Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-27
BoYCOTTTNG.
It> Hisio-5 Among Nations aHd Iudi-
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It> Hi-Icrs Among Nations aHd Iudi-
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 IHou. B. N. W.drey, in Los Angeles He-alI.l
 Boycottirg may generally be defined to be the using of a force by one to compel another to scquiesce n a demand by the former upon the latter. IL Is simply a force, one Of the forces existing in nature. Like all other forces ccnsid- cred iu the abstract, 1t has in it no nor
 al element. IL Is neither good TOT bad m itself. It may be put to either a good or bad use. When the Creator of the heavens and the earth finished his work he pronounced it good, very good, alec. hol, food, poison, boycosting and all. That Is. each was good for the purpose for winch i. was created. The purpose for which 1t Is used determines The nor 1 al status involved. BOycotting has been in use from earliest years. The Chi | nese nation leads all others. To boy colt other nations 1t built stone wal. around its population to shut ofT com
 mercial relations with their fellow men l l. closed closed its ports Co the com
 merce of the world and boycotted every ] nation on earth Tor thousands of years, 1 It claimed and exercised tb:s right fol the protection of its interests, Es ua- tional right.
 England passed laws prohibiting the
 importation or certain articles, thus boy cotting the pro iucts of other nations The United States has also, iu many ID.
 stances. boycotted the products of otheI countries by Congressional lave. Ir ! fact tariff laws cf every nation ID all Ina 1..Eana~ | ting, the tGIlled articles.
 ! These are national rights, recognized | by international law aud the jurispTU | deDce or tEe nations.
 Whisky and tobacco are to-day boy | cOtted by the government of the CDiteC | States by heavy tax anu by license. The lsrRclItes were commanded tI boycott the wicked nations that sur
 rounded them, for purposes benefcih to the Israelitcs.
 The early Christians were boycOtteC | by the pagan nations. The Protestant
 were repeatedly boycOttcd by the Cath
 olic Church, and in turn the Protestan:t | boycotted each new sect that arose, fo
 Q time at least.
 The churches boycott heterodox mem | berE, and call IL communication, ma fl a church member does not conform {, l the eclesiaStical demands he is boycotteC | and side tracked and business and sOcia | influences are withdrawn from him. II l other words he is given a cold shoulder | until he submits.
 In the same line society and the mem l bers Of sOclety frequently boycott som, | individual because he has incurred th, | iispleasure cf the boyc0tters. They GU
 ais GcquaIutauce
 l Individuals in business, GecmIng IL tC
 their interest c. uO so, stop business re 1 lH,ious with one person and transfer | tb5Ir patronage tO some one elFe.
 Stop my paper, is the cry and th, ! act Cf bnycOttluG.
 The Chinese butchers in San Fran | ciEco controlled the pork market to suci | au extent that lf @ retail butcher boUgh | oorl, Of any other than the Chinese b, was by them bUyCotJcd and fined ana ! c1lld get no polk until be paid his fine 50 also ]. pork raiser dared to sell hI. l lcgs except ,O tle Chinese he was finet
 and b0ycotsed Uull he paid his fine | They did DO more than follow the usua
 methods oi business. Railroad cOmpGn | les and other companies, as well as indi
 v.iuals, Doycott communities and indi | vIlusls and products. They cali 1t "iis elimination LEbort5s and labor league | boycott their own disobelIeus members ts well Gs members of society who q, not surrender Co tEelr demands.
 In fact, boyc0tting. under one nam,
 or another, has been in use from pre-
 historic times down to the present. Il
 IS the substitute oi an advancing civil
 ization for the sword and the cannon o
 var and for the torch of the rioter,