The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-05
W. g. q. a.. Column.

States have been slaughtered BY their
husbands" during the past year. but
"some one" has not kept record Of the
women and children that fed for the
time being. aud kept hidden from the
husbands and fathers that would have
slaughtered them. "Some one" has
not the record Of those locked in police
stations and city prisons over night to
keep them from killing wives and chill
dren. And no one has ever kept rec
ord Of the women and children in the
country that have spent nights of hor-
ror in outhouses. granesies. cattle sheds
aud highlofts in barns, waiting trem-
bI'ngIy for the dawn; or, Of that young
mother with babe in her arms, who
wrapped it in quilt and laid it ina fense
corner, fearing her maniac husband
would FIRE the house, and then watched
outside the window while he upset the
supper table, stamped the dishes under
foot, and piled in one promiscuous heap
the furniture and other treasures Of her
wedding outfit; or, of that father who
held bis infants hands over a lamps
blaze, and laughed in maniac glee ct
seeing the mothers agony for the
shrieking child. Or, Of anoth er father
who threw his ten years old daughter
in the snow, at midnight, and when
she reached the nearest house two miles
away, her feet were so badly frozen that
she remained crippled for life. Or, Of
that other fend who beat his sick wife
with the dead body Of his infant. The
list Of these we'll authenticated facts
might be continued indefinitely; they
ARE not isolated cases, but such as have
their counterpart every day, and are
multiplying every year under the DOM
ioation Of the liquor traits, aided and
sbetted BY our Legislators.
Now, suppose that beside each one Of
these three thousand real wife killers
are placed twenty Of those other insane
ones-and twenty will be found an
, under estimate of the real number-and
we have sixty thousand. Now, are moi
those who have tried to kill just 81
smorally insane" as those that have
0 killed and how about the "moraliy'
with the Legislators by whose authority
the training school for murder -four
ishes Well, the State has the gallows
and the penitentiary with which t
accommodate the three thousand, and il
has the pauper houses for their orphan
children. The towns and cities license
the sale OF liquor, the State gives then
the permit, tho State bears the crimina
expenses resulting therefrom, and the
burden of which is drawn largely from
the agricultural population. With /
groan and growl the farmer draws hi
purse to pay taxes for the "three thous
and" but we're that army of sixty
: thousand, or more, of morally insane
to be cared for and paid for, there woulc
be such q rebellion among the shay
. seed" battalions rs would cause another
political cyclone"
Rather let the killing continue. TIL.
State legalixss the making of drunken
maniac husbands it should, at least
allow their wives the privilege of being
!, destroyed in their lives of misery. Lc
the farmers groan SO long as they con-
tinue to vote to legalize wife murder
they should be willing to pay th,
hanging expenses. Oar government
:. le0alIses the manufacture of liquors fol
revenue. The larger the manufacture
, the larger the revenue; the greater th,
amount consumed the greater the
u amount manufactured.
= Would you wish to have sixty thous
and faithful patrons of our government
y in morally insane home, thereby
impoverishing the revenue, BY default
= Of their contributions How impracti
cable Should your scheme prevail, il
, would dissolve the Congress of the
= United States. You are aware che
liquor power owns the Congress Of the
: United States, and that the money god
, owns the liquor power, and that there
must be human sacrifices offered uron
) bis affairs to perpetuate bis kingdom.
How long since millionaire present
ed barrel Of "ScoIch whiskey' to .
President F.? How long since a Vice
President owned q saloon with special
I Accomplishments for the convenience Of
I our statesmen? How long since q
a sergeant.at-arms and porter were needed
to steady several pillars Of the United
States government from the cloak rooms
to their seats preparatory to taking the
I final vote of The session You are at
g liberty to continue this list of questions