Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-03-24

four hours in day to be drunk IN, and they use
eyery ono of these already.
But the Intermediate drinkers, we will admit.
may, GU: Of spitc arouse IN the streets we
have heard Of one man who swears that he Will
bring his barrol Of whiskey to town and knock
out the head before a certain mans door and get
drunk and make as many drunk as he can. But
how long will this last! Docs any body believe
that men arc such fools to take up six
months campaign Of Ia rd, street drinking. Just to
suite tho public VINO have not lnterfered with
their right to drink, at all, but only have legally
regulated the Sale Of liquor!
Blu, even If few men should have drunken
patience to carry on. regular built street spree
twelve months long, it would not be any worse
/ for sober mon to bear, than what IS now oil the
time happening. There are parts of " ashlng'on
street, on which from morning TIL night, oVery
day of the week, the.e Is such uproar and drunk
en- carousing, that decent woman could not
safely pass along the sde- walk. It Is not an I'M
| common thing TO SEQ from ten 10 tweniy, and on
| some days many more, within the space Of ten
| rods, who have, al ihreo grogshoPs, got bolster
ously drunk. Let any body that expects bad
results to follow TO license vote, take a Satur-
days walk tho south side Of Washington
street, between Pennsylvania and Delaware, and
say then whether things Gun be worse. They
| arc already as bad as they be.
| Or. 3. Il s taking away mans rights, TO
say that he shall no. drink what he plcases. Ex-
| ac.ly so; and this law SAYS no such thing. II
only says that a man shall not sell wha: he plea
ses. Tho distinction between taking away tho
liberty to sell liquor and tho liberty 10 drink it, Is
ono, either not perceived, or disregarded by some
who have written on this subject. The law reg
uates tho sale but not tho private use.
Or. L. To veto NO LlCENSE'' will en-
courage legislation on moral subjects
| In the first place there is legislation to be
had &, al all that the legislature did, was, al
| ~, ~ fpoir
wishes this subject by vote. Have not the
citizens q RICH. to regulate their own affairs!
| Next, although this question Is intimately con-
| nected with morals, % almost every public meas-
Is, and must always be, directly or collateral
| W. vet tho pure question is commercial one; it
is question of trade of traffic; and i. ight as
we'll DO said that the license refusal of license
to sell gunpowder modelling with m erals.
To every man who would vote no license, if he
thought tina: it would do any good let put q
few questions.
l. VIII you examine liitlo tho facts TO i!
things could be much worse!
2. Is nothing 10 be done! Havo you any plan
bettor than this!
| 3. Under all tho efforts hitherto made have
| we not steadily gono back. and that too, for nc
reason excep, the fatal facility with which liquor
can be got at alnos: every step streets.
4. While those that sell are getting rich faster
than almost any other class Of citizens, and that
too by a business which puts the at the roo:
of every interest of society. do you think that
they need any more privileges, or that they are
tho ones to cry out agalns! taking away thei,
rights,
| ). Havo you ever asked. TO what this liquor
got money is out2 Just step In, fellow citizens
10 the County Treasurers office and ask to ece
the list Of lands sold 10 Marion county, for taxes
and you will find tina, fty-one sales out of lO3
Two think that is the whole nuraber) wore made
to liquor dsacrsi
Now if it IS RICH, to put up lands for taxes, i;
is right for men 70 buy them. We don't blame
men for doing it. A greg seller has much
right TO buy taxti,les any body else. But Let
US suppose
| A man has eighty acres: as long as life and
health is spared he viii comfortably supper. his
family. 10 The course of year 10 drinks at a
coffee house 10 the amount, say, of ten dollars.
! He suddenly dies. His wife has nothing bu, the
/ farm. Her children are young. She can hard
! ly rake and scr.pe living off from it. The tax
es arc left unpaid Finally tho farm goes 10
sale for taxes, and the coiToei house keeper buys
tho eighty acres for dollars and fifty cents
| My friends, is no. this using the property q man
leaves for drink, 20 pull his farm gu, from under
him9 Who is 10 blame! The ten dollars is the
grogscers and he has much right to buy the
taxtite as any body else. Why, it is wrong to
have places Of temptation open whcre shall
drink away the money which ought to be laid up
| for "wct day."
| Finally--Wili you not ler the friends of this
measure have fair chance to try the experiment!
i Things cannot we'll be worse. Thoy may be-
como better. The case has always been kept on
one side. Now is it not simple Justice 70 rcgu.
late the public sale of liquor. and try what can
be done on the other side. FRANKLIN
0rRed Iacke, took par, with the Americans
III the war Of 1912, and becoming attached 10 q
colonel. who ordered on distant service
took his farewell of him in tho following speecb