The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-03
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ty, it is larger than it has been since
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wealthy as ours. it should he dubbed
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LIouoR QUESTION: The State Jonr
.al has the fnllowing;- ..
"A discussion has already sprung un ~
the great Constitutional quesIi"n,-wha
isthe meaning of the license clause nov
ingrafied into the new consiitut"nl Som'
Contend that the adoption Of this CLAUSE
leaves the raffic in ardent spirits as fret
as the traffic in iron. -four, &c. Other
cnptend that nnler it the traffic can b'
entirely prohibited. The article itsel
reads as follows: :.
.'No license to traffic in Intoxicating Ii
auors shall hereafter be granted IN 'h'
State, but the General Assembly may,h
law. provide against evils resulting there
from"
The "sirict constructioNis,s" hold tina
the Legislature cannot prohibit the sale
hit only provide for the evils there"
while the ''Iaritudianariau" contend th'
the best way to prevent the evils will b
to prevent the sale.
The question very naturally present
itselr--how can the Legislature PTOo'O
against evils resulting from the sale I
Intoxicating liquors. unless the C"ns,lf'
tion permits the salel And furth'
question will arise under this clause :
whether The law of last winter is not
conflict with this provision of the ne
Constitution 1t seems To Us that III
Legislature can only pass laws Proo''
ing against the evils resulting from II
sale Of Intoxicating liquors, and we a
more fully assured that such law. we
digested, will do much more good thi
such an one as is now on the statute hOo