The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-04-20
For the Sumter Banner.
NEAH. DOW, s

~ II luuu uiiShlliSu lh51eui'' f->y't,l
the opposition to the Temperance
causcsin these United States, would,
comcsto the conclusion after reading
sundry scraps in certain newspapers
that NEAL Dow is II perfect ourang-
out;lng fresh from the wilds of Africa
and that the. Maine Liquor Law was
one of>th" greatest curses of the age.
For the information OF such as may
not know, we will state that the pa
rents of. Dow, hail from Caledonia;
that NEAL was born in Portland, State
Of Maine, in the good year Of our
| Lord 1904, and it is said Ot him that
from boy he was the uncompronl-
sing foe of all that was.mcan and i'm
moral, and especially Of the Rum pow
cr; that subsequently lie Was elected
to scat in the Legislature Of his ma
tive State. and framed the Bill which
passed into the Law known as the
Maine Liquor Law, and the circles OF
the rich and luxurious who :! lie on
beds ofivury and drink wine i'll bowls"
in political caucusscs where men would
ride into power over the dead bodies
of thousands, among tho whole herd of
.listllcrs, importers, vcndcrs and con-
sumcrs, he has brcn denounced as a,
mrdtllcr in other mems matters, and a
stirrcr up of strife, among the high
and the low. The rich and the poor
he has been the song Of the drunk
ard" which has again been echoed
from every grogshnp i'll the land and
published by every slang paper under
the influence OF the Rum power, north,
south. cast and west, hit Dow has
kept on the even tenor Of his way, and
what has lie accomplished why by n
master stroke, he has provided and OBJ
!: tai,cd lin c.,;,ctmcnt which in its faith
iul execution will break up the great
foundation of poverty and riot and
crime, restore drunken fathers and hls-
ba,ids without number to their G,mi-
lies. rescue the Sabljnth from its worst
dcscrution, make rtiis and poor houses
almost tcnantlcss, deliver the people
from twu thirds IF the burdens of taxa.
tio,i, sprtaJ Il broad shield OF protcc,
ti0,n over inhoccnt wives and children,
and save year by year tens of thous-
mds of dollars worse than wasted.
AS regards the law itself, one of the
first writers oftllis or amy! other co,,n.
try, says: sit isl Legislation of CONSUME
! nlatn Mis1onl horougllpssss a4..lI ssneIs ,,g;
Maine is worthy ifhcr course from this
step is straight forward, to direct the
, legislation Of the Whole world and the
policy ufall civilized communities. -
Aud, says another gentleman of great
, legal science Il have read, may say
studied the several provisions of this
law with considerable care, and have
not been able to raise doubt of its
constitutinnalty, Ill the liquor laws
with Which am acquainted have been
made to operate i'll pcrSondIn, the IL
!; quor-scllcr has been punished by fine
and Imprisonment, the thing that did
+ the mischief, has been suffered still to
cllmbcr the earth. This law is intend
cd to operate both in pcrs nam and
in rem. U u,t u
1t contcmplatcs the destruction Of The
means Of mischief as well as thc ilnpo-
si,ion Ola fine upon the minister of it,
and consequently the violent opposi-
tiun to it both from the rIm.scllcr and
the ram -drinkcr The one cries out no
legislation on temperance, tits tvran-
ny. The other sings out my liberty
is gone, aud II third very gravcly and
With long sanctimonious count enance
tells you that since the passage of the
Maine liquor law, all the honest men
arc leaving the country, (mcaning Of
course the rum-scllers). Well it is
tf1c that to prohibit by legislation the
sale Of spirituous liquors for beverage
purposes does curtail the liberties Of
some, but liberty to do what Why,
liberty to retail poison to make man
brutalizc himself, liberty to kill, to
make widows and orphans, liberty to
make dcsolatc homes, to make this
earth Hell. The highwayman could,
VIC apprchend say with equal propric-
ty lcgislate, not against highway rob
berry for thereby you curtail my liber-
ty. God OF heaven save us from such
liberty. MORE ANON.
Suntcrvilc, April 10Th, 1852.
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