Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-05-18
he Convention adjourned.
Liquor Licenses,
For as Way.


Inc County Court OF Louisa, its May Term licensed
persons to retail intoxicating liquors. Sever.
mem Were persons who have been greatly complained
OF IN he neghborhoods for dealing with slaves and keep
ing such houses emphatcay PESTS to any yicnape
Inc lquor-saes Of these 81 establishments will average
least iouO gallons each in year: making. ALL 81 500
gallons 10 the consumer, each gallon not less than
20 cents making 23775 dollars But there are supposed
10 DC IN the county fully us many unlicensed licensed
vemders Ihey may be computed to sell least 10 900
doiars WORTH Then 3I75 dollars spent IN Louisa
IN intoxicating drinks, in year This estimate IL "a
her under than the truth The shrewdest and most
benevolent OF all the 81 few years ago. estimated the
quantity drank IN the county, at hHnGred thousand
gallons year.
The School Commissioners OF Louisa have reported 692
endren whose parents cannot send them school and
m he money mat the State for their schooling
b22 dollars Probably third il not two.t thirds of those
children owe their desuuuon the drinking habits OF
iahefs; as Is generally agreed, that of the 33S
white men and women in Louisa, who were found by the
last census unable TO read WRITE owed that
the same cause For very moderate drinker-one who
Is never drunk-spends liquor 20 or 30 dollars wear
enough 10 school or children.
The II licenses above mentioned yield exactly 400 dol
lars, subject to the Sheriff commission OF per CT which
leaves $40 dollars for the Treasury Lpuisa quota OOH
paf OF the States expenses about criminal Justice is 5lO
and all the best Informed people say that three ourths of
all crimes arc caused by strong drink So that while Ii
qnor pays $40 dollars into the Treasury from Louisa ii
takes 3S2 dollars out
Again: The Louisa Poor House costs about = 500 n
year Statements from poor.hvuses many parts OF the
unon show that nine-ten'hs OF their inmates made
Sl35O but suppose only $1,000 OF the coat OF paupersm
~ Louisa TO be the fruit of strong drnk-then liquor puts
S5'O into the Treasury Virginia. takes out from the
treasures OF Virginia and Louisa, 1882. A beautiful
specimen OF political economy, truly.
sensible Magistrate said from the Bench two or three
years ago that for the sake Of the rereaue he would IL
eense all who asked tor censts In year from this time
the magistrates OF Louisa themselves will lose more than
twice 3IO by theis and other OF slaves nsgated
by liquor bought at the licensed groggoros alone besides
the corruption OF morals and hurt health which their
slaves will suffer But the licensing chargeabe also with
most OF the mischief that from unlicensed selling
because the law ITSELF by granting licenses sanctions those
practices and fosters those appees which afterwards rush
TO indulgence regardless ol law. Unlicensed sales will al
ways keep pace with licensed sales The more there are
OF licensed, the there will be Of unlicensed And the
dark and turbid undercueni OF crime aud vice ncreases
in yet larger proportion.
l have confined myself 10 the money view Of this sub
ec,, and 10 but small part of fhsf-leaying untold the
murders, robberics, breaches OF peace IN thousand
oTns, diseases and other cgi0n OF evil that LIQUOR occa-
sions 1t, IN the year Just commenced, there sha be an
unusual amount OF drinking, OF Its terrible conse-
quences, may chiefly thank those CoNsERvAroRs Oh
Tue Peace las they unny called and those aw-na-
kers, whose combined nsdOm has authorized the flood
gates OF such mischief to be opened.
From the too prevalent saekness with which the license
law is administered II is probable that what has been said
Of LOUISA Is applicable great many other counties
May avoid her example. ssss