Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-07-30

are rife throughout the. community and hav'
become pubic property, Femanating from
this place, with reference TO Mrs. Mareare
Harrison and her unfortunate condition Of
her mind and removal to the Asylum, and
knowing that all just people will render ver.
dict in accordance with the facts in the cas-
when properly and truthfully informed, We
deem it but Just in the interest of truth IN it,
bare nakedness, and in defense of innocence
to give brief narration Of the facts with re-
gard to the charges unscrupulously made
against few parties whose garments are as
white as the driven snow, with reference tc
this matter. Now for the facts. ifi
A few investigating minds for purely scien.
tifc principles and results, for few month.
in the past, have exercised the guaranteed
rights of American citizens in their own pri-
vate dwellings in private way, in the inves-
tigation of existing and immutable laws; in
viting nobody, and admitting none except
through courtesy, TO pressing applications OF
few as eo-investigators, and especially pub
lished by common understanding that these
Investigations we're purely private, and none
could be admitted without previous consent
of the principals. Notwithstanding these
precautions, from a sense of the strictest pro-
priety and the avoidance of annoyance in the
investigation of science or magnetic, electric
or invisible forces, some persons intruded
their presence on several occasions without
previous knowledge or consent of the school
of investigation, among whom was this Mrs.
Harrison now made the foundation of un-
scrupulous and slanderous attacks upon an
innocent body of citizens, whose conduct has
been from first to last in conformity with the
thought.
This unfortunate woman who, through a
combination of circumstances, has been (by
the proper authorities) adjudged insane, it
may be proper in this connection to state
some of the probable causes of the alteration
of mind. Firstly, her widowed condition for
many years without means for current ex-
penses of family consisting of herself and
two dependent children. except her own in
dustry.
,OSOhttiys uOSCusCu huobuhu DSAhS "a
soldier in the late war, she made application
for widows pension and after lingering ef-
fort of many years and paying out her hard
earned money to pension agents with
fond hope of success, and finally failing to
make out her case and being woman of high
spirit, and intense nervous character, disap-
pointment has weighed heavily upon her al
ready overstrained nervous system, with the
breaking down of proud and womanly spirit,
for fear of coming to public charity, the sub
sistance of her family, and lastly but perhaps
not leastly the critical period of female life,
which must be near or already approached no
doubt has its natural bearing upon her pres
ent and unfortunate condition.
1t should have been stated in proper place
that this lady has never been admitted to
this school of investigation but twice in all,
once by consent and once by intrusion by her
own uncomfortable promptings, when it was
discovered that she was already suffering
from nervous strain harbering on, if not al
ready reached insanity, and was then and
there mildly and kindly requested to retire
from the place and advised not to repeat her
visits, Or any place of nervous excitement.
We ask in the name of enlightened humanity,
in the name of unbiased minds, shorn and
divested from ignorant superstition and
bigotry, who but the barbarian could have
done less through courtesy to & respected
1eighbor than to extend the courtesy given?
Who could have done more for the protection
If an unbalanced mind than to courteously
request their withdrawal?
Here are the facts standing before your
readers in their entire nakedness, not even
'hrouded with the gauzy mantle of color, and
We ask them what is their verdict ?
Does the spirit of intolerance of the dark
sges still existin the breasts of the (would-be)
pious people of Liberty Center? Would they
IN their might, if they possessed the power, |
.rample in the dust the rights vouchsafed to
American citizens by seven years and
bloody revolution Do they remember the
golden rule, do unto others as they would
hat others should do unto them. Let them
ponder without further |villifcation and keep
heir own skirts clean and watch their own
loor yards s. CITIZEN.
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