Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-05-25
SpIRTTU0US LIQUORS.
CONTINUED.

ica and sacramento purposes,) and, that the traf
fic in any and all kinds OF spirtuous liquors. and
even wires and strong beer, is business which is
anyuSt towards the community, and m which they
hare good ahd Just sht to interfere and restrict.
yea even 10 stop Here, for instance in The county
Of Racine there is 80 10 100 druhkards; grea
portion of them degraded, brutaljzed,-and will.
with their families any they have soon be thrown
as burden on the public. The profit of making
these paupers is enjoyed by few grocers, recess
I and tavern keepers, but the burden of supporting
! them comes on the trhole community. BY what
/ theory of political economy, or what principle OF
correct and Just legislation, n be shown thai
there is not in this horrible injustice. But lat us
/ bring this matter home. HIRE is town of 5000
inhabitants; in it are some twenty OF thirty retail>
ers of ardent spirits. who sell to all who will buy
and thus cause great proportion OF ali the piuper-
/ ism and wretchedncss Of the place, And are The
community 10 be told that this business is not un>
just? Is Il Just that they should increase moro
than four.loId our panpers and our criminals; aug
mcnt greatly their diseases and expose their chll>
dren to drunkenness and ruin! On what principle
ofrghteousness can it be shown TO be just right
| for them to burden this community and br,Dg upon
1t evils for which money can compensate. Is II
| not sad sight to lellow-cit standing
| al their poisonous fountains and pour out streams
Of death over the community! Thus teaching
that for men TO buy and use intoxicating drinks, is
right--a doctrine that has probably during tie pasl
century, p0llm'ed more hearts, beggdrcd more tami
lies destroyed more lives. than any other And 50
I long as continue 10 suffer this, the greatest and
deadlest OF all evils 10 continued icng we must be
content to be toled fvr lis consequences And are
those who receive profit from the sale of liquor,
to be told that just that they should endure these
| evils and bear these burdens? This they viii not
believe; but they rW 6chcre and be led to ask,
| d" Was ever law enacted more perfectly righteous
! than one which wond require that he men who
alone have tie profits OF making drupkards, should
alone bear the burden OF supporting them And
50 long as this is not the case the business will be
rcprobated by an cnlishted community as papahly
unjust Is not this town GnnuGlly taxed Drc $500 Tor
the support Of pJupers lesideS what they taxed
for the same purpose BY the county aid state-to
which Sdd the amount OF tax we have 10 pay for,
and growing out OF criminal prosecutions by Town,
county and state; and also, add the amount hat we
yearly, monthly. and daily are called upon to give
from our pockets, to help those who have been
brought low 10y the deadly Effects of iu;emperance
Can any honest man hold up his lead and say, that
the community have no right To .n'crelc as regards
lis salea Any man who is AZ all con- ersant " 18th
matters OF this kind, knows and cannot deny that
the assertion that il is the OF two-lhIns al
least of all crime and panperlsm, rs true 10 tue let
ter not only in this section but throughout tho
Union and the world, wherever tbs fiery liquid
has made its appearance. Ought we to suffer
few men, for their own recunIary profit, thus tC
burden the community, again ask! Shall We
stand back and suffer ourselves to be robbed anJ
our rights trampled upon, becaue a few, (not one
tenth part oil The community who have the har
diness 10 continue 10 sell-dgy the iarI-and PEE;
sl>t in the traffic.
One single instance Of ITS evil effects the case o
| - OF tue town OF Pike in this county, is IN point
Some one or more OF the retailers in Southport Io
The paltry SUN OF lew Tercc furnished hlm /
quor so 10 produce ntONIcatlon thereby causing
hm on his attempted return home to 50 uceze hI
bands and feet by exposure all night Ia an opcf
sleigh, as 10 require ampntltlon. he expense o
lhis single effect OF the hte dtS,oycr ha, alledd,
, amounted as the writer Is credibly informed, [,
over screen hinlGrcG dollars: and he Will be parpo
for life. How keen must be the rcmorse OF The III
, dvduAl who sold that man tic splIt, when lie tc
fleets on the unLtelable pain and anguish OF his lei
low man, while he was passing through the differ
ent degIees of sut!erlng-ol having the lrUSt cX.
tracted from him-oi tie amputLtIon o! b)ih band:
and both cel; and then, a'cr weeks o! pain 10 suffer
the second operation Of the ampalatIou OF ano;ht
portion of one leg. Bat let follow up tbs case
suppose ne lives ony twenty years, a. the cost It
the public OF 5 80, making the sum o. 5000 to
The community TO pay Tor permitting tie sale OF
only a lew glasses OF hqnor The winter might @
ON 10 state even to the filling of sheets. c,,es ~
both pauper;sm and crime. which has come nnGe
his observation in this community. during a resi-
dance Of nine Years But let Us see II his no,
as regards other portions OF this country and the
world are true. In Lltchl.ed county. Conn " here
the WRITER scent the first IA en,y.oue ,caI, oi M.
life the pronortion OF criminals Who axe in.cul g,
ate is rs out OF 50. The sheriff OF W,sLEunto,
comfy p, sta.e>th,t ON 81 commit is IN o,f
wear, ~ were caused by in:e:nperauce. In tvodis
iric,s in Inner Canada IS out of ii irnrrsts hri.
bv the coroner. we're in cases II deaths c;,ee,I l.,
n;crnc,auce Orthe 600 chidlen sem TO the n
". House of Refuge after its establishment. IUI
wee known to be OF in.emrera;e puents. HE
keeper of the Ogdcnsburgh n Y. l,l, states tina;
,crci- eighhS OF the criminals imprisoned there are
incorporate persons In tie ccunty OF Baltimore
in Ma out OF 1881 paupers admitted 10 the aims
house in one wear, 1899 we're brought there by IN
temperance In the Washington county poor house,
n 60 out OF The first 3=2 Icrsons relieved after It's
establishments 80 ere sent there by inlcnlpcrance
According to the statement of Col Hoffman. ,i,r.
teen ircaitc.hs of the inmates of Montgomery co.
n Y poor house owe tier situation TO the same
cause The Superintendent OF the Albany aims
house states that were II not Tor the use of strong
drink, that establishment would be tenantlcss The