Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-21
REPLY TO "a WARNING

| noticed in your esteemed paper of yes
terdsy's date the very interesting letter OF
Mr.. "a Warning" and thought l would
drop him few thoughts through the same
channel that received his expressive epistle.
that is, if you give me space:
SIR-Are you aware that the day of the
bragadocis has about passed, and that from
now on persons who expect to stand forth
as the opponents of liberty must also stand
prominently as law-abiding citizens, saloons,
or no saloons. Are you so filed with the
spirit of patriotism as to boldly, unreserv-
eddy plant yourself just on the above plank,
You say. ave are coming and are strong"
Not personally knowing you on this point
/ will not call your word in question, and as
l do not propose further correspondence, L
wish to be explicit in this.
do not know how brave you may be,
physically, but allow me TO say you are
morally low, sneaking coward, II violator
of law, of the rules of society, and a par
takcr in one orall of the sins you enum-r-
ate in your special Dispatch TO Ccmrade
| B-ld-r.ton.
You are, experinentaily, unscquainted
with christianity, or else, lii" your odd
spiritual ia b. T. ,'.'a hay lf'.: your estat'
ard ar, nov Nos ! :. =. ,i.--'r,y -'.u'e "nc.
Y"u --en t. prrticui-rz M-ib"dis,- md
Pfe,b, t-riai.s. Will. ih,se of them who
are IN the Divine embrace, no matter where
you find them, will hot be disturbed by all
the dynamite and other internal machinery
that You and your co-lsbnr-rs can bring Ia
help them out of this life. tor they know they
are travelling il waste, hoalIng widerns SIS,
the -wampy outskirts of their blessed Mas
tiers Kingdom. and that He has builded
highway through it for HIS servants to travel
thereon, and mo ravenous beast shall go
thereon; but the redeemed shall walk there"
(Read Isaish, 35th chapter, whether you are
intidels or mott And they, the redeemed,
are on this way which leads TO glory, and
! SO. instead of you prosecuting them-pun-
ishing them or in any way injuring them
you simply speed them on to glory, and they
dispsson of Gods praise before the smoke
of your dynamite would be out Of your
sight.
You are are going TO have Saloons"
For the sake of humanity is is hoped that
you are not married, and will never be, for,
as by your charges, you are so radically
chaste, the world will not be cursed with
drunkard's children who call yon-"Fath
err
From the tone of your letter. l conclude
you were "confed" in the slate unpleasant
ness" if so, you are now; if you were not,
you are lawless now. A law-bresker, know
ingly and willingly. is rebel. A law re-
former is one who quietly abides BY bsd
laws until they become cons;itutionally made
right; and a wrong constitution righted up
In the same way. A minority submitting TO
rule contrary to their known will,
honor themselves; but minority re-
sisting forcibly the rule of the majority,
become amenshle to the law they would
evade and should be punished in some way,
unless mercy and her consequence, pardon
undeserved is granted. Blu; the cowardly
bastard, who, in the dark, would commit
Wholesale murder-consigning the victim of
his malign hate and the hspless innocent
ones who may be with him, should be hope
lessly outlawed by his race and every mans
hands should be against him and his name
should ba axan-~ta1
But in so far as the religion OF Christ is in
yolved, you may MS well, ave better, throw
burning coal IN the river, here expecting 20
set the Pacific ocean on fire at Figee Islands |
as TO expect 70 crush out bible faith and !
teachings, for. Pheenix-like, it viii raise |
from its own ashes, strong. faithful everlssi- |
ing.
Your estimation of Freedom, Liberty and |
Saloon" is pueril, TO say the least
Miscresu;s, murderers, incendsries, CON-
mi:ters of arson, felony, those who projec;
themselves on the world TO master j! for
sensusl, selfish designs, have forfeited all
claim and title to the enjoyment Of Freedom
or Liberty, and as TO saloons they are curse
to man, religion or no religion, soul or no
soul, and / am led to believe that you are
Of them that have wandered so far in iniqu
itous pursuits thst your feelings are blun.ed
to calousness and you driven 20 Desperation.
J. Will SrppurH.
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