Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19

II saulf, then man steps in to punish; but
the bate. which Is the tap-root ol
crime, man cannot punish. 1t Is not
until the vice ia embodied in an action
with criminal purpose. that man can
| interpose-
| We have as clear o right to suppress
against personal assault. A bone
boiling establishment, when too near
human hahitations, is q nuisance, aud
may be suppressed. A rum-shop,
| when legal nuisance, may be sup
pressed, but not when it is only NOR
al or religious nuisance; law should take
no cognizance of such nuisances.
A legal nuisance consists of q disa-
greeable smell or poisonous gas, noise,
an obscene sight. or some other annoy
ance addressed to our physical sense,
or something which Is injurious to our
health. For example, loud noise
which distnrbs the neighborhood is y
nuisance.
especially at unreasonable hours, it is 3
nuisance. If the persons within show
themselves at the windows, nude, it is
nuisance. If anything else occurs
there which, as the dictionary phrases
it, is tan annoyance to the community
in general, y it is q nuisance, and that
rum-shop may be suppressed under the
nuisance act. But the tact that peo-
pie, who are legally sane, compromise
their health, usefulness, and character.
i'm q grog shop, does not make the
place legal nuisance.
The Salvation Army may preach
the strangest nbsurdities-it is not
legal nuisance; but if they shout in the
streets and gathe- crowd, even while
preaching the most sacred truths, IL is
q nuisance.
Col. Ingersoll may preach the mast
blatant infidelity, and lead a million
young men away from the churches
into loose and infidel ways; it is not q
legal nuisance. III you were to bring
an action against him under the nui-
sanee act, you would be laughed out of
court. But if Col. Ingersoll were to be
converted and become an eminent
clergyman, as thousand of people think
he will, like six distinguished infldel
speakers in England-if after his con-
version, he were to gather q great
crowd in the public street. to hear him
confess his past errors, and plead the
claims OF Christ, such q crowd, If II in
terrupted public traffic, would be u
and could be suppressed un-
der the common law.
If my own beloved Clergyman should
preach so loud rs to disturb the neigh
borhood, itawould be a legal nuisance,
and might be suppressed; but II the
large gEog-shop round the corner sells
ten thousand drinks day, in = quiet
aud unobtrusive manner, to adult per-
sons, legally sane, it Is not a legal nui-
sance. The fact that my minister
breaches the most precious truths. and
that the grog-shnp is doing infinite
harm, hAs no bearing whakarer Upon
the question Of legal nuisance. H4d
people, until they commit crime. have
the s6pe right to protection 4
rs good peoples Whenever either Of
them commitAa crime, or becomes 4 4
legal nuisance. he may be punished or
suppressed Good people seem to think
that.had people have not the same
righB in the would as themselves;
md Txcept as subjects for missionary
"a hey are impatient of their pr6s-
snx IA bad man, full Of avarices biz
leI11S b. kfuttony and drink, has ahsO-
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