The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-06-12

performance Of duty on their part, there
By give encouragement to the disordeIly.
These fault-finders are persistent in their
demands for order and as determinedly
persistent in their condemnation of every
effort TO preserve order. These persons
are squeamish about the assumption Of
authority, and have q tender regard for
the rights and feelings of the disordefly
and vicious class, aud every act of our
police to curb disorder that does not
harmonic with their sensibilities provokes
comment and rebellion Of sentiment Oh
their part. They seem to labor under the
deiusion that the officers Of the law should
be an emanation from themselves and be
able TO see with their seeTs and to think
with their thinkers. These sticklers for
order, and at the same time for the display
of tender sentiment toward the vicious and
Criminal class, are as a rule the last to
render the officers assistance in an euer-
gency. With these persons discretion is
the better part of valor and In times Of
danger, sentiment is less expensive than a
broken bead. An honest, faithful police
mar who risks his life, as all of them do
in dealing with the vicious class, deserves
the respect and c-ommendation of all good
citizens. These officers are the men who
guard our property, protect our lives and
maintain the order Of society. When we
consider the exposure TO the weather
endured, the risk of life incurred, the
censure and blame received and the small
pay awarded We wonder that there are any
willing to serve us In this capacity. We
are too apt to think that because these
mel hold a public position we have a right
to treat them indifferently, and that the
honor of prefermept is a compensation for
any amount of abuse we may heap upon
them. Do we elect these men to position
because we desire to honor them7 Are we
not rather aetaated By selfish purposes and
a desire to shift danger and responsibility.
If dne or these officers should become
MANNED and disabled for life in the dis
charge Of the duties of bis office bow many
would feel a prompting to keep the wolf
from his door? In this connection how
suggestive the language of Marc Antony
to 0ctavius:
And though We lay these fohors on these
men,
To ease ourselves OF diverse slanderous loads,
They shall but bear them as the ass bears
gold,
To groan and sweat under the business,
Either led or driven, as we point The way;
-ttil NN4HS bIQAElI Our treasure " mere Ne
will,
Then take We down this load and turn them
Of,
Like to the empty ass, te shake their ears
And Craze in commons
Tire granting of license to Samuel Ken.
nedy to keep on open house for the sale OF
rum at Merehantville, n. j., based upon
an application signed by colored non.resl-
dents, and in disregard of the protest oil
the reputable and iaw-abiding inhabitants
thereof, shows how completely Camden
county is under the domination of run
power. And the utter disregard of statu-
tory requirements on the part of the license
court; and the outrageous deduction of one
of the judges in explanation of mis- vote is a
reflection upon the judiciary Of the State.
The argumentthat" the Almighty has given
us the material for making intoxicating
liquor, and if He had not intended its be-
ing used would not have made it, is not
worthy of the meanest subject of the king
dom Of Dahomey, and coming, as is reported
from enc whose business it is to guard the
public morals, it ought to shame the devil.
Let US hope there are but few men of high
or low estate with presumption enough TO
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with egotism enough to thus presume on
the purposes Of the Almighty. That the
Almighty never made a drop of alcohol is a
fact confirmed in the kingdom of nature,
and the economy of nature is such that
there is no possibility Of its natural produce
ton. The conversion of the fruits and
cereals into intoxicants is by
human manipulation and self-eFidently Is
a prostitution Of their normal use. On
the same hypothetie premises by which
this dispenser of legal privileges seeks TO
Justify himself in his subseryiency to the
rum power, our courts might knock the
bottom out the deealogue aud give license
to every purpose and passion. No man so
reckless OF deductions, and SO devoid OF
reverence for the Almighty as TO charge
him as the author OF that which robs
homes, feeds graves, and peoples he'll, is fit
to wear the judicial ermine. In contemplate
ing the judges reason for granting the
license in this instance We come to one OF
two conclusions, viz. either the judge had
not the perception to conceive of a logical
conclusion from a premise, or he is so
deficient in moral makeup, that be has no
regard for the ultimate consequences of his
judicial acts. Like illogical deductions in
other departments of reasoning would
bankrupt the devil of purposes, and make
the Almighty responsible for a fool.
JOSIAH.