Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-08-07

HOME RULE.
Shall America Americanize our Forelgl
Element or be Foreignized by It.

Shall America Americanze our Foreign
Element or be Forelgnized by It.
We are not stating crusade against
classes. We do not propose to repeat
the mistakes made by others. But we
do sound the alarm against certain for
eign institutions that are being fastened
upon the nation more firmly every year,
The saloon is one OF them. No Sunday
is another. Laxity in marriage rela-
tons is a third. The home Of prostitu-
ton is fourth. Socialism with its
twin children, anarchy and riot, is
fifth. Among these and others that
might be mentioned, II they are tolerat-
ed much longer our ship of State is
sure to make shipwreck. The Germans
OF Cincinnati met few days ago to
protest in behalf OF open saloons and
beer gardens on the Sabbath. They
have them now open by sanction of the
law, thanks to the Dow law passed by
the Sixth Republican Legislature, and
to the council OF that city. At the other
end Of the State, at Cleveland, the Ger
mans met in open meeting their inten-
tion to defy the law and open the sa-
looms. Now Sunday sales are the rule
and not the deception. In Brooklyn,
not long since, Henry Scharrmanx ex-
president OF the National Brewers AS
ISOLATION, declared to the Excise League
that he would advise the saloon keep
ers OF that city to continue selling on
Sunday. A letter from South Bend,
Ind, says:
"a week ago the Germans had a
funniest here. The Republican may
or marched in the procession Saturday
The next day, Sunday, the prominent
Republicans had charge Of the process
ion, riding in style on horses. The
bands were playing, all the saloons were
wide open and they had big time"
In the Northwest where nearly or
quite half Of the population is German
Swedish, there is hardly town where
saloons arc not as open on Sunday as
any other day OF the week.
1t is pretty near time to sound an
alarm. The Sabbath has been an Amer
lean institution ever since there has
been an, America. The saloon is not
American, it is an importation, and be-
foreit politicians kneel and statesmen
trecher. There are ten times as many
foreign saloon keepers In proportion
to the foreign born population as OF
American born saloon keepers. And
even the American born saloon keepers
are of foreign born parents. We have
no fight to institute with the foreign
born classes, but tor their own sake, for
Americas sake, for the sake OF preserv-
ing an asylum Of freedom for the OPP
pressed Of the future, we propose to fight
to the death that foreign institution, the
saloon, and that other institution close
ly linked to the saloon, Sabbathless
Sunday. We war not with classes, but
with customs.
Break down the saloons and you
break the back bone Of all OF these vi
cious imported institutions. The sa.
loon and the house OF prostitution are
the closest of allies. The saloon is The
arch enemy of home, which is founded
upon the sanctity of marriage. The
: saloon is the prime mover. in the desc
Grafton OF Sabbaths. The saloon is the
resting place of socialism. The saloor
gives to certain foreign classes the con
troll of our municipal and State govern
ment and makes it possible for them tc
defy the laws and course legislators
To secure Home Rule for America the
saloon must 60.