The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-01-01
TEMPERANCE.

/ EME ENAlNAIb.
/ Afriond has handed W The proceedin
|of the National Temperance Conyentio
and as our exchanges contain no ne'
whatever, we will make an extract or y
from the article, for the purpose Of stirriu
|up by way Of remembrance, the minds
1.-THE people hereabouts upon this importa'
subject, which in these latter days seen
Ito have become almost Insignificant. Pe
sonally we occupy tho same ground v
maintained when this subject was agtatt
with SO much warmth in our community
year or two since. That il is useless e
corporation TO attempt to suppress u
sale Of ardent spirits when unaided by ri.
| ia State enactments, but il SO SUSTAINED
then we may hope for success. II ID
s!singen. liquor law Of Maine has answe'
ed tho expectations Of IFS friends, We ca
see no reason why similar law in low
will not be attended By results as favora
bic. .
What Mr.. Kilbourne says Of Iowa wi
not strictly apply to this portion Of III
State. Here liquor is still sold and use
az beverage, but not to that extent .
before the passage Of the lay to which b
a!ludes. We hope, however, better thing
under is operations:--
Rev. Mr.. PECK from Maine took th'
stand and addressed the Convention. ID
said the law Of Maine was working won
ders. /, bad shut up nearly all the shops
The authorities 60 and seize all the liquor!
that are unlawfully kept, whether in stores
or ID ships, and pour them on the grount
or in the sea. It would do you good, sale
be, to 90 to our MarshaI's store house and
see casks and demijobns piled one on en-.
other, and then respectfully emptied OF
their contents. We have seen nothing in
where ! reside, like resistance.
One men threatened he would shoot and
kill the first person that laid bis hand Oh
his casks. His liquor was the first that
was seized. lie had a large mass. He
violence, bnt did nothing. We
had distiIlery just in process OF erection
Every man was notified, when the law
went into operation, that his services would
be wanted no longer. We have net now 4
lis,ilery 10 the State. Wives and children
among US are rejoicing. Our streets are
luiet. Few are found in the watch house.
on our churches is increasing
W aore asked il main will sustain the law
We say, yes. Few men 10 any town
,ould have in any hope ofgoing to the Lrg.
stature who would repeal the law. Men
sho once cried ul.raism, have come out 10
is favor. If you ask how we obtained the
law? answer, we not only preached TEN
perance, but We voted temperance. W.
formed no political party. We are as
strong Democrats, As strong Wings, as
strong free soil men, as we ever we're
We operated Oh the political parties. IL
we have several hundred young
men Of both parties in the society Of TEN
perance Watchmen; and when Mr.. Dow
WAS named for Mayor Of the city, the
Young men went for him with a shout
The Temperance men went to the primary
meetings and said, sGiye US Dow The,
must and would have Dow; and the poii.i
cal parties were forced TO yield. II il
death to any political man or political pa
per to take sides against this law. know
Of one man who was member Of our Leg
islatnre and opposed to this kind Of Legis
Iation. He was Democrat. The TEN
perence Democrats ia bis district put ,
mark upon himi At rho next election
they passed him BY and put in bis stead q
good Temperance Democrat This is oul
way 10 Maine. We let men, destitute o
Tr.:inciple, stay at hame, and ue take fol
Office men We can rely upon. No poli.ics
paper in Maine dare take the ground o
open hostility to our law (cheers.) !
would be death 10 any paper, or to an,
party 10 do it. With this state Of thing
we shall 60 on. If we need further legi,
lation, we shall have il. We will cen
men to the state prison before we will long
er endure the evils Of intemperanc
(chcers.) We rejoice that the time ba
como when an officer may empty barr,
of rum, and the owner cannot sue for dan
age. One man took his liquor to Bosto
aud sold it. Other liquor sellers learnin
what be had done, asked him to take the
liquors and sell them for them. He did 81
and returned with the money. When
came back, they asked him settle. He p
iitely declined; asked them by what Ia
they could recover in the sale Of liquo
and it was sometime before the owne
could effect compromise. stopped, sa
Mr.. Peck. last night in Albany and .sa
the liquor shops open. rejoiced that m
sons were not living in Albany. Whe
we had got rid Of our liquors and the tenn
tation is all out Of the way, and the sun
heretofore squandered upon liquor a,
spent upon useful objects, we shall fe
that Maine will be 20 undesirable place
abode for any family.
Mr.. KILBoURNE, Of Iowa, was Gale
upon 10 give Information from that Stat,
Mr.. X. said they had recently formed
new code OF laws. This did not forbid Il
traffic, but it declared il nuisance. No
might sell anywhere; but if they did SO,
was at their peril. On the complaint
any father or mother, or citizen, an ofiic,
was bound to abate the nuisance. III
owner Of buildings and the land are he
responsible for costs and damages. III
consequence 10, that the traffic is near
obliterated. In none Of our tayeras 1