Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-11

4 grievance removed. he part Of tho commu
nifty In which you live. You are not foreigner
| or aliens You have como here 10 bc pnrt of tn,
American society, willing 20 give your labor fol
| the development of the wealth of the country
and your blood Tor the nnintainnncc ofits laws
catholics are somewhat ~ fault and i,y thcii
mode Of acting have unwittingly helped to civ,
color to the charge that they are foreigners
They arc iImid and shtlnking. aud keep away
too much from general movements. They
should mingle more with their fellow. .ci tizcns
and take MS citizens a more artlvc part In all
local and general movements that tend either
TO the prevention of evil Ot the amclioration of
wants; Foreign nntionalisin and nntionnlitics
should be done away with. They have neither
right nor place in America. iierc we should
Know NO COUNTRY nur AMERICA
our lots and livcs, are cast with America, and
races or languages than America should not
only be discouraged but firmly frowncd down
When the einiyrant comes to the shores OF
America no comes To be a part of America, to
take his place in society os part OF American
society, aud to assume the duties and claim the
rights OF American citizens. In the face OF such
positions there Is. and can be, no place for for
cign nnuonalism aud II should not be claimed
but on the contrary disclaimcd in the face OF
inr1S in9sG who mo would assert II This ~ no manner
lund and friends there on the contrary, the
land OF a mans birth must ever be dear 10 him
Hllu sliVUlu NC hhcrcu 10 MS memory ana 1CCl
ings,, but he should not insist upon people OF
another country accepting and being moulded
by the manners or laws OF his country. II the
stranger comes to the country let him
ADAPT HIMSELF To THE CUSTOMS AND LAWS
of country TO which he comes and let his child
ren and self become part OF the country In
which he lives
LOCAL QUESTIONS.
Therefore you as citizens should take much
more active part in local aftnirs; be more n pnrt
of the society in which you live: minglc more
freely with your follow-citzens; have your say
and do your part more fuily and free in tho
questions that affect You as citizens; encourage
more firmly the observance of all lust and
proper laws, help to prevent abuse, sin, scandal.
SUNDAY CLOSING OF SALOONS
Take pnrt in regulating abuse in the sale and
use of liquor. Join with yonr fellow-citzcns in
this present effort to regulate itssale on Sunday.
strive yourselves to keep, and MS far prudent
ana lawful agitation will permit, urge Others TO
keep the Sunday as 1t should be kept, do not
seek to impose either the old Jewish Sabbath or
the un-Christian Puritan Sabbath upon you,
meni to close saloons on Sunday. DO what YOU
can TO prevent the proposed ordinance now be-
fore the city council by which nn effort is made
to do away with the State law and to open the
saloons from O'Clock in the afternoon to 10
O'Clock ON Sunday evening. ii il is found i'm
possible to close the saloons entirely on Sunday,
then let the time be limited to one or two hours
closing the saloons on Sunday mornings when
nobody goes to them, and opening them in the
afternoons when their usual patrons all 20 to
them. If possible let the saloons be closed on
Sunday and let Sunday be observed us q Chris-
tian Sunday"