The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15

non ~ any tIiNf Tue WHtFftt{ MY ~r' -
10 end them; instead of being inaliena-
BILE, that they may he taken away At my
time BY the result of an election n the
polls. IN which case this, our Govern
ment, instead of being free. would be
numbered among the most despo:ic. a
majority with unrestricted powers may
tyranny quite as intolerable
as that Of one man the many become -
autocratic as tho one, IL the powers OF
either be unlimited. This Is the 6eath
and burial OF liberty.
THE ABUsE or RIGHTS
All these great rights are suhject "a
gross abuses. The tight 10 bear arms
NAV lead TO murder and assassination. the
right OF free speech 10 sIander and bias
phemy, the right Of free press "a
libel and defamation. the right TO crafty
the tastes and appetites. harmless In Il
self. TO drunkenness and disorder. The
power Of the majority that j., the will
|of the people, which IL the Government
the force OF law. comes In legitimately
TO punish these abuses and the persons
guilty Of them, not TO prohibit or forbid
the exercise Of the rights themselves
The abuse ofa right Is certainly no argu'
lment against its usc III il were, then
there should be no use Of arms allowed
TO the people because Of murder. no right
iof assembIage because az mobs and riots
mo right Of newspapers because Of lIbeis
mo conversation because Of siander, nc
eating or drinking because o. gluifony
and debauch. Nor IL The fact, known "a
be certain, that offenders will abuse an,
lof these rights. any reason whatever
why the mass % citizens or any number
Of them should be deprived Of the right
Ito nse them. II all the newspapers II
Indians were to publish Tomorrow
false aud infamous defamation Of a well
known public character, this would no
4 he the least reason for prohibiting o.
forbidding the freedom OF the press
/ hat II would be most just cause for pun
ishment Of the offenders
/ LICENSE AxD REvEYUE.
4 Cerfsin excessively nice and punctili
ou- puriste say that license is wrong De
..cause II j. authority by the State 10 n
levii. in which the public thus becomes
lpsrtner and partaker. II, then. persnis
SION be given 20 one man 10 transact
lcerfsin business ~ certain place, doe
l|this necessaril: compel any other or 9th
er- TO frequent this place. or in doing .
Ito abuse the right they thus may cxeI
|cise? The capacity or opportunity TO Il
evil il not The doing Of II. There ~
: some persons who have said. bccause th
Deity il al-wise aud all-po werful, 81
Knight have been prevented But u
ALLOWED. permitted, therefore God u q
anthor Of it and participant therei
' We reject hissphcmy so horrible. ~
D class Of hypocritiraI puriris say also ~
i, they do not want money from snch.
}. source o. the license. Vet the comma
|, school fund in Indiana IL the recipi-'
ylnf al the fines. forieitures and penaisi'
4 imposed by the criminal code VIi'
Its provisions the price Of blood, eve
J. the price Of woman's honor outraged.
2 the form of forfeited reoognizsnoes, fin
y their way into the pnbIic treasury. Re-
: enuc isdcriyed from variety ar sources
; much OF II, IL Is TO be regretted, from q
weakness and vickedne-s Of maj
a kind. Converted into fund for oduc
r -tion. il nav happily teach our posteri
u no do sud to be better than ourselves
" LOCAL orTsos.
NJ What Il called local option Il as ba
land much more insitious assault up'
rights than prohibition itself.
4 seeks 70 accomplish BY piecemeal VIII
y prohibition wouid do at once and
a large. Alta glance II will be seen N
-|the whole idea OF option, local or gene
- al. i serviIe evasion Of the question
i-issne and cIsndestine attack upon "a
y dasnnnsal liberty. II the majority Ia
ie township can prescribe and dictate "a
~ minortv under the form Of Law wi
- they shall ess, drink or wear. then I
- sm.joriiy IN county NAV do the sal
~ therein. and majority in the State m
Y" do the like in the State. and = major
y in the United States may do the same
ne the whole country. And IL . major
e. can rightfuily prohibit the exercise
~ free chnicc as 10 what shall be the fO'
ot|arink or raiment, the manner Of liviI
AL or the less number. they may iu
- same manner forbid ex xercise~Qf any 0
~ ar personal rights. They nfSy prohi
cr one mode of worship and establish
lts other. The majority in q township q
be Catholic aud prohibit the exers
!. there Of any other religion, or II may
.cs wholly Protestant and BY vote Tor
ey the Catholic worship. Under the
.rs ~ argument OF the Prohibitionists, v
n nots They say mis- IL home rule, thi
~ the will Of the msjority. the msjorit!
IN the neighborhood 10 wish. this Il :
al government. Nov, the answer 20
me this II that the prohibition OF Cath
.u- or any other mode OF worship By
IN vote Of = nssjoritv in township or q
ver where IL not se.f-government, IL is
Ioo government n al. It is not home {
lhe hut il il misrulc Of the worst charss
Tie II IL q meddlesome, dangerous detc
INT BILE interference with subject I
or which the Government has, aud has
,lIv clared that IL had, no authority whA
nor er. The mode OF worshiping God,
wn wilhstand;ng what any majority
INV think Of II, Temains free under cons
inr tional guarantee. The mode Of Iif
ibit manner ri living stands upon the ;
4 basis. These things are lett 70 the
Ai> choice Qf each citizen. fIc nay use
re or al Of these rights such use can