Litchfield enquirer., 1846-03-19

Prsctical ResuIts.--A man lies incar-
cersaed Ia the Litch6eld Jail, for selling
small quantity Of rum, sOhSck IOGs ordered By
arlnsiciaR, 10 boIke sO0EsaR sOhO Tag dan
gssissly III, aud was used for that purpose.
Such are some of the .SultS Of the infamous
license law of Connecticut" - Hartford
Times.
and such" are some of the " infamous +"
stoEies which are got up by men who knOaO
their falacy, with view to deceive and mis-
lleRd the unwary. All are not professedpol-
itlcians, and very many honest seekers after
frnth, who are unfamiliar with the crooked
labyrinths of politics, are liable to be deceiv-
ed by the false issues and perversions Of
truth which, on the eve of every important
election, is made by the ambitious and de-
signing. We are willing the Wing cause
ana Wing principles should fall, if they
cannot stand ON the solid basis of Truth.
E We are not about to discuss the merits or
die dement's of the license law; but may we
not with propriety ask, Why--if the law
lis so "infamous"-why did the locoS per-
init its passage BY the Legislature? With
the aid ofthe Wings in that body who were
opposed to it and who voted against it, they
laad the po,ocr to defeata. Why did they not
do it? why nurse their wrath and repress
their righteous indignation till this late
day?
H. 81 There
were eleven locofoco members of the last
Legislature from Litch6eld county-and not
!, one Of them uoted against that "infamous "
IaU! Is any comment needed?
As to the statement contained in the
above paragraph from the Times, the least
we can say is, it is Calse. We havebefore US
a communication from responsible source,
which says
"The facts are these. In the town of
Sharon, near West Cornwall, there lives
man named jackson, who, about two years
ago, thought he could do better by selling
rum than by digging the soil; he set up
groggery, and very much doubt whether
the lowest PAGES in New York could go be-
yond this, in drunkenness and iniquity. AT
al times, day and night, were drunkenness
anu revelry carried on there. Scarcely
any time, ON weekday or Sunday, could
person pass there without seeing the drunk
ard eatircly helpless on the ground, or stag
gerng along the street. About one year
ago, jackson, fearing the law might take
him for selling by the small measure to be
drank on the premises, associated with him.
self a man named Proui. entirely worthless.
Then said he, Now we will go it! will
sell by the quantity, which the law allows,
and Prout can sell by the small measure;
he is worthless, the law can't touch him."
And many have been the children that
lave gone supperleSs to bed while the father
has been spending his last farthing at that
place; and many, very many, have been the
ears shell by the disconsOlate and heart
broken wife, while she has been watching
the return Of her waywarl husband who
had been allured into that den Of iniquily.
Thus matters stood, when the present law
came into operation. These men had been
entrealel, time after time, to abandon the
sale of intoxicating drinks. They were
warned of it's consequences, but all 70 no
purpose. They deied the law, and declared
they would sell. Unler these circumstan'
ces the Grand Juror entered his complaint,
AMI they were convicted on the evidence OF
witnesses who testified that they had ire
quently bought and drank there, and that
there was no reluctance on the part of Prout
TO sell it. So much for the fatal complaint
the woman had; AMI thus leave it with
ian enlighted community TO judge whether
1 the law in that case was bad one.
Truth.
IVA