Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-06
LAW.

moan WeD3ter uet0cS Law as n rule,
prohibitory, or permission. Municipal or
civic law is prescribed by the supreme
power of a State to regulate the social
actions of its subjects. The rules by
which God governs His kingdom are
called the laws of nature or moral law.
The chief characteristics of the Divine
law are brevity, cleanliness, justice and
strength, which secures mediate and i'm
mediate results in penalties or benefits
This is very evident in the case of drum
kenness and gluttony. No doctors
skill can prevent the injury done to the
digestive organs, The laws of nature
can not be violated with impunity. SO
with moral law or laws of social wrongs.
The man who wrongs his fellow Injuries
himself more than his victim. On this
account the gate he enters is called wide
and the road he travels is called broad
and the end to which it leads is called
death. The greatest calamity that can
befall poor fellow is the paralysis of
mind, sense, or the loss of that power
which clearly distinguishes right from
wrong. That man or woman whose
moral sense is so sensitive that the feel
ings of the soul are more terribly hurt
by wicked or wrong word or d. ell
than the body would be by scorchipg
flames, has shield and comfort that can
not be bought with silver or gold. Such
a moral sense is pearl of great price,
for the purchase of which one would be
an infinite gamer to sell all that he has,
Let the youth and aged be taught that
to play foul is to lose more than one
gains. This foulness pollutes and paral
izes the conscience and entails the loss
OF the soul. There are many drink pla-
ces in this cold world of ours, but the
darkest and coolest place is where the
people grope about not knowing or try
ing to learn TO distinguish right from
wrong. LEX.
[if the language and sentiment of the
above could be made to apply to the Ia
test Chicago Convention, as well as n
large portion of humanity outside that
body, it would be merited rebuke TO
the "git there Eli" style of politics of the
immediate present period of the nine
tcenth century. But should it be dark
hint that tho wilful and malicious lie
circulated few weeks ago had reached
the remote locality of the writer, and
was believed, to the effect that the rea-
son we did not get the JOURNAL out
promptly on time each week was be-
cause we were drunk half the time in
saloons, and in this debauchery made
light of and jeered at the temperance
department of our paper-thon we will
most solemnly here "engage our words"
with full knowledge of what we are
saying, devoutly and reverentially affirm,
with due regard for God and our fellow
man, that WE CAN PROVE the calumnia-
tors, without regard to age, sex, relig-
ious creed, profession or previous
servitude, andiwithout stay of judg.
ment, under oath, if they have iny
regard for an oath, and by almost every
man, woman and child in our village,
to be wilful and malicious liars 10 the
satisfaction of the higher or lower court,
or twelve times twelve OF legal jurors of
our countrymen-and who will be will
ing to sell their birthrght in hell for one
drop of water to cool their parched and
calumnious tongue. Will you give us
the opportunity to do this justice to an
injured orphau9 If others have made
records they cannot stand by, we cannot
afford to have them ruin ours to shield
their own crime.