Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-06-05

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TROY its ,urpiludr hy'an act of Assem-
hly authorizing III Aud there is tho
lottery business. Whit were the lat
Convention thinking Of when the,
prohibited lotteries by Constitutions.
regnlation' A tax on lotteries woul'
afford some revenue. Now WHY'S i
that the sale Of spiri,uous liqnprs ii
authorized, whilst gambling houses
and lottery offices are forbidden F
For who will deny that the evils re
'suiting from the traffic in spiri,uous u
auors have far exceeded the cotnbine'
, evils Of all the faro-banks and lot,er.
schemes that have ever been author
lied OF tolerated in the State! Upol
what principle, therefore, of proprie
ty, or fidelity to the public revenues
arc the farohankcr and lottery schem
or, driven from amongst us, whilst th'
retailer Of spirituous liquors is permit
ted to hang out his miserable sign
board in every village and at ever!
cross. roads in tho commonwealth
!, Suppose, fellow'citizcns, that yoe
Ihad it in your power to collect togeth
er every victim Contemporaries III thu
State--bringing tho felon from his
cell-the murderer from,he scaffold--
tho helpless tenants Of tho public
charlottesville bloated, fostering de-
buuchee-tho maniac dancing to the
music Of bis own chain" -=,lie families
beggarcd by the improvidence and
waste ofintemperate 'parents-togcih'
er with all the multiplied misery,
crime, disease aud death, engcndcrcd
in the Commonwealth by TIE use Of
spiri,uous liquors; aud ihussnrround-
ed you were to present yourselves in
the hall of our General Assembly, aud
III the namt of the suffering ,hrong: in
tho name Of humanity, of morality, Of
religion and of God, pray Dir law
giyers to withdraw all legal sanctions
from the traffic of n commodity which
was filling the commonwealth with
SO much misery and crime aud moral
and physical desolation; and in re-
ply to your petition were to bc an-
swered-" We pity your sorrows; we
deplore your misfortunes. 1t pains
US to behold so much aflliction. But,
if we were 10 grant your prayer, the
State would lose some revenue" il
you were to receive suclf san'answer,
Under sucl, circumstances. what would
'be,your emo,ionsl AnL yet, fellow.
citizens, all those evils and victims of
spilituous liquors exist, although we
may not be able to collect them in q
mass, and exhibit them dt once to the
Legislature. El5 ,-t-....
Another upology.is hat The hesns-
ing ofordisayirs, IT,, .has lie effect 10
suppress tipping and diminish fntem-
pera,cc. Its alleged, wi,hsorae plad:
sibility we allow, that tho placing of
80 mischieyous an agency as spiriln-
Gus liquors under the control Of pr,i-
dent and sober men, Would prevent
the gross evils which wouldolherwise
grow out ofthe existence Of unlicens-
ed groggeries. But why, we dsk,
should there be either! Why nut
prohibit both Moreover, what are
the practical effects of these license
lawsl We aver, that although tho
design Of these laws may have been to
'curtail the use Of spirituous liquors,
the fact is That there never has been,
is not now, and never Willie d licerts.
cd ordinary where there las no, I'ecn,
and will not be, constant tipping and
more or less drunkenness. I....,
But this is not Che worst effect. II
is at what arc called the respectable
ordinarics, where ihen most usually
take the incipicnt step in the paths of
intcmperance whicll-have led so many
to ruin, The ingenious youth ofour
country. mnre esp,cinlly. Who would
blush 10 be seor =, tho tiistillery or The
unlicensed drinking house, will never.
thclcss, without any sense Of deuruda.
t;nn or impropriety, indulge IN a SO.
c;al rla,s nj The tavern. And thus n
taste for Intoxicating beverages iscre.
atod and stimulated ut respectable
houses, under legal sanctions, n tho
mhhe of rcnutuL,o society, mi on.
co,,,uped by thc cxam,lc of reputable
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