Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-03-13
For the freeman.

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1erS of the Town 0f TipptetOm.
The Liquor sellers Of Tippleton, alarmed at
the efforts now making to break down their
trade, assembled, after the hours of business,
in Mr.. Soakum's Grocery, to consider what
means could be employed for their protection.
l1r. SoaEum was called to the Chair by
acclamation, and Mr.. Skinem was appointed
Secretary.
Mr.. Soakum stated :he object of the meet
ing as follows: My friends and brethren. we
are here assembled as peaceable citizens en-
gagged in zaagf,I calling, (Mr. s. placed great
emphasis on the word lawfully to consider
what means can be devised to protect ourselves
and our business, against the efforts of fanat-
les. Something must be done. For my own
part can scarcely hold up my head. / seem
to read loaEhing for my business in the face Of
every man meet. The very children look
as though they would be glad tOcry "Fobber,
pauper maker, murderer after me. I had
hoped our Remonstranee and my speech
would set the matter right, but my courage
fails. I begin to think that saltpetre Won't
save US. The excitement against cur busi.
ness rises every day. The cry for the Maine
Law comes up like the voice Of the ocean il
rings in my ears like the seven last thunders.
In my dreams seem to hear the Wind airea-
dy rumbling through the empty bowels Of my
whisky barrels. What to advise know not.
but hope cur united counsels may yet 6nd
some way of escape.
Mr.. So5fHer being called for. said he car
ed nothing for the contempt felt for our bust
ness Let the children hoot if they wanted to.
wha: care l. so long as get the dimes
There is only one thing / am afraid Of. and
that is the Maine Liquer Law. have been
reading it. and l tell you if it once goes into
operation, our business is as dead as q last
years Almanac We missed the figure in
our Remons.rance. 1t goes too far. We are
like to verify the old saying, give thiefrOPe
enough and he'n hang himself" We asked
too much. We should have been content
with asking for some law. no matter what,
that will allow US to keep the liquor. If we
can only keep the liquor we are safe enough
They may make as many laws as they please
to restrain the sale. or even to forbid il There
never was a law of that kind, and there never
will be, that liquor-seller could mol ride thro
. astride of a barrel of whisky. Mind this bretE-
rem, all We want is the liquor. But this fas-
oally Maine Law aOon't let as haze tie liquor,
and without the liquor we are helpless. I,
will be Just as that old fanatic of a minister
said at the Columbus Convention, "0tIer laws
only cut off the ears and tail of the mad dog
but :his Maine Law cuts off the head.n A
dog without ears and tail may still bark and
bite, but what is he good for without n head
4 l wish we had that Remonstrance back again
am afraid that when the people find we
want to let the mad dog run loose without &
muzzle, they will all go in for cutting off his
tail close behind his ears
MT. SellsLyly said that he was for using {
; little political wisdem. Tell the people tha
: this Main Law will take away tea and coffee
: as we'll as liquor, that il wont let them chew
or smoke. The fools are not all dead. We
can make half the people in this county be-
lieve this. Tell the farmers that corn vii
: business is stopped.
r Mr.. Fearful said he rose with some hesi
! tation He had only been in the trade shor
time. He hoped his brethren would not b,
offended, but he thought they had better qui
the business at once. His conscience troub
led him. He had been at the funeral of
man who fell victim to the liquor traffic, anc
he seemed to hear voice saying "who kill
ed him who killed him? There is no stop
= ping this excitement If we tell the fool
that this Maine Law wont let them chew Oh
smoke, they will soon find US out, and thcr
we shall have even the fools against U.s. !
we tell the farmers that corn wont be wertt
raising, somebody else will tell them tha
when folks don't spend money for liquor they
will buy more corn. and that the farmers may
as well fat pork with their corn as the distil
lers. As for the Remonstrance, said he, i
reminds me Of Mrs. Partington's mop Mrs
lived on the sea-shore, and during a grea
storm the waves began to beat into her house
She seized her mop and went Justify to work
but the sea was too strong for her Sh,
concluded that mop might do very wei
against puddle, but il was Of no use in keep
D ing ont the Atlantic.
Mr.. Bringemtorags said he felt the utmos
contempt for the milk and-wate advice of tn
last speaker. What ! shall we. the Liquor
' sellers of Tippleson give up our rights withou
+! struggle. Sir, if the Liquor business can
not be maintained in TiPpleton, it will be ban
f ished off Gods earth into Canada. Has no
: the government of Tippleton been Whisky
\ ocracy from time mmemorial? Has any maj
been able to hold office in Tippletou if the ii
quor-sellers made head against him: LIE
them pass the Maine Law, it will never com
nearer to Tippleton then Sunday does to tin
a Ohio Canal. and that is three miles.
: The meeting having continued to a lat
S hour. Mr.. Drinkemdrunk moved an adjourn
s ment of one week, to give time for frrthe