The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-20

preached on several occasions. The out
look for Ocean City is quite favorable, and
The directors are leaving ''no stone IN
turned" to preserve its character as that
of a heightened moral and religions sea
side, where parents can safely bring their
| children for recreation and health. The
writer can say this more freely, because of
no interest to advance further than that of
truth md good morals. TEMPERANCE.
W~ooDsrowN, August 18th, 1856.
MIR. E~DIToR:--The ruthless killing of
Rev. George p. Haddock at Sioux Falls,
Iowa, in his earnest endeavor to enforce
the law of the State against the saloons,
(%notice Of which appeared in your last
week isslle), equals in malignity the foul
murder of Rev, L. p. Lovejcy, at Alton,
| Nov. It'll, 1887. And the paltry sun of
$500 offered by the Governor tor the arrest
and conviction of the parties to the crime,
shows but too clearly the tardiness of
State officials in the enforcement of pro-
hibitory laws. Five thousand dollars
would be we'll spent in order to rid the
world of the culprit and his partners.
Contrast This tragedy, Mr.. Editor, with
the murder of Abraham Lincoln, scarcely
equal i'll iiendishness, and yet it rocked the
nation from centre to circumference. The
whole nation was eushrouded in mourning;
broad black lines striped the columns of
almost every newspaper throughout the
land, and thousands upon thousands Of
dollars were poured out of the treasury for
the arrest of the guilty party. Abraham
Lincoln and George p. Haddock were both
equally earnest in their efforts in executing
the law and, strange to say, outside OF pro-
hibition papers, one can scarcely find Il
passing notice OF the horrible crime, thus
proving conclusivcIy that the newspaper
press of to-day stands in the salne attitude
with reference to prohibition as it did ON
the slavery question prior TO the rebellion,
viz. totally indifferent to its atrocitY. The
churches then were As silent as the grave,
| except to anathematize as intidel aud athe-
list all who had the manly courage to de
nounce the national crime. Doctors of di-
vinity were striving to outvie each other in
hunting up texts of scripture proving slav-
cry a divine institution, and Paul sending
Onesimus back to his master, was cOnsid-
cred a ciincher \ popular newspaper
under the dictatorship of the Presbyterian
Church published in New York some forty
years ago. in one Of its leading articles ex-
| ultingly claimed (perhaps uniuStly) that
the society had done what no other eecle-
s~iastical body would dare to do. viz
held It's general assembly in Charleston,
South Carolina, a s~lave-holding state, and
the veXed question of slavery was not in
truded upon their deliberations to modest
the christian fellowship and gospel har-
mony Of the meeting. Wendell Phillips,
In noticing the article, quietly remarked
that il was evidence, so far as it went, that
the Presbyterian Church was more strong
~ wooded to the crime Of woman whipping
and cradle robbing than any other cccle-
s-iastical body, and ne had no reason 10
doubt that their organ stated the exact
truth.
Some sixty years age Isaac Milford was
disowned from the communion Of the Bap-
list Church at Roadstown. for opening it
to Rachel Wainwright, the immaculate
Quaker preacher. \ meeting had been
appointed at the Old schooihouse directly
opposite the church, and quite a c0ngrega-
ton had collected in front waiting the con-
! clusion of a Sunday school which was in
session. Mr.. Milford, thinking the time an
necessarily prolonged. very kindly invited
| the friends over To the church. Sunday
school boy though | was, | jumped the bars
of my class and went over and heard her
thrilling testimony against the crime of
! slavery, quite a novelty at that day, when
ii was scripturally proved d~iyinely iustitu-
ted. She spoke from the low PLATFORM
modestly declining the pulpit. MI. Mul-
ford. 10 his honor be it spoken. never re
canted. Learned jurists up 10 the rebel
lion decided that slavery was national, and
for the alleged crime of assisting from a
steamboat a colored girl travelling with her
master through the State Of Pennsylvania,
PasmOro Williamson was for months in
caTcerated ia a dungeon. ii was only a
few anti-slayery papers, backed up by a
few scores of heroic men and women,
namely, Garrison, Phillips, Lucretia Mott,
". II. Furness. the Burlcighs and their
noble compatriots, that gave expression to
our national crime. Fanieui Hall still
invertebrates In clarion tones the We c. Of
Wendell Phillips, confronting Hon. James
+. Austin, Attorney General OF The Com
wealth, in a speech of the utmost bitter
ness, in which he declared that Loveioy
died AS the fool dieth.
Mr.. Editor, history will record that Rev.
George p. IIaddock was cowardly and
b~rutally murdered while honestly endeavor-
ing TO enforce the law of his state for the
protection and sacredness Of home. "a
martyr at the hands of rum ~rufians. His
name is enshrined in the hearts Of his coun-
tryinen, and, with the glorious trio, Love
joy. Brown and Lincoln, will live through
ont the cycles of time.
/ would here ask, Mr.. Editor, what is to
be the harvest Of this foul seed sowing,
Coming events cast their shadows before. -
Ii is net prophecy. but events f~eaEIilliy
Swallowed that in some of our northern
states warby the whisky rings is more than
probable, if not already commenced, and
we may yet be compelled 10 call upon oar
southern states - come NJ and help free
our land from this monster evil, and pay a
debt they have owed Us for thirty years
in helping to freedom four millions of
their people. What may we not expect
when from men occupying high positions
not only in both the Republican aud Dem
ocrstic parties. bnt church members versus
church adyersarics. pEolessed christians,
who unblnshingly declare "that there is no
use in passing praiibitory laws against
ram sel!img-they cannot be enforced, ~
the people won't stand il. etc. etc.
which IS equivalent 10 saying they ought
not Ia stand il. An such men. Mr.. Editor,
should be arrested and bo8ad over 70 keep
the peace. Tie religious portion of them
are especially exercised in demanding aud
enforcing Froiibit0r lass against Sabbath
breaking and other high crimes, buf when
the mated word prohibition i. nsed for the
extirpatipn u rum, the fruitful cause Of all
other crimes together ~ith their attendant
vices and horrors, they say o No. tile
lax could not be eHforced-thc people are
not educated up IA IL yet. 1t is them
/ selves that are not educated up TO il. Mr.