1882. Reading from an official
copy of The prohibitory law of the
Cherokee nation, the governor says
"Here is what they do with a man after
he has been once convicted and ther
persists in trampling the law under foot
1t shows hat the Cherokee's nave faitl
In the people"
"Every person after having been once
convicted who shall persist in keeping 3
disorderly house for the purpose o.
gambling or rendering ardent spirits
shall be deemed to nave forfeited hi:
right of residence in this territory and
the people in the vicinity where sucl
person may be, may band themselves to.
gether and effectually destroy such place
of vice, and make such disposition o
such lncorrigible person as they ma
deem best to rid the nation of the evil
Applausel.
"Do you regret (said the governor, tina
missionaries were sent to the Indians o.
the west? Would it not be proper if thes,
Indians remembering this kindness
should END missionaries east to teaci
lessons upon this great question and tel
us how this country could be ridden o.
this evilg"
Fellow citizens how do you like thi
wholesale authorization of lynch law
From the applause, and the commenda
ton of Gov. st. John, why may we no.
expect the Inauguration of this system
in Iowa. The present amendment pro.
poses a violation of the rights of proper
ty and of personal liberty, the destruc-
ton of life is only one step further.
But it will be objected. That tn,
humane and patriotic character of tll
great mass of our people forbids the sup
position that such measures could bt
carried out.
l. IiCCl( AUNT lulS tidiin anu Sldbt "a
my belief that a great majority of tn,
prohibitionists are lovers Of their coun
try and its liberties. Many of them sin.
cere Christians and true friends of tenn.
perance. But their leadership is fanati
cal and p~roscripti.e, and it is to theil
character, and not to that mass which
they control that We are to look for the
probabilities in this case. The student
of American history very well knows
that the vilest prosecutions which have
stained It's pages, including the p~uritan'
cruelty to witches and quakers anli.mas
onary, Know Nothingism. etc, have beer
the work OF just such bodies Of good
and well meaning people who were
blinded and misled by unprincipleG
fanatics. JoN ARR.