Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-02
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MAINE AND MARYLANr-COSTRA

MAINE AND MARYLANp-CONTRAsTED.
I..hridrta fr7,s .he Baltimore Irus LJrien]
We fni in Portland paper lis Mayors report on the
operation of "he Liquor Law" and in the Baltimore Sun
rc" OF tue Trustees o our city and county Aims House
The coaast is SO Marked and spAEs rupet-lon2uc6
for similar law in Maryland thar publish the substance
%! each report.
First the baltimore AIMS HouFE.- During the last year
2lcH PERSONS were admitted Of whom 1916 CD had to beg
It's charities and protection the direct result OF confirmed
nrcmpcrancc and 2S4 brought aupesn indirectly,
hy the saline fruitful chise Of and Think OF this,
w tax phytn. citizens Of i'aEimore! No ought ~
complain his nney support the vtuous and in
duatrlns poor compelled by misfortune ask relief To
l auen P''Ttp,; out 10 BE taxed 10 support iooo
drunkardS aud only 500 sober persoc is be borne
Sa respectable men be made TO their families, TO help
msers 10 grow rich by making beasts md panpers of
1900 ne"ple2 The estimated levy for 1882 nearly
fourM of mans income Now quite large part Of
tins il roTs. than troca aeay Any who investigates
the subject will be amazed 10 find how much il costs him
susian the police the Jail and the penenary and the oil
nost ri whose work is rtpress the riots and crimes
occasuned by dnk: and support the Aims House. flied
with the miserable victims Of The iquor-seers thirst for
money. Tell us not Of the from licenses Ii is 4
pey sum- compared with the drain from purses by that
4hleai business Moreover il is the price Of booG Au
ii ues Of honest people robbed by the present system
oppose feeble barrier the ruin caused hy that in
qou5 traffic Why not dig the springs Of the fiery de-
lnse ut distilled damnaon' instead Of vainy trying 10
dam up lis rolling floods!
Ne often large rewards offered for the detect!ou Of
mudcers. There is murderer going at large In Baltimore;
lurking every corner and Staying It's victims unmocstcd
Last Thursday, corcncrs jury found verdict Of "suy"
against him. woman found dead in her bed and the
vetdict w.s "Died by lntemperance" When will society
The TRUTH that while others have slain their thous-
9nts, AIcohn! has sllu its tens Of thousands2
or l3O children admitted during the year, 100
Children o incorporate parents wEo were utterly unable
TO provide food clothes education or prolecdn for ihei!
heluess offspring Fathers and mothers, look this and
if spark of humanity Is in your breasts Join us In try
ing odasroy that thus petrify and pcrvert
parents heart And when add the undeniablc truth,
that far than half OF all Crimes from the same
poiicd source; and that mmeasuabe which never
find their way into newspapershe unsreakablc agancs
u wives, mothers and chidrentle poverty degradation
and ruin of hundreds in ciy oil caused by this raf-
fc, lie be man, much less christian VINO will look
calmly and not raise his voice or strike blow Tor s
deslrucon7
But from this gloomy picture to witness the hap
py ELECTS Of tine "Manc Law"
Says the Mayor of Porund "Strcet disturbance, of any
kind longer exist in the city The number Of persons
who continue sell strong drink is very SMALL al
most all foreigners and sell with great secee5y and caution.
An open shop or bar OF any kind is unknown baHel
Seg other vessel Of liquor not TO be in the city at
all, except al the city agency. The law has executed It's
mission with more case certainty and DESPATCH lhan its
most atdes friends anticipated it has been most Triumph
an;ly successful"
Number in The Almshousc December, 1885, before the
law 07 number In December, 1851, So; number committed
10 the House of Correction from Isl Of Jne 10 Is OF Dccem
Hcr 1850 ory from lst of June TO 3ls December l65
only eight "Ihc House Of Correction Is nor empty Tic
number OF commitments the county Jail Tor Drunkenness
assault and larceny, from June to December 81 1857 was
1922 for the months of lS5 was 3D. and 81 OF these
qGoseers leaving only 81 for other oiences-a gain
Of I6l.
There committed to the Watcl-house from June 10
December 81 1850 332 persons in the corresponding months
Of 1851 only l52 persons. Again. have notes from Mr.
Mitchell city missionary and Mr. adley, minister at large,
whose cs call them 10 visit exclusively the poorer part
Of oar population. Mr. ., city missionary, for many
ycas hls had under his supervision from G50 10 700 iami
!.; and he adds that not twentieth Of ntemperne
drinking be found that existed when the law went
into elect In his constant walks about the city he does
not intoxicated person days aud he docs not e-
collect more than five cases, for The last six months
o complaints Of wives that their husbands drink too much
In many nyce.ae cases where both husband and wife drank
excess they entirely reformed, through the effect OF
the aw, and urc living happily together.
"3Ir Hadey says that his intercourse is chiefly with the
poorer part of the population who are on. OF the Amshouse
and especially with The incperato. For the quarter just
ended the calls him for assistance were less than Sc
vcn of those in the corresponding period OF lS3Q and the
amount tie three tbs Of 1851 was only one dol
lar where IS 81 given in the three months Of lSoU-
ZION Of this law upon hubs and domestic economy Of
the people"
Petitions the Maryland Legislature have been prepared
praying for the Of law similar TO that OF which
The benefits Let every Christian and wo
man. whom il may be presented, sign this petition and
their influence against the nholy aihc, they sha
have TO answer the bar of God for every talent entrusted
to their care. The seller and rummaEer engaged
like Cain. In numbering their brethren; and wo 10 those
against whom thc voice of their brothers. blood shall cry
unto Cod II. L.