The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
From the Banner OF Light, June 16
> THE 81 FISSELL Law"

actment of the infamous "RnSsell Law"
by the Ohio legislature is OH the in
crease. The resolutions passed by the
Spiritualists at Brady Lake, Portage
Co.. that State, have an unniiStakable
ring about them, and the remarks of
v. g. Taylor, a lifelong Republican
(second page), indicate the nature of
the means best fitted to work cure for
rampant church bigotry wherever it
shows its head in the field of politics.
We are gratified to see that the Ohio
Democrat, published at New Philadel-
phia. land having, it is stated, a larger
circulation than any paper in Tusca-
rawas county, has in a recent issue
adopted-by copying first under its own
| editorial head-the brave utterances of
| in the conductor of that paper protested
against this bill as "an alarming legis-
lattice inrasion Of the rights of citizens as
| quaranteed by the Constitution Of the
| Umtd Statcs''-which we have already
| transferred to our columns.
| The thanks OF Spiritualists through
out Ohio are due to these outspoken
editors and others who have, to greater
or less extent, followed III this train "
action. We also note that the Wolth-
ington (Minn. ADVANCE has Il strong
>editorial word to say in this matter-of
the uncompromising nature of which
the following extracts will give some
idea:
| "ANOTlIEH INFAMOUS AW.'-The
| ADVANCE probably occupies too much
space in protesting against the inroads
which bigotry and fanaticism are max
ing upon the religious liberty gnaran-
teed by the Constitution. But Nth ull
the space ICE gice to 1t ,ce find 1t difficult
to keep up acith the numerous mortn.ents
and enuctnents Of the church b,y0ts to
| deprire others of the same rights achich
they enjoy themselves.
! The last Ohio Legislature passed a
law compelling mediums: to pay IL
cense of $500 before they could exercise
their vocation. AS mediums are the
ministers Of the Spiritualisls, this has
called forth great deal OF indignant
protest. We are glad to see the Belle
font;.ine (Ohio) Examiner speak out in
| language very similar to that which the
! ADVANCE has used for years against
iniquities of this knd.'
[lIere follows the Examiners article
in fun. after which the ADVANCE edi-
| tor makes the suhjoined conclusive
summing up of his views:]
"This is good advice. We most de-
voutly hope that not only the 10000
Republican Spiritualists Of the Reserve,
| jut the tens of thousands III Southern
OHIO and other parts of the State will
| unite and at the next election bury the
Republican party of Ohio so deep that
| 1t will have to crawl on its knees before
! it regains power in Ohio. AS we have
often said. nine 1rnt.,s OF this kind Of
| infamous legislation comes fIom the
! prtacltr- ridden. churcil-riduen Repub-
! lcan part And we repeat what we
! have so often declared, HAT on this
rock the tncp- grand old party is going
to pieces. Let it be sp'intered to .frou-
| nentS IN erery State 'rhere 1t thus yields
20 biyots ond .f'nrtirs.'
The resolutions above mentioned say
that ''bigotry as it is encountered III
! social life, should he borne with patient
! ~, but w!eil it is attempted TO give it
| the form and force Of law, the alarm
should be sounded and the wrong de-
nounced.'
This is exactly the position Of the
| ADVANCE as we have declared it scores
| of tim IS. let bigots enjoy their re-
| ligion to their hearts content, but
wien they ask and enact laws depriving &
others Of the same rights, every news.
paper at least should dtnounce them
! This is I'LL we have ever done. This is
! why we fight the dcvllisl, Comstock
yany, the Russell law, and all kindred
organizations, movements. and enact
ments.
Mr.. Taylor, Of Dcs Moines, Iowa,
! (mentioled ;,bave,) is Il lifelong Re
publican. lie concludes his letter us
follows:
Never since the FIRST rap" was heard
! ut IlydeSvillp, announcing the advent
| Of Spiritualis,n, has there been that
| concurrence Of circumstances by which
| Spiritualists have had the chance to
| prove their numbers or vindicate their
faith. The opportunity has at last
come; and Ohio Spiritua)ists are to he
| the favored ones to do battle at the
polls for the honor of our cause, or else
| prove that to become Il Spiritual ist is
to become Il nonentlty IN all that per
tains to civil rights or personal liberty.
The Spiritualists throughout the
Whole country ought to unite and send
their best speakers to Ohio to engage
in the campaign and do battle against
the Republicans.
| Beat them on this issue and let the
fact be published everywhere, and per
haps the party will take warning in
other States. If not, let the party perish
| with every other organization which
has belied its name and mission and
which has been traitor to liberty.
| Goodwin Smith in the nineteenth GEN.
tury regards population as the
real cause of Ireland's woes. With
10000, 900 acres of the best land in Ire
land held for pasturage by English
landlords, it cannot be that Over-popu-
lation is the real cause. The people of
Ireland know better. They call the
evil ''land monopoly, ,"and if they dent
know what alls them it is hardly safe
to accept the diagnosis of an English
writer.-Cedar Rapids Republican.
O, yes, and it is not ut all original
with Goldwin Smith. It is simply /.
college professors rehash of what he
has been teaching 10 students out of
the textbooks. We got it over and
over twenty five years ago in our study
OF political economy ut the University
of Virginia. Adam Smith and Dean
Swift taught it half century before
that, and the humorous Dean sugges-
ted as 4 remedy that the Irish eat Their
little ones and thus get rid of the sur
plus. Malthus suggested the ''pruden-
tial check" and he might as we'll have
suggested it to the birds.
No, meyer urtil Ireland rises and
either by force or some other means
wrests these pleasure lands from the
English aristocrats who hold them
will there be relief in ireland. The
population is too dense with these lands