Show fib FOB DELEGATE TO CONGRESS I 1 WILLIAM H HOOPER 7 r CIVILIZED OR uncivilized D we invite the attention of our readers to the city ordinance published in this number and which takes effect from d date ate of publication we have had a short trial in this city of one of the adjuncts of what nhat is so flagrantly misnamed civilization we have seen its partial workings pos ggs the same in a very limi limited tedde degree 0 as we have been pained to look upon them in aggravated forms in other cities outside pf af this territory the features are the same and the development have been the same equally eq degrading to all who would have succumbed wits to its nt nefarious farious influx ence if it had not been arf arrested ested in its incipient stages we have looked upon what we desired never to see fn an a city of the saints and I 1 though it ii was not jile the tithe ofa tithe of what is daily dally and nightly to be witnessed in other cities not any older and with n no R greater number of inhabitants f than han this contains we felt that the purity of our faith and the m majesty I 1 of our god were insulted and the sanctity of aur our oun homes was invaded Inva fied b by y the thet insidious and cornu corrupting tint influence it was a source of j joy and gratification to all here who love cove ove temperance honor honor virtue and cherish chastity when the PEOPLE arose and in the dignity of their liu ilu humanity manit I 1 y and citizenship said let the accursed things cease to esst in our midst tP we have had a slight glimpse of that state of society which the world enczur age ageland sand sustains and which has been assiduously sought to be introduced here a limit limited 0 d example of that civili bation I 1 of which so much has been said many of our people have been compelled to wit witness ness its results in other places while living or traveling where it exists they have seen the evil and fled from it they could not have shut their eyes to its workings no matter how they had tried they have seen the grog shops liquor stores saloons gin palaces concert rooms and kindred places of iniquity pour forth their motley crowds re velling in blasphemy reeking with corruption and with every feature and characteristic of humanity masked iii in a demoniac likeness they have see seen 11 the police courts filled with blear eyed i drunken and besotted wretches with shrinking felons desperadoes gamblers and brawling Z rowdies they have flave seen the convicted prisoners dragged manacled mana cled to jail and the murderers body swinging from the shameful gibbet they have seen the unblushing wantons cantons crowding at street cor corners fiers their horrible trammie traffic le in iw the open day to be seen of god a hd man unchecked and pra pro ved winked at t lt and encouraged ed and seeing these things they have knowland know known nand and know that tha tt such were and are some of the le leading asling characteristics of that civilization bychich by which we were to be brought on a level with other I 1 ts this the good 0 that was kesi kesl designed 0 c ned for us are these the tiye blessings that were to be conferred upon us fill our city with liquor saloons sa loone gambling hells and their corruptions corrupt ions lons invade the quiet of f our streets with brawling drunkards murder the peace of our citizens with brandished brandishes bran dished bowie bowle knives ana loaded revolvers in the ba hands ads of f reckless and desperate men the slaves to their base passions strongly stimulated with fiery alcohol make our sons and brothers drunkards and dishonor our wives our sisters ani anc daughters ec re place the plague spot atour of our marriage relations with the loathsome leprosy kepros of prostitution he who cannot decide for himself and find a plain answer must be woefully blind indeed for a few weeks past alir our eity city has begun to waar wear more of its former appearance and naw that the people have spoken and the city fathers have acted we have a right to demand of the people that the jaw be honorably m magnified agni nied fied let every known infringement of the ordinance be reported to the city officers and let justice take its course we are no aavo advocates cates of nor apologists for those whose misdirected zeal would I 1 lead et r d them to adopt illegal mean means to remove an fin existing wrong there thero is power in the enacted statutes and ordinances when ex executed e e u t d and authority with the officers swee slee of j juluce u when exercised to remedy the evils chmay ay exist and if there are found individuals who would try to violate or evade th the e laws in secret when it is known set the officers on their thein track and have them brought to justice that they may ansiger answer for it we have the he right to free ourselves from these sources of evil that right is guaranteed to us by the highest authority I 1 i lium ilum human an and divine known or recognized in the nation in doing 0 BO o wa we deprive no man of his just rights i for years we have han endeavored to rid ourselves of the abominations of iniquity that have more imore than barbarized barbari zed civili bation and with the help of the god of righteousness truth and justice we will do so let the people bo true to rhems themselves el v es to their covenants and the knowledge they have received and the thie power of heaven will be with them and around about them them let them remember that moab koab could not overcome israel of old until acting on the counsels of baalam baalaer they introduced the seductions of corruption among the young men and the chosen people who were shorn of their power when they yielded to sin and not before and with this and a host of similar occurrences in the past as the experience of the present and previous generations let them stand fast in the integrity of truth virtue and temperance and leave the results iii lil in the hands of the almighty who will bear them off in every righteous deed THE rr fu fly urty litt itt ITY the following pave bave been bean aA pointed appointed a com knitted 6 for arranging and conducting the ar of the fourth namely H W V lawrence chairman NV V jennings Jenn P D 0 calder J C little F U D richards R T burton theo mckean J D T lister win edding ton to nJohn gohn A young and AM musser up till going to lathe MAthe pr pro gramme of proceedings ce had not been definitely decided upon this much however we are in a position to saye say there thero will be a procession of the officials professions societies trades schools ac c which will form somewhere in the vicinity of the theatre precisely ats an fn n the momi bomi morning ug parties joining in it to be on the ground ready for a quarter to 8 the procession will promenade through a portion of the city and move into the bowery where the proceedings will consist of reading the declaration of independence oration addresses songs and music by the tiie bandt the public will ba accommodated in the liow how cry as far as pa after the procession has been seated artil artillery lery iery at a sunrise se will be the signal for raising I 1 nags hags throughout the city 13 guns artillery firing on the forming and moving of procession proc proe estion estelon its being seated in the bowery and at intervals during the exercises with 35 guns at high noon I 1 hon iron geo geoa Q cannon orator of the day marshals burton and little with their aids will direct the gs |